Courtesy: Dalton State (Ga.) Athletics
Courtesy: Dalton State (Ga.) Athletics

2024-25 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 - Preseason (August 22)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dalton State (Ga.) tees off for 2024-25 as the national leader in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25, receiving all 19 first-place votes. They are trailed by Keiser (Fla.), Texas Wesleyan, British Columbia, and Columbia (Mo.).  

Rating Methodology

• The rating 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.

RANK LAST TIME SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] FINAL POINTS
1 1 Dalton State (Ga.) [19] 570
2 2 Keiser (Fla.) 535
3 4 Texas Wesleyan 528
4 6 British Columbia 500
5 11 Columbia (Mo.) 474
6 5 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 452
7 15 Houston-Victoria (Texas) 441
8 12 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 419
9 23 Marian (Ind.) 383
10 17 Friends (Kan.) 382
11 7 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 360
12 8 Southeastern (Fla.) 328
13 3 OUAZ (Ariz.) 325
14 14 St. Thomas (Fla.) 312
15 13 Cumberland (Tenn.) 310
16 16 Coastal Georgia 305
17 9 Truett McConnell (Ga.) 273
18 10 Oklahoma City 251
19 18 William Carey (Miss.) 234
20 21 Webber International (Fla.) 217
21 20 Campbellsville (Ky.) 178
22 19 Point (Ga.) 175
23 RV Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 141
24 22 Bellevue (Neb.) 131
25 24 Ave Maria (Fla.) 97

Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 69; Tennessee Wesleyan 69; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 61; Victoria (B.C.) 60; Cumberlands (Ky.) 56; Northwestern (Iowa) 26; Science and Arts (Okla.) 23, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 23, Benedictine-Mesa (Ariz.) 23, Kansas Wesleyan 20, Arizona Christian 18, Rio Grande (Ohio) 15, The Master's (Calif.) 10, Indiana Wesleyan 7, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 7, Reinhardt (Ga.) 5, Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 5, Northwestern Ohio 5, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 4, Park (Mo.) 4, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 2

Championship Information


74th ANNUAL
MEN'S GOLF 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
May 12-15, 2026
TPC Deere Run
Silvis, IL