Texas edges Auburn for top spot in Bushnell/Golfweek coaches poll for April 11

With three victories and a runner-up in its past four tournaments, Texas is No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll for the first time since Aug. 23, 2019. The Longhorns received 12 first-place votes and 514 points on April 11, two more than previous No. 1 Auburn (nine first-place votes and 512 points). The Tigers won the Mason Rudolph Championship on April 5. 

Oklahoma State, which shared the Haskins Award Invitational title with Texas on April 6, Ole Miss and Arizona State rounded out the top five. Oklahoma, LSU, North Carolina, Florida and Florida State completed the top 10.

Golfweek/Bushnell Div. I coaches poll

Rank University Points Previous
1 Texas (12) 514 2
2 Auburn (9) 512 1
3 Oklahoma State 461 4
4 Ole Miss 460 5
5 Arizona State 449 3
6 Oklahoma 416 7
7 LSU 373 6
8 North Carolina 355 8
9 Florida 331 10
10 Florida State 327 11
11 Virginia 307 9
12 Illinois 305 12
13 UCLA 290 14
14 Utah 247 13
15 Alabama 224 15
16 Duke 204 17
17 Vanderbilt 201 19
18 San Diego State 142 16
19 South Carolina 127 18
20 Arizona 125 20
21 Texas A&M 114 T-23
22 Georgia Tech 60 T-23
23 Pepperdine 56 RV
24 Long Beach State 46 RV
25 Tennessee 41 21

Others receiving votes: BYU (33), Louisville (28), Notre Dame (13), Mississippi State (11), Georgia (9), Texas Tech (9), USF (9), Northwestern (6), Colorado (5), SMU (5), Purdