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Keiser is Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll’s First No.1 of 2023-24

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - Before their season begins at the Invite at Innisbrook later this month, Keiser gained the top spot in the 2023-24 preseason Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll. The Seahawks received four first-place votes and 172 points in the process, only one ahead of defending national champion British Columbia (three first-place votes and 171 points). 

Dalton State, Coastal Georgia, and Lindsey Wilson rounded out the top five, while OUAZ, Wayland Baptist, Bellevue, Victoria-B.C., and Oklahoma City completed the top 10.

See the rest of the top 25 below. 12 others received votes. 

Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll - Preseason/September 1

Rank

School

Points

1

Keiser (4)

172

2

British Columbia (3)

171

3

Dalton State

157

4

Coastal Georgia

145

5

Lindsey Wilson

142

6

OUAZ

141

7

Wayland Baptist

123

8

Bellevue

121

9

Victoria - BC

117

10

Oklahoma City

115

11

Southeastern (FL)

103

12

The Master's

98

13

Texas Wesleyan

83

14

Point

82

15

Taylor

80

16

Houston-Victoria

61

17

Lewis-Clark State 

51

18

Truett McConnell

46

19

Cumberlands

44

20

Reinhardt

42

21

Blue Mountain

28

22

Cumberland

24

23

Park (MO)

21

24

Southwestern Christian

19

25

William Carey

14

Others Receiving Votes: Embry-Riddle (AZ) (6), Morningside (5), St. Ambrose (5), Webber International (5), Columbia International (4), Tennessee Wesleyan (4), Grand View (3), Missouri Valley College (3), SCAD Savannah (3), Roosevelt (2), Doane (1), Missouri Baptist (1).