After two top-three finishes in March, including a win at the Cabo Collegiate against a field that included nine other ranked teams, Vanderbilt continues as the Bushnell/Golfweek Div. I coaches poll top-ranked team for March 24. The Commodores received 18 first-place votes and 473 points.
Vanderbilt is far from the only team to remain in the top spot. In Div. II, Anderson also remained in the top spot, receiving 12 first-place votes and 324 points.
Meanwhile, in Div. III, Emory moved up two spots to regain the top spot, passing Methodist and Christopher Newport. Lindsay Wilson passed Keiser to take No. 1 in the NAIA poll. In NJCAA, Hutchinson and Mississippi Gulf Coast are the teams leading the pack.
Here’s a look at the Bushnell/Golfweek men’s college golf coaches polls for March 24:
Bushnell/Golfweek Division I coaches poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Vanderbilt (18) | 473 | 1 |
2 | Arizona State (1) | 444 | 3 |
3 | Texas Tech | 435 | 2 |
4 | North Carolina | 429 | 4 |
5 | Illinois | 382 | 7 |
6 | Auburn | 357 | 5 |
7 | Stanford | 342 | 6 |
8 | Florida State | 335 | 10 |
9 | Pepperdine | 318 | T-8 |
10 | Georgia Tech | 309 | 11 |
11 | Texas | 300 | 12 |
12 | Florida | 257 | 13 |
13 | Oklahoma | 241 | T-8 |
14 | Texas A&M | 227 | 16 |
15 | Tennessee | 209 | 14 |
16 | Arizona | 183 | 19 |
17 | Oklahoma State | 146 | 18 |
18 | Alabama | 136 | 17 |
19 | Virginia | 127 | 15 |
20 | Georgia Southern | 121 | 23 |
21 | Kansas State | 99 | 21 |
22 | Mississippi State | 71 | 24 |
23 | Ole Miss | 66 | RV |
24 | Baylor | 50 | 22 |
25 | Colorado State | 48 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: TCU (16), Oregon (15), Georgia (13), Louisville (5), Northwestern (5), Washington (3), San Diego State (2), BYU (1), Cincinnati (1).
Bushnell/Golfweek Division II coaches poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Anderson (SC) (12) | 324 | 1 |
2 | Lee (1) | 302 | 6 |
3 | Barry | 291 | 2 |
4 | Oklahoma Christian | 274 | 4 |
5 | West Florida | 262 | 3 |
6 | North Georgia | 255 | 8 |
7 | Grand Valley State | 250 | 5 |
8 | Nova Southeastern | 249 | 7 |
9 | Henderson State | 210 | T-11 |
10 | Georgia Southwestern | 204 | 9 |
11 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 196 | 10 |
T-12 | Missouri-St. Louis | 164 | 18 |
T-12 | Clayton State | 164 | T-11 |
14 | Tampa | 140 | 13 |
T-15 | Carson-Newman | 114 | 19 |
T-15 | Sonoma State | 114 | 14 |
17 | Cameron | 87 | 16 |
18 | Lincoln Memorial | 84 | 25 |
19 | Colorado Christian | 83 | NR |
20 | Midwestern State | 78 | 17 |
21 | Saint Leo | 65 | 20 |
22 | Barton | 43 | 22 |
23 | Cal State San Marcos | 41 | 23 |
24 | Western New Mexico | 38 | 15 |
25 | Northeastern State | 28 | RV |
Others receiving votes: Findlay (26), Western Washington (24), CSU Monterey Bay (20), Simon Fraser (20), Chico State (16), Harding (13), Missouri S&T (9), Cal State East Bay (8), Central Oklahoma (6), Washburn (6), Stanislaus State (5), Southwestern Oklahoma State (4), St. Mary’s (TX) (3), Lander (2), South Carolina-Aiken (2), Virginia Union (1).
