KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Point (Ga.) claimed the No.1 spot to kick off the 2021 NAIA Men's Golf season. They earned 14 first-place votes in the first edition of the 2021 NAIA Coaches’ Top 25, released Friday by the NAIA office.
Oregon Tech and Multnomah University are the two Cascade Collegiate Conference teams represented on the list, both receiving votes in the poll.
2020-21 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 2 (March 12)
| RANK |
LAST WEEK |
SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Point (Ga.) [18] |
498 |
| 2 |
2 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
481 |
| 3 |
3 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
467 |
| 4 |
4 |
Coastal Georgia |
450 |
| 5 |
5 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
430 |
| 6 |
6 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
409 |
| 7 |
9 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
380 |
| 8 |
12 |
Oklahoma City |
366 |
| 9 |
7 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
349 |
| 10 |
13 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
337 |
| 10 |
NR |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
337 |
| 12 |
8 |
Texas Wesleyan |
323 |
| 13 |
11 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
301 |
| 14 |
15 |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
265 |
| 15 |
14 |
Kansas Wesleyan |
256 |
| 16 |
18 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
255 |
| 17 |
NR |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
232 |
| 18 |
21 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
197 |
| 19 |
10 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
193 |
| 20 |
18 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
182 |
| 21 |
16 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
138 |
| 22 |
NR |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
134 |
| 23 |
NR |
Faulkner (Ala.) |
119 |
| 24 |
24 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
91 |
| 25 |
25 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
90 |
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Dropped Out: Montana Tech, Tennessee Wesleyan, Our Lady of The Lake (Texas), William Carey (Miss.)
Receiving Out: Midland (Neb.) 87, Montana Tech 86, Tennessee Wesleyan 85, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 83, Columbia (Mo.) 76, William Baptist (Miss.) 37,
Oregon Tech 21, Marian (Ind.) 20, Oklahoma Wesleyan 18, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 13, Arizona Christian 11, Northwestern (Iowa) 8, Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 6, Webber International (Fla.) 4,
Multnomah (Ore.) 3, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 3, Holy Cross (Ind.) 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.