April 25, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - As it has throughout the 2007 season, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) remained the No. 1 ranked NAIA baseball squad, earning 20-of-23 first-place votes to edge out Azusa Pacific (Calif.) for the top spot in the NAIA Baseball Top 25 Coaches' Poll.

Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) moved a spot ahead of Oklahoma City this week, while St. Thomas (Fla.) remained the NAIA's fifth-ranked team, followed by Spring Arbor (Mich.), Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.), Tennessee Wesleyan, Bellevue (Neb.) and Belhaven (Miss.) in the Top 10.

Two teams - No. 18 Cumberland (Tenn.) and No. 25 California Baptist - re-entered the Top 25 this week, while Indiana Tech moves in for the first time, occupying the no. 23 position. Embry-Riddle (Fla.) made the largest leap in the poll, going from No. 17 to No. 11, while Lubbock Christian jumped four spots to No. 14 after its wins over Oklahoma City last week.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I)	20	38-3	572
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)	3	41-4	554
3	4	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)		43-9	518
4	3	Oklahoma City (VI)		43-9	502
5	5	St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV)		38-10-1	474
6	6	Spring Arbor (Mich.) (VIII)		34-1	472
7	7	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)		38-12-1	417
8	8	Tennessee Wesleyan (XII)		36-12	392
9	10	Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)		35-13	367
10	9	Belhaven (Miss.) (XIII)		38-13	365
11	17	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		39-8	340
12	12	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		42-10	319
13	13	Ohio Dominican (IX)		32-8	317
14	19	Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI)		30-13	293
15	16	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		27-14	201
16	18	William Jewell (Mo.) (V)		35-14	199
17	11	Texas Wesleyan (VI)		33-7	198
18	NR	Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI)		38-16-1	156
19	20	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) (XIII)		40-15	138
20	24	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		23-9	98
21	22	Bethany (Kan.) (IV)		29-11	97
22	15	Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV)		29-19	83
23	NR	Indiana Tech (VIII)		31-11-1	74
24	25	Avila (Mo.) (V)		29-12	64
25	NR	California Baptist (II)		31-15	58

 

Others Receiving Votes: Louisiana State-Shreveport (XIII), 36; Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI), 32; Dakota State (S.D.) (III), 31; Albertson (Idaho) (I), 29; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX), 19; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (VI), 10; Spalding (Ky.) (XII), 15; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 8; Missouri Baptist (V), 8; Fisher (Mass.) (I), 7; Viterbo (Wis.) (VII), 6; York (Neb) (IV), 3; Friends (Kan.) (IV), 2; Missouri Valley (V), 1.