2024-25 NAIA Men's Golf Final Rating (May 9)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The final edition of the 2025 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 is in, and Keiser (Fla.) is No. 1 for a third-consecutive rating.
The Seahawks are followed by Oklahoma City, Dalton State (Ga.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), OUAZ (Ariz.), Texas Wesleyan, and Friends (Kan.) in an unchanged top seven, followed by a fair amount of shuffle through the remainder of the rating.
In the top 10, though the teams are the same, there was change in the last three positions, as Wayland Baptist (Texas) moved to No. 8, followed by MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) and British Columbia. The week’s largest jump came from Northwestern (Iowa), going from receiving votes in the April 17 edition to No. 18.
The Red Raiders were one of four teams to enter the Top 25 in its final week, as No. 23 William Woods (Mo.), No. 24 St. Thomas (Fla.), and No. 25 Northwestern Ohio claimed the last three positions. Bellevue (Neb.) made the biggest jump of a previously ranked team, going from No. 20, on April 17, to No. 17 in the final rating.
Today’s rating is the last of the 2024-25 season, and the qualifiers for the 2025 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship were announced along with the final rating. The championship will be played in Silvis, Ill. May 20-23, at TPC Deere Run.
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [9] | 490 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma City [7] | 480 |
| 3 | 3 | Dalton State (Ga.) [2] | 475 |
| 4 | 4 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 449 |
| 5 | 5 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 420 |
| 6 | 6 | Texas Wesleyan | 419 |
| 7 | 7 | Friends (Kan.) | 395 |
| 8 | 10 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 394 |
| 9 | 8 | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 378 |
| 10 | 9 | British Columbia | 362 |
| 11 | 11 | Coastal Georgia | 328 |
| 12 | 12 | The Master's (Calif.) | 322 |
| 13 | 14 | Marian (Ind.) | 313 |
| 14 | 13 | Indiana Wesleyan | 280 |
| 15 | 15 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 267 |
| 16 | 17 | William Carey (Miss.) | 265 |
| 17 | 20 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 223 |
| 18 | RV | Northwestern (Iowa) | 205 |
| 19 | 19 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 199 |
| 20 | 21 | Mount Mercy (Iowa) | 185 |
| 21 | 16 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 179 |
| 22 | 18 | Faulkner (Ala.) | 165 |
| 23 | RV | William Woods (Mo.) | 146 |
| 24 | RV | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 113 |
| 25 | RV | Northwestern Ohio | 112 |
Dropped out of Top 25: Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.), Point (Ga.), Reinhardt (Ga.), Science and Arts (Okla.)
Receiving Votes: Point (Ga.) 111, Science and Arts (Okla.) 69, Reinhardt (Ga.) 52, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 41, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 39, Hastings (Neb.) 35, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 16, Cumberlands (Ky.) 9, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 8, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 2.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each NAIA Men’s Golf conference, and each conference is represented by one rater.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, etc.
- 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 team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered receiving votes.
