No. 15 Ranking Achieved by Milligan Women's Golf in NAIA Coaches' Preseason Top 25
MILLIGAN, Tenn. – On Thursday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2024 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Preseason Top 25. The poll listed the Milligan women's golfers as the No. 15-ranked squad in the nation after finishing 14th as a team in the 2023 NAIA National Championships.
The Buffs were levied a total of 247 points in the rating, and are the second-highest ranked squad in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC). 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 are removed. The rating is rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings. Each conference is represented by one rater.
The full ratings are listed below:
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [15] | 450 |
| 2 | 1 | British Columbia | 428 |
| 3 | 3 | Oklahoma City | 424 |
| 4 | 4 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 407 |
| 5 | 5 | Texas Wesleyan | 368 |
| 6 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | 353 |
| 7 | 8 | Marian (Ind.) | 343 |
| 8 | 9 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 328 |
| 9 | 7 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 314 |
| 10 | 13 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 293 |
| 11 | 14 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 286 |
| 12 | 11 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 284 |
| 13 | 17 | Indiana Wesleyan | 271 |
| 14 | 16 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 255 |
| 15 | 18 | Milligan (Tenn.) | 247 |
| 16 | 12 | Loyola (La.) | 231 |
| 17 | 10 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 213 |
| 18 | 15 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 193 |
| 19 | 19 | Taylor (Ind.) | 192 |
| 20 | RV | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 122 |
| 21 | 20 | Oregon Tech | 118 |
| 22 | 22 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 110 |
| 23 | RV | Victoria (B.C.) | 97 |
| 24 | 24 | Coastal Georgia | 80 |
| 25 | RV | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 67 |
| 25 | RV | Morningside (Iowa) | 67 |
Receiving Votes: Hope International (Calif.) 66, Bethel (Tenn.) 65, Northwest Ohio 56, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 54, Pikeville (Ky.) 41, Tennessee Southern 35, William Penn (Iowa) 33, Mount Mercy (Iowa) 30, Bethel (Ind.) 16, Columbia (Mo.) 14, IU East (Ind.) 10, Huntington (Ind.) 6, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 5