2018 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll — No. 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the fourth time in a row, 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 14 first-place votes and 465 total points.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000, excluding 2006 polls)
• SCAD Savannah owns the No. 1 ranking for the 15th time in program history
• At the Morehead State Citrus Challenge, the Bees placed 7th of 14 teams. SCAD Savannah is also home to four golfers in the Top 25
• SCAD Savannah returns to the course at the end of April for the Sun Conference Championships
• No new teams joined the Top 25 for the second-straight week
• Since 2006, No. 6 William Woods (Mo.) and SCAD Savannah hold the active record for consecutive Top 25 appearances with 72-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.
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) [14] |
465 |
| 2 |
2 |
Dalton State (Ga.) [2] |
449 |
| 3 |
3 |
British Columbia [1] |
442 |
| 4 |
4 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
422 |
| 5 |
5 |
Texas Wesleyan |
402 |
| 6 |
10 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
388 |
| 7 |
6 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
377 |
| 8 |
8 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
368 |
| 9 |
7 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
348 |
| 10 |
11 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
333 |
| 11 |
9 |
Northwestern Ohio |
306 |
| 11 |
13 |
Oklahoma City |
306 |
| 13 |
12 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
290 |
| 14 |
14 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
254 |
| 15 |
19 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
253 |
| 16 |
16 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
243 |
| 17 |
15 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
242 |
| 18 |
20 |
Loyola (La.) |
214 |
| 19 |
17 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
187 |
| 20 |
18 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
182 |
| 21 |
24 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
161 |
| 22 |
22 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
157 |
| 23 |
21 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
148 |
| 24 |
23 |
Brenau (Ga.) |
116
|
| 25 |
25 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
106 |
|
Others Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 89; Tennessee Wesleyan 64; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 53; Indiana Wesleyan 29; Morningside (Iowa) 23; Oregon Tech 17; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 9; Campbellsville (Ky.) 9; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 3