March 7, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) earned 19 first-place votes to finish 18 points ahead of No. 2 Oklahoma City in the first NAIA Baseball rating of the 2007 season.

In all, nine new teams entered this week's Top 25, while two schools jumped into the Top Five, making leaps of 16 and 20 places from the preseason rating conducted last fall.

RANK	FALL	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I)	19	520
2	4	Oklahoma City (VI)	1	502
3	19	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		458
4	24	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)	1	452
5	NR	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)		448
6	NR	Lyon (Ark.) (XI)		389
7	18	Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)		377
8	5	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)		375
9	20	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		336
10	NR	St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV)		295
11	13	Louisiana State-Shreveport (XIII)		274
12	NR	Albertson (Idaho) (I)		259
13	9	Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)		246
14	NR	Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI)		230
15	11	Concordia (Calif.) (II)		211
16	12	Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV)		208
17	NR	Dakota State (S.D.) (III)		180
18	3	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		165
19	14	Tennessee Wesleyan (XII)		154
20	NR	Lindenwood (Mo.) (V)		113
21	23	Biola (Calif.) (II)		108
22	NR	Texas Wesleyan (VI)		103
23	2	Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI)		81
24	22	Bethany (Kan.) (IV)		62
25	NR	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) (XIII)		49

 

Others Receiving Votes: Avila (Mo.) (V), 34; California Baptist (II), 28; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII), 25; Union (Ky.) (XII), 24; Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI), 23; Central Christian (Kan.) (IV), 22; Jamestown (N.D.) (III), 19; Ohio Dominican (IX), 19; Ozarks (Mo.) (IV), 13; Union (Tenn.) (XI), 5; Montreat (N.C.) (XII), 4; Science & Arts (Okla.) (VI), 4; Rio Grande (Ohio), 3; Savannah Art and Design (Ga.) (XIV), 3; Belhaven (Miss.) (XIII), 1; Benedictine (Kan.) (V), 1; Fisher (Mass.) (I), 1; William Penn (Iowa) (VII), 1.