NORMAN, Okla. – Texas Wesleyan remained the top ranked team in NAIA golf for the fourth straight Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. The Rams received five first-place votes.
Oklahoma City received three first-place votes to move up one spot to second. Dalton State tallied the two remaining first-place and fell one rung to third. Coastal Georgia checked in at No. 4 and was followed by Johnson & Wales (FL), Keiser, Victoria and Rocky Mountain. British Columbia and Wayland Baptist entered the top 10 at Nos. 9 and 10, respectively.
Our Lady of The Lake (#T15), Point (#T17), William Penn (#T20), Oregon Tech (#22), and SCAD Savannah (#24) entered the ranking. Arizona Christian, Lewis-Clark State, Northwestern Ohio, South Carolina Beaufort and Southeastern (FL) fell from the top 25.
The next Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll will be released March 30.
Bushnell Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll - March 9
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Texas Wesleyan (5) | 242 | 1 |
2 | Oklahoma City (3) | 238 | 3 |
3 | Dalton State (2) | 233 | 2 |
4 | Coastal Georgia | 208 | 6 |
5 | Johnson & Wales (FL) | 198 | 5 |
6 | Keiser | 193 | 8 |
7 | Victoria | 191 | 4 |
8 | Rocky Mountain | 182 | 7 |
9 | British Columbia | 178 | 11 |
10 | Wayland Baptist | 159 | 12 |
11 | William Woods | 143 | 13 |
12 | Taylor | 139 | 15 |
13 | Corban | 127 | 14 |
14 | Cardinal Stritch | 83 | 19 |
T15 | Our Lady of the Lake | 79 | NR |
T15 | William Carey | 79 | 23 |
T17 | Columbia College | 75 | 20 |
T17 | Point | 75 | NR |
19 | Lawrence Tech | 64 | 22 |
T20 | The Master's University | 53 | 18 |
T20 | William Penn | 53 | NR |
22 | Oregon Tech | 44 | NR |
23 | Morningside | 37 | 25 |
24 | SCAD Savannah | 35 | NR |
25 | Grand View | 30 | 24 |
Dropped From Ranking: | Arizona Christian (#21), Lewis-Clark State (#16), Northwestern Ohio (#9), South Carolina Beaufort (#10), Southeastern (FL) (#17) | ||
Others Receiving Votes: Bellevue, 21; Embry-Riddle (AZ), 16; Faulkner, 14; Lindsey Wilson, 14; Webber International, 11; Indiana Wesleyan, 10; Madonna, 6; William Jessup, 6; Mount Mercy, 5; St. Ambrose, 4; University of the Cumbelands, 3; Loyola-New Orleans, 2. |