KANSAS CITY - Texas Wesleyan University sits ninth in the penultimate NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll of the 2025-26 season, as the Rams remain inside the national top 10 entering the final week of regular-season rankings.
Keiser (Fla.) continued its hold on No. 1, earning all 18 first-place votes to remain the unanimous top team. Oklahoma City held steady at No. 2, followed by Webber International (Fla.) at No. 3, Dalton State (Ga.) at No. 4 and Reinhardt (Ga.) rounding out the top five.
OUAZ (Ariz.) sits sixth, Coastal Georgia is seventh and USAO (Okla.) checks in eighth, just ahead of Texas Wesleyan at No. 9. Friends (Kan.) completes the top 10.
Missouri Valley made the biggest jump in the poll, climbing from No. 15 to No. 11 after winning last week's event at Colbert Hills in Manhattan, Kan.
The April 17 release marks the second-to-last poll of the season, with the final rankings scheduled for May 1.
| TREND |
RANK |
LAST TIME |
|
INSTITUTION |
POINTS |
| ● |
1 |
1 |
 |
Keiser (Fla.) [18] |
498 |
| ● |
2 |
2 |
 |
Oklahoma City |
482 |
| ▲ |
3 |
4 |
 |
Webber International (Fla.) |
455 |
| ▼ |
4 |
3 |
 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
451 |
| ▲ |
5 |
6 |
 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
438 |
| ▼ |
6 |
5 |
 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
423 |
| ▲ |
7 |
8 |
 |
Coastal Georgia |
387 |
| ▲ |
8 |
9 |
 |
USAO (Okla.) |
371 |
| ▼ |
9 |
7 |
 |
Texas Wesleyan |
364 |
| ● |
10 |
10 |
 |
Friends (Kan.) |
359 |
| ▲ |
11 |
15 |
 |
Missouri Valley |
349 |
| ▼ |
12 |
11 |
 |
Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) |
312 |
| ▼ |
13 |
12 |
 |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
305 |
| ▼ |
14 |
13 |
 |
Marian (Ind.) |
287 |
| ▼ |
15 |
14 |
 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
280 |
| ▼ |
16 |
15 |
 |
British Columbia |
243 |
| ● |
17 |
17 |
 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
241 |
| ▲ |
18 |
20 |
 |
Point (Ga.) |
207 |
| ● |
19 |
19 |
 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
192 |
| ▲ |
20 |
21 |
 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
170 |
| ▲ |
21 |
RV |
 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
169 |
| ▼ |
22 |
18 |
 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
166 |
| ▼ |
23 |
22 |
 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
151 |
| ● |
24 |
24 |
 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
100 |
| ▼ |
25 |
23 |
 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
92 |
| Dropped from Top 25: Ave Maria (Fla.) |
| Receiving Votes: Grand View (Iowa) 85, Ave Maria (Fla.) 72, Northwestern Ohio 54, William Carey (Miss.) 46, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 20, Northwestern (Iowa) 18, Texas A&M - Victoria 14, Texas A&M - Texarkana 13, Kansas Wesleyan 10, St. Thomas (Fla.) 9, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), St. Ambrose (Iowa) 2. |
Key:
RV - Receiving Votes
NR - Not Ranked
Climbed -▲
Dropped -▼
Steady - ●
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".
