KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The national office released the second edition of the NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll of the 2023 spring season on Friday. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw the same two teams appear on the list.
University of British Columbia claims 15 of the first-place votes to remain in the top spot. Lewis-Clark State College continues to receive votes.
2023 NAIA Women’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
British Columbia [15] |
496 |
| 2 |
2 |
Dalton State (Ga.) [2] |
482 |
| 3 |
4 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
463 |
| 4 |
3 |
Oklahoma City [1] |
446 |
| 5 |
5 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
441 |
| 6 |
6 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
419 |
| 7 |
9 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
389 |
| 8 |
7 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
388 |
| 9 |
8 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
382 |
| 10 |
12 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
344 |
| 11 |
13 |
Milligan (Tenn.) |
332 |
| 12 |
10 |
Loyola (La.) |
321 |
| 13 |
14 |
Ottawa (Ariz.) |
304 |
| 14 |
11 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
293 |
| 15 |
15 |
Menlo (Calif.) |
277 |
| 16 |
16 |
Truett McConnell (Ga.) |
264 |
| 17 |
17 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
229 |
| 18 |
19 |
Northwestern Ohio |
212 |
| 19 |
19 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
211 |
| 20 |
17 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
202 |
| 21 |
23 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
168 |
| 22 |
22 |
Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) |
149 |
| 23 |
24 |
Texas Wesleyan |
143 |
| 23 |
RV |
Marian (Ind.) |
143 |
25
|
21
|
William Penn (Iowa)
|
111
|
Dropped from poll: Grace (Ind.)
Receiving Votes: USC Beaufort (S.C.) 108; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 72;
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 60; Grace (Ind.) 48; Victoria (B.C.) 28; Vanguard (Calif.) 20; Bethany (Kan.) 6; Midway (Ky.) 4; Coastal Georgia 3; Columbia (Mo.) 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”.