Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) Makes Jump to No. 19, Keiser (Fla.) Unanimous at No. 1 in Women's Golf Top 25
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keiser (Fla.) remains a unanimous No. 1 while Dalton State (Ga.) and defending national champion British Columbia switched spots at No. 2 and No. 3, in the third regular-season edition of the 2026 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25, released March 27.
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and Arizona Christian moved into the Top 25, the Warriors making the largest leap of the first rating of the spring season, moving from the RV list to No. 19. Arizona Christian is in at No. 24. In the top 10, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) climbed four spots to No. 10, and in the next five, Texas Wesleyan is up three spots to No. 13.
The rating returns in two weeks, on April 8, with a breakdown of top 10 teams and the fourth Top 25 of the regular season at NAIA.org.
| Trend | Rank | Last Time | Insitution | Final Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | 1 | 1 | 
|
Keiser (Fla.) [17] | 497 |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | 
|
Dalton State (Ga.) | 476 |
| ▼ | 3 | 2 | 
|
British Columbia | 467 |
| ▲ | 4 | 6 | 
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 446 |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | 
|
Marian (Ind.) | 436 |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 419 |
| ▲ | 7 | 8 | 
|
William Carey (Miss.) | 402 |
| ▲ | 8 | 10 | 
|
Loyola (La.) | 381 |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | 
|
Indiana Wesleyan | 370 |
| ▲ | 10 | 14 | 
|
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 347 |
| ● | 11 | 11 | 
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) | 332 |
| ▼ | 12 | 9 | 
|
Southeastern (Fla.) | 326 |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | 
|
Texas Wesleyan | 296 |
| ▲ | 14 | 15 | 
|
Pikeville (Ky.) | 270 |
| ▲ | 15 | 17 | 
|
Coastal Georgia | 259 |
| ▲ | 16 | 18 | 
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 241 |
| ▲ | 17 | 20 | 
|
Cumberland (Tenn.) | 227 |
| ▼ | 18 | 13 | 
|
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 207 |
| ▲ | 19 | RV | 
|
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 190 |
| ▼ | 20 | 12 | 
|
Taylor (Ind.) | 186 |
| ● | 21 | 21 | 
|
Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 164 |
| ▲ | 22 | 25 | 
|
Oregon Tech | 149 |
| ▼ | 23 | 19 | 
|
Oklahoma City | 143 |
| ▲ | 24 | RV | 
|
Arizona Christian | 121 |
| ▼ | 25 | 22 | 
|
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 97 |
| Dropped out of Top 25: Milligan (Tenn.), Morningside (Iowa) | |||||
| Receiving Votes: USAO (Okla.) 83, UT Southern (Tenn.), 64, OUAZ (Ariz.) 55, Milligan (Tenn.) 48, Morningside (Iowa) 24, Bethel (Ind.) 11, Columbia (Mo.) 7, Montana Tech 6, Ave Maria (Fla.) 3. | |||||
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”.
