Auburn men move to No. 1 in Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll for March 21
Auburn men move to No. 1 in Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll for March 21
After consecutive wins at Southern Highlands and the General Hackler, Auburn tops the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll for the first time since Sept. 20. The Tigers received 19 first-place votes and 499 points in the process.
Texas (one first-place vote), Arizona State, Oklahoma State and Ole Miss (previously No. 1) round out the top five, while LSU, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida complete the top 10.
Here's a look at the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls for March 21, including Div. I, Div. II, Div. III, NAIA and junior colleges.
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek Div. I Coaches Poll
Rank Team Points Previous 1 Auburn (19) 499 2 2 Texas (1) 470 5 3 Arizona State 455 3 4 Oklahoma State 422 6 5 Ole Miss 418 1 6 LSU 407 8 7 Oklahoma 373 4 8 North Carolina 346 7 9 Virginia 332 9 10 Florida 323 10 11 Florida State 283 20 12 Illinois 272 11 13 Utah 267 12 14 UCLA 223 16 15 Alabama 215 22 16 San Diego State 173 25 17 Duke 169 RV 18 South Carolina 165 15 19 Vanderbilt 139 13 20 Arizona 94 17 21 Tennessee 85 RV 22 Texas Tech 78 18 T-23 Georgia Tech 60 14 T-23 Texas A&M 60 RV 25 UNLV 56 RV
Others receiving votes: Pepperdine (28), Mississippi State (23), USF (16), BYU (11), Long Beach State (10), Georgia (9), Colorado (7), San Diego (7), Notre Dame (6), SMU (6), Clemson (3).
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek Div. II Coaches Poll
Rank University Points Previous 1 Colorado Christian (16) 422 1 2 North Georgia 403 2 3 West Florida (1) 393 3 4 Lincoln Memorial 368 6 5 Central Oklahoma 331 5 6 Grand Valley State 330 4 7 Lee 317 8 8 Oklahoma Christian 314 7 9 Georgia Southwestern 279 10 10 USC Aiken 276 11 11 Florida Southern 263 13 12 Wingate 228 14 13 Columbus State 211 9 14 Cal State East Bay 182 12 15 USCB 159 15 16 St. Mary's (TX) 153 16 17 Nova Southeastern 149 21 18 Missouri S&T 130 18 19 Lander 113 19 20 Gannon 94 17 21 Rollins 84 20 22 CSU Monterey Bay 71 RV 23 Harding 66 23 24 Saint Leo 44 24 25 UMSL 39 25
Others receiving votes: Lenoir-Rhyne (27), Wayne State (MI) (22), Barry (21), UT Tyler (11), Colorado Mesa (5), Chico State (4), Colorado State Pueblo (4), Henderson State (3), Palm Beach Atlantic (3), Sonoma State (3), Stanislaus State (3), Valdosta State (2), Midwestern State (1).
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek Div. III Coaches Poll
Rank University Points Previous 1 Methodist (15) 447 2 2 Washington and Lee (3) 433 1 3 Sewanee 398 5 4 Illinois Wesleyan 389 4 5 Emory 388 3 6 Oglethorpe 356 6 7 Carnegie Mellon 322 7 8 LeTourneau 314 10 9 Aurora 298 8 10 Lynchburg 287 9 11 Huntingdon 271 11 12 Trinity (TX) 250 15 13 Guilford 238 12 T-14 Hampden-Sydney 189 16 T-14 Southwestern (TX) 189 13 16 Redlands 186 T-18 17 Babson 179 RV 18 Kenyon 145 24 19 UW-Eau Claire 136 14 20 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 102 17 21 Berry 97 T-18 T-22 Averett 52 RV T-22 Bethel (MN) 52 21 24 Carleton 33 20 25 Whitman 22 NR
Others receiving votes: Gustavus Adolphus (20), Cal Lutheran (18), Rochester (15), Pomona-Pitzer (8), Gettysburg (4), La Verne (4), Nebraska Wesleyan (4), Saint John's (MN) (3), Skidmore (1).
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA NAIA Coaches Poll
Rank University Points Previous 1 Oklahoma City (4) 243 2 2 Dalton State (1) 228 4 3 Lindsey Wilson 227 3 4 Keiser (5) 220 1 5 Texas Wesleyan 203 T-6 6 OUAZ 190 12 7 Wayland Baptist 187 5 8 Marian (IN) 176 T-6 9 Coastal Georgia 173 9 10 MidAmerica Nazarene 168 11 11 The Master's 134 NR 12 Campbellsville 132 13 13 Indiana Wesleyan 125 14 14 Southeastern (FL) 120 20 15 William Carey 109 17 16 Mount Mercy 104 15 T-17 Blue Mountain College 86 RV T-17 Rocky Mountain 86 10 19 Reinhardt 76 19 20 Houston-Victoria 65 16 21 Point 60 RV 22 Webber International 40 RV 23 Northwestern Ohio 33 22 24 Hastings 29 18 25 USAO 15 23
Others receiving votes: Northwestern (IA) (12), Bellevue (9), SCAD Atlanta (1).
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Div. I Coaches Poll
Rank Team Points Previous 1 Midland (9) 90 1 2 Hutchinson 72 2 3 Odessa 68 3 4 New Mexico JC 55 8 5 Central Alabama 49 5 6 Indian Hills 46 4 T-7 McLennan 39 6 T-7 Western Texas 39 7 9 Dodge City 11 RV 10 Tyler 10 RV
Others Receiving Votes: Garden City (9), Eastern Florida State (4), Blinn (3)
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Div. II Coaches Poll
Rank University Points Previous 1 Mississippi Gulf Coast (4) 48 1 2 South Mountain (1) 46 2 3 Murray State (OK) 37 5 4 Parkland 35 3 5 Kirkwood 32 4 6 Meridian 25 6 7 Walters State 19 8 8 Heartland 16 7 9 East Central 9 T-9 T-10 Jones 3 RV T-10 Roane State 3 RV
Others receiving votes: Iowa Central (2).
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