KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dalton State (Ga.) remains atop the first regular season edition of the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25, receiving 16 first-place votes. Keiser (Fla.) remains second followed by Oklahoma City who leaps up 15 spots; the Stars receive the final two first-place votes. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) inches up to fourth followed by Coastal Georgia who moves up 11 spots to fifth. There are seven new teams in this ratings period. 

Rating Methodology

• The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences. 
• Each conference is represented by one rater. 
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater 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 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.

Dropped From Top 25: Columbia (Mo.), Truett McConnell (Ga.), Webber International (Fla.), Point (Ga.), Lawrence Tech (Mich.), Bellevue (Neb.), Ave Maria (Fla.)

Receiving Votes: Hastings (Neb.) 68, Taylor (Ind.) 65, Bellevue (Neb.) 57, Columbia (Mo.) 55, Webber International (Fla.) 40, William Woods (Mo.) 37, Science and Arts (Okla.) 33, Tennessee Wesleyan 29, Bethel (Tenn.) 24, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 19, Midway (Ky.) 18, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 14, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 12, Arizona Christian 8, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 8, Rio Grande (Ohio) 4, Point (Ga.) 3, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3, Benedictine- Mesa (Ariz.) 2, Victoria (B.C.) 2, WVU Tech (W.Va.) 2