NORMAN, Okla. – The College of Coastal Georgia men's golf team has moved up two spots in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches' Poll. Following tying for third place in a 15-team field at their Fall Invitational, the Mariners advanced from 10th to 8th in the latest rankings. Coastal Georgia will next compete at the Invite at Innisbrook, hosted by Dalton State from September 28th-29th, in Tarpon Springs, Fl.
After winning the PDI Shootout by 10 strokes on September 15 to open their 2026-27 schedule, Keiser is No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches' Poll for the eighth consecutive release dating back to October 10, 2025. The Seahawks received 12 first-place votes and 348 points on September 25.
Reinhardt (two first-place votes), OUAZ, Friends, and Dalton State rounded out the top five. Lindsey Wilson, BMC, Coastal Georgia, Missouri Valley, and Marian (IN) completed the top 10.
See the rest of the top 25 below. No. 22 Southeastern (FL) (from RV) entered for the first time in 2026-27 after not being ranked in the preseason poll on September 4.
19 others also received votes. The third 2026-27 Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches' Poll will be released on Friday, October 16.
2026-27 Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches' Poll - September 25
| RANK |
UNIVERSITY (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
| 1 |
Keiser (12) |
348 |
1 |
| 2 |
Reinhardt (2) |
329 |
3 |
| 3 |
OUAZ |
305 |
8 |
| 4 |
Friends |
291 |
4 |
| 5 |
Dalton State |
269 |
2 |
| 6 |
Lindsey Wilson |
241 |
5 |
| 7 |
BMC |
218 |
T-15 |
| 8 |
Coastal Georgia |
210 |
10 |
| 9 |
Missouri Valley |
209 |
7 |
| 10 |
Marian (IN) |
202 |
9 |
| 11 |
Texas Wesleyan |
197 |
11 |
| 12 |
Webber International |
166 |
6 |
| 13 |
UBC |
140 |
13 |
| 14 |
Wayland Baptist |
138 |
12 |
| 15 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
134 |
17 |
| 16 |
Northwestern (IA) |
130 |
14 |
| 17 |
Hastings |
104 |
20 |
| 18 |
Victoria (B.C.) |
98 |
T-15 |
| 19 |
Cumberlands (KY) |
96 |
25 |
| 20 |
MidAmerica Nazarene |
85 |
23 |
| 21 |
Grand View |
82 |
21 |
| 22 |
Southeastern (FL) |
73 |
RV |
| 23 |
Rocky Mountain |
68 |
22 |
| 24 |
Morningside |
67 |
19 |
| 25 |
USAO |
55 |
18 |
Dropped Out: LC State (No. 24; RV).
Receiving Votes (Points): Northwestern Ohio (41), Campbellsville (34), LC State (32), The Master's (31), William Carey (26), Bellevue (22), Point (17), St. Thomas (FL) (17), UPIKE (14), Johnson (9), Cumberland (TN) (8), Tennessee Wesleyan (7), Taylor (6), SCAD Atlanta (5), Texas A&M-Victoria (5), USouthwest (4), St. Ambrose (2), William Penn (2), Columbia (MO) (1).
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