TTFB is back with the NAIA Rankings, one centered on a strength index of how a team has competed thus far to a point in a season. In a nutshell, a higher ranking team has fared well against current strong opponents while lower ranked (and some high ranked) teams lose points for “bad” losses.
The JSI Ranking, similar to the Bo Chip, but we have a little more “strength” to it. Games are inputted as of 4/18/21 with 3,504 games played!
It’s hard to gauge this early in the season, some teams just played their first games, while others have completed game 20. As the season rolls on, we will get more and more closer to more accurate projections. Remember, in our first year (can’t count last year), only two teams made the world series final site that wasn’t in our top 10, so we were very accurate by the time the season finalized.
You’ll notice a tie isn’t in any records below. We hate ties and we award no points for such a result. It’s basically a game that shouldn’t have ever been played and according to our records, it never was played. This isn’t soccer.
Feel free to state your case in the comments on why a team should be higher and what YOU have seen out of these teams. Maybe a few good compliments on the rankings, not so much on the bad comments disagreeing with it (we tried?).
If you see an error, record is wrong, etc – email us at Througthefencebaseball@gmail.com. We utilized the records off NAIA scoreboard and the games they play, stats, etc, so there’s bound to be games missed.
REMEMBER: This is based on who each team has played so far and how they have fared. Don’t get bent out of shape if a team is currently ranked 34 and you feel they are a top 10 team, once everyone gets some games under their belts, everything will iron itself out. Some teams have less than 10 games played yet.
We didn’t have a poll the past few weeks, wanted to let the games catch up for everyone, with a month of games entered, and 3,504 games played so far, here’s what the JSI thinks! Some teams made massive moves over the past month with conference play kicking in.
JSI NAIA Baseball Rankings (Games are inputted as of 4/18/21):
| JSI | School Name | Wins | Losses | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 39 | 3 | 17.60 |
| 2 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 34 | 5 | 15.00 |
| 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 37 | 4 | 14.10 |
| 4 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 37 | 3 | 12.80 |
| 5 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 37 | 5 | 10.40 |
| 6 | Indiana Wesleyan | 36 | 11 | 10.00 |
| 7 | Loyola (La.) | 30 | 10 | 9.85 |
| 8 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 27 | 5 | 9.25 |
| 9 | IU Southeast (Ind.) | 32 | 13 | 8.65 |
| 10 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 34 | 10 | 8.20 |
| 11 | Middle Georgia State | 28 | 13 | 7.90 |
| 12 | Hope International (Calif.) | 24 | 12 | 7.20 |
| 13 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 28 | 15 | 6.90 |
| 14 | Doane (Neb.) | 27 | 13 | 6.60 |
| 15 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 23 | 12 | 6.60 |
| 16 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 31 | 3 | 6.45 |
| 17 | Taylor (Ind.) | 33 | 12 | 6.40 |
| 18 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 24 | 10 | 6.25 |
| 19 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 30 | 9 | 6.20 |
| 20 | William Carey (Miss.) | 25 | 10 | 6.00 |
| 21 | Georgia Gwinnett | 29 | 9 | 5.90 |
| 22 | McPherson (Kan.) | 29 | 9 | 5.85 |
| 23 | Keiser University | 29 | 11 | 5.80 |
| 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 28 | 12 | 5.80 |
| 25 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 29 | 17 | 5.80 |
| 26 | Benedictine - Mesa (Ariz.) | 24 | 7 | 5.80 |
| 27 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 28 | 14 | 5.80 |
| 28 | Concordia (Neb.) | 28 | 7 | 5.50 |
| 29 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 25 | 11 | 5.45 |
| 30 | Warner (Fla.) | 28 | 17 | 4.80 |
| 31 | Oklahoma City | 26 | 12 | 4.75 |
| 32 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 28 | 13 | 4.70 |
| 33 | Asbury (Ky.) | 29 | 9 | 4.45 |
| 34 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 20 | 19 | 4.40 |
| 35 | Missouri Baptist | 21 | 12 | 4.30 |
| 36 | Point Park (Pa.) | 26 | 9 | 4.20 |
