2018 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll — No. 5 (April 6)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City hits three-straight weeks at No. 1 in the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Stars collected eighteen first-place votes and 498 total points again this week.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000)
• The Stars hold the No. 1 ranking for the 52nd time in program history and the fifth-time this season
• Oklahoma City returns to play April 9th at the Dalton State (Ga.) Roadrunner Classic before the Sooner Athletic Conference Championships
• Three newcomers come to the Top 25 this week with Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), andMorningside (Iowa) joining. Lindsey Wilson rejoins for the first time since Sept. 29, 2017, while Freed-Hardeman and Morningside make their first-ever appearance
• Oklahoma City owns an NAIA-best streak of 112-straight appearances in the Top 25
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 Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – No. 5
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] |
|
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Oklahoma City [18] |
|
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Texas Wesleyan |
|
482 |
| 3 |
3 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
|
463 |
| 4 |
4 |
Coastal Georgia |
|
453 |
| 5 |
5 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
|
434 |
| 6 |
6 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
|
416 |
| 7 |
7 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
|
395 |
| 8 |
8 |
Johnson & Wales (Fla.) |
|
393 |
| 9 |
9 |
British Columbia |
|
368 |
| 10 |
11 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
|
340 |
| 11 |
10 |
Northwestern Ohio |
|
337 |
| 12 |
13 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
|
331 |
| 13 |
12 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
|
309 |
| 14 |
14 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
|
293 |
| 15 |
15 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
|
268 |
| 15 |
16 |
Point (Ga.) |
|
268 |
| 17 |
17 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
|
216 |
| 18 |
22 |
Thomas (Ga.) |
|
208 |
| 19 |
19 |
Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
|
207 |
| 20 |
NR |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
|
200 |
| 21 |
21 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
|
188 |
| 22 |
NR |
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) |
|
136 |
| 23 |
NR |
Morningside (Iowa) |
|
132 |
| 24 |
24 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
|
112 |
| 25 |
23 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
|
86 |
|
Dropped from the Top 25: The Master’s (Calif.); Corban (Ore.); Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
Others Receiving Votes: The Master’s (Calif.) 79; Corban (Ore.) 62; Arizona Christian 37; William Carey (Miss.) 35; Park (Mo.) 27; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 27; Reinhardt (Ga.) 22; Cumberlands (Ky.) 19; Grand View (Iowa) 18; Bethany (Kan.) 16; Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 11; Marymount California 10; Faulkner (Ala.) 10; SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 4; Bellevue (Neb.) 3