WOMEN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll is largely unchanged from last week as there was no movement inside the Top 12 and the same 25 teams are represented. Places 16-20 feature the biggest change of team ranks, but Oklahoma City is still the clear-cut No. 1 team grabbing 16 first-place votes. Keiser (Fla.) was awarded the other three. The Lady Roadrunners of Dalton State held down the #4 spot overall for the second consecutive poll going into their home event on Monday and Tuesday, April 11 & 12.
 
By The Numbers
This is the 51^st NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll to be released since the women's golf program has been eligible for national rankings. Of the 51, Dalton State has been ranked in all 51 polls. They have been ranking inside the top-15 in all 51 polls, in the top-10 47 times and in the top-5 41 times. The highest ranking the Lady Roadrunners have achieved in program history is #1 on the May 13, 2021 poll.

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]	CONFERENCE	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Oklahoma City [16]	Sooner	527
2	2	Keiser (Fla.) [3]	The Sun	514
3	3	British Columbia	Cascade	487
4	4	Dalton State (Ga.)	Southern States	480
5	5	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	The Sun	464
6	6	Southeastern (Fla.)	The Sun	446
7	7	Loyola (La.)	Southern States	426
8	8	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cal Pac	407
9	9	Texas Wesleyan	Sooner	386
10	10	William Carey (Miss.)	Southern States	383
11	11	Menlo (Calif.)	Golden State	358
12	12	SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)	Appalachian	337
13	14	Milligan  (Tenn.)	Appalachian	313
14	13	Cumberland (Tenn.)	Mid-South	309
15	15	Ottawa (Ariz.)	Golden State	300
16	17	Indiana Wesleyan	Crossroads	260
17	16	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	259
18	20	USC Beaufort (S.C.)	The Sun	232
19	19	Taylor (Ind.)	Crossroads	225
20	18	Campbellsville (Ky.)	Mid-South	216
21	21	Truett McConnell (Ga.)	Appalachian	171
22	22	University of Northwestern Ohio	Wolverine-Hoosier	170
23	23	Oregon Tech	Cascade	146
24	24	Cumberlands (Ky.)	Mid-South	106
25	25	Bethel (Ind.)	Crossroads	103

Dropped from poll: None

Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 87; William Penn (Iowa) 83; Morningside (Iowa) 67; Vanguard (Calif.) 59; Marian (Ind.) 33; William Woods (Mo.) 24; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 18; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 9; Midway (Ky.) 6; Columbia (Mo.) 6; Kansas Wesleyan 6; Bellevue (Neb.) 5; Central Methodist (Mo.) 4; Grace (Ind.) 3

MEN
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keiser (Fla.) continues its run leading the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll garnering all 20 first-place votes. USC Beaufort (S.C.), Coastal Georgia, Southeastern (Fla.) Remain in second, third, and fifth respectively - showing the dominance of The Sun Conference. Sandwiched in-between is Ottawa (Ariz.) who jumps from eighth to fourth this week. The Roadrunners crack the top-10 moving up to 9^th on the back of good head-to-head showings against top-5 competition.
 
By The Numbers
This is the 51^st NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll to be released since the men's golf program has been eligible for national rankings. Of the 51, Dalton State has been ranked in the poll 50 times. They have been ranking inside the top-15 46 times, in the top-10 32 times and in the top-5 22 times. The highest ranking in program history was achieved on August 27, 2021 when the Roadrunners came in at #1.

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]	CONFERENCE	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Keiser (Fla.) [20]	The Sun	560
2	2	USC Beaufort (S.C.)	The Sun	538
3	3	Coastal Georgia	The Sun	512
4	8	Ottawa (Ariz.)	Golden State	505
5	5	Southeastern (Fla.)	The Sun	483
6	6	British Columbia	Cascade	473
7	7	Oklahoma City	Sooner	454
8	10	Houston-Victoria (Texas)	Red River	422
9	14	Dalton State (Ga.)	Southern States	404
10	9	Point (Ga.)	Appalachian	386
11	22	Texas Wesleyan	Sooner	368
12	17	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	Cascade	358
13	12	Bellevue (Neb.)	North Star	352
14	11	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	Sooner	316
15	13	Reinhardt (Ga.)	Appalachian	289
16	19	Taylor (Ind.)	Crossroads	261
17	18	Southwestern Christian (Okla.)	Sooner	249
18	24	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	Mid-South	212
19	20	Tennessee Wesleyan	Appalachian	203
20	15	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	The Sun	177
21	25	The Master's (Calif.)	Golden State	171
21	NR	Morningside (Iowa)	Great Plains	171
23	16	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	Cal Pac	170
23	21	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	Frontier	170
25	NR	Victoria (B.C.)	Continental	147

Dropped from poll: Marian (Ind.)

Receiving Votes: William Woods (Mo.) 135; Marian (Ind.) 125; Missouri Valley 106; Midway (Ky.) 51; Southwest (N.M.) 42; Tennessee Southern 42; Truett McConnell (Ga.) 30; William Carey (Miss.) 19; Roosevelt (Ill.) 12; Bethany (Kan.) 11; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 10; Webber International (Fla.) 9; Montana Tech 4

*Information in this article attributed to NAIA Office of Athletics Communications

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