JSI Rankings #2: NAIA Baseball Rankings

TTFB presents a new ranking, 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.

Some teams may be ranked low, and we all know they are a better team than that, but there could be several factors keeping them ranked low. The main one – they haven’t even played 10 games yet. The second big one – perhaps the team(s) they lost to is off to a slow start as well. PATIENCE! It’s kinda like seeing the Orioles at #7 in power rankings because they started out 10-0 to a season, when we all know after a few more weeks, they will be dropping to where they usually are. These will come out every Thursday.

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.

If you see an error, record is wrong, etc – email us at Througthefencebaseball@gmail.com. View our NAIA Baseball main page here for updated rankings, draft stock, and analysis throughout the season. We know this looks much better on a desktop right now and not the phone. We’re working on that. In the meantime, hit the top right button on your phones browser (looks like 4 lines) and it’ll be pretty. THIS WILL BE UPDATED EVERY DAY THROUGH THE SEASON NOW ON THE NAIA BASEBALL PAGE. ONLY THE TOP 25 WILL BE POSTED DAILY, THE FULL LINEUP POSTED IN ARTICLE EVERY WEEK.

JSI	School Name	W	L	%	Pts	Coach Poll
1	LSU Shreveport	15	1	0.938	52	25
2	Texas Wesleyan	12	3	0.800	39	RV
3	Southeastern – FL	11	2	0.846	31	1
4	St. Thomas – FL	8	4	0.667	30	6
5	Freed-Hardeman – TN	7	4	0.636	28	2
6	Indiana Tech	4	1	0.800	27	22
7	Faulkner – AL	8	2	0.800	26	4
8	Jarvis Christian – TX	9	7	0.563	23
9	Ave Maria – FL	6	9	0.400	22
10	Bluefield – VA	8	1	0.889	22
11	Bryan – TN	9	3	0.750	21	15
12	Point – GA	8	3	0.727	21	RV
13	Tennessee Wesleyan	11	2	0.846	20	12
14	Indiana Southeast – IN	3	3	0.500	18	RV
15	Cumberlands – KY	7	1	0.875	17.5	19
16	Oklahoma City	10	1	0.909	17	8
17	Middle Georgia State	7	2	0.778	17	17
18	University of Northwestern Ohio	5	5	0.500	17	10
19	Southwestern Christian – OK	11	2	0.846	16.5
20	Benedictine Mesa – AZ	9	4	0.692	16
21	Keiser – FL	9	3	0.750	16	24
22	Columbia – MO	4	4	0.500	16
23	Bethel – TN	7	3	0.700	15.5
24	St. Andrews – NC	9	1	0.900	15
25	Benedictine – KS	4	1	0.800	15
26	Spring Arbor – MI	3	5	0.375	14
27	McPherson – KS	7	3	0.700	12
28	Warner – FL	7	4	0.636	12
29	Missouri Baptist – MO	6	2	0.750	12	RV
30	Our Lady of the Lake – TX	5	7	0.417	12
31	Bellevue – NE	2	5	0.286	12	23
32	Georgetown – KY	5	5	0.500	12
33	Talladega – AL	3	8	0.273	11
34	Georgia Gwinnett	7	3	0.700	10.5	3
35	Lyon – AR	11	2	0.846	10.5
36	Westmont – CA	9	0	1.000	10	25
37	Saint Xavier – IL	4	2	0.667	10
38	Ottawa (Ariz.) – AZ	5	3	0.625	9
39	Mobile – AL	6	4	0.600	9	RV
40	Briar Cliff – IA	2	2	0.500	9
41	Huntington – IN	3	0	1.000	9
42	Houston-Victoria – TX	5	7	0.417	9
43	Texas College	6	10	0.375	8.5
44	Truett-McConnell – GA	6	5	0.545	8.5
45	Madonna – MI	6	4	0.600	8	RV
46	Mayville State – ND	4	3	0.571	8	RV
47	Vanguard – CA	10	1	0.909	8
48	Doane – NE	1	1	0.500	8
49	Oklahoma Wesleyan	4	3	0.571	7.5	9
50	Rio Grande – OH	8	7	0.533	7.5
51	Central Baptist – AR	5	8	0.385	7
52	Brescia – KY	1	3	0.250	7
53	Viterbo – WI	5	3	0.625	7
54	Missouri Valley	2	4	0.333	7
55	Webber International – FL	5	8	0.385	7	18
56	Mount Marty – SD	1	2	0.333	7
57	Hope International – CA	9	2	0.818	6
58	Simpson – CA	4	4	0.500	6
59	Martin Methodist – TN	10	2	0.833	6
60	Central Methodist – MO	6	3	0.667	6	21
61	Southwestern – KS	5	4	0.556	6
62	William Carey – MS	3	7	0.300	6
63	Marymount California	3	5	0.375	6
64	Thomas – GA	4	7	0.364	6
65	Crowley’s Ridge – AR	1	3	0.250	6
66	Waldorf – IA	2	2	0.500	6
67	Wayland Baptist – TX	8	3	0.727	5
68	Mount Mercy – IA	3	5	0.375	5
69	Tabor – KS	9	3	0.750	4.5	RV
