NAIA Communications
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After just one regular season poll a year ago, Southeastern (Fla.) returns to the top spot in the preseason edition of the Top 25 for the 2021 season. Science & Arts (Okla.) garnered two first place votes in the No. 2 spot while Georgia Gwinnett, St. Thomas (Fla.) and Tennessee Wesleyan rounded-out the top five.
2021 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (Nov. 4, 2020)
| Rank | Previous | School [First-place Votes] | 2020 Record | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Southeastern (Fla.) [17] | 26-1 | 528 |
| 2 | 2 | Science & Arts (Okla.) [2] | 18-1 | 510 |
| 3 | 3 | Georgia Gwinnett | 23-2 | 497 |
| 4 | 4 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 19-5 | 467 |
| 5 | 5 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 16-6 | 462 |
| 6 | 6 | LSU Shreveport (La.) | 22-4 | 434 |
| 7 | 8 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 18-4 | 428 |
| 8 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 22-3 | 425 |
| 9 | 9 | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 17-5 | 394 |
| 10 | 10 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 16-5 | 364 |
| 11 | 12 | Indiana Southeast (Ind.) | 18-1 | 358 |
| 12 | 11 | Indiana Tech | 11-5 | 323 |
| 13 | 17 | Westmont (Calif.) | 18-9 | 311 |
| 14 | 13 | Lyon (Ark.) | 20-6 | 300 |
| 15 | 15 | Keiser (Fla.) | 19-6 | 292 |
| 16 | 18 | Oklahoma City | 17-8 | 257 |
| 17 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 18-7 | 253 |
| 18 | 14 | Vanguard (Calif.) | 21-6 | 241 |
| 19 | 19 | Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) | 22-7 | 235 |
| 20 | 20 | Mobile (Ala.) | 17-6 | 200 |
| 21 | 16 | Bryan (Tenn.) | 14-6 | 168 |
| 22 | 21 | Middle Georgia State | 17-8 | 151 |
| 23 | 24 | Hope International (Calif.) | 18-8 | 145 |
| 24 | RV | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 15-5 | 144 |
| 25 | 25 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 15-6 | 96 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio)
Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 93, Texas Wesleyan 78, Campbellsville (Ky.) 69, Tabor (Kan.) 65, Webber International (Fla.) 45, Concordia (Neb.) 20, Bellevue (Neb.) 19, Columbia (Mo.) 18, IU Kokomo (Ind.) 9, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 8, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 8, Clarke (Iowa) 7, Point (Ga.) 6.