2023-24 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 - Preseason (August 25)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keiser (Fla.) begins the 2023-24 campaign atop the preseason rankings, including eight first-place votes in the NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25. Reigning National Champion British Columbia grabs 11 first-place votes and sits in second place followed by Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Dalton State (Ga.), and Bellevue (Neb.).
Ranking Methodology
• The ranking 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 rater 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.
RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS |
1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [8] | 518 |
2 | 12 | British Columbia [11] | 497 |
3 | 2 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 493 |
4 | 3 | Dalton State (Ga.) | 469 |
5 | 4 | Bellevue (Neb.) | 459 |
6 | 5 | Coastal Georgia | 448 |
7 | 6 | OUAZ (Ariz.) | 439 |
8 | 9 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 399 |
9 | 10 | Oklahoma City | 367 |
10 | 13 | Victoria (B.C.) | 363 |
11 | 11 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 354 |
12 | 8 | Taylor (Ind.) | 352 |
13 | 16 | The Master's (Calif.) | 336 |
14 | 19 | Point (Ga.) | 284 |
15 | 18 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | 275 |
16 | RV | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | 274 |
17 | 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 269 |
18 | 14 | Texas Wesleyan | 237 |
19 | 17 | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | 200 |
20 | 21 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 196 |
21 | RV | Friends (Kan.) | 162 |
22 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 148 |
23 | 24 | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | 132 |
24 | RV | Park (Mo.) | 109 |
25 | RV | Columbia (Mo.) | 102 |
Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 86; St. Thomas (Fla.) 75; Southwestern Christian (Okla.) 74; William Carey (Miss.) 72; Missouri Valley 53; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 45; Morningside (Iowa) 35; Cumberland (Tenn.) 26; Midway (Ky.) 23; Roosevelt (Ill.) 21; Indiana Wesleyan 17; Kansas Wesleyan 15; Doane (Neb.) 7; Northwestern Ohio 6; Missouri Baptist 4; Webber International (Fla.) 4; Bushnell (Ore.) 3