KANSAS CITY — Texas Wesleyan University is coming off a fourth-place finish at the 2025 NAIA Women's Golf National Championship, opens the 2025-26 season ranked No. 5 in the NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 with 360 points. The Rams begin their season hosting the Texas Wesleyan Invitational on Sept. 8-9.
Keiser (Fla.) claims the No. 1 spot with 405 points, narrowly edging defending national champion British Columbia by one point. The poll sets the stage for the journey to the 2026 NAIA Women's Golf National Championship, held May 19-22 at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
- Keiser (Fla.), 405 points
- British Columbia, 404 points
- SCAD Savannah (Ga.), 385 points
- Marian (Ind.), 362 points
- Texas Wesleyan, 360 points
- Dalton State (Ga.), 352 points
- SCAD Atlanta (Ga.), 346 points
- William Carey (Miss.), 320 points
- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 306 points
- Oklahoma City, 302 points
- Cumberlands (Ky.), 247 points
- Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), 241 points
- Indiana Wesleyan, 222 points
- Southeastern (Fla.), 217 points
- Coastal Georgia, 202 points
- Truett McConnell (Ga.), 189 points
- Pikeville (Ky.), 175 points
- Taylor (Ind.), 167 points
- Loyola (La.), 165 points
- Milligan (Tenn.), 159 points
- Oregon Tech, 149 points
- Cumberland (Tenn.), 141 points
- Rocky Mountain (Mont.), 110 points
- Bethel (Ind.), 104 points
- Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 58 points
Others receiving votes: Bellevue (Neb.) 52, Arizona Christian 39, Doane (Neb.) 35, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 19, OUAZ (Ariz.) 18, Grace (Ind.) 17, Midway (Ky.) 17, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 8, Park (Mo.) 6, Bethel (Tenn.) 3, Columbia (Mo.) 2.
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".
