TTFB Presents JSI Rankings: NAIA Baseball Rankings

Happy Valentines Day and every Thursday through the 2019 NAIA Baseball season!

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. 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.

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.

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February 14th Observations

This is the first ever ranking and there’s bound to be some adjustments. It’s early in the season. Wayyy to early, but hey, these things are fun, right? So, what do we see on the first ranking:

Rankings are as of the final games on February 13th with 598 NAIA games in the books.
Of the five teams with 10 or more wins and undefeated, JSI favors LSU Shreveport and Texas Wesleyan the most. Both teams have more impressive wins over their counterparts in Fisher, Lawrence Tech, and Tennessee Wesleyan. Of those three, Tennessee Wesleyan stands to gain the most after a nice victory over the sluggish starting Georgia Gwinnett.
Why is a team with a losing record ranked 7 right now? We said the same thing, but JSI likes the big wins over Southeastern (#5), Missouri Baptist (#17), William Carey (#26). Their losses haven’t hurt them so far, but they are in line to drop if they continue the same pace of losing two of three to Warner (#42).
Lewis-Clark State ranked 112?? They’ve only played four games. Relax.
Florida and southern teams are way ahead of the competition due to more games played.
Again – Wayy too early, but some impressive starts have pushed some new teams to the top. Who will be there at the end?

