2016-17 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? No. 6 (May 4)
By Spencer Scheve, Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, MO. – For the eighth-straight poll, the ten-time national champions Oklahoma City capture the No. 1 spot in the final regular-season NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Thursday. The Stars earned 20 first-place votes and 360 total points to remain in control. The postseason Top 25 Poll will be released on Friday, May 26.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and the Association of Independent Institutions.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
| RANK | LAST^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City (20) | 560 |
| 2 | 2 | Texas Wesleyan | 535 |
| 3 | 3 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 531 |
| 4 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 505 |
| 5 | 5 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 487 |
| 6 | 6 | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | 470 |
| 7 | 8 | William Woods (Mo.) | 450 |
| 8 | 10 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 424 |
| 9 | 9 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 406 |
| 10 | 15 | Taylor (Ind.) | 372 |
| 11 | 11 | British Columbia | 370 |
| 12 | 14 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 362 |
| 13 | 12 | William Jessup (Calif.) | 349 |
| 14 | 13 | Arizona Christian | 320 |
| 15 | 17 | Coastal Georgia | 313 |
| 16 | 7 | Northwestern Ohio | 311 |
| 17 | NR | Point (Ga.) | 263 |
| 18 | 22 | Grand View (Iowa) | 251 |
| 19 | 19 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 223 |
| 20 | 16 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 218 |
| 21 | 18 | Victoria (B.C.) | 212 |
| 22 | 19 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 205 |
| 23 | 24 | Webber International (Fla.) | 155 |
| 24 | 21 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 124 |
| 25 | 25 | Oklahoma Wesleyan | 105 |
Receiving Votes: Reinhardt (Ga.) 83; Missouri Valley 74; Faulkner (Ala.) 62; The Master's (Calif.) 53; Madonna (Mich.) 53; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 25; Marian (Ind.) 22; St. Andrews (N.C.) 18; Bellevue (Neb.) 18; Cumberland (Tenn.) 8; Point Park (Pa.) 3
