Keiser, fresh off its 14-stroke win at the 2022 SEU Fall Invitational is No. Keiser ranked No. 1 in the Oct. 28 Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll. The Seahawks won seven first-place votes, and were awarded 283 points.
Ottawa (AZ), (279 overall points), and Bellevue (1 first-place vote, 275 points) were within eight point of Keiser. The top 10 included Lindsey Wilson (two second-place votes), Dalton State and Southeastern, Houston, Victoria (two first place votes), Cumberlands (two first places votes), Wayland Baptist, Taylor, and Wayland Baptist. Lindsey Wilson rose nine places to No. 4, Houston-Victoria, from No. 24 to No. 7, Cumberlands stopped receiving votes on September 30, to No. 8 and Taylor at No. 18 to No. 10.
William Carey (No. 18), Lawrence Tech Park (No. 20), Park (No. 25), all of whom were unranked as of Sept. 30, also made an appearance in this poll. William Woods went from No. 24 was also entered.
Truett McConnell and Reinhardt received votes.
|
Rank |
Team (First-place votes) |
Points |
Previous |
| 1 | Keiser (7) | 283 | 1 |
| 2 | Ottawa-AZ | 279 | 3 |
| 3 | Bellevue (1) | 275 | 4 |
| 4 | Lindsey Wilson (2) | 257 | 13 |
| 5 | Dalton State | 234 | 6 |
| 6 | Southeastern | 225 | 5 |
| 7 | Houston-Victoria (2) | 215 | 24 |
| 8 | Cumberlands | 212 | RV |
| 9 | Wayland Baptist | 205 | 10 |
| 10 | Taylor | 191 | 18 |
| 11 | South Carolina Beaufort | 190 | 2 |
| 12 | Oklahoma City | 173 | 7 |
| 13 | Southwestern Christian | 151 | 16 |
| 14 | Embry-Riddle | 142 | 23 |
| 15 | British Columbia | 139 | 11 |
| 16 | Master’s Degree | 110 | 21 |
| 17 | Texas Wesleyan | 104 | 8 |
| 18 | William Carey | 102 | NR |
| 19 | Coastal Georgia | 98 | 9 |
| 20 | Lawrence Tech | 60 | NR |
| 21 | Point | 46 | 12 |
| 22 | Kansas Wesleyan | 37 | 20 |
| 23 | Park | 35 | NR |
| 24 | William Woods | 25 | RV |
| 25 | Central Methodist | 22 | NR |
Other recipients of votes are Truett McConnell (20); Reinhardt 19; Menlo (15); Mount Mercy (11); Morningside (8), Bethany (7) and Point Park (6); St. Ambrose (5). Lewis Clark State (4). Webber International (1).
