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Baseball Brendan Sweany, Assistant AD for Sports Communications

Milligan Baseball Closes 2026 at No. 17 in NAIA Postseason Coaches' Poll

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the results of the Postseason edition of the Coaches' Top 25 Poll on Thursday afternoon. After a trip to nationals for the second time in the last three seasons, the Milligan Buffaloes ended the year at No. 17 in the poll.

The Buffaloes ended their season in the NAIA Opening Round in Lakeland, Fla., where they picked up one win to set the new single-season program record for wins with their 41st of the campaign. The squad close out their year with a 41-15 record, also equaling the highest winning percentage in Milligan baseball history at .732. The Buffs enter the offseason ranked in the top 25 for the first time in the Coaches' Poll era (since 1998).

Listed below is the full ranking:
 
Rank Last  Institution 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   Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)  45-9 292
7   Georgia Gwinnett  49-8 280
8 18  Mid-America Christian (Okla.)  43-15 279
9 Johnson (Tenn.)  40-14 269
10 10 Doane (Neb.)  47-11 245
T-11   Bellevue (Neb.)  50-6 217
T-11 12   LSU Shreveport (La.)  43-14 217
13   Kansas Wesleyan   50-9 203
14 5   Cumberlands (Ky.)  48-10 165
15   Webber International (Fla.)  39-19 161
16   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.)

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