Auburn retakes top spot in Bushnell/Golfweek Div. I coaches poll for April 12

April 12, 2024

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With wins in each of their last three tournaments, including at the Seahawk Intercollegiate by seven strokes on March 25, Auburn is No. 1 for the second time in three Bushnell/Golfweek D-I Coaches Polls. The Tigers received four first-place votes and 544 points on April 12, three more than previous No. 1 North Carolina (11 first-place votes and 541 points).

Vanderbilt (eight first-place votes), Arizona State, and Ole Miss rounded out the top five, while Florida State, Tennessee, Washington, Arizona, and Alabama completed the top 10.

In Division II, North Georgia is No. 1 for the seventh straight Bushnell/Golfweek D-II Coaches Poll, receiving 16 first-place votes and 566 points in the process.

Here’s a look at the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Polls for April 12.

Division I

Rank	Team (First-place votes)	Points
1	Auburn (4)	544
2	North Carolina (11)	541
3	Vanderbilt (8)	513
4	Arizona State	506
5	Ole Miss	466
6	Florida State	446
7	Tennessee	418
8	Washington	395
9	Arizona	367
10	Alabama	324
11	Texas Tech	313
12	Arkansas	303
13	Oklahoma	279
14	Florida	265
15	Virginia	261
16	Georgia Tech	260
17	Illinois	201
18	Texas	197
19	New Mexico	141
20	East Tennessee State	136
21	Georgia	116
22	Texas A&M	101
23	California	77
24	Oregon	43
25	Duke	40

Receiving votes: Purdue (31), Louisville (12), Ohio State (11), Mississippi State (8), Oklahoma State (7), New Mexico State (6), Notre Dame (4), Stanford (4), Wyoming (4), North Florida (3), South Carolina (2), Baylor (1), Wake Forest (1).

Division II

Rank	Team (First-place votes)	Points
1	North Georgia (16)	566
2	Georgia Southwestern (6)	541
3	Lincoln Memorial	529
4	Grand Valley State (1)	494
5	Oklahoma Christian	449
6	Colorado Christian	411
7	Lee	386
8	Nova Southeastern	377
9	Florida Southern	355
10	Lander	353
11	Saint Leo	346
12	Dallas Baptist	336
13	USC Aiken	333
14	Central Oklahoma	270
15	West Florida	251
16	Midwestern State	198
17	Barton	187
18	Texas-Permian Basin	184
19	Henderson State	122
20	Colorado State Pueblo	104
21	Coker	97
22	Missouri S&T	85
23	Shorter	60
24	Tampa	49
T-25	Barry	44
T-25	Chico State	44

Receiving votes: Wayne State (MI) (40), Columbus State (32), Cal State Monterey Bay (31), Western New Mexico (29), Colorado School of Mines (28), West Texas A&M (18), Indianapolis (17), Cal State East Bay (14), Lynn (11), Newberry (10), Southern Arkansas (10), Rollins (9), Wingate (9), Ferris State (8), USC Beaufort (7), Colorado Mesa (6), UT Tyler (6), Anderson (SC) (3), Belmont Abbey (2), Flager (2), Union (TN) (2), Carson-Newman (1), Central Missouri (1), Virginia Union (1).

Division III

Rank	Team (First-place votes)	Points
1	Methodist (15)	399
2	Emory (1)	384
3	Oglethorpe	367
4	Illinois Wesleyan	350
5	Carnegie Mellon	339
6	Lynchburg	314
7	Washington & Lee	295
8	Huntingdon	276
9	Sewanee	257
10	Bethel (MN)	242
11	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	232
12	Saint John’s (MN)	229
13	Aurora	212
14	Texas-Dallas	174
15	Wittenberg	157
16	Pomona-Pitzer	153
17	Guilford	147
18	Babson	128
19	Averett	101
20	Hampden-Sydney	99
21	Kenyon	75
22	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	69
23	Redlands	48
24	Rhodes College	33
25	Christopher Newport	31

Receiving votes: Rochester (24), LeTourneau (21), Gustavus Adolphus (14), Willamette (13), Whitworth (5), California Lutheran (4), Trinity (TX) (4), Trinity (CT) (2), RPI (1), Whitman (1).

NAIA

Rank	Team (First-place votes)	Points
1	Dalton State (6)	246
2	Keiser (4)	244
3	Lindsey Wilson	216
4	OUAZ	214
5	Texas Wesleyan	206
6	British Columbia	201
7	Wayland Baptist	195
8	Oklahoma City	175
9	Southeastern (FL)	150
10	Truett McConnell	146
11	Coastal Georgia	140
12	MidAmerica Nazarene	139
13	Cumberland (TN)	137
14	Point	112
15	Houston-Victoria	109
16	Columbia (MO)	98
T-17	Campbellsville	81
T-17	William Carey	81
19	Bellevue	77
20	Webber International	54
21	Lawrence Tech	51
22	Southwestern Christian	33
23	Ave Maria	32
24	Victoria – BC	23
25	USAO	18

Receiving votes: Cumberlands (KY) (15), The Master’s (14), Taylor (10), Morningside (8), Lewis-Clark State (7), Grand View (4), Mount Mercy (4), Reinhardt (4), Blue Mountain (3), Northwestern Ohio (2), Roosevelt (1).

NJCAA

Division I

Rank	Team (First-place votes)	Points
1	Odessa (6)	60
2	Midland	51
3	Indian Hills	47
4	New Mexico JC	38
5	Hutchinson	37
6	Ranger	28
7	McLennan	25
8	Dodge City	16
9	Eastern Florida State	9
10	NMMI	8

Receiving votes: Western Texas (6), Blinn (1).

Division II

Rank	Team (First-place votes)	Points
1	Odessa (6)	60
1	Mississippi Gulf Coast (5)	50
2	South Mountain	44
3	Kirkwood	37
4	Parkland	35
5	Roane State	28
6	Des Moines Area	25
7	East Central	24
8	Jones	9
9	Iowa Central	7
10	Southeast (NE)	4