May 2, 2007

OLATHE, Kan. - With 19 first-place votes and 499 polling points, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) remained No. 1 in the NAIA Baseball Top 25 Coaches' Poll, staying 18 first-place votes ahead of Azusa Pacific (Calif.), who earned one to check in at No. 2.

Oklahoma City and Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) traded places at No. 3 and No. 4 this week, as did Spring Arbor (Mich.) and St. Thomas (Fla.) at No. 5 and No. 6. Trading spaces was a theme in this week's top 10, as Tennessee Wesleyan and Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) replaced one another at No. 7 and No. 8, while at No. 9 and No. 10, Belhaven (Miss.) and Bellevue (Neb.) swapped spots to round out the Top 10.

Only one team that entered the week unranked came into this week's Top 25, as Houston Baptist (Texas) moved up in the Region VI rankings to claim the No. 22 spot in the national poll. California Baptist made the largest move in the rating, going from No. 25 last week to its current spot in the Top 20 at No. 16.

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1ST PLACE VOTES	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I)	19	44-3	499
2	2	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)	1	44-5	478
3	4	Oklahoma City (VI)		45-9	446
4	3	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)		47-11	442
5	6	Spring Arbor (Mich.) (VIII)		37-1	421
6	5	St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV)		41-12	398
7	8	Tennessee Wesleyan (XII)		39-12	359
8	7	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI)		39-14	349
9	10	Belhaven (Miss.) (XIII)		42-13	327
10	9	Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)		37-13	321
11	11	Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV)		41-9	294
12	13	Ohio Dominican (IX)		34-8	274
13	14	Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI)		33-13	261
14	19	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) (XIII)		45-16	237
15	16	William Jewell (Mo.) (V)		39-14	212
16	25	California Baptist (II)		34-16	171
17	18	Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI)		37-17	167
18	12	Lee (Tenn.) (XIII)		44-12	145
19	20	Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)		29-9	135
20	21	Bethany (Kan.) (IV)		33-13	94
21	23	Indiana Tech (VIII)		36-13	93
22	24	Avila (Mo.) (V)		32-13	68
23	NR	Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)		33-15	61
24	22	Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV)		29-19	55
25	15	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)		29-16	39

 

Others Receiving Votes: Louisiana State-Shreveport (XIII), 38; Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI), 35; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX), 33; Dakota State (S.D.) (III), 13; Albertson (Idaho) (I), 12; Lindenwood (Mo.) (V), 7; York (Neb) (IV), 6; Concordia (Calif.) (II), 3; Friends (Kan.) (IV), 3; St. Xavier (Ill.) (VII), 2; Fisher (Mass.) (I), 1; Park (Mo.) (IV), 1.