KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw two teams ranked on the NAIA 2022-23 Men’s Golf Preseason Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, released Friday by the national office.
UBC –
which was picked to defend its conference championship from last season – leads the duo with a No. 8 ranking, while Lewis-Clark State College follows not far behind at No. 15.
2022-23 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Preseason
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
CONFERENCE |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [19] |
The Sun |
529 |
| 2 |
2 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
Southern States |
512 |
| 3 |
4 |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
Red River |
482 |
| 4 |
5 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
Golden State |
447 |
| 5 |
6 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
Continental |
445 |
| 6 |
3 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
North Star |
441 |
| 7 |
12 |
Coastal Georgia |
The Sun |
424 |
| 8 |
8 |
British Columbia |
Cascade |
416 |
| 9 |
10 |
Texas Wesleyan |
Sooner |
411 |
| 10 |
13 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
379 |
| 11 |
11 |
Oklahoma City |
Sooner |
368 |
| 12 |
13 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
The Sun |
330 |
| 13 |
9 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
Sooner |
329 |
| 14 |
7 |
Point (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
323 |
| 15 |
NR |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
Cascade |
259 |
| 16 |
NR |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
Sooner |
255 |
| 17 |
NR |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
237 |
| 18 |
13 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
Great Plains |
199 |
| 19 |
NR |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
Mid-South |
186 |
| 20 |
NR |
The Master's (Calif.) |
Golden State |
176 |
| 21 |
NR |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
The Sun |
161 |
| 22 |
NR |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
Appalachian |
160 |
| 23 |
NR |
Columbia (Mo.) |
American Midwest |
135 |
| 24 |
16 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
Continental |
133 |
| 25 |
NR |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
Frontier |
132 |
Dropped from poll: Midway (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Central Methodist (Mo.) 113; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 99; William Woods (Mo.) 62; Sterling (Kan.) 59; Midway (Ky.) 56; Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 38; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 35; William Carey (Miss.) 30; Montana Tech 22; Milligan (Tenn.) 19; St. Thomas (Fla.) 17; Tennessee Wesleyan 16; Doane (Neb.) 15; Kansas Wesleyan 13; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 7; Webber International (Fla.) 3
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.