KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The national office released the first edition of the NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2023 spring season on Friday. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw two teams appear on the list.
University of British Columbia remains atop the leaderboard with 17 first-place votes. Lewis-Clark State College is receiving votes.
2023 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
WEEK |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
British Columbia [17] |
498 |
| 2 |
3 |
Dalton State (Ga.) [1] |
475 |
| 3 |
2 |
Oklahoma City |
463 |
| 4 |
8 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
461 |
| 5 |
9 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
426 |
| 6 |
4 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
416 |
| 7 |
5 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
395 |
| 8 |
7 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
385 |
| 9 |
11 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
381 |
| 10 |
10 |
Loyola (La.) |
352 |
| 11 |
6 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
331 |
| 12 |
12 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
330 |
| 13 |
13 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
305 |
| 14 |
14 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
297 |
| 15 |
17 |
Menlo (Calif.) |
265 |
| 16 |
21 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
246 |
| 17 |
16 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
206 |
| 17 |
17 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
206 |
| 19 |
20 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
200 |
| 19 |
24 |
University of Northwestern OhiO |
200 |
| 21 |
22 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
179 |
| 22 |
15 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
177 |
| 23 |
23 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
161 |
| 24 |
19 |
Texas Wesleyan |
137 |
25
|
RV
|
Grace (Ind.)
|
99
|
Dropped from poll: Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: USC Beaufort (S.C.) 87; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 78;
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 58; Vanguard (Calif.) 51; Victoria (B.C.) 43; Midway (Ky.) 14; Bethany (Kan.) 9; Marian (Ind.) 7; Columbia (Mo.) 3; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 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”.