KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After having to opt out of the 2020-21 season, UBC makes its return this year and leads three Cascade Collegiate Conference teams receiving votes in the preseason edition of the NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Friday by the national office.
The Thunderbirds debut as the No. 8 team on the list, while Oregon Tech sits at No. 19. Lewis-Clark State College is receiving votes in the preseason poll.
2021-22 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll – Preseason
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [9] |
280 |
| 2 |
T4 |
Dalton State (Ga.) [2] |
271 |
| 3 |
3 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
260 |
| 4 |
T4 |
Oklahoma City |
256 |
| 5 |
6 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
242 |
| 6 |
8 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
226 |
| 7 |
12 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
225 |
| 8 |
NR |
British Columbia |
201 |
| 9 |
T10 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
199 |
| 10 |
T10 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
195 |
| 11 |
15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
193 |
| 12 |
7 |
Loyola (La.) |
189 |
| 13 |
16 |
Texas Wesleyan |
187 |
| 14 |
9 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
170 |
| 15 |
NR |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
154 |
| 16 |
22 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
149 |
| 17 |
17 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
137 |
| 18 |
2 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
127 |
| 19 |
T13 |
Oregon Tech |
113 |
| 20 |
T13 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
104 |
| 21 |
RV |
William Woods (Mo.) |
82 |
| 22 |
21 |
Coastal Georgia |
74 |
| 23 |
18 |
Marian (Ind.) |
70 |
| 24 |
20 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
62 |
| 25 |
NR |
University of Northwestern Ohi0 |
61 |
Receiving Votes: Truett McConnell (Ga.) 60, Victoria (B.C.) 45, Kansas Wesleyan 35, Grace (Ind.) 18, Midway (Ky.) 16, Park (Mo.) 15, Tennessee Wesleyan 12, Indiana Tech 11, USC Beaufort (S.C.) 9, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 9, Columbia (Mo.) 7, Menlo (Calif.) 6,
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 4
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.”