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 in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.

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

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.