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.
This is similar to the Bo Chip, but we have a little more “strength” to it. Games are inputted as of 3/9/21.
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.
NOTES:
- Lots of big jumps this week as some teams have gained over 10 games played. So, you’ll see some massive jumps and drops.
- Some teams may have larger drops and rises due to several factors. Most commonly, this is a strength of schedule based with results. So, you may be ranked 2nd. Then all of a sudden, everyone you have been beating, suddenly tanks and they all are doing poorly. If that happens, the system values them as “bad wins” or easy contests, and there is less points. These change throughout the year and the cream rises. Like last year (2019), we finished with almost the top 10 who made it to the world series. The best will rise.
- Same can be said for some early “bad losses” to teams that currently aren’t doing well. If those teams suddenly play well and go on a tear, it will boost the teams that have beaten them.
- Get it? Let’s divulge. Remember, some teams have still played less than 10, so there are still some big moves to be made.
NAIA Baseball Rankings:
| JSI | School Name | W | L | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 19 | 3 | 5.9 | 0 |
| 2 | Benedictine (Kan.) | 14 | 2 | 5.5 | 3 |
| 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 22 | 1 | 5.35 | -1 |
| 4 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 17 | 0 | 5.35 | 5 |
| 5 | Hope International (Calif.) | 14 | 6 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 6 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 18 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 |
| 7 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 14 | 2 | 4.25 | 18 |
| 8 | Middle Georgia State | 14 | 6 | 3.95 | 15 |
| 9 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 12 | 7 | 3.8 | -5 |
| 10 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 13 | 2 | 3.6 | 21 |
| 11 | Georgia Gwinnett | 12 | 6 | 3.4 | 1 |
| 12 | Keiser University | 18 | 4 | 3.4 | 3 |
| 13 | Asbury (Ky.) | 12 | 3 | 3.3 | 19 |
| 14 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 14 | 2 | 3.25 | -11 |
| 15 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 11 | 8 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 16 | William Carey (Miss.) | 11 | 2 | 2.8 | 27 |
| 17 | Benedictine - Mesa (Ariz.) | 11 | 6 | 2.5 | -9 |
| 18 | Texas A&M - Texarkana | 11 | 7 | 2.25 | 6 |
| 19 | Webber International (Fla.) | 17 | 7 | 2.25 | 34 |
| 20 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 10 | 6 | 2.2 | 13 |
| 21 | Friends (Kan.) | 13 | 4 | 2.15 | -4 |
| 22 | Warner (Fla.) | 15 | 9 | 2.05 | -3 |
| 23 | Taylor (Ind.) | 15 | 6 | 2 | 46 |
| 24 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 25 | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 17 | 3 | 1.9 | -11 |
| 26 | Clarke (Iowa) | 8 | 5 | 1.9 | 18 |
| 27 | Loyola (La.) | 10 | 8 | 1.9 | 40 |
| 28 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10 | 8 | 1.9 | -17 |
| 29 | Point (Ga.) | 10 | 6 | 1.85 | 0 |
| 30 | Point Park (Pa.) | 5 | 4 | 1.8 | 12 |
| 31 | Marian (Ind.) | 8 | 8 | 1.8 | 5 |
| 32 | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | 6 | 3 | 1.7 | 33 |
| 33 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 16 | 4 | 1.7 | -13 |
| 34 | Midland (Neb.) | 11 | 8 | 1.65 | -21 |
| 35 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 7 | 8 | 1.6 | -14 |
| 36 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 8 | 8 | 1.6 | 44 |
| 37 | Fisher (Mass.) | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | -9 |
| 38 | Xavier (La.) | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | -16 |
| 39 | Doane (Neb.) | 5 | 7 | 1.5 | 19 |
| 40 | Brewton-Parker (Ga.) | 12 | 7 | 1.45 | -13 |
| 41 | IU Kokomo (Ind.) | 8 | 6 | 1.4 | 38 |
| 42 | Spring Arbor (Mich.) | 4 | 6 | 1.4 | 71 |
| 43 | St. Andrews (N.C.) | 8 | 6 | 1.3 | 38 |
| 44 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 12 | 9 | 1.3 | 11 |
