Championship Triumph Lifts Tennessee Wesleyan to No. 1 in Postseason Poll
Tennessee Wesleyan finishes the 2026 season atop the NAIA Baseball Top 25 Postseason Po...
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| ▲ | 1 | 16 | Tennessee Wesleyan [13] | 49-15 | 360 |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Taylor (Ind.) | 56-7 | 348 |
| ▲ | 3 | 19 | William Carey (Miss.) | 41-20 | 327 |
| ▲ | 4 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 45-18 | 318 |
| ▲ | 5 | 20 | IU Southeast (Ind.) | 44-16 | 295 |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 45-9 | 292 |
| ▼ | 7 | 3 | Georgia Gwinnett | 49-8 | 280 |
| ▲ | 8 | 18 | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | 43-15 | 279 |
| ▼ | 9 | 6 | Johnson (Tenn.) | 40-14 | 269 |
| ● | 10 | 10 | Doane (Neb.) | 47-11 | 245 |
| ▼ | T-11 | 2 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 50-6 | 217 |
| ▲ | T-11 | 12 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 43-14 | 217 |
| ▼ | 13 | 9 | Kansas Wesleyan | 50-9 | 203 |
| ▼ | 14 | 5 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 48-10 | 165 |
| ▼ | 15 | 8 | Webber International (Fla.) | 39-19 | 161 |
| ▼ | 16 | 7 | Missouri Baptist | 40-12 | 159 |
| ▼ | 17 | 11 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 41-15 | 138 |
| ▲ | 18 | T-24 | British Columbia | 40-17 | 135 |
| ▼ | 19 | 15 | Texas Wesleyan | 42-12 | 126 |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Hope International (Calif.) | 39-15 | 122 |
| ▼ | 21 | 17 | Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) | 40-17 | 106 |
| ▼ | 22 | 13 | Texas A&M - Victoria | 36-17 | 96 |
| ▲ | 23 | T-24 | Louisiana Christian | 37-15 | 86 |
| ▲ | 24 | NR | Indiana Tech | 43-17 | 77 |
| ▲ | 25 | NR | Loyola (La.) | 37-19 | 55 |
Receiving Votes: Concordia (Neb.) 52, Nelson (Texas) 46, Oklahoma Wesleyan 36, Madonna (Mich.) 30, Keiser (Fla.) 28, Huntington (Ind.) 24, Marian (Ind.) 11, Oakland City (Ind.) 11, Northwestern Ohio 10, Faulkner (Ala.) 7, St. Thomas (Fla.) 5, LSU Alexandria (La.) 2.
Dropped out of Top 25: Marian (Ind.), Huntington (Ind.)
Bruins, Trojans split by just four points as postseason begins