Bushnell/Golfweek Division III coaches poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Emory (16) | 423 | 3 |
2 | Christopher Newport (1) | 394 | 1 |
3 | Methodist | 391 | 2 |
4 | Carnegie Mellon | 367 | 5 |
5 | Wittenberg | 352 | 6 |
6 | Guilford | 329 | 14 |
7 | Piedmont | 313 | 4 |
8 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 305 | 9 |
9 | Oglethorpe | 265 | 10 |
10 | LeTourneau | 247 | 11 |
11 | Washington & Lee | 240 | 8 |
12 | Huntingdon | 226 | 18 |
13 | Illinois Wesleyan | 222 | 7 |
14 | Saint Johns (MN) | 185 | 15 |
15 | Sewanee | 181 | 16 |
16 | Trinity (TX) | 154 | 19 |
17 | RPI | 127 | T-24 |
18 | Redlands | 85 | 12 |
19 | Averett | 84 | RV |
20 | Texas-Dallas | 81 | 13 |
21 | Aurora | 77 | T-24 |
22 | Gettysburg | 69 | RV |
23 | Babson | 64 | RV |
24 | Willamette | 54 | 20 |
25 | Lynchburg | 53 | RV |
Others receiving votes: California Lutheran (39), Rochester (37), Kenyon (33), Berry (27), Luther (12), Whitworth (12), Pomona-Pitzer (11), Southwestern (TX) (11), Wisconsin-Eau Claire (11), Gustavus Adolphus (10), Dallas (9), Mary Hardin-Baylor (8), East Texas Baptist (5), Hampden-Sydney (3), Rhodes (3), Allegheny (2), Concordia (TX) (2), Hope (1).
Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA coaches poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Lindsey Wilson (4) | 242 | 2 |
2 | Keiser (6) | 241 | 1 |
3 | Bellevue | 228 | 2 |
4 | Ottawa (AZ) (1) | 221 | 5 |
5 | Dalton State | 215 | 4 |
6 | South Carolina Beaufort | 182 | 7 |
7 | Taylor | 177 | 10 |
8 | British Columbia | 168 | 12 |
9 | Southeastern (FL) | 164 | 6 |
10 | Cumberlands | 140 | 8 |
11 | Wayland Baptist | 138 | 11 |
12 | Oklahoma City | 137 | 16 |
13 | Victoria-BC | 133 | NR |
14 | Houston-Victoria | 130 | 9 |
15 | Coastal Georgia | 107 | 13 |
16 | The Master’s | 105 | 14 |
17 | Texas Wesleyan | 99 | 17 |
18 | Southwestern Christian | 81 | 15 |
19 | William Carey | 79 | 19 |
20 | Point | 66 | 18 |
21 | Reinhardt | 63 | 20 |
22 | Lewis-Clark State | 60 | NR |
T-23 | Blue Mountain | 18 | 21 |
T-23 | Truett McConnell | 18 | T-23 |
25 | Embry-Riddle (AZ) | 12 | RV |
Others receiving votes: Sterling (6), Lawrence Tech (5), Point Park (3), Midway (2), Webber International (2).
Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA coaches polls
Division I
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Hutchinson (3) | 39 | 1 |
2 | New Mexico JC (1) | 37 | 2 |
3 | Midland | 30 | 4 |
4 | Dodge City | 25 | 5 |
5 | Eastern Florida State | 24 | 6 |
6 | Western Texas | 19 | 3 |
7 | Odessa | 16 | 10 |
8 | Indian Hills | 13 | 8 |
9 | McLennan | 12 | 7 |
10 | Ranger | 3 | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Garden City (1).
Division II
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Mississippi Gulf Coast (3) | 39 | 2 |
2 | South Mountain | 36 | 1 |
3 | Kirkwood | 31 | 3 |
4 | Parkland | 26 | 5 |
5 | Glendale | 25 | 4 |
6 | Walters State | 17 | 8 |
7 | Southeast (NE) | 16 | 7 |
8 | Iowa Central | 14 | 6 |
9 | Meridian | 11 | 9 |
10 | Abraham Baldwin | 4 | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Northeast Mississippi (1).