2019 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll Preseason
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After claiming their fifth national championship in the 2019 Women’s Golf Championships, British Columbia claims the number one spot in the preseason poll.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2007)
- British Columbia (1,175) fired a fourth sub-300 round and set a new tournament record for the third straight day as the Thunderbirds held off the Keiser University (Fla.) Seahawks (1,180) to claim the 2019 title.
- The Tunderbirds held the No. 1 spot in the Top 25 Coaches’ Poll for four consecutive polls in 2019 and start on the fall season on top as well.
- The Thunderbirds earned 16 of the first place votes, allowing Keiser (Fla.) to earn three
- No. 4 Dalton State (Ga.) moves to the top 5
- No. 2 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) leads the NAIA Active Polls Streak with 84 consecutive appearances dating back to the 2007 season.
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.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | British Columbia [16] | 525 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [3] | 514 |
| 3 | 3 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 495 |
| 4 | 6 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 469 |
| 5 | 4 | Oklahoma City | 463 |
| 6 | 5 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 456 |
| 7 | 9 | Loyola (La.) | 418 |
| 8 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 395 |
| 9 | 8 | University of Northwestern Ohio | 389 |
| 10 | 10 | Oregon Tech | 371 |
| 11 | 12 | Taylor (Ind.) | 355 |
| 12 | 7 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 336 |
| 13 | 13 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 324 |
| 14 | 15 | Texas Wesleyan | 297 |
| 15 | 16 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | 285 |
| 16 | NR | William Penn (Iowa) | 279 |
| 17 | NR | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 236 |
| 18 | NR | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 212 |
| 18 | NR | Victoria (B.C.) | 212 |
| 20 | NR | Indiana Tech | 203 |
| 21 | NR | Morningside (Iowa) | 188 |
| 22 | NR | William Woods (Mo.) | 158 |
| 23 | NR | Coastal Georgia | 156 |
| 24 | 17 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 141 |
| 25 | NR | Pikeville (Ky.) | 110 |
Receiving Votes: Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 74, Bellevue (Neb.) 65, Lindsey Wilson 50, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 47, Saint Francis (Ind.) 38, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 35, Milligan (Tenn.) 21, Corban (Ore.) 20, Ottawa (Ariz.) 15, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 12, Faulkner (Ala.) 12, Midway (Ky.) 8, Oklahoma Wesleyan 8, Indiana Wesleyan 7, Columbia (Mo.) 7, St. Francis (Ill.) 5, Jamestown (N.D.) 4, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 4