| 45 | William Woods (Mo.) | 5 | 3 | 1.3 | 38 |
| 46 | Huntington (Ind.) | 9 | 2 | 1.25 | 15 |
| 47 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 5 | 1 | 1.2 | 133 |
| 48 | McPherson (Kan.) | 14 | 1 | 1.1 | -11 |
| 49 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 11 | 6 | 1.1 | -9 |
| 50 | Oklahoma City | 10 | 7 | 1.05 | 21 |
| 51 | Bethany (Kan.) | 10 | 6 | 1.05 | -21 |
| 52 | Science & Arts (Okla.) | 9 | 3 | 0.95 | 23 |
| 53 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 11 | 9 | 0.85 | 19 |
| 54 | William Penn (Iowa) | 11 | 4 | 0.8 | -9 |
| 55 | Bluefield (Va.) | 7 | 6 | 0.7 | 75 |
| 56 | Texas Wesleyan | 6 | 4 | 0.6 | -17 |
| 57 | The Master's (Calif.) | 12 | 8 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 58 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 10 | 7 | 0.55 | 36 |
| 59 | St. Xavier (Ill.) | 7 | 8 | 0.5 | -13 |
| 60 | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | 3 | 9 | 0.5 | 13 |
| 61 | Valley City State (N.D.) | 5 | 8 | 0.5 | -12 |
| 62 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 7 | 7 | 0.45 | 42 |
| 63 | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) | 4 | 8 | 0.4 | 83 |
| 64 | Kansas Wesleyan | 10 | 7 | 0.35 | 77 |
| 65 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 10 | 1 | 0.35 | 40 |
| 66 | Jamestown (N.D.) | 10 | 7 | 0.35 | 42 |
| 67 | Mayville State (N.D.) | 6 | 3 | 0.3 | -33 |
| 68 | Shawnee State (Ohio) | 6 | 7 | 0.3 | -6 |
| 69 | Concordia (Neb.) | 8 | 2 | 0.25 | -13 |
| 70 | Southwestern (Kan.) | 5 | 6 | 0.2 | 36 |
| 71 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10 | 6 | 0.2 | -55 |
| 72 | Missouri Valley | 7 | 7 | 0.2 | 17 |
| 73 | Evangel (Mo.) | 7 | 5 | 0.15 | -13 |
| 74 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 7 | 4 | 0.1 | -22 |
| 75 | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | 2 | 3 | 0.1 | 11 |
| 76 | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 5 | 5 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 77 | Madonna (Mich.) | 1 | 3 | 0.1 | -18 |
| 78 | Grace (Ind.) | 6 | 5 | 0.1 | -27 |
| 79 | Arizona Christian | 23 | 11 | 0.05 | -53 |
| 80 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 7 | 4 | 0.05 | 39 |
| 81 | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | 2 | 8 | 0 | 48 |
| 82 | Indiana Wesleyan | 6 | 7 | 0 | 71 |
| 83 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 1 | 3 | -0.1 | 100 |
| 84 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 3 | 5 | -0.1 | -43 |
| 85 | IU South Bend (Ind.) | 1 | 3 | -0.1 | 97 |
| 86 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 1 | 3 | -0.1 | -86 |
| 87 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 10 | 3 | -0.1 | -33 |
| 88 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 6 | 3 | -0.15 | -10 |
| 89 | Columbia (Mo.) | 7 | 2 | -0.25 | -39 |
| 90 | Jarvis Christian (Texas) | 3 | 11 | -0.3 | -3 |
| 91 | Roosevelt (Ill.) | 1 | 1 | -0.3 | 102 |
| 92 | Voorhees (S.C.) | 1 | 3 | -0.3 | 104 |
| 93 | Grand View (Iowa) | 3 | 5 | -0.35 | 29 |
| 94 | SAGU (Texas) | 20 | 6 | -0.4 | -84 |
| 95 | William Jessup (Calif.) | 12 | 6 | -0.4 | -4 |
| 96 | Morris (S.C.) | 0 | 2 | -0.4 | 7 |
| 97 | Cleary (Mich.) | 3 | 6 | -0.4 | -9 |
| 98 | IU Southeast (Ind.) | 9 | 11 | -0.45 | 23 |
| 99 | Baker (Kan.) | 6 | 7 | -0.5 | -52 |
| 100 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 6 | 8 | -0.5 | -62 |
| 101 | Waldorf (Iowa) | 1 | 7 | -0.5 | 23 |
| 102 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 10 | 1 | -0.5 | -18 |
| 103 | La Sierra (Calif.) | 1 | 5 | -0.5 | -3 |
| 104 | Viterbo (Wis.) | 3 | 7 | -0.5 | -11 |
| 105 | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | 3 | 5 | -0.5 | 2 |
| 106 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 10 | 5 | -0.55 | -38 |
| 107 | Tabor (Kan.) | 9 | 8 | -0.55 | 25 |
| 108 | Missouri Baptist | 5 | 5 | -0.6 | -60 |
| 109 | Rochester (Mich.) | 0 | 3 | -0.6 | 83 |
| 110 | St. Francis (Ill.) | 2 | 2 | -0.6 | 84 |
