KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keiser (Fla.) claimed the No. 1 spot to start the 2021 NAIA Women's Golf season in the first edition of the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25, released by the NAIA office Friday.
Three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams are represented on the list, with Oregon Tech leading the charge with a No. 15 ranking. Lewis-Clark State College and Corban University are each receiving votes in the poll.
2020-20 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1 (February 26, 2021)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
NR |
Keiser (Fla.) [12] |
491 |
| 2 |
NR |
Dalton State (Ga.) [6] |
487 |
| 3 |
NR |
William Carey (Miss.) |
465 |
| 4 |
NR |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
442 |
| 5 |
NR |
Morningside (Iowa) |
418 |
| 6 |
NR |
Taylor (Ind.) |
411 |
| 7 |
NR |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
397 |
| 8 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
390 |
| 9 |
NR |
Texas Wesleyan |
377 |
| 10 |
NR |
Oklahoma City |
346 |
| 11 |
NR |
Indiana Wesleyan |
337 |
| 12 |
NR |
Loyola (La.) |
304 |
| 13 |
NR |
Bethel (Ind.) |
291 |
| 14 |
NR |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
245 |
| 15 |
NR |
Coastal Georgia |
238 |
| 15 |
NR |
Oregon Tech |
238 |
| 17 |
NR |
Grace (Ind.) |
234 |
| 18 |
NR |
University of Northwestern Ohi |
229 |
| 19 |
NR |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
211 |
| 20 |
NR |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
196 |
| 21 |
NR |
William Woods (Mo.) |
176 |
| 22 |
NR |
Marian (Ind.) |
160 |
| 23 |
NR |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
148 |
| 24 |
NR |
William Penn (Iowa) |
144 |
| 25 |
NR |
Midway (Ky.) |
115 |
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Receiving Votes: Wayland Baptist 109, Saint Francis (Ind.) 87, Kansas Wesleyan 81, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 59, Columbia (Mo.) 47, USC Beaufort (S.C.) 30, Indiana Tech 27, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 24, Menlo (Calif.) 19, Cumberland (Tenn.) 12,
Lewis-Clark State 7, Indiana East 5,
Corban 3
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.