2018 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? No. 5 (April 6)
By Jed Flemming, Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City hits three-straight weeks at No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Stars collected eighteen first-place votes and 498 total points again this week.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000)
• The Stars hold the No. 1 ranking for the 52nd time in program history and the fifth-time this season
• Oklahoma City returns to play April 9th at the Dalton State (Ga.) Roadrunner Classic before the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships
• Three newcomers come to the Top 25 this week with Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), and Morningside (Iowa) joining. Lindsey Wilson rejoins for the first time since Sept. 29, 2017, while Freed-Hardeman and Morningside make their first-ever appearance
• Oklahoma City owns an NAIA-best streak of 112-straight appearances in the Top 25
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.
2018 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | FINAL POINTS | |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City [18] | 498 | |
| 2 | 2 | Texas Wesleyan | 482 | |
| 3 | 3 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 463 | |
| 4 | 4 | Coastal Georgia | 453 | |
| 5 | 5 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 434 | |
| 6 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 416 | |
| 7 | 7 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 395 | |
| 8 | 8 | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | 393 | |
| 9 | 9 | British Columbia | 368 | |
| 10 | 11 | Victoria (B.C.) | 340 | |
| 11 | 10 | Northwestern Ohio | 337 | |
| 12 | 13 | Taylor (Ind.) | 331 | |
| 13 | 12 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 309 | |
| 14 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 293 | |
| 15 | 15 | William Woods (Mo.) | 268 | |
| 15 | 16 | Point (Ga.) | 268 | |
| 17 | 17 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 216 | |
| 18 | 22 | Thomas (Ga.) | 208 | |
| 19 | 19 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 207 | |
| 20 | NR | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 200 | |
| 21 | 21 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 188 | |
| 22 | NR | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | 136 | |
| 23 | NR | Morningside (Iowa) | 132 | |
| 24 | 24 | William Penn (Iowa) | 112 | |
| 25 | 23 | Columbia (Mo.) | 86 | |
Dropped from the Top 25: The Master’s (Calif.); Corban (Ore.); Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
Others Receiving Votes: The Master’s (Calif.) 79; Corban (Ore.) 62; Arizona Christian 37; William Carey (Miss.) 35; Park (Mo.) 27; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 27; Reinhardt (Ga.) 22; Cumberlands (Ky.) 19; Grand View (Iowa) 18; Bethany (Kan.) 16; Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 11; Marymount California 10; Faulkner (Ala.) 10; SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 4; Bellevue (Neb.) 3