| 37 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 27 | 13 | 4.10 |
| 38 | William Penn (Iowa) | 26 | 13 | 4.05 |
| 39 | Webber International (Fla.) | 26 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 40 | William Jessup (Calif.) | 21 | 19 | 3.90 |
| 41 | Kansas Wesleyan | 27 | 13 | 3.50 |
| 42 | Huntington (Ind.) | 24 | 12 | 3.45 |
| 43 | Clarke (Iowa) | 29 | 12 | 3.40 |
| 44 | Fisher (Mass.) | 23 | 10 | 3.40 |
| 45 | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 35 | 7 | 3.35 |
| 46 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 22 | 16 | 3.30 |
| 47 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 22 | 16 | 3.25 |
| 48 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 28 | 11 | 3.10 |
| 49 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 23 | 17 | 3.00 |
| 50 | Westmont (Calif.) | 21 | 16 | 3.00 |
| 51 | Point (Ga.) | 20 | 17 | 2.90 |
| 52 | Texas Wesleyan | 20 | 13 | 2.85 |
| 53 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 25 | 15 | 2.75 |
| 54 | St. Andrews (N.C.) | 22 | 13 | 2.70 |
| 55 | Columbia (Mo.) | 25 | 8 | 2.65 |
| 56 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 25 | 18 | 2.55 |
| 57 | Tabor (Kan.) | 26 | 14 | 2.25 |
| 58 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 23 | 16 | 2.15 |
| 59 | Antelope Valley (Calif.) | 12 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 60 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 23 | 12 | 1.90 |
| 61 | William Woods (Mo.) | 14 | 13 | 1.80 |
| 62 | Midland (Neb.) | 19 | 22 | 1.65 |
| 63 | Mobile (Ala.) | 20 | 15 | 1.65 |
| 64 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 27 | 13 | 1.60 |
| 65 | Xavier (La.) | 21 | 5 | 1.50 |
| 66 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 17 | 18 | 1.50 |
| 67 | Arizona Christian | 31 | 20 | 1.25 |
| 68 | Friends (Kan.) | 20 | 19 | 1.20 |
| 69 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 19 | 19 | 1.20 |
| 70 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 14 | 9 | 1.20 |
| 71 | Lyon (Ark.) | 15 | 19 | 1.20 |
| 72 | Bethany (Kan.) | 21 | 18 | 1.15 |
| 73 | Indiana Tech | 21 | 20 | 1.15 |
| 74 | Morningside (Iowa) | 19 | 24 | 1.10 |
| 75 | St. Francis (Ind.) | 28 | 16 | 1.10 |
| 76 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 25 | 15 | 1.10 |
| 77 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 15 | 21 | 1.00 |
| 78 | Concordia (Mich.) | 25 | 15 | 0.85 |
| 79 | Peru State (Neb.) | 19 | 21 | 0.85 |
| 80 | Brewton-Parker (Ga.) | 19 | 24 | 0.80 |
| 81 | Texas A&M - Texarkana | 24 | 16 | 0.65 |
| 82 | The Master's (Calif.) | 26 | 17 | 0.65 |
| 83 | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | 13 | 13 | 0.40 |
| 84 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 19 | 22 | 0.40 |
| 85 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 7 | 9 | 0.30 |
| 86 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 20 | 13 | 0.10 |
| 87 | Madonna (Mich.) | 6 | 9 | -0.05 |
| 88 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 18 | 18 | -0.20 |
| 89 | Judson (Ill.) | 18 | 13 | -0.30 |
| 90 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 14 | 15 | -0.35 |
| 91 | Bluefield (Va.) | 18 | 20 | -0.35 |
| 92 | IU South Bend (Ind.) | 16 | 18 | -0.40 |
| 93 | St. Xavier (Ill.) | 22 | 18 | -0.40 |
| 94 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 18 | 14 | -0.40 |
| 95 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 15 | 20 | -0.50 |
| 96 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 12 | 19 | -0.70 |
| 97 | Michigan-Dearborn | 5 | 10 | -0.90 |
| 98 | Northwestern Ohio | 16 | 13 | -1.00 |
| 99 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 19 | 20 | -1.05 |
| 100 | Thomas (Ga.) | 17 | 25 | -1.20 |
| 101 | Sterling (Kan.) | 19 | 22 | -1.20 |
| 102 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 17 | 10 | -1.25 |
| 103 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 14 | 18 | -1.35 |
| 104 | La Sierra (Calif.) | 5 | 15 | -1.50 |
| 105 | Union (Ky.) | 16 | 22 | -1.50 |
| 106 | Baker (Kan.) | 15 | 23 | -1.55 |
| 107 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 11 | 20 | -1.70 |
| 108 | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | 9 | 19 | -1.70 |
| 109 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 22 | 19 | -1.80 |
