Knights 10th in Pre-Season Poll!!

GOLF WORLD ANNOUNCES MEN’S 

NAIA COLLEGE PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL

Defending Champion Oklahoma City Begins Title Defense in Top Spot

NEW YORK, NY (August 28, 2013) — The Golf World/Nike Golf NAIA College Preseason Coaches’ Poll has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, Nike Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, II, III and NJCAA will appear in the September 2, 2013 issue of Golf World and are live now: http://golfdig.st/PYpysJ

Defending NAIA champion Oklahoma City starts its title defense as the No. 1 ranked team in the Golf World/Nike Golf 2013-14 preseason men's NAIA coaches' poll. The Stars, NAIA champs three of the last four seasons, claimed all 10 first-place votes after winning the title a year ago by an impressive 28 strokes.

No. 2 in the poll is Grand View, which finished fourth at the national championship last May. 

Texas Wesleyan claimed the No. 3 spot with CSU-San Marcos and Johnson & Wales rounding out the top five.

Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll

Sept. 2, 2013 Preseason Issue

NAIA

Rank    Team                                               Points       2013 NAIAs
1.            Oklahoma City (10)                       250              Won

2.            Grand View                                    216              4 

3.            Texas Wesleyan                            213              2

4.            CSU-San Marcos                          208              3 

5.            Johnson & Wales                          188              10

6.            Bellevue                                          182              5 

7.            Faulkner                                          159              8

8.            British Columbia                            154              11 

9.            U. of the Cumberlands                  151              9

10.          Northwood (Texas)                        146              13 

11.          Our Lady of the Lake                    142              7

12.          Wayland Baptist                            135              16

13.          Coastal Georgia                            125              DNP

14.          The Masters College                    109              DNP

15.          William Woods                              103              DNP

16.          Northwestern College                   86                 17

17.          USC-Beaufort                                80                 DNP

18.          Oklahoma Baptist                         76                 DNP

19.          Saint Thomas (Fla.)                      67                 DNP

20.          Ashford                                           44                 DNP

21.          Lindsey Wilson                              43                 DNP

                Marian (Ind.)                                  43                 DNP

23.          Webber International                    39                 DNP 

24.          Cumberland                                   38                 DNP

25.          St. Thomas Houston                     30                 12

Also receiving votes: Northwood (Fla.), 29; Southeastern, 28; Victoria, 27; Tennessee Wesleyan, 24; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (Fla.), 19; Milligan,  18; SCAD Savannah, 15; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical (Ariz.), 12; Houston-Victoria, 10; Southwestern, 10; Mount Mercy, 8; Holy Cross, 7; Missouri Baptist, 6; AIB College of Business, 5; Bethel (Ind.), 1; Davenport, 1; Lewis-Clark State, 1; Southern Wesleyan, 1; Warner, 1.

First-place votes in parenthesis.