2017 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1
CRB No. 17, OIT No. 21
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City holds on to the No. 1 ranking in the first regular season 2017 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced on Friday.
Top 25 Highlights (Historical information dating back to 2000)
- Oklahoma City captured 18 first place votes and 498 total points to retain its No. 1 ranking.
- Six teams joined the Top 25 Poll this week: No. 16 Rocky Mountain (Mont.), No. 17 Corban (Ore.), No. 21 Oregon Tech, No. 22 SCAD Savannah (Ga.), No. 23 Culver-Stockton (Mo.) and No. 25 William Carey (Miss.)
- The Stars of Oklahoma City hold the record for the most No. 1 rankings with 49, and have been ranked in all 108 polls, dating back to 2000.
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.
2017 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Sept. 29
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL |
TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Oklahoma City |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
480 |
| 3 |
3 |
Texas Wesleyan |
467 |
| 4 |
5 |
Johnson & Wales (Fla.) |
445 |
| 5 |
20 |
Coastal Georgia |
417 |
| 6 |
7 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
390 |
| 7 |
6 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
382 |
| 8 |
12 |
Northwestern Ohio |
378 |
| 9 |
14 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
367 |
| 10 |
10 |
British Columbia |
353 |
| 11 |
8 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
321 |
| 12 |
9 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
316 |
| 13 |
15 |
Arizona Christian |
313 |
| 14 |
16 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
302 |
| 15 |
13 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
282 |
| 16 |
NR |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
237 |
| 17 |
NR |
Corban (Ore.) |
229 |
| 18 |
17 |
Point (Ga.) |
180 |
| 19 |
22 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
167 |
| 20 |
19 |
William Jessup (Calif.) |
157 |
| 21 |
NR |
Oregon Tech |
145 |
| 22 |
NR |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
139 |
| 23 |
NR |
Culver-Stockton (Mo.) |
134 |
| 24 |
21 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
117 |
| 25 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
101 |
|
Others Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clarke State (Idaho) 97; Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 81; Missouri Valley 57; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 50; Marymount (Calif.) 48; Southeastern (Fla.) 41; Reinhardt (Ga.) 35; Grand View (Iowa) 30; Bethany (Kan.) 30; Holy Cross (Ind.) 28; The Master’s (Calif.) 25; Columbia (Mo.) 13; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 10; Morningside (Iowa) 9; Jamestown (N.D) 9; Marian (Ind.) 7; Bellevue (Neb.) 4; Webber International (Fla.) 4; Loyola (La.) 3
Removed from Top 25: Southeastern (Fla.), Grand View (Iowa), The Master’s (Calif.), Mount Mercy (Iowa), Madonna (Mich.), Oklahoma Wesleyan