2018-19 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? March 22, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mariners of Coastal Georgia pass Oklahoma City Stars to take the No. 1 spot in the second Top 25 of 2019 season.
Top 25 Highlights
- Coastal Georgia earns 14 of the 18 first-place votes
- The Mariners won the NAIA Battle at the Primm in Las Vegas on Tuesday finishing four strokes better than Keiser University and then-No.1 Oklahoma City.
- Victoria (B.C.) makes the biggest jump moving up five spots from No. 20 to No. 15.
- Morningside (Iowa), Loyola (La.) and Ottawa (Ariz.) are all new to the poll this week coming in at No. 23-25
- The Stars of Oklahoma City claimed three of the first places votes this week, falling to No. 2 from the No. 1 in the previous poll
- Oklahoma City continues to lead the NAIA Active Polls Streak with 120 consecutive appearances.
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.
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Coastal Georgia [14] | 495 |
| 2 | 1 | Oklahoma City [3] | 484 |
| 3 | 4 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 447 |
| 4 | 3 | University of Northwestern Ohio [1] | 446 |
| 5 | 5 | Texas Wesleyan | 437 |
| 6 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 427 |
| 7 | 8 | Point (Ga.) | 408 |
| 8 | 7 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 384 |
| 9 | 9 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 379 |
| 10 | 11 | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | 348 |
| 11 | 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 328 |
| 12 | 10 | British Columbia | 320 |
| 13 | 13 | Thomas (Ga.) | 310 |
| 14 | 14 | Truett-McConnell (Ga.) | 287 |
| 15 | 20 | Victoria (B.C.) | 254 |
| 16 | 16 | Missouri Valley | 244 |
| 17 | 18 | Oregon Tech | 224 |
| 18 | 17 | Taylor (Ind.) | 223 |
| 19 | 15 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 201 |
| 20 | 22 | Northwestern (Iowa) | 180 |
| 21 | 21 | William Woods (Mo.) | 130 |
| 22 | 25 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 123 |
| 23 | NR | Morningside (Iowa) | 108 |
| 24 | NR | Loyola (La.) | 107 |
| 25 | 19 | Mount Mercy | 101 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Tennessee Wesleyan, Carroll (Mont.)
Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee Wesleyan 91, Bellevue (Neb.) 61, Menlo (Calif.) 51, Mobile (Ala.) 41, Columbia (Mo.) 35, Carroll (Mont.) 33, Kansas Wesleyan 32, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 9, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 6, Corban (Ore.) 6, Arizona Christian 5, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 5, Oklahoma Wesleyan 5, Lindesey Wilson (Ky.) 3, William Penn (Iowa) 3
