KANSAS CITY — Texas Wesleyan, finishing 10th at the 2025 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship, opens the 2025-26 season ranked No. 8 in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 with 365 points. The Rams start their season at the UC Ferguson Classic, Aug. 24-26, hosted by Oklahoma City.
Defending national champion Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) claims the No. 1 spot with 473 points, edging Oklahoma City by two strokes, mirroring last year's championship. The top four finishers from 2025 were separated by five strokes, with Keiser at No. 3 and Wayland Baptist at No. 6. The season culminates at the 2026 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship, May 19-22, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. The next regular-season poll is set for Oct. 17.
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 473 points
- Oklahoma City, 459 points
- Keiser (Fla.), 445 points
- Dalton State (Ga.), 423 points
- MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), 412 points
- Wayland Baptist (Texas), 407 points
- OUAZ (Ariz.), 374 points
- Texas Wesleyan, 365 points
- Indiana Wesleyan, 308 points
- Friends (Kan.), 307 points
- British Columbia, 306 points
- William Woods (Mo.), 277 points
- The Master's (Calif.), 253 points
- Marian (Ind.), 250 points
- William Carey (Miss.), 244 points
- Coastal Georgia, 229 points
- Northwestern (Iowa), 205 points
- Southeastern (Fla.), 167 points
- Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 165 points
- Reinhardt (Ga.), 157 points
- Point (Ga.), 154 points
- Campbellsville (Ky.), 114 points
- Science and Arts (Okla.), 107 points
- Victoria (B.C.), 106 points
- Northwestern Ohio, 82 points
Others receiving votes: Hastings (Neb.) 69, Midway (Ky.) 55, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 54, Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 52, Tennessee Wesleyan 39, Arizona Christian 29, Cumberland (Tenn.) 23, Faulkner (Ala.) 21, Cumberlands (Ky.) 19, Truett McConnell (Ga.) 11, Columbia (Mo.) 10.
Ratings Methodology
- The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating 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".