| 111 | Oklahoma Panhandle State | 5 | 14 | -0.6 | 37 |
| 112 | Morningside (Iowa) | 6 | 12 | -0.6 | 21 |
| 113 | Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) | 5 | 2 | -0.65 | -36 |
| 114 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 2 | 3 | -0.7 | 4 |
| 115 | Trinity Christian (Ill.) | 4 | 8 | -0.7 | -51 |
| 116 | Union (Ky.) | 6 | 7 | -0.7 | 18 |
| 117 | WVU Tech | 3 | 6 | -0.75 | -32 |
| 118 | York (Neb.) | 3 | 12 | -0.8 | -21 |
| 119 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 12 | 8 | -0.8 | -49 |
| 120 | Lyon (Ark.) | 5 | 6 | -0.85 | 18 |
| 121 | Northwestern Ohio | 5 | 4 | -0.85 | 10 |
| 122 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 5 | 10 | -0.9 | 27 |
| 123 | Midway (Ky.) | 4 | 6 | -0.95 | 20 |
| 124 | Hastings (Neb.) | 2 | 8 | -0.95 | 12 |
| 125 | Mount Marty (S.D.) | 8 | 6 | -1 | -16 |
| 126 | Rust (Miss.) | 7 | 4 | -1 | -63 |
| 127 | Westmont (Calif.) | 10 | 8 | -1 | -61 |
| 128 | Florida Memorial | 8 | 8 | -1 | 19 |
| 129 | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | 4 | 3 | -1 | -14 |
| 130 | Judson (Ill.) | 0 | 5 | -1 | -20 |
| 131 | Providence Christian (Calif.) | 0 | 5 | -1 | -30 |
| 132 | Southwest (N.M.) | 6 | 6 | -1 | 28 |
| 133 | Calumet St. Joseph (Ind.) | 0 | 4 | -1 | 44 |
| 134 | Montreat (N.C.) | 9 | 14 | -1.05 | 20 |
| 135 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 6 | 8 | -1.1 | -45 |
| 136 | Central Baptist (Ark.) | 4 | 5 | -1.1 | -62 |
| 137 | Park-Gilbert (Ariz.) | 5 | 3 | -1.1 | -17 |
| 138 | St. Francis (Ind.) | 7 | 8 | -1.1 | -3 |
| 139 | St. Katherine (CA) | 14 | 5 | -1.2 | -57 |
| 140 | Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) | 7 | 5 | -1.2 | -45 |
| 141 | Graceland (Iowa) | 3 | 6 | -1.2 | -27 |
| 142 | Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) | 3 | 3 | -1.25 | -43 |
| 143 | Talladega (Ala.) | 4 | 8 | -1.25 | -6 |
| 144 | Dordt (Iowa) | 7 | 7 | -1.25 | 12 |
| 145 | Tougaloo (Miss.) | 2 | 5 | -1.3 | -47 |
| 146 | Ohio Christian | 6 | 4 | -1.3 | -50 |
| 147 | Eastern Oregon | 2 | 6 | -1.4 | -20 |
| 148 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 0 | 4 | -1.4 | -23 |
| 149 | Trinity International (Ill.) | 4 | 4 | -1.55 | -26 |
| 150 | Oregon Tech | 6 | 12 | -1.55 | 5 |
| 151 | Florida National | 4 | 10 | -1.6 | -12 |
| 152 | Park (Mo.) | 1 | 7 | -1.6 | -60 |
| 153 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 8 | 13 | -1.6 | 5 |
| 154 | Dakota State (S.D.) | 1 | 6 | -1.65 | -38 |
| 155 | Columbia International (S.C.) | 10 | 8 | -1.75 | -15 |
| 156 | Lincoln (Ill.) | 0 | 9 | -1.8 | -45 |
| 157 | Stillman College (Ala.) | 0 | 7 | -1.8 | -45 |
| 158 | Goshen (Ind.) | 0 | 7 | -1.8 | -56 |
| 159 | Brescia (Ky.) | 1 | 10 | -1.9 | -42 |
| 160 | Kentucky Christian | 2 | 12 | -2 | 1 |
| 161 | Rio Grande (Ohio) | 7 | 14 | -2 | 2 |
| 162 | Simpson (Calif.) | 0 | 10 | -2 | -34 |
| 163 | Bethel (Ind.) | 4 | 12 | -2.1 | 5 |
| 164 | Pikeville (Ky.) | 3 | 10 | -2.1 | 3 |
| 165 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 7 | 7 | -2.1 | -13 |
| 166 | Thomas (Ga.) | 4 | 14 | -2.1 | -24 |
| 167 | Thomas More (Ky.) | 6 | 9 | -2.1 | -10 |
| 168 | Indiana Tech | 2 | 10 | -2.15 | -18 |
| 169 | St. Mary (Kan.) | 1 | 13 | -2.3 | -18 |
| 170 | Sterling (Kan.) | 9 | 8 | -2.3 | -8 |
| 171 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5 | 7 | -2.3 | -45 |
| 172 | Avila (Mo.) | 2 | 10 | -2.5 | -7 |
| 173 | Central Christian (Kan.) | 2 | 10 | -2.55 | -4 |
| 174 | College of Idaho | 11 | 12 | -2.55 | -15 |
| 175 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 9 | 12 | -2.6 | -31 |
| 176 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 10 | 8 | -2.6 | -10 |
| 177 | Presentation (S.D.) | 4 | 11 | -2.65 | -32 |
| 178 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 7 | 10 | -2.7 | -7 |
| 179 | Peru State (Neb.) | 2 | 11 | -2.8 | -9 |
| 180 | Edward Waters (Fla.) | 3 | 18 | -2.8 | -7 |
| 181 | Corban (Ore.) | 4 | 16 | -2.9 | -17 |
| 182 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 2 | 17 | -3.3 | -10 |