Men's Golf Begins Fall Season Receiving Votes in NAIA Poll
(KANSAS CITY, MO) - Defending national champion Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is the No. 1 team in the preseason edition of the 2025-26 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25, beginning a nine-month season that will culminate in mid-May, at TPC Deere Run, in the 2026 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship. The Broncos were the first team outside of the top 25, finishing with 69 points, 13 points behind 25th-place Northwestern Ohio.
(KANSAS CITY, MO) - Defending national champion Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) is the No. 1 team in the preseason edition of the 2025-26 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25, beginning a nine-month season that will culminate in mid-May, at TPC Deere Run, in the 2026 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship. The Broncos were the first team outside of the top 25, finishing with 69 points, 13 points behind 25th-place Northwestern Ohio.
The Blue Raiders edged Oklahoma City by two strokes in last year's championship, as the Stars check in at No. 2. The top four finishers from last season's championship were separated by five strokes, as preseason No. 3 Keiser finished five back of Lindsey, while preseason No. 6 Wayland Baptist finished four behind the national champions. The first regular-season rating of the 2025-26 campaign is slated for Oct. 17.
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RANK |
INSTITUTION |
POINTS |
|
1 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
473 |
|
2 |
Oklahoma City |
459 |
|
3 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
445 |
|
4 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
423 |
|
5 |
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) |
412 |
|
6 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
407 |
|
7 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
374 |
|
8 |
Texas Wesleyan |
365 |
|
9 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
308 |
|
10 |
Friends (Kan.) |
307 |
|
11 |
British Columbia |
306 |
|
12 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
277 |
|
13 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
253 |
|
14 |
Marian (Ind.) |
250 |
|
15 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
244 |
|
16 |
Coastal Georgia |
229 |
|
17 |
Northwestern (Iowa) |
205 |
|
18 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
167 |
|
19 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
165 |
|
20 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
157 |
|
21 |
Point (Ga.) |
154 |
|
22 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
114 |
|
23 |
Science and Arts (Okla.) |
107 |
|
24 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
106 |
|
25 |
Northwestern Ohio |
82 |
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
