KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keiser (Fla.) continued its grip on the top spot, earning all 18 first-place votes to remain the unanimous No. 1 team in the penultimate NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2025-26 season.
Oklahoma City remained No. 2, appearing second on 17 of the 18 ballots. Webber International (Fla.), powered by two-time NAIA Player of the Week Christopher Richards, Jr., who is ranked third individually by Clippd, moved up to No. 3, while Dalton State (Ga.) slipped to No. 4. Reinhardt (Ga.) climbed back into the top five at No. 5.
The top-ranked Seahawks feature three players inside the top 15 individually, according to Clippd. Coastal Georgia’s Antonio Juarbe holds the No. 1 individual spot and has the Mariners positioned seventh this week. Indiana Wesleyan standout Sam Dykema is ranked No. 2 individually, while the Wildcats check in at No. 20, one spot ahead of William Woods (Mo.), which returned to the Top 25. The Owls are led by Spencer Worley, who sits seventh in the individual rankings.
Missouri Valley made the biggest move of the week, rising four places from No. 15 to No. 11 after winning last week’s event at Colbert Hills in Manhattan. The Vikings are paced by Felipe Suarez, ranked fourth individually by Clippd.
Friday’s release marked the second-to-last ranking of the 2025-26 campaign, with the final edition scheduled for May 1. In the April 17 edition, only six teams remained in the same position they held in the April 3 release.
| TREND | RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [18] | 498 | |
| ● | 2 | 2 | Oklahoma City | 482 | |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Webber International (Fla.) | 455 | |
| ▼ | 4 | 3 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 451 | |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 438 | |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 423 | |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | Coastal Georgia | 387 | |
| ▲ | 8 | 9 | USAO (Okla.) | 371 | |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | Texas Wesleyan | 364 | |
| ● | 10 | 10 | Friends (Kan.) | 359 | |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | Missouri Valley | 349 | |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) | 312 | |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | MidAmerica Nazarene | 305 | |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | Marian (Ind.) | 287 | |
| ▼ | 15 | 14 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 280 | |
| ▼ | 16 | 15 | British Columbia | 243 | |
| ● | 17 | 17 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 241 | |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | Point (Ga.) | 207 | |
| ● | 19 | 19 | Hastings (Neb.) | 192 | |
| ▲ | 20 | 21 | Indiana Wesleyan | 170 | |
| ▲ | 21 | RV | William Woods (Mo.) | 169 | |
| ▼ | 22 | 18 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 166 | |
| ▼ | 23 | 22 | Victoria (B.C.) | 151 | |
| ● | 24 | 24 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 100 | |
| ▼ | 25 | 23 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 92 | |
| Dropped from Top 25: Ave Maria (Fla.) | |||||
| Receiving Votes: Grand View (Iowa) 85, Ave Maria (Fla.) 72, Northwestern Ohio 54, William Carey (Miss.) 46, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 20, Northwestern (Iowa) 18, Texas A&M – Victoria 14, Texas A&M – Texarkana 13, Kansas Wesleyan 10, St. Thomas (Fla.) 9, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), St. Ambrose (Iowa) 2. | |||||
Key:
RV – Receiving Votes
NR – Not Ranked
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