Truett McConnell Climbs to No. 5 with 2 Others Receiving Votes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll, the national organization announced on Friday.
Truett McConnell entered the top five this week, landing at No. 5 with 446 voting points. The Bears were No. 16 in the previous poll.
Reinhardt and Tennessee Wesleyan also received votes, collecting 41 and six, respectively.
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences.
• Each conference is represented by one rater.
• The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, and so on through the list.
• The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes."
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
| 1 | 4 | Dalton State (Ga.) [11] | 522 |
| 2 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [8] | 519 |
| 3 | 2 | British Columbia | 484 |
| 4 | 7 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 473 |
| 5 | 16 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 446 |
| 6 | 8 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 437 |
| 7 | 25 | Columbia (Mo.) | 429 |
| 8 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 421 |
| 9 | 18 | Texas Wesleyan | 399 |
| 10 | NR | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 387 |
| 11 | NR | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 356 |
| 12 | 14 | Point (Ga.) | 329 |
| 13 | NR | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 313 |
| 14 | 5 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 310 |
| 15 | 19 | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | 248 |
| 16 | 6 | Coastal Georgia | 246 |
| 17 | RV | William Carey (Miss.) | 238 |
| 18 | 9 | Oklahoma City | 229 |
| 19 | 11 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 217 |
| 20 | RV | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 195 |
| 21 | RV | Marian (Ind.) | 181 |
| 22 | RV | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | 167 |
| 23 | NR | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | 139 |
| 24 | 21 | Friends (Kan.) | 122 |
| 25 | NR | William Woods (Mo.) | 109 |
Receiving Votes: Taylor (Ind.) 84; Ave Maria (Fla.) 82; Cumberlands (Ky.) 65; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 61; Kansas Wesleyan 52; Victoria (B.C.) 49; Reinhardt (Ga.) 41; Morningside (Iowa) 24; Menlo (Calif.) 21; Benedictine Mesa (Ariz.) 20; Bethany (Kan.) 8; Tennessee Wesleyan 6; Arizona Christian 4; Roosevelt (Ill.) 4; Webber International (Fla.) 4; Indiana Wesleyan 3; Northwestern Ohio 3