KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The national office released the first edition of the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2023 spring season on Friday. Two ranked teams represent the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
Lewis-Clark State College jumped up from receiving votes to sit in the No. 16 spot. University of British Columbia fell six places and is now ranked No. 19.
2023 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [19] |
529 |
| 2 |
3 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
506 |
| 3 |
2 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
500 |
| 4 |
6 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
473 |
| 5 |
7 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
447 |
| 6 |
10 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
417 |
| 7 |
9 |
Oklahoma City |
399 |
| 8 |
4 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
397 |
| 9 |
18 |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
370 |
| 10 |
12 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
349 |
| 11 |
17 |
Texas Wesleyan |
347 |
| 12 |
8 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
345 |
| 13 |
10 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
318 |
| 14 |
5 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
310 |
| 15 |
15 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
307 |
| 16 |
RV |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
258 |
| 17 |
14 |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
239 |
| 18 |
22 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
234 |
| 19 |
13 |
British Columbia |
221 |
| 20 |
19 |
Coastal Georgia |
206 |
| 21 |
24 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
196 |
| 22 |
16 |
Columbia (Mo.) |
182 |
| 23 |
20 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
181 |
| 24 |
RV |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
138 |
25
|
20
|
Kansas Wesleyan
|
103
|
Dropped from poll: Point (Ga.); Central Methodist (Mo.)
Receiving Votes: Point (Ga.) 101; Central Methodist (Mo.) 90; Indiana Wesleyan 70; Campbellsville (Ky.) 47; St. Thomas (Fla.) 32; Midway (Ky.) 29; William Woods (Mo.) 25; Roosevelt (Ill.) 21; Arizona Christian 20; Friends (Kan.) 17; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 16; Blue Mountain (Miss.) 13; Grand View (Iowa) 9; Marian (Ind.) 9; Park (Mo.) 5; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 4; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 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.