No. 15 Ranking Achieved by Milligan Women's Golf in NAIA Coaches' Preseason Top 25

The Buffs women's golf squad was named the No. 15 team in the nation in Thursday's NAIA Coaches' Preseason Top 25

August 22, 2024

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