2022-23 NAIA Women's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Poll 1 (October 7)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - British Columbia, the current owners of the Red Banner, stay on top of the standings with all 17 first-place votes. Oklahoma City stays second with Dalton State (Ga.) and Keiser (Fla.) moving up one spot. Indiana Wesleyan moves into the Top Five while previous third ranked SCAD Savannah (Ga.) drops 10 spots.
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.
| RANK | LAST | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | CONFERENCE | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | British Columbia [17] | Cascade | 467 |
| 2 | 2 | Oklahoma City | Sooner | 452 |
| 3 | 4 | Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States | 423 |
| 4 | 5 | Keiser (Fla.) | The Sun | 413 |
| 5 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | Crossroads | 406 |
| 6 | 8 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Mid-South | 401 |
| 7 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | Southern States | 367 |
| 8 | 11 | Southeastern (Fla.) | The Sun | 355 |
| 9 | 16 | Taylor (Ind.) | Crossroads | 316 |
| 10 | 15 | Loyola (La.) | Southern States | 314 |
| 11 | 12 | Milligan (Tenn.) | Appalachian | 310 |
| 12 | 14 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Golden State | 305 |
| 13 | 3 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | The Sun | 302 |
| 14 | 7 | Texas Wesleyan | Sooner | 294 |
| 15 | 17 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Mid-South | 260 |
| 16 | 18 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | Appalachian | 255 |
| 17 | 10 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Appalachian | 230 |
| 18 | 19 | Menlo (Calif.) | Golden State | 223 |
| 19 | 21 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South | 181 |
| 20 | 13 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | Cal Pac | 178 |
| 21 | 20 | Bethel (Ind.) | Crossroads | 173 |
| 22 | RV | St. Thomas (Fla.) | The Sun | 149 |
| 23 | 22 | University of Northwestern Ohio | Wolverine-Hoosier | 123 |
| 24 | RV | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Frontier | 114 |
| 25 | NR | Hope International (Calif.) | Golden State | 82 |
Dropped from poll: Columbia (Mo.); Oregon Tech; William Penn (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 78; Columbia (Mo.) 59; William Penn (Iowa) 41; USC Beaufort (S.C.) 36; Midway (Ky.) 35; Pikeville (Ky.) 31; Coastal Georgia 25; Vanguard (Calif.) 16; Oregon Tech 7; Briar Cliff (Iowa) 6; Montana Tech 5; Kansas Wesleyan 4; Grace (Ind.) 3; Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 3
