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Cameron Jourdan

Auburn remains on top of final Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll for 2023-24

With wins in each of its last five tournaments, including an SEC Championship victory for its first conference title since 2018, Auburn is No. 1 for the third time in the last four Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll. The Tigers received 18 first-place votes and 496 points on May 3. 

Vanderbilt (one first-place vote), Arizona State (one first-place vote), North Carolina, and Tennessee rounded out the top five, while Florida State, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Washington, and Alabama completed the top 10.

Meanwhile, North Georgia remains on top of the D-II poll, where it has remained the entire season.

Here’s a look at the final Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls of the 2023-24 season:

Division I

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Auburn (18) 496
2 Vanderbilt (1) 473
3 Arizona State (1) 455
4 North Carolina 452
5 Tennessee 409
6 Florida State 407
7 Ole Miss 367
8 Arkansas 344
9 Washington 329
10 Alabama 324
11 Texas 281
12 Arizona 269
13 Virginia 261
14 Florida 220
15 Texas Tech 216
16 Oklahoma 213
17 Georgia Tech 202
18 Illinois 172
19 Georgia 145
20 Texas A&M 121
21 East Tennessee State 118
22 California 72
23 New Mexico 66
24 Oregon 38
25 Duke 20
25 Duke 20

Receiving votes: Stanford (19), Oklahoma State (10), Northwestern (6), Louisville (3), Purdue (3), Notre Dame (2).

Division II

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 North Georgia (21) 549
2 Lincoln Memorial 516
3 Georgia Southwestern 501
4 Grand Valley State (1) 490
5 Colorado Christian 445
6 Oklahoma Christian 443
7 USC Aiken 370
8 Lee 359
9 West Florida 356
10 Dallas Baptist 355
11 Nova Southeastern 333
12 Lander 316
13 Saint Leo 284
14 Florida Southern 278
15 Barton 243
16 Central Oklahoma 196
17 Henderson State 181
18 Texas-Permian Basin 143
19 Midwestern State 121
20 Coker 107
21 Colorado State Pueblo 99
22 Barry 89
23 Columbus State 59
24 Missouri S&T 50
25 Shorter 47

Receiving votes: Cal State Monterey Bay (35), Chico State (23), Union (TN) (22), Indianapolis (21), Western New Mexico (21), Tampa (20), Wingate (14), West Texas A&M (12), Missouri Southern State (8), Lenoir Rhyne (7), Cal State East Bay (5), Cal State San Marcos (4), Carson-Newman (4), Clayton State (4), Southern Arkansas (4), Wayne State (MI) (4), Colorado Mesa (3), USC Beaufort (3), Flagler (2), Harding (2), Colorado School of Mines (1), Virginia Union (1).

Division III

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Methodist (13) 325
2 Emory 311
3 Carnegie Mellon 293
4 Oglethorpe 289
5 Illinois Wesleyan 273
6 Lynchburg 252
7 Huntingdon 246
8 Washington & Lee 223
9 Sewanee 195
10 Aurora 188
11 Saint John’s (MN) 180
12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 179
13 Bethel (MN) 166
14 Texas-Dallas 161
15 Wittenberg 155
16 Babson 112
17 Guilford 100
18 Redlands 95
19 Pomona-Pitzer 91
20 Hampden-Sydney 87
21 Averett 65
22 LeTourneau 55
23 Kenyon 54
24 Franklin & Marshall 30
25 Rochester 27

Receiving votes:  Christopher Newport (23), Whitman (10), Rhodes College (9), Greensboro (8), Willamette (7), Gustavus Adolphus (6), Whitworth (5), Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2), RPI (1), York (PA) (1).

NAIA

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Dalton State (7) 175
2 Keiser 168
3 OUAZ 156
4 Texas Wesleyan 149
T-5 British Columbia 144
T-5 Lindsey Wilson 144
7 Wayland Baptist 130
8 Southeastern (FL) 109
9 Oklahoma City 108
T-10 MidAmerica Nazarene 104
T-10 Truett McConnell 104
12 Coastal Georgia 89
13 Houston-Victoria 86
14 Columbia (MO) 85
15 Cumberland (TN) 84
T-16 Point 62
T-16 William Carey 62
18 Campbellsville 49
19 Webber International 42
20 Bellevue 33
21 Ave Maria 32
22 Cumberlands (KY) 26
23 USAO 20
24 Victoria – BC 19
T-25 Lawrence Tech 18
T-25 The Master’s 18

Receiving votes: Southwestern Christian (11), Taylor (11), Park (MO) (7), Reinhardt (6), Lewis-Clark State (5), Tennessee Wesleyan (3), Northwestern (IA), Blue Mountain (1), Shawnee State (1).

NJCAA Division I

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Odessa (5) 70
2 Indian Hills (2) 68
3 New Mexico JC (1) 63
4 Midland 52
5 Hutchinson 50
6 Ranger 36
7 Dodge City 29
8 Central Alabama 27
9 McLennan 21
10 Western Texas 14

Receiving votes: Eastern Florida State (9), NMMI (1).

NJCAA Division II

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Mississippi Gulf Coast (5) 50
2 South Mountain 43
3 Parkland 37
4 Kirkwood 34
5 Roane State 33
6 Des Moines Area 26
7 East Central 15
8 Iowa Central 10
T-9 Meridian 9
T-9 Murray State College 9

Receiving votes: Jones (6), Southeast (NE) (3).

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