Milligan Baseball Receives Votes in Preseason NAIA Coaches' Top 25

Milligan baseball earned 15 votes in the NAIA Coaches' Preseason Top 25, which was released on Monday

November 6, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Wednesday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) revealed the results of the Preseason NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25. As part of the ranking, Milligan University received 15 votes to earn the (RV) status. The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.

Milligan finished their 2024 season with a runner-up conclusion to the Hattiesburg, Miss. regional, hosted by William Carey University, twice upsetting No. 11-ranked Mid-America Christian in the process. The squad looks to follow up their successful first national tournament appearance with another in 2025.

Listed below is the full ranking:

RANK	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	2024 RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	Tennessee Wesleyan [4]	44-18	436
2	Hope International (Calif.) [11]	45-16	434
3	Georgia Gwinnett [2]	53-9	424
4	LSU Shreveport (La.)	44-11	391
5	Cumberlands (Ky.)	52-8	389
6	Reinhardt (Ga.)	44-18	362
7	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	38-13	357
8	Webber International (Fla.)	43-14	343
9	William Carey (Miss.)	37-16	327
10	Arizona Christian	38-21	287
11	Southeastern (Fla.)	52-8	282
12	Kansas Wesleyan	48-12	273
13	Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	41-13	271
14	Central Methodist (Mo.)	44-11	246
15	Bellevue (Neb.)	39-14	244
16	Missouri Baptist	41-12-1	239
17	Indiana Southeast	37-20	225
18	Faulkner (Ala.)	37-17	214
19	Taylor (Ind.)	42-16	208
20	Concordia (Neb.)	42-15	154
21	Loyola (La.)	37-19	117
22	Tabor (Kan.)	38-16	99
23	Oklahoma City	35-18	95
24	British Columbia	34-21	91
25	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	34-20	90

Receiving Votes: Doane (Neb.) 57, Columbia (Mo.) 41, St. Thomas (Fla.) 37, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 32, Northwestern Ohio 28, OUAZ (Ariz.) 23, Science and Arts (Okla.) 23, Keiser (Fla.) 20, Milligan (Tenn.) 15, Oklahoma Wesleyan 14, Talladega (Ala.) 7, Indiana Wesleyan 4