Pilots return to top 15 in NAIA with 23-7 start
March 24, 2005
Shreveport, LA---The NAIA released its first top 25 rankings of the 2005 season Thursday afternoon. The LSUS Pilots have found themselves ranked 14th in the country and back in the top 15 for the first time since the pre-season polls in 2004. LSUS has accumulated a 23-7 record through the first half of their season and are currently in top spot in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference at 12-3; two games ahead of the 10-5 University of Mobile Rams.
2005 NAIA Baseball Rating #1 - March 24, 2005
|
RANK |
PRE-SEASON |
SCHOOL (Region) |
1ST PLACE VOTES |
RECORD |
TOTAL POINTS |
|
1 |
1 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) (XI) |
13 |
26-6-0 |
607 |
|
2 |
3 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I) |
2 |
15-4-0 |
566 |
|
3 |
4 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (XIV) |
10 |
30-2-0 |
550 |
|
4 |
5 |
Bellevue (Neb.) (IV) |
21-6-0 |
539 | |
|
5 |
11 |
Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI) |
19-5-0 |
532 | |
|
6 |
2 |
Oklahoma City (VI) |
30-5-0 |
489 | |
|
7 |
NR |
Lee (Tenn.) (XIII) |
26-7-0 |
380 | |
|
8 |
12 |
Tennessee Wesleyan (XII) |
13-5-0 |
368 | |
|
9 |
NR |
Lyon (Ark.) (XI) |
29-6-0 |
359 | |
|
10 |
NR |
Benedictine (Kan.) (V) |
18-6-0 |
329 | |
|
11 |
NR |
Bethany (Kan.) (IV) |
25-3-0 |
315 | |
|
12 |
14 |
Jamestown (N.D.) (III) |
10-2-1 |
300 | |
|
13 |
13 |
William Penn (Iowa) (VII) |
15-5-0 |
285 | |
|
14 |
NR |
Louisiana State-Shreveport (XIII) |
23-5-0 |
277 | |
|
15 |
NR |
Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI) |
25-6-0 |
271 | |
|
16 |
19 |
Biola (Calif.) (II) |
14-5-1 |
247 | |
|
17 |
NR |
Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (XI) |
29-6-0 |
219 | |
|
18 |
NR |
Madonna (Mich.) (VIII) |
13-1-0 |
218 | |
|
19 |
NR |
Flagler (Fla.) (XIV) |
20-13-0 |
176 | |
|
20 |
6 |
Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II) |
19-5-0 |
152 | |
|
21 |
17 |
Spalding (Ky.) (XII) |
22-11-0 |
143 | |
|
22 |
NR |
Rio Grande (Ohio) |
15-5-0 |
128 | |
|
23 |
NR |
Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) (XII) |
28-8-0 |
117 | |
|
24 |
NR |
McKendree (Ill.) (V) |
17-7-0 |
116 | |
|
25 |
22 |
Oklahoma Baptist (VI) |
24-7-0 |
104 |
Others Receiving Votes:British Columbia (I), 53; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII), 45; St. Thomas (Fla.) (XIV), 41; Mobile (Ala.) (XIII), 40; Northwood (Fla.) (XIV), 23; Campbellsville (Ky.) (XI), 22; Albertson (Idaho) (I), 18; Ohio Dominican (IX), 13; Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (VI), 13; York (Neb) (IV), 13; Friends (Kan.) (IV), 10; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) (IV), 9; Warner Southern (Fla.) (XIV), 9; Dickinson State (N.D.) (III), 7; Faulkner (Ala.) (XIII), 7; Culver-Stockton (Mo.) (V), 6; North Georgia (XIII), 4; Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II), 2; Morningside (Iowa) (V), 1; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX), 1; William Jewell (Mo.) (IV), 1.
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