KANSAS CITY - Texas Wesleyan University dropped two spots to No. 24 in the latest 2026 GoRout NAIA Baseball Coaches' Top 25 Poll, despite a solid 28-6 overall record.

The Rams received 108 points after holding the No. 21 ranking in the previous edition. Taylor (Ind.) claimed the No. 1 spot for the first time this season, fueled by a 12-game win streak and nine first-place votes. LSU Shreveport (La.), which had topped every prior poll, slipped to No. 4.

Georgia Gwinnett stayed steady at No. 2, while Bellevue (Neb.) climbed to No. 3. Johnson (Tenn.) and Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) rounded out the top five.

Texas A&M-Victoria made one of the week's biggest jumps, soaring from receiving votes to No. 10. Indiana Southeast debuted at No. 23. Other notable movers included Kansas Wesleyan (up from No. 17 to No. 12) and Doane (Neb.) (from No. 23 to No. 16).

Here is the full updated ranking:

TREND	RANK	LAST TIME		INSTITUTION [First-Place Votes]	RECORD	POINTS
▲	1	3		Taylor (Ind.) [9]	30-3	440
●	2	2		Georgia Gwinnett [6]	31-3	435
▲	3	4		Bellevue (Neb.)	28-3	423
▼	4	1		LSU Shreveport (La.) [1]	29-7	397
●	5	5		Johnson (Tenn.)	27-5	349
▲	5	7		Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	26-3	349
▲	7	8		Missouri Baptist	23-5	348
▼	8	6		Cumberlands (Ky.)	26-6	334
▲	9	10		Southeastern (Fla.)	25-9	319
▲	10	RV		Texas A&M- Victoria	27-9	297
▼	11	9		Tennessee Wesleyan	28-9	269
▲	12	17		Kansas Wesleyan	27-6	254
▼	13	11		St. Thomas (Fla.)	21-13	241
▲	14	18		Loyola (La.)	26-10	218
▼	15	13		William Carey (Miss.)	24-12	213
▲	16	23		Doane (Neb.)	23-7	200
▼	17	12		Hope International (Calif.)	26-11	197
▼	18	14		Mid-America Christian (Okla.)	26-9	186
▼	19	15		Louisiana Christian	29-6	159
●	20	20		Ottawa (Kan.)	29-7	131
▲	21	24		Abraham Baldwin (Ga.)	25-12	124
▼	22	19		Indiana Tech	18-11	116
▲	23	RV		Indiana Southeast	23-10	110
▼	24	21		Texas Wesleyan	28-6	108
▼	25	16		Huntington (Ind.)	23-8	99

Key: RV - Receiving Votes, ▲- Climbed, ▼- Dropped, ● - Steady

Dropped out of the Top 25: Keiser (Fla.), Nelson (Texas). 

Receiving Votes: Webber International (Fla.) 70, Marian (Ind.) 64, Keiser University (Fla.) 54, Milligan  (Tenn.) 52, Faulkner (Ala.) 50, Concordia (Neb.) 27, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 16, Central Methodist (Mo.) 10, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 10, Arizona Christian 9, Oakland City (Ind.) 6, British Columbia (B.C.) 4, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 3, OUAZ (Ariz.) 2

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Poll Methodology

• The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
• A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
• The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
  • 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
• The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
• Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
• For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.