2017 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1
By Trevor Lininger, NAIA Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City holds on to the No. 1 ranking in the first regular season 2017 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Friday.
Top 25 Highlights (Historical information dating back to 2000)
- Oklahoma City captured 18 first place votes and 498 total points to retain its No. 1 ranking.
- Six teams joined the Top 25 Poll this week: No. 16 Rocky Mountain (Mont.), No. 17 Corban (Ore.), No. 21 Oregon Tech, No. 22 SCAD Savannah (Ga.), No. 23 Culver-Stockton (Mo.) and No. 25 William Carey (Miss.)
- The Stars of Oklahoma City hold the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 49, and have been ranked in all 108 polls, dating back to 2000.
Poll Methodology
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
- Each conference is given one rater for every four schools in the league.- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first-place vote, 24 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) 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 appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2017 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 29
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City | 498 |
| 2 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 480 |
| 3 | 3 | Texas Wesleyan | 467 |
| 4 | 5 | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | 445 |
| 5 | 20 | Coastal Georgia | 417 |
| 6 | 7 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 390 |
| 7 | 6 | William Woods (Mo.) | 382 |
| 8 | 12 | Northwestern Ohio | 378 |
| 9 | 14 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 367 |
| 10 | 10 | British Columbia | 353 |
| 11 | 8 | Keiser (Fla.) | 321 |
| 12 | 9 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 316 |
| 13 | 15 | Arizona Christian | 313 |
| 14 | 16 | Victoria (B.C.) | 302 |
| 15 | 13 | Taylor (Ind.) | 282 |
| 16 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 237 |
| 17 | NR | Corban (Ore.) | 229 |
| 18 | 17 | Point (Ga.) | 180 |
| 19 | 22 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 167 |
| 20 | 19 | William Jessup (Calif.) | 157 |
| 21 | NR | Oregon Tech | 145 |
| 22 | NR | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 139 |
| 23 | NR | Culver-Stockton (Mo.) | 134 |
| 24 | 21 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 117 |
| 25 | NR | William Carey (Miss.) | 101 |
Others Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clarke State (Idaho) 97; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 81; Missouri Valley 57; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 50; Marymount (Calif.) 48; Southeastern (Fla.) 41; Reinhardt (Ga.) 35; Grand View (Iowa) 30; Bethany (Kan.) 30; Holy Cross (Ind.) 28; The Master’s (Calif.) 25; Columbia (Mo.) 13; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 10; Morningside (Iowa) 9; Jamestown (N.D) 9; Marian (Ind.) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) 4; Webber International (Fla.) 4; Loyola (La.) 3
Removed from Top 25: Southeastern (Fla.), Grand View (Iowa), The Master’s (Calif.), Mount Mercy (Iowa), Madonna (Mich.), Oklahoma Wesleyan
