2021-22 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll - No. 1 (October 8)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A new top ranked team is selected in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll, as Keiser (Fla.) receives 16 of the 20 first-place votes. Oklahoma City leaps up to third and grabs a pair of top team votes with the final two being given to British Columbia and former number one Dalton State (Ga.). Overall, 11 new teams are represented in the poll compared to the preseason rankings.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
• Each conference is represented by one rater.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 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.
RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [16] | 557 |
2 | 12 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 527 |
3 | NR | Oklahoma City [2] | 524 |
4 | 4 | Coastal Georgia | 497 |
5 | NR | Bellevue (Neb.) | 467 |
6 | 8 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 457 |
7 | 15 | British Columbia [1] | 441 |
8 | 9 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 426 |
9 | 23 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 411 |
10 | NR | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 393 |
11 | 5 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | 362 |
12 | 3 | Point (Ga.) | 335 |
13 | 13 | Morningside (Iowa) | 322 |
14 | NR | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 316 |
15 | NR | Texas Wesleyan | 304 |
16 | 11 | Taylor (Ind.) | 249 |
17 | NR | Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | 239 |
18 | 14 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 208 |
19 | NR | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 205 |
20 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 197 |
21 | NR | Missouri Valley | 190 |
22 | 18 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 147 |
23 | 1 | Dalton State (Ga.) [1] | 140 |
24 | NR | Midland (Neb.) | 125 |
25 | NR | Midway (Ky.) | 115 |
Dropped from poll: William Woods (Mo.), Kansas Wesleyan, Campbellsville (Ky.), Reinhardt (Ga.), Grand View (Iowa), The Master's (Calif.), Bethany (Kan.), Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)
Receiving Votes: The Master's (Calif.) 107, Bethany (Kan.) 93, Reinhardt (Ga.) 82, Webber International (Fla.) 70, Victoria (B.C.) 66, Campbellsville (Ky.) 57, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 44, William Woods (Mo.) 42, Marian (Ind.) 40, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 31, Kansas Wesleyan 30, Roosevelt (Ill.) 29, St. Thomas (Fla.) 26, Grand View (Iowa) 14, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 13, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 8, University of Northwestern Ohio 5, Montana Tech 3