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Cameron Jourdan

North Carolina leads Bushnell/Golfweek Div. I coaches poll for Oct. 27

There has been only one team to top the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll for the 2023-24 season: the North Carolina Tar Heels.

With a win at The Williams Cup and a runner-up finish at the St. Andrews Links Collegiate, the Tar Heels maintained a hold of the top spot for the latest ranking, which was released Friday.

The Tar Heels received 13 first-place votes and 561 points in the process, 14 more than Vanderbilt (eight first-place votes and 547 points). 

Auburn (two first-place votes), Arizona State, and Georgia Tech rounded out the top five, while Tennessee, Washington, Mississippi, East Tennessee State, and Virginia completed the top 10.

Here’s a look at the entire Div. I top 25, as well as coaches polls for Div. II, D. III, NAIA and junior college.

Division I

Rank University Points Previous
1 North Carolina (13) 561 1
2 Vanderbilt (8) 547 4
3 Auburn (2) 535 2
4 Arizona State 469 6
5 Georgia Tech 442 3
6 Tennessee 410 5
7 Washington 407 7
8 Mississippi 386 8
9 East Tennessee State 349 17
10 Virginia 338 14
11 Texas 323 9
12 Arkansas 302 10
13 Alabama 292 12
14 Oklahoma 268 19
15 Florida State 234 20
16 Mississippi State 216 23
17 Arizona 206 18
18 Illinois 190 11
19 Oregon 171 24
20 Florida 134 16
21 Texas Tech 117 13
22 Ohio State 109 25
T-23 California 88 RV
T-23 Duke 88 22
25 Texas A&M 83 15

Others receiving votes: Baylor (54), Chattanooga (49), Stanford (19), Georgia (18), Purdue (15), Oklahoma State (11), Pepperdine (11), Wake Forest (9), South Florida (6), Notre Dame (5), Louisville (4), LMU (3), LSU (3), New Mexico (1), San Diego State (1), San Francisco (1).

Division II

Rank University Points Previous
1 North Georgia (13) 474 1
2 Oklahoma Christian (3) 423 2
3 Lincoln Memorial 422 3
4 Georgia Southwestern 396 7
5 Grand Valley State (1) 385 4
6 Lee (2) 367 9
7 West Florida 332 8
8 Florida Southern (1) 330 10
9 Nova Southeastern 329 5
10 Barry 225 6
11 Saint Leo 216 T-11
12 Sonoma State 200 T-11
13 Colorado State Pueblo 199 13
14 Henderson State 164 T-18
15 Colorado Christian 160 15
16 Chico State 152 17
17 Tampa 143 22
18 South Carolina Aiken 120 24
19 Lander 108 RV
20 Western Washington 105 16
21 Simon Fraser 91 14
22 Coker 87 RV
23 Carson-Newman 84 20
24 Cal State Monterey Bay 77 RV
25 Columbus State 72 RV

Others receiving votes: Anderson (SC) (71), Lynn (64), Cal State-San Marcos (59), Barton (53), Missouri S&T (48), Tiffin (41), Ferris State (35), West Texas A&M (34), Cal State East Bay (33), Missouri Southern State (33), Central Oklahoma (31), Dallas Baptist (29), Southern Arkansas (28), Shorter (22), Midwestern State (20), Wayne State (MI) (19), Texas-Permian Basin (18), Cameron (17), Colorado Mesa (17), Colorado School of Mines (17), Wingate (16), Missouri – St. Louis (15), Texas-Tyler (15), Findlay (13), Valdosta State (13), McKendree (12), Indianapolis (10), Union (TN) (10), Harding (8), Newberry (6), Northwood (6), Rogers State (5), Lenoir Rhyne (4), King (3), Cal State Dominguez Hills (2), Flagler (2), Northeastern State (2), South Carolina Beaufort (2), Central Missouri (1), Palm Beach Atlantic (1), Virginia Union (1), Washburn (1).

Division III

Rank University Points Previous
1 Methodist (6) 294 2
2 Emory (6) 292 1
T-3 Carnegie Mellon 257 5
T-3 Illinois Wesleyan 257 6
5 Oglethorpe 233 4
6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 230 3
7 Saint Johns (MN) 199 12
8 Lynchburg 198 T-16
9 Texas-Dallas 182 10
10 Sewanee 178 15
11 Wittenberg 170 7
12 Babson 135 T-16
13 Guilford 132 8
14 Bethel (MN) 124 13
15 Huntingdon 122 9
16 Washington & Lee 115 14
17 Christopher Newport 101 11
18 Greensboro 89 24
19 Pomona-Pitzer 84 RV
20 Aurora 63 25
21 Averett 62 18
22 RPI 51 23
23 McDaniel 48 T-19
24 Kenyon 38 RV
25 Piedmont 33 T-19

Others receiving votes: LeTourneau (27), Berry (24), Cal Lutheran (21), Rochester (21), Whitman (16), Gettysburg (15), Trinity (TX) (14), Whitworth (14), Gustavus Adolphus (13), Redlands (13), Hampden-Sydney (8), UW-Eau Claire (7), Linfield (6), Franklin & Marshall (5), Willamette (5), Centre (2), Denison (1), Hamilton (1).

NAIA

Rank University Points Previous
1 Keiser (6) 198 1
2 Dalton State (2) 192 2
3 British Columbia 185 3
4 Ottawa AZ 172 4
5 Wayland Baptist 158 7
6 Lindsey Wilson 152 6
7 Coastal Georgia 146 5
8 Truett McConnell 127 12
9 Point 123 9
10 Texas Wesleyan 119 8
11 Cumberland 117 10
12 Bellevue 115 11
13 Victoria – BC 108 13
14 Oklahoma City 99 T-14
15 Southeastern 81 T-14
16 Taylor 72 19
17 Reinhardt 66 16
18 Cumberlands 53 20
19 Houston-Victoria 53 17
20 The Master’s 47 18
21 Lewis-Clark State 34 21
22 Tennessee Wesleyan 24 RV
23 William Carey 22 21
24 Park 18 25
25 Menlo 17 RV

Others receiving votes: Lawrence Tech (13), Grand View (12), Northwestern Ohio (12), Morningside (11), Blue Mountain (10), Southwestern Christian (9), SCAD Savannah (8), Webber International (8), Roosevelt (5), Bethel (IN) (4), University of the Southwest (4), Missouri Valley College (2), Mount Mercy (2), Hope International (1), St. Ambrose (1).

JUCO Division I

Rank University Points Previous
1 Odessa (5) 61 6
2 Midland 58 2
3 Indian Hills (2) 50 1
4 New Mexico JC 48 5
5 Dodge City 46 T-9
T-6 Hutchinson 32 3
T-6 Ranger 32 8
8 McLennan 28 4
9 Western Texas 16 T-9
10 Eastern Florida State 7 7

Others receiving votes: Central Alabama (6), Blinn (1).

JUCO Division II

Rank University Points Previous
1 Mississippi Gulf Coast (2) 29 1
2 Parkland (1) 26 T-4
3 South Mountain 24 2
4 Kirkwood 23 3
T-5 Des Moines Area 12 6
T-5 Glendale 12 T-7
T-5 Meridian 12 9
8 Roane State 6 NR
9 Alexandria College 5 10
T-10 Iowa Central 4 T-7
T-10 Murray State College 4 RV

Others receiving votes: NE Mississippi (1).

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