UBC Takes Back Top Spot In Latest NAIA Women’s Golf Top-25 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The British Columbia Thunderbirds moved up one spot to claim the No. 1 spot in the second poll of the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25. The defending national champions just competed in U Hawaii Rainbow Invite in Kapolei, HI playing some of the top NCAA programs.
After dropping to No. 2 last time, UBC took back the top spot. The Thunderbirds are one of two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams represented in the poll, with Oregon Tech holding at No. 9 in the rankings.
2019 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 2 (November 8)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1st PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
2 |
British Columbia [13] |
522 |
| 2 |
3 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) [5] |
513 |
| 3 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
488 |
| 4 |
5 |
Taylor (Ind.) [1] |
476 |
| 5 |
6 |
Oklahoma City |
462 |
| 6 |
7 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
443 |
| 7 |
8 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
424 |
| 8 |
4 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
422 |
| 9 |
9 |
Oregon Tech |
400 |
| 10 |
20 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
347 |
| 11 |
19 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
322 |
| 12 |
12 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
313 |
| 13 |
15 |
Saint Francis (Ind.) |
312 |
| 14 |
11 |
Loyola (La.) |
303 |
| 15 |
23 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
294 |
| 16 |
21 |
Indiana Tech |
281 |
| 17 |
14 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
264 |
| 18 |
13 |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
258 |
| 19 |
10 |
Texas Wesleyan |
237 |
| 20 |
18 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
191 |
| 21 |
16 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
179 |
| 22 |
22 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
169 |
| 23 |
NR |
Grace (Ind.) |
158 |
| 24 |
17 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
137 |
| 25 |
NR |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
120 |
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 92, William Woods (Mo.) 73, Ottawa (Ariz.) 60, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 50, Morningside (Iowa) 47, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 28, Menlo (Calif.) 23, Tennessee Wesleyan 14, Coastal Georgia 12, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 8, Asbury (Ky.) 3
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2007)
- The No. 1 Thunderbirds are currently No. 1 on Golfstat and earned 13-of-19 first-place votes.
- No. 2 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) proves to remain strong winning a recent division I event. The Bees followed closely behind British Columbia collected 513 total points and five first-place votes.
- Indiana Wesleyan made the biggest jump this week moving up ten spots to No. 10 after winning their last three competitions.
- No. 24 Bellevue (Neb.) joins the poll this week as the lone newcomer.
- No. 3 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) leads the NAIA Active Polls Streak with 86 consecutive appearances dating back to the 2007 season.
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.