North Carolina, North Georgia among those atop latest Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls for men’s college golf

March 22, 2024

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The latest Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls for men’s college golf are out and there’s a new No. 1 in Division I.

North Carolina has flipped spots with Auburn at the top, garnering 12 first-place votes to the Tigers’ 10, while also collecting six more overall points. Vanderbilt received two first-place votes and sits in third with Arizona State and Ole Miss rounding out the top five.

The big movers this week are Texas Tech (up six spots to No. 8 and Alabama (up 12 spots to No. 9).

Texas A&M and Georgia entered the poll this week after being unranked last time.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	North Carolina (12)	582	2
2	Auburn (10)	576	1
3	Vanderbilt (2)	561	3
4	Arizona State	529	4
5	Ole Miss	491	6
6	Washington	435	5
7	Tennessee	423	7
8	Texas Tech	422	14
9	Alabama	381	21
10	Florida State	360	13
11	Arizona	355	8
12	Virginia	337	12
13	Oklahoma	319	9
14	Arkansas	313	10
15	Georgia Tech	295	11
16	East Tennessee State	241	16
17	Florida	230	15
18	Texas	168	20
19	New Mexico	156	19
T-20	California	144	18
T-20	Illinois	144	17
22	Texas A&M	97	RV
23	Georgia	75	RV
24	Oregon	61	25
25	Duke	32	23

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame (18), Mississippi State (12), Ohio State (9), North Florida (7), Stanford (7), Louisville (5), Oklahoma State (5), Wake Forest (4), Chattanooga (3), San Diego State (1), VCU (1).

University of North Georgia men’s golf.

North Georgia is No. 1 once again in Div. II.

For the sixth straight poll, the Nighthawks swept all 21 first-place votes and collected 596 points overall.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	North Georgia (21)	596	1
2	Lincoln Memorial	566	2
3	Georgia Southwestern (2)	540	3
4	Grand Valley State (2)	525	4
5	Oklahoma Christian	483	T-9
6	Lee	459	5
7	USC Aiken	443	6
8	Florida Southern	440	7
9	Colorado Christian	394	T-9
10	Lander	379	12
11	Saint Leo	343	8
12	Nova Southeastern	315	18
13	Dallas Baptist	275	19
14	Colorado State Pueblo	233	11
15	Midwestern State	227	16
16	Barton	204	21
17	West Florida	200	17
18	Central Oklahoma	199	23
19	Henderson State	196	14
20	Texas-Permian Basin	167	13
21	Colorado School of Mines	77	20
22	Texas-Tyler	73	NR
23	Coker	69	22
24	Shorter	68	NR
25	Chico State	61	25

Others receiving votes: West Texas A&M (39), Tampa (35), Columbus State (34), Ferris State (30), Barry (25), Cal State East Bay (16), Cal State Monterey Bay (16), Western New Mexico (14), Lenoir Rhyne (11), Missouri S&T (9), Carson-Newman (7), Missouri Southern State (7), Central Missouri (6), Indianapolis (6), Southern Arkansas (5), Union (TN) (4), Cal State San Marcos (3), Flagler (3), Colorado Mesa (2), Tusculum (2), Rollins (1), Valdosta State (1), Virginia Union (1), Wayne State (MI) (1), Wingate (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Methodist (8)	368	1
2	Emory (7)	367	2
3	Oglethorpe	328	3
4	Illinois Wesleyan	322	4
5	Carnegie Mellon	306	6
6	Washington & Lee	301	10
7	Lynchburg	291	5
8	Bethel (MN)	244	8
9	Sewanee	243	12
10	Aurora	236	11
11	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	230	7
12	Saint John’s (MN)	219	9
13	Huntingdon	213	20
14	Babson	165	13
15	Texas-Dallas	159	14
16	Wittenberg	145	15
17	Pomona-Pitzer	131	17
18	Kenyon	91	25
19	Averett	87	16
20	Christopher Newport	80	18
21	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	78	19
22	Guilford	71	21
23	Trinity (CT)	39	23
24	Rochester	29	RV
25	Hampden-Sydney	28	RV

Others receiving votes: LeTourneau (25), Gustavus Adolphus (14), Willamette (13), RPI (11), Piedmont (10), Whitworth (9), Trinity (TX) (7), Whitman (6), California Lutheran (4), Franklin & Marshall (2), Gettysburg (2), Redlands (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Keiser (7)	247	2
2	Dalton State (3)	243	1
3	British Columbia	224	3
4	OUAZ	220	4
5	Lindsey Wilson	201	7
6	Wayland Baptist	200	5
7	Texas Wesleyan	198	6
8	Truett McConnell	177	8
9	Coastal Georgia	161	9
10	Southeastern (FL)	154	12
11	Cumberland (TN)	141	10
12	Bellevue	120	11
13	William Carey	116	14
14	Oklahoma City	109	15
15	Campbellsville	101	13
16	Houston-Victoria	95	18
17	Point	90	T-16
18	Lawrence Tech	88	T-16
19	MidAmerica Nazarene	71	21
20	Columbia (MO)	70	NR
21	Webber International	57	22
22	USAO	39	NR
23	Ave Maria	38	20
24	Southwestern Christian	35	19
25	Morningside	13	23

Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (10), Lewis-Clark State (7), Reinhardt (5), Victoria-BC (4), The Master’s (2), Northwestern Ohio (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Div. I Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Odessa (5)	58	T-2
T-2	Indian Hills (1)	48	4
T-2	Midland	48	1
4	New Mexico JC	43	T-2
5	Hutchinson	36	5
6	Central Alabama	26	6
7	McLennan	21	7
8	Ranger	20	9
9	Dodge City	12	8
10	Western Texas	8	10

Others receiving votes: NMMI (4), Eastern Florida State (3), Iowa Western (2), Weatherford (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Div. II Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Mississippi Gulf Coast (3)	30	1
2	South Mountain	25	2
3	Parkland	23	3
4	Kirkwood	22	4
5	Roane State	17	5
6	Des Moines Area	16	6
7	East Central	11	8
8	Meridian	8	7
9	Jones	5	T-10
10	Iowa Central	4	9