KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the fourth-consecutive poll, Oklahoma City stands No. 1 in the final regular-season NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, the national office announced Thursday. The Stars captured all 18 first-place votes and 498 total points.
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 – Final (May 3)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Oklahoma City (18) | 498 |
| 2 | 3 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 481 |
| 3 | 5 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 462 |
| 4 | 7 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 446 |
| 5 | 6 | Keiser (Fla.) | 430 |
| 6 | 2 | Texas Wesleyan | 421 |
| 7 | 7 | Johnson & Wales (Fla.) | 409 |
| 8 | 4 | Coastal Georgia | 388 |
| 9 | 11 | University of Northwestern Ohio | 362 |
| 10 | 9 | British Columbia | 345 |
| 11 | 12 | Taylor (Ind.) | 323 |
| 12 | 10 | Victoria (B.C.) | 322 |
| 13 | 13 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 305 |
| 14 | 15 | Point (Ga.) | 289 |
| 15 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 280 |
| 16 | 16 | William Woods (Mo.) | 267 |
| 17 | 17 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 241 |
| 18 | 19 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 210 |
| 19 | 21 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 194 |
| 20 | 18 | Thomas (Ga.) | 193 |
| 21 | NR | Park (Mo.) | 173 |
| 22 | 20 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 161 |
| 23 | 24 | William Penn (Iowa) | 155 |
| 24 | NR | Arizona Christian | 148 |
| 25 | NR | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 81 |
Others Receiving Votes: Columbia (Mo.) 71; Northwestern (Iowa) 52; SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 48; Cumberland (Tenn.) 45; Bellevue (Neb.) 31; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 23; Marymount California 19; Morningside (Iowa) 16; Holy Cross (Ind.) 10; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 9; Bethany (Kan.) 9; Cumberlands (Ky.) 5; Indiana Wesleyan 5; Houston-Victoria (Texas) 3.
Dropped Out: No. 22 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), No. 23 Morningside (Iowa), No. 25 The Master’s (Calif.).
