KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the third straight ranking, Dalton State (Ga.) sits atop the leaderboard of the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25, earning 18 of 19 first-place votes. Keiser (Fla.) was awarded the last first-place votes and sits in second place. OUAZ (Ariz.) stays third, Texas Wesleyan in fourth and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) fifth as the whole Top Seven remains the same.  

Ranking Methodology

• The ranking 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 rater 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.

Drop From Top 25: Lawrence Tech (Mich.)

Receiving Votes: Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 105; Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 62; Cumberlands (Ky.) 45; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 45; Victoria (B.C.) 23; Kansas Wesleyan 22; Taylor (Ind.) 12; The Master's (Calif.) 12; Tennessee Wesleyan 11; Morningside (Iowa) 8