Rio Grande, IU Southeast remain "receiving votes" in this week's NAIA Top 25
Rio Grande, IU Southeast remain "receiving votes" in this week's NAIA Top 25
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- University of Rio Grande and IU Southeast remain in the "receiving votes" category of the NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll released March 19. Rio Grande (21-10) and IU Southeast (17-9) are just outside the Top 25 at No. 26 and No. 29, respectively.
Rio Grande is 21-10 overall, 6-3 entering the weekend. The RedStorm has won six in a row. IU Southeast takes a record of 17-9 overall, 6-3 RSC into the weekend action. Both teams have been "receiving votes" all year. Rio Grande is just two votes shy of a Top 25 ranking.
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NAIA BASEBALL COACHES' TOP 25 POLL (March 19, 2019)
RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Southeastern (Fla.) [18] | 26-3 | 498 |
2 | 3 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 22-6 | 474 |
3 | 5 | Westmont (Calif.) | 22-3 | 458 |
4 | 6 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 21-6 | 430 |
5 | 7 | Oklahoma City | 23-4 | 420 |
6 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 21-6 | 415 |
7 | 4 | Georgia Gwinnett | 18-7 | 414 |
8 | 8 | Middle Georgia State | 22-3 | 396 |
9 | 12 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 27-4 | 366 |
10 | 10 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 25-7 | 346 |
11 | 11 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 20-3 | 344 |
12 | 9 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 22-4 | 340 |
13 | 13 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 19-4 | 309 |
14 | 14 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 18-8 | 292 |
15 | 16 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-4 | 258 |
16 | 19 | Indiana Tech | 13-8 | 239 |
17 | 21 | Texas Wesleyan | 25-4 | 238 |
18 | 20 | Lyon (Ark.) | 22-6 | 236 |
19 | 23 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 20-7 | 190 |
20 | 22 | Taylor (Ind.) | 21-6 | 185 |
21 | NR | Warner (Fla.) | 26-9 | 156 |
22 | 25 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 20-7 | 145 |
23 | 15 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 18-9 | 126 |
24 | NR | Webber International (Fla.) | 21-11 | 113 |
25 | 18 | Mobile (Ala.) | 16-9 | 99 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Keiser (Fla.) and William Jessup (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Rio Grande (Ohio) 97, Tabor (Kan.) 87, The Master's (Calif.) 51, Indiana Southeast 37, Jarvis Christian (Texas) 26, Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 25, Keiser (Fla.) 16, British Columbia 15, William Jessup 14, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 14, Concordia (Mich.) 14, Benedictine (Kan.) 11, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 8