2022-23 NAIA Men's Golf Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Poll 1 (October 7)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keiser (Fla.) stays in top billing in the first regular season ranking with 12 first-place votes, but Bellevue (Neb.) jumped up to second place receiving the final eight votes. Ottawa (Ariz.) bumped up one place, but Southeastern (Fla.) and Wayland Baptist (Texas) made giant movement up eight place each.
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 | Keiser (Fla.) [12] | The Sun | 552 |
| 2 | 6 | Bellevue (Neb.) [8] | North Star | 541 |
| 3 | 4 | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Golden State | 516 |
| 4 | 12 | Southeastern (Fla.) | The Sun | 489 |
| 5 | 13 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | Sooner | 476 |
| 6 | 5 | USC Beaufort (S.C.) | Continental | 468 |
| 7 | 11 | Oklahoma City | Sooner | 415 |
| 8 | 19 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Mid-South | 413 |
| 9 | 2 | Dalton State (Ga.) | Southern States | 375 |
| 9 | 8 | British Columbia | Cascade | 375 |
| 11 | 9 | Texas Wesleyan | Sooner | 372 |
| 12 | 7 | Coastal Georgia | The Sun | 354 |
| 13 | 22 | Truett McConnell (Ga.) | Appalachian | 350 |
| 14 | 25 | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | Frontier | 271 |
| 15 | 16 | Southwestern Christian (Okla.) | Sooner | 256 |
| 16 | 3 | Houston-Victoria (Texas) | Red River | 250 |
| 17 | 10 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | Appalachian | 249 |
| 18 | NR | Taylor (Ind.) | Crossroads | 227 |
| 19 | 20 | The Master's (Calif.) | Golden State | 225 |
| 19 | RV | Kansas Wesleyan | Kansas Collegiate | 225 |
| 21 | 14 | Point (Ga.) | Appalachian | 213 |
| 22 | RV | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | Cal Pac | 205 |
| 23 | 17 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South | 162 |
| 24 | RV | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Heart | 140 |
| 25 | 23 | Columbia (Mo.) | American Midwest | 139 |
Dropped from poll: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Victoria (B.C.); Morningside (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 138; Victoria (B.C.) 120; Marian (Ind.) 95; Morningside (Iowa) 81; Friends (Kan.) 62; Midway (Ky.) 56; Roosevelt (Ill.) 24; William Carey (Miss.) 18; St. Thomas (Fla.) 17; Campbellsville (Ky.) 15; Arizona Christian 14; Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 11; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 9; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 7; Sterling (Kan.) 7; Indiana Wesleyan 4; Montana Tech 3; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 3