| 110 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 22 | 19 | -1.80 |
| 111 | York (Neb.) | 10 | 28 | -1.90 |
| 112 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 19 | 18 | -2.00 |
| 113 | Hastings (Neb.) | 10 | 23 | -2.00 |
| 114 | Cleary (Mich.) | 10 | 16 | -2.10 |
| 115 | Oregon Tech | 17 | 21 | -2.20 |
| 116 | Marian (Ind.) | 18 | 25 | -2.30 |
| 117 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 12 | 13 | -2.35 |
| 118 | Grand View (Iowa) | 10 | 23 | -2.35 |
| 119 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 14 | 20 | -2.45 |
| 120 | SAGU (Texas) | 24 | 22 | -2.55 |
| 121 | Waldorf (Iowa) | 17 | 21 | -2.55 |
| 122 | Park-Gilbert (Ariz.) | 10 | 8 | -2.60 |
| 123 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 14 | 28 | -2.60 |
| 124 | Evangel (Mo.) | 13 | 20 | -2.75 |
| 125 | Grace (Ind.) | 11 | 27 | -2.90 |
| 126 | Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) | 14 | 19 | -2.95 |
| 127 | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | 7 | 21 | -2.95 |
| 128 | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) | 11 | 28 | -3.00 |
| 129 | Simpson (Calif.) | 7 | 18 | -3.00 |
| 130 | Florida Memorial | 13 | 23 | -3.00 |
| 131 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 9 | 17 | -3.00 |
| 132 | Rochester (Mich.) | 4 | 15 | -3.10 |
| 133 | Montreat (N.C.) | 17 | 26 | -3.10 |
| 134 | Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) | 8 | 15 | -3.10 |
| 135 | Talladega (Ala.) | 15 | 21 | -3.15 |
| 136 | Morris (S.C.) | 3 | 10 | -3.20 |
| 137 | Park (Mo.) | 10 | 22 | -3.20 |
| 138 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 17 | 23 | -3.20 |
| 139 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 22 | 22 | -3.20 |
| 140 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 10 | 19 | -3.35 |
| 141 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 16 | 17 | -3.50 |
| 142 | Voorhees (S.C.) | 5 | 13 | -3.50 |
| 143 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 15 | 29 | -3.60 |
| 144 | St. Katherine (CA) | 23 | 14 | -3.60 |
| 145 | Providence Christian (Calif.) | 1 | 16 | -3.70 |
| 146 | Edward Waters (Fla.) | 10 | 23 | -3.70 |
| 147 | Stillman College (Ala.) | 3 | 21 | -3.85 |
| 148 | Missouri Valley | 14 | 28 | -4.10 |
| 149 | Trinity International (Ill.) | 9 | 19 | -4.15 |
| 150 | Oklahoma Panhandle State | 11 | 30 | -4.15 |
| 151 | Florida National | 11 | 22 | -4.30 |
| 152 | Lincoln Christian (Ill.) | 6 | 13 | -4.35 |
| 153 | Rust (Miss.) | 13 | 18 | -4.40 |
| 154 | Dordt (Iowa) | 12 | 26 | -4.55 |
| 155 | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | 9 | 22 | -4.70 |
| 156 | Mount Marty (S.D.) | 23 | 14 | -4.70 |
| 157 | WVU Tech | 6 | 22 | -4.80 |
| 158 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 7 | 17 | -4.90 |
| 159 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 10 | 26 | -4.90 |
| 160 | Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) | 19 | 17 | -4.90 |
| 161 | Corban (Ore.) | 15 | 25 | -4.95 |
| 162 | Southwest (N.M.) | 16 | 28 | -4.95 |
| 163 | Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.) | 4 | 23 | -5.20 |
| 164 | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | 12 | 20 | -5.20 |
| 165 | Midway (Ky.) | 10 | 22 | -5.30 |
| 166 | Eastern Oregon | 5 | 24 | -5.30 |
| 167 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 25 | 14 | -5.30 |
| 168 | Tougaloo (Miss.) | 4 | 20 | -5.30 |
| 169 | Graceland (Iowa) | 12 | 24 | -5.45 |
| 170 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 21 | 18 | -5.70 |
| 171 | College of Idaho | 19 | 24 | -5.75 |
| 172 | Columbia International (S.C.) | 22 | 22 | -5.75 |
| 173 | Ohio Christian | 9 | 24 | -5.85 |
| 174 | Thomas More (Ky.) | 20 | 22 | -5.90 |
| 175 | Bethel (Ind.) | 13 | 30 | -5.90 |
| 176 | Avila (Mo.) | 6 | 28 | -6.00 |
| 177 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 15 | 23 | -6.10 |
| 178 | Lincoln (Ill.) | 2 | 24 | -6.20 |
| 179 | Kentucky Christian | 9 | 28 | -6.25 |
| 180 | Brescia (Ky.) | 7 | 25 | -6.30 |
| 181 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 3 | 34 | -6.30 |
| 182 | St. Mary (Kan.) | 6 | 33 | -6.40 |
| 183 | Jarvis Christian (Texas) | 8 | 33 | -6.50 |
| 184 | Central Christian (Kan.) | 5 | 28 | -7.70 |
| 185 | Presentation (S.D.) | 7 | 33 | -7.80 |
| 186 | Goshen (Ind.) | 3 | 34 | -9.00 |
