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

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).

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