KANSAS CITY, Mo. – British Columbia retained the top spot in the 2024-25 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Rating, gaining three first-place votes, 14 in all, and a 10-point edge over No. 2 Keiser (Fla.), who had the top position in the fall.
 
SCAD-Savannah (Ga.) stayed at No. 3, and the only shuffle in the top five was Dalton State (Ga.), up three spots to No. 4. No. 5 Marian held its position, tied with Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), while Texas Wesleyan checked in at No. 7, followed by Oklahoma City, SCAD-Atlanta (Ga.) and Milligan (Tenn.) at Nos. 8, 9, and 10, respectively.
 
One team joined the Top 25, as Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) moved in at No. 25 in the fourth regular-season edition of the rating.

By The Numbers
This is the 72^nd NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll to be released since the women's golf program has been eligible for national rankings. Of the 72, Dalton State has been ranked in all 72 polls. They have been ranked inside the top-15 in all 72 polls, in the top-10 67 times, and in the top-5 56 times. The highest ranking the Lady Roadrunners have achieved in program history is #1 on two occasions with the most recent occurring on the May 13, 2021 poll.
 
Rating Methodology

• The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, and each conference is represented by one rater. 
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater ranks 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 team appears on. 
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered receiving votes.

 

RANK	LAST TIME	SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES]	POINTS
1	1	British Columbia [14]	495
2	2	Keiser (Fla.) [4]	485
3	3	SCAD-Savannah (Ga.)	466
4	7	Dalton State (Ga.)	438
T-5	5	Marian (Ind.)	423
T-5	4	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	423
7	6	Texas Wesleyan	417
8	8	Oklahoma City	386
9	9	SCAD-Atlanta (Ga.)	367
10	10	Milligan (Tenn.)	346
11	11	Southeastern (Fla.)	335
12	12	Embry-Riddle (Ariz.)	332
13	15	Indiana Wesleyan	300
14	16	William Carey (Miss.)	297
15	13	Truett-McConnell (Ga.)	279
16	18	Cumberlands (Ky.)	259
17	14	Oregon Tech	232
18	17	Loyola (La.)	228
19	19	Taylor (Ind.)	215
20	21	Coastal Georgia	192
21	20	Pikeville (Ky.)	166
22	22	Hope International (Calif.)	162
23	23	Bellevue (Neb.)	142
24	24	Cumberland (Tenn.)	133
25	RV	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	111

Dropped from Top 25: Bethel (Ind.)
 
Receiving Votes: Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 99, Park (Mo.) 80, Bethel (Ind.) 70, Midway (Ky.) 25, William Penn (Iowa) 21, Morningside (Iowa) 12, Grace (Ind.) 5, Doane (Neb.) 4

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

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