70	Oklahoma Panhandle State	6	7	0.462	4.5
71	Park – MO	5	0	1.000	4.5
72	Mid-America Christian – OK	2	6	0.250	4
73	Reinhardt – GA	4	1	0.800	4	20
74	Wiley – TX	7	6	0.538	4
75	Campbellsville – KY	4	4	0.500	4	14
76	Northwestern – IA	2	2	0.500	4
77	Mount Vernon Nazarene – OH	3	2	0.600	4
78	Sterling – KS	5	8	0.385	3.5
79	Edward Waters – FL	7	8	0.467	3.5
80	Olivet Nazarene – IL	4	2	0.667	3.5
81	Blue Mountain – MS	6	7	0.462	3
82	Arizona Christian	7	6	0.538	3
83	Midway – KY	3	5	0.375	3
84	Michigan-Dearborn	5	2	0.714	3
85	Lourdes – OH	3	1	0.750	3
86	Pikeville – KY	2	6	0.250	3
87	Concordia – MI	4	2	0.667	3
88	Antelope Valley – CA	2	9	0.182	3	7
89	Cincinnati Christian – OH	2	9	0.182	3
90	Newman University	1	0	1.000	3
91	Dordt – IA	1	2	0.333	3
92	Indiana Wesleyan	4	4	0.500	2.5	RV
93	Fisher – MA	13	0	1.000	2.5
94	St. Mary’s University	1	0	1.000	2
95	Saint Mary – KS	3	4	0.429	2
96	Baker – KS	2	3	0.400	2
97	Science & Arts	13	1	0.929	1.5	11
98	Jamestown – ND	2	3	0.400	1.5	RV
99	Oregon Tech	4	6	0.400	1
100	Ottawa – KS	3	4	0.429	1
101	Montreat – NC	5	2	0.714	0.5
102	Harris-Stowe State – MO	5	7	0.417	0
103	Taylor – IN	9	2	0.818	0
104	Valley City State – ND	1	4	0.200	0
105	Bethel – IN	2	2	0.500	0
106	Goshen – IN	0	2	0.000	0
107	Indiana South Bend – IN	0	2	0.000	0
108	Hastings – NE	0	3	0.000	0
109	Florida Memorial	7	5	0.583	-0.5
110	Lawrence Tech – MI	10	0	1.000	-0.5
111	MidAmerica Nazarene – KS	0	1	0.000	-1
112	Morningside – IA	1	1	0.500	-1.5
113	Cumberland – TN	2	5	0.286	-2	RV
114	British Columbia	2	8	0.200	-2
115	San Diego Christian – CA	5	5	0.500	-2
116	Bacone – OK	0	2	0.000	-2
117	Union – KY	6	3	0.667	-2.5
118	Hannibal-LaGrange – MO	4	3	0.571	-2.5
119	Evangel – MO	6	1	0.857	-2.5
120	Robert Morris (Ill.)	1	1	0.500	-3
121	Grand View – IA	1	3	0.250	-3
122	Saint Francis – IN	1	4	0.200	-3
123	Calumet – IN	2	2	0.500	-3
124	Clarke – IA	2	7	0.222	-3	RV
125	Culver-Stockton – MO	0	3	0.000	-3
126	Graceland (Iowa)	0	3	0.000	-3
127	Midland – NE	0	3	0.000	-3
128	St. Francis – IL	0	3	0.000	-3
129	Lewis-Clark State – ID	4	4	0.500	-3	5
130	College of Idaho	6	10	0.375	-3
131	LSU Alexandria – La	7	3	0.700	-3.5
132	Lindenwood-Belleville – IL	4	7	0.364	-4
133	Huston-Tillotson – TX	2	5	0.286	-4
134	Central Christian – KS	1	6	0.143	-4
135	Stillman – AL	3	1	0.750	-4
136	William Penn – IA	8	1	0.889	-4
137	Cornerstone – MI	0	4	0.000	-4
138	Rochester – MI	0	4	0.000	-4
139	Loyola – LA	6	6	0.500	-4
140	Florida National – FL	4	8	0.333	-4.5
141	La Sierra – CA	4	5	0.444	-5
142	Friends – KS	5	9	0.357	-5
143	York – NE	3	5	0.375	-5
144	Milligan – TN	2	5	0.286	-5
145	Southwest – NM	8	5	0.615	-5.5
146	WVU Tech	6	7	0.462	-5.5
147	IU Kokomo – IN	3	4	0.429	-5.5
148	Williams Baptist – AR	4	6	0.400	-6
149	Texas A&M Texarkana	5	7	0.417	-6
150	College of the Ozarks – MO	4	7	0.364	-6
151	Trinity International – IL	2	5	0.286	-6
152	Lindsey Wilson – KY	0	6	0.000	-6
153	Roosevelt – IL	0	6	0.000	-6
154	SAGU – TX	7	7	0.500	-6.5
155	Corban – OR	2	10	0.167	-7
156	Brewton-Parker – GA	3	11	0.214	-8
157	Kentucky Christian	0	4	0.000	-8
158	Dakota State – SD	0	4	0.000	-8
159	College of Saint Joseph	0	4	0.000	-8
160	William Jessup – CA	6	1	0.857	-8	13
161	Ohio Christian	4	6	0.400	-8
162	Menlo – CA	3	3	0.500	-8.5
163	Marian – IN	4	4	0.500	-9
164	Shawnee State – OH	0	6	0.000	-9
165	USC Beaufort (S.C.)	4	7	0.364	-9
166	Bethany – KS	4	6	0.400	-9.5
167	William Woods – MO	5	6	0.455	-11
168	Kansas Wesleyan	5	7	0.417	-11
169	Providence Christian – CA	4	10	0.286	-12
170	Tougaloo – MS	2	5	0.286	-12
171	The Master’s – CA	7	3	0.700	-12
172	Rust – MS	1	7	0.125	-12
173	Asbury – KY	3	4	0.429	-12.5
174	Avila – MO	2	9	0.182	-13
175	Peru State – NE	2	6	0.250	-15
176	Lincoln Christian – Il	2	7	0.222	-22