2018 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll — No. 5 (April 6)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the fifth-consecutive week, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) is the No. 1 ranked team in the NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Friday. The Bees garnered 16 first-place votes and 497 total points.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000, excluding 2006 polls)
• SCAD Savannah owns the No. 1 ranking for the 16th time in program history
• William Woods (Mo.) is the only new team to crack the Top 5 this week. This is their first appearance in the Top 5 since Aug. 26, 2016
• SCAD Savannah returns to the course at the end of April for the Sun Conference Championships
• Marian (Ind.) is the only new team in the Top 25 this week. The Knights rejoin for the first time since Sept. 29th, 2017
• Since 2006, William Woods and SCAD Savannah hold the active record for consecutive Top 25 appearances with 73-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.) [16] |
497 |
| 2 |
2 |
Dalton State (Ga.) [1] |
477 |
| 3 |
3 |
British Columbia [1] |
471 |
| 4 |
4 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
450 |
| 5 |
6 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
424 |
| 5 |
5 |
Texas Wesleyan |
424 |
| 7 |
9 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
397 |
| 8 |
7 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
392 |
| 9 |
8 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
375 |
| 10 |
13 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
339 |
| 11 |
11 |
Northwestern Ohio |
332 |
| 12 |
10 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
331 |
| 13 |
11 |
Oklahoma City |
319 |
| 14 |
15 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
282 |
| 15 |
14 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
271 |
| 16 |
17 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
270 |
| 17 |
16 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
238 |
| 18 |
18 |
Loyola (La.) |
230 |
| 19 |
20 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
204 |
| 20 |
19 |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
187 |
| 21 |
21 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
182 |
| 22 |
22 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
171 |
| 23 |
23 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
150 |
| 24 |
24 |
Brenau (Ga.) |
128 |
| 25 |
NR |
Marian (Ind.) |
116 |
|
Dropped from the Top 25: Bethel (Ind.)
Others Receiving Votes: Bethel (Ind.) 87; Tennessee Wesleyan 74; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 52; Oregon Tech 28; Indiana Wesleyan 26; Campbellsville (Ky.) 24; Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 20; Morningside (Iowa) 8; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 3