KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Friday, the NAIA revealed the 2025 Women's Golf Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Milligan squad begins the campaign at No. 17, with a trio of additional Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams in the top 20 in the nation.
The Buffaloes are coming off an 16
th-place finish at last year's NAIA National Championships. 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.
The full ratings are listed below:
| RANK |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
SCAD (Ga.) [11] |
457 |
| 2 |
Keiser (Fla.) [2] |
441 |
| 3 |
Dalton State (Ga.) [3] |
435 |
| 4 |
British Columbia [1] |
420 |
| 5 |
Marian (Ind.) |
391 |
| 6 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
386 |
| 7 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
356 |
| 8 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
350 |
| 9 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
349 |
| 10 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
345 |
| 11 |
Texas Wesleyan |
333 |
| 12 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
286 |
| 13 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
262 |
| 14 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
259 |
| 15 |
Pikeville (Ky.) |
245 |
| 16 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
238 |
| 17 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
234 |
| 18 |
Loyola (La.) |
227 |
| 19 |
Oregon Tech |
155 |
| 19 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
148 |
| 21 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
123 |
| 22 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
117 |
| 23 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
101 |
| 24 |
Midway (Ky.) |
82 |
| T-25 |
Coastal Georgia |
81 |
| T-25 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
81 |
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian, Grace (Ind.), Mount Mercy (Iowa), Park (Mo.), Science & Arts (Okla.), Tennessee Southern, Victoria (B.C.)
