May 7, 2008

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In the final regular season poll, Lubbock Christian (Texas) University holds as the No. 1 team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Baseball Coaches' Top 25, announced today (May 7). For the third time this year, the Chaparrals tabbed all first-place votes with 20 nods this poll. LCU stands with the best winning percentage (.962) in all of NAIA baseball at 50-2 and is the No. 1 seed in this week's Region VI Tournament. For a complete schedule of all the Region Tournaments, click here.

The five straight weeks for LCU at No. 1 is the longest such streak for a team other than Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) since Oklahoma City went seven straight weeks during the 2004 season.

No. 2 Lewis-Clark State, host of the 2008 NAIA Baseball National Championship, received 476 points. For the seventh time and sixth straight week, Lee (Tenn.) is at No. 3 and boasts the most wins (53) in the NAIA. No. 4 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) and No. 5 Oklahoma City have been a mainstay in the Top 5 all season. Azusa has been included in this list in every poll (10 total) while OCU has been one of the five best teams in eight polls.

At No. 21, Oklahoma Baptist hits the Top 25 for the first time in three weeks. No. 24 Missouri Baptist reaches the poll for the first time since No. 20 in the April 3 poll.

Region Tournaments conclude on Saturday, May 10. The Super Regional field of 14 teams will be announced on Sunday, May 11 with those super regional winners advancing to the 52nd Annual NAIA World Series from May 23-30.

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2007-08 NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll - May  7 (Rating #9 - Final Regular Season)

RANK	LAST WEEK	SCHOOL	1st PLACE VOTES	2008 RECORD*	TOTAL POINTS
1	1	Lubbock Christian University (Texas) (VI)	20	50-2	500
2	2	Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) (I)		47-5	476
3	3	Lee University (Tenn.) (XIII)		53-7	459
4	5	Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) (II)		41-8	438
5	4	Oklahoma City University (VI)		49-10	420
6	7	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Fla.) (XIV)		39-14	389
7	6	University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) (XI)		43-12	383
8	8	University of Mobile (Ala.) (XIII)		42-14	345
9	11	Tennessee Wesleyan College (XII)		41-15	334
10	10	Fresno Pacific University (Calif.) (II)		34-12	306
11	14	Bellevue University (Neb.) (IV)		45-12	290
12	13	University of St. Francis (Ill.) (VII)		41-9	289
13	12	Wayland Baptist University (Texas) (VI)		43-14	286
14	15	Union College (Ky.) (XII)		40-14	217
15	16	Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) (XIII)		41-19	213
16	24	Madonna University (Mich.) (VIII)		36-12	193
17	17	Trevecca Nazarene University (Tenn.) (XI)		36-14	160
18	20	Louisiana State University-Shreveport (XIII)		44-14	141
19	9	Spring Arbor University (Mich.) (VIII)		32-7	138
20	19	Biola University (Calif.) (II)		34-16	115
21	NR	Oklahoma Baptist University (VI)		43-14	100
22	22	Malone College (Ohio) (IX)		36-11	95
23	23	Warner Southern College (Fla.) (XIV)		33-22	58
24	RV	Missouri Baptist University (V)		37-14	48
25	18	Texas Wesleyan University (VI)		40-14	36

Others receiving votes:
Cumberland University (Tenn.) (XI) 25; Southern Polytechnic State University (Ga.) (XIII) 24; Northwood
University (Fla.) (XIV) 8; Morningside College (Iowa) (III) 5; Lindenwood University (Mo.) (V) 4; Huntington
University (Ind.) (VIII) 2; Saint Ambrose University (Iowa) (VII) 2; Point Loma Nazarene University (Calif.) (II)
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* Record through games played May 4

2008 NAIA Baseball Ratings

Region Top 6's and National Top 25 Ratings