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
Others receiving votes: Alexandria College (2).
