KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keiser (Fla.) closes the fall portion of the 2026-27 season atop the STADIONIC NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Rating, collecting all 18 first-place votes and 498 points in the final fall edition.
The top four teams remain unchanged, with Reinhardt (Ga.) holding at No. 2 with 482 points, followed by Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) at No. 3 with 462 points and Texas Wesleyan at No. 4 with 451 points. British Columbia makes its way into the top five after climbing nine positions from No. 14 to No. 5. St. Thomas (Fla.) records the largest jump of the rating, moving 13 spots from No. 20 to No. 7.
Texas A&M-Texarkana moves up from a tie for 26th to a tie for 19th with Southeastern (Fla.). SCAD (Ga.) and Pikeville (Ky.) enter the Top 25 after being unranked in the previous edition, checking in at No. 23 and No. 24, respectively.
The NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Rating will resume in March as teams begin the spring portion of the 2026-27 season.
| TREND | RANK | LAST | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [18] | 498 |
| ● | 2 | 2 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 482 |
| ● | 3 | 3 | Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) | 462 |
| ● | 4 | 4 | Texas Wesleyan | 451 |
| ▲ | 5 | 14 | British Columbia | 411 |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 398 |
| ▲ | 7 | 20 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 396 |
| ▲ | 8 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 394 |
| ● | 9 | 9 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 392 |
| ▼ | 10 | T-7 | The Master’s (Calif.) | 362 |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Friends (Kan.) | 327 |
| ▼ | 12 | T-7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 322 |
| ▼ | 13 | 11 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 321 |
| ▼ | 14 | 6 | Coastal Georgia | 290 |
| ▼ | 15 | 13 | Hastings (Neb.) | 270 |
| ▲ | 16 | 21 | Taylor (Ind.) | 235 |
| ▼ | 17 | 15 | Webber International (Fla.) | 224 |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 212 |
| ▲ | T-19 | 22 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 179 |
| ▲ | T-19 | T-26 | Texas A&M -Texarkana | 179 |
| ▲ | 21 | 23 | Northwestern Ohio | 170 |
| ▼ | 22 | 16 | Marian (Ind.) | 156 |
| ▲ | 23 | NR | SCAD (Ga.) | 115 |
| ▲ | 24 | NR | Pikeville (Ky.) | 101 |
| ▼ | 25 | 19 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 81 |
Receiving Votes: Missouri Valley 80, Morningside (Iowa) 79, Victoria (B.C.) 77, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 23, New College of Florida 11, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 6
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