KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The national office released the second edition of the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2023 spring season on Friday. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw the same two teams remain ranked.
Lewis-Clark State College continues to make moves, jumping three spots to land at No. 13. University of British Columbia remained in the No. 19 position.
2023 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [7] |
513 |
| 2 |
8 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) [11] |
506 |
| 3 |
2 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [1] |
503 |
| 4 |
3 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
484 |
| 5 |
4 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
464 |
| 6 |
6 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
426 |
| 7 |
5 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
423 |
| 8 |
7 |
Oklahoma City |
410 |
| 9 |
10 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
407 |
| 10 |
14 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
374 |
| 11 |
11 |
Texas Wesleyan |
332 |
| 12 |
15 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
316 |
| 13 |
16 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
295 |
| 14 |
13 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
287 |
| 15 |
18 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
273 |
| 16 |
20 |
Coastal Georgia |
271 |
| 17 |
9 |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
257 |
| 18 |
12 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
241 |
| 19 |
19 |
British Columbia |
233 |
| 20 |
17 |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
232 |
| 21 |
RV |
Point (Ga.) |
195 |
| 22 |
24 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
167 |
| 23 |
RV |
Arizona Christian |
166 |
| 24 |
RV |
Blue Mountain (Miss.) |
125 |
25
|
21
|
William Carey (Miss.)
|
94
|
Dropped from poll: Kansas Wesleyan; Truett McConnell (Ga.); Columbia (Mo.)
Receiving Votes: Columbia (Mo.) 92; Kansas Wesleyan 64; Truett McConnell (Ga.) 61; Central Methodist (Mo.) 53; Midway (Ky.) 49; St. Thomas (Fla.) 41; Campbellsville (Ky.) 29; Indiana Wesleyan 21; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 21; Friends (Kan.) 13; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 12; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 8; William Woods (Mo.) 7; Grand View (Iowa) 5
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.