KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Reigning National Champion UBC was voted the top team by 14 of the 17 voters in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Preseason Poll, released Friday by the national office.
UBC –
which was the unanimous choice to win the Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship – leads a pair of CCC teams entering the season ranked. Oregon Tech also picked up a ranking, heading into the new year at No. 23.
2022-23 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
CONFERENCE |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
British Columbia [14] |
Cascade |
465 |
| 2 |
2 |
Oklahoma City [3] |
Sooner |
450 |
| 3 |
3 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
The Sun |
434 |
| 4 |
4 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
Southern States |
430 |
| 5 |
8 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
The Sun |
405 |
| 6 |
6 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
Southern States |
389 |
| 7 |
8 |
Texas Wesleyan |
Sooner |
358 |
| 8 |
10 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
Mid-South |
347 |
| 9 |
13 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
Crossroads |
328 |
| 10 |
11 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
323 |
| 11 |
14 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
The Sun |
289 |
| 12 |
16 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
Appalachian |
283 |
| 13 |
NR |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
Cal Pac |
280 |
| 14 |
NR |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
Golden States |
276 |
| 15 |
5 |
Loyola (La.) |
Southern States |
266 |
| 16 |
14 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
Crossroads |
258 |
| 17 |
NR |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
240 |
| 18 |
7 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
237 |
| 19 |
12 |
Menlo (Calif.) |
Golden States |
213 |
| 20 |
NR |
Bethel (Ind.) |
Crossroads |
170 |
| 21 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
163 |
| 22 |
NR |
University of Northwestern Ohio |
Wolverine-Hoosier |
161 |
| 23 |
NR |
Oregon Tech |
Cascade |
123 |
| 24 |
NR |
Columbia (Mo.) |
American Midwest |
93 |
| 25 |
NR |
William Penn (Iowa) |
Heart |
77 |
Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 66; Indiana East (Ind.) 62; Marian (Ind.) 60; Campbellsville (Ky.) 57; Bellevue (Neb.) 53; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 53; Vanguard (Calif.) 50; Kansas Wesleyan 40; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 4; Blue Mountain (Miss.) 3; Pikeville (Ky.) 3; Midway (Ky.) 2
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.