2018 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? No. 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the third-straight edition, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) owns the No. 1 ranking in the NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Bees captured all 18 first-place votes and 498 total points.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000, excluding 2006 polls)
• SCAD Savannah owns the No. 1 ranking for the 14th time in program history.
• In their most recent event, the Bees took eighth out of 43 teams at the Edwin Watts / Kiawah Island Classic in Kiawah Island, S.C. Paulina Camacho tied for sixth in the tournament with a 54-hole total of 216. – five strokes off the lead.
• SCAD Savannah returns to the course March 18 – 20 at the Morehead State Citrus Challenge in Sorrento, Fla.
• No new teams joined the Top 25 this edition.
• Since 2006, No. 10 William Woods (Mo.) and SCAD Savannah hold the active record for consecutive Top 25 appearances with 71-straight polls.
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
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
2018 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 3
RANK | PRVS | SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] | TOTAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (18) | 498 |
2 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 482 |
3 | 3 | British Columbia | 465 |
4 | 6 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 448 |
5 | 5 | Texas Wesleyan | 437 |
6 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 412 |
7 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 388 |
8 | 9 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 382 |
9 | 11 | University of Northwestern Ohi | 360 |
10 | 10 | William Woods (Mo.) | 357 |
11 | 4 | Keiser (Fla.) | 351 |
12 | 12 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 320 |
13 | 13 | Oklahoma City | 319 |
14 | 15 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 282 |
15 | 16 | Taylor (Ind.) | 277 |
16 | 14 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 266 |
17 | 18 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 232 |
18 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 215 |
19 | 22 | Victoria (B.C.) | 210 |
20 | 17 | Loyola (La.) | 202 |
21 | 19 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 173 |
22 | 21 | William Penn (Iowa) | 163 |
23 | 23 | Brenau (Ga.) | 149 |
24 | 24 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 131 |
25 | 25 | Bethel (Ind.) | 114 |
Others Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 89; Marian (Ind.) 70; Tennessee Wesleyan 40; Campbellsville (Ky.) 33; Oregon Tech 27; Morningside (Iowa) 24; Saint Francis (Ind.) 18; Bellevue (Neb.) 10; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 6; Corban (Ore.) 3; Indiana Wesleyan 3.