JSI	School Name	W	L	%	Points	Coach Poll – NOV 6
1	LSU Shreveport	12	0	1.000	42.5	25
2	Texas Wesleyan	10	0	1.000	39	RV
3	Freed-Hardeman – TN	5	4	0.556	36	2
4	Keiser – FL	7	1	0.875	35	24
5	Southeastern – FL	8	2	0.800	33	1
6	Benedictine Mesa – AZ	7	2	0.778	33
7	Ave Maria – FL	5	7	0.417	32
8	St. Thomas – FL	5	3	0.625	32	6
9	Southwestern Christian – OK	8	1	0.889	28.5
10	McPherson – KS	6	3	0.667	28
11	Jarvis Christian – TX	6	6	0.500	27.5
12	Tabor – KS	7	3	0.700	27	RV
13	Wiley – TX	7	3	0.700	27
14	Hope International – CA	8	1	0.889	26
15	Tennessee Wesleyan	11	0	1.000	25	12
16	Bryan – TN	6	2	0.750	25	15
17	Missouri Baptist – MO	6	2	0.750	25	RV
18	Madonna – MI	5	3	0.625	23	RV
19	Columbia – MO	3	3	0.500	22
20	Simpson – CA	4	4	0.500	22
21	Edward Waters – FL	5	7	0.417	21.5
22	Bluefield – VA	6	1	0.857	21
23	Faulkner – AL	5	2	0.714	21	4
24	Oregon Tech	4	6	0.400	21
25	Spring Arbor – MI	3	5	0.375	21
26	William Carey – MS	3	5	0.375	21
27	Texas College	5	8	0.385	20.5
28	Mayville State – ND	4	3	0.571	20	RV
29	Oklahoma City	7	0	1.000	20	8
30	Viterbo – WI	5	3	0.625	20
31	Point – GA	7	1	0.875	19.5	RV
32	San Diego Christian – CA	5	3	0.625	19
33	University of Northwestern Ohio	4	3	0.571	19	10
34	Houston-Victoria – TX	4	3	0.571	18
35	Ottawa – KS	3	2	0.600	18
36	Rio Grande – OH	6	5	0.545	18
37	St. Andrews – NC	7	1	0.875	18
38	Friends – KS	4	8	0.333	17
39	Marymount California	3	5	0.375	17
40	Our Lady of the Lake – TX	3	5	0.375	17
41	Science & Arts	10	1	0.909	17	11
42	Warner – FL	5	3	0.625	17
43	La Sierra – CA	4	4	0.500	16
44	Michigan-Dearborn	5	2	0.714	16
45	Mid-America Christian – OK	2	2	0.500	16
46	Mobile – AL	4	3	0.571	16	RV
47	Ottawa (Ariz.) – AZ	2	2	0.500	16
48	Saint Mary – KS	2	3	0.400	16
49	Blue Mountain – MS	5	4	0.556	15
50	Central Baptist – AR	3	6	0.333	15
51	College of Idaho	4	7	0.364	15
52	Fisher – MA	12	0	1.000	15
53	SAGU – TX	7	7	0.500	15
54	Taylor – IN	6	1	0.857	15
55	Wayland Baptist – TX	4	3	0.571	15
56	Webber International – FL	3	5	0.375	15	18
57	Benedictine – KS	3	1	0.750	14
58	Central Methodist – MO	4	2	0.667	14	21
59	Southwest – NM	4	5	0.444	14
60	Southwestern – KS	3	4	0.429	14
61	Bethel – TN	5	2	0.714	13.5
62	Lyon – AR	5	2	0.714	13.5
63	Middle Georgia State	5	1	0.833	13.5	17
64	Arizona Christian	6	5	0.545	13
65	Concordia – MI	2	2	0.500	12
66	Hannibal-LaGrange – MO	2	2	0.500	12
67	Indiana Tech	2	1	0.667	12	22
68	Midway – KY	2	2	0.500	12
69	Georgia Gwinnett	4	3	0.571	11.5	3
70	Oklahoma Panhandle State	4	5	0.444	11.5
71	Oklahoma Wesleyan	3	2	0.600	11.5	9
72	Sterling – KS	4	7	0.364	11.5
73	Vanguard – CA	8	1	0.889	11.5
74	College of the Ozarks – MO	3	4	0.429	11
75	Georgetown – KY	2	4	0.333	10
76	Lawrence Tech – MI	10	0	1.000	9.5
77	Campbellsville – KY	3	1	0.750	9	14
78	Lourdes – OH	3	1	0.750	9
79	William Jessup – CA	6	1	0.857	9	13
80	William Woods – MO	3	6	0.333	9
81	Avila – MO	2	7	0.222	8
82	Bellevue – NE	1	3	0.250	8	23
83	Crowley’s Ridge – AR	1	3	0.250	8
84	Indiana Wesleyan	1	3	0.250	8	RV
85	Jamestown – ND	2	3	0.400	8	RV
86	Menlo – CA	2	3	0.400	8
87	Talladega – AL	2	6	0.250	8
88	Truett-McConnell – GA	5	4	0.556	7.5
89	Union – KY	4	1	0.800	7.5
90	Antelope Valley – CA	1	7	0.125	7	7
91	Bethany – KS	3	5	0.375	7
92	Cincinnati Christian – OH	1	6	0.143	7
93	Huntington – IN	3	0	1.000	7
94	Williams Baptist – AR	3	3	0.500	7
95	Evangel – MO	4	1	0.800	6.5
96	Asbury – KY	1	1	0.500	6
97	Cumberlands – KY	1	1	0.500	6	19
98	Huston-Tillotson – TX	2	3	0.400	6
99	Indiana Southeast – IN	1	1	0.500	6	RV
100	Kansas Wesleyan	5	6	0.455	6
101	Mount Vernon Nazarene – OH	3	0	1.000	6
102	Northwestern – IA	1	1	0.500	6
103	Olivet Nazarene – IL	3	0	1.000	6
104	Saint Xavier – IL	3	1	0.750	6
105	St. Mary’s University	1	0	1.000	6
106	Westmont – CA	6	0	1.000	6	25
107	Pikeville – KY	1	5	0.167	5
108	The Master’s – CA	5	1	0.833	5
109	Texas A&M Texarkana	4	4	0.500	4.5
110	Bethel – IN	2	2	0.500	4
111	Corban – OR	2	7	0.222	4
112	Lewis-Clark State – ID	2	2	0.500	4	5
113	Martin Methodist – TN	8	1	0.889	4
114	Newman University	1	0	1.000	4
115	Peru State – NE	2	2	0.500	4
116	Valley City State – ND	1	4	0.200	4
117	Harris-Stowe State – MO	1	6	0.143	3
118	Lindenwood-Belleville – IL	1	6	0.143	3
119	Milligan – TN	1	5	0.167	3
120	Missouri Valley	1	1	0.500	3
121	Stillman – AL	3	1	0.750	3
122	Thomas – GA	1	5	0.167	3
123	William Penn – IA	6	0	1.000	3
124	York – NE	2	4	0.333	3
125	Florida Memorial	5	3	0.625	2.5
126	Central Christian – KS	1	4	0.200	2
127	Morningside – IA	1	0	1.000	2
128	USC Beaufort (S.C.)	4	4	0.500	2
129	Loyola – LA	3	2	0.600	1.5
130	LSU Alexandria – La	3	3	0.500	1.5
131	Marian – IN	3	3	0.500	1.5
132	Montreat – NC	3	0	1.000	1.5
133	Grand View – IA	1	3	0.250	1
134	Reinhardt – GA	2	1	0.667	1	20
135	Bacone – OK	0	2	0.000	0
136	Baker – KS	1	0	1.000	0
137	Brewton-Parker – GA	1	9	0.100	0
138	British Columbia	0	6	0.000	0
139	Clarke – IA	0	7	0.000	0	RV
140	College of Saint Joseph	0	2	0.000	0
141	Cornerstone – MI	0	2	0.000	0
142	Culver-Stockton – MO	0	3	0.000	0
143	Cumberland – TN	1	3	0.250	0	RV
144	Dakota State – SD	0	4	0.000	0
145	Doane – NE	1	1	0.500	0
146	Graceland (Iowa)	0	1	0.000	0
147	IU Kokomo – IN	0	4	0.000	0
148	Lindsey Wilson – KY	0	4	0.000	0
149	MidAmerica Nazarene – KS	0	1	0.000	0
150	Midland – NE	0	3	0.000	0
151	Mount Mercy – IA	1	3	0.250	0
152	Providence Christian – CA	2	9	0.182	0
153	Rochester – MI	0	4	0.000	0
154	Roosevelt – IL	0	6	0.000	0
155	Rust – MS	1	5	0.167	0
156	Saint Francis – IN	1	1	0.500	0
157	Shawnee State – OH	0	3	0.000	0
158	St. Francis – IL	0	3	0.000	0
159	Tougaloo – MS	0	5	0.000	0
160	Trinity International – IL	2	5	0.286	0
161	Florida National – FL	3	7	0.300	-1.5
162	WVU Tech	3	5	0.375	-1.5
163	Lincoln Christian – Il	2	7	0.222	-3
164	Ohio Christian	2	6	0.250	-3