KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The national office released the latest edition of the NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll on Friday. The Cascade Collegiate Conference saw a switch in the two ranked temas.
University of British Columbia surged nine spots to No. 10 while Lewis-Clark State College dropped seven to land at No. 20.
2023 NAIA Men’s Golf Coaches’ Top 25 Poll
| RANK |
LAST |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Keiser (Fla.) [14] |
555 |
| 2 |
3 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) [6] |
545 |
| 3 |
5 |
Dalton State (Ga.) |
513 |
| 4 |
4 |
Bellevue (Neb.) |
505 |
| 5 |
2 |
OUAZ (Ariz.) |
482 |
| 6 |
6 |
Taylor (Ind.) |
460 |
| 7 |
7 |
USC Beaufort (S.C.) |
453 |
| 8 |
16 |
Coastal Georgia |
433 |
| 9 |
8 |
Oklahoma City |
415 |
| 10 |
19 |
British Columbia |
376 |
| 11 |
10 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
374 |
| 11 |
9 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
374 |
| 13 |
15 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
335 |
| 14 |
11 |
Texas Wesleyan |
334 |
| 15 |
18 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
285 |
| 16 |
12 |
The Master's (Calif.) |
281 |
| 17 |
14 |
Rocky Mountain (Mont.) |
261 |
| 18 |
21 |
Point (Ga.) |
256 |
| 19 |
17 |
Houston-Victoria (Texas) |
250 |
| 20 |
13 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
216 |
| 21 |
20 |
Southwestern Christian (Okla.) |
188 |
| 22 |
23 |
Arizona Christian |
179 |
| 23 |
22 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
168 |
| 24 |
24 |
Blue Mountain (Miss.) |
145 |
25
|
25
|
William Carey (Miss.)
|
108
|
Dropped from poll: None
Receiving Votes: Columbia (Mo.) 90; Campbellsville (Ky.) 75; Central Methodist (Mo.) 47; Friends (Kan.) 43; St. Thomas (Fla.) 42; Indiana Wesleyan 27; Midway (Ky.) 18; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 17; Truett McConnell (Ga.) 15; Kansas Wesleyan 9; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 6; William Woods (Mo.) 6; Missouri Valley 4; MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 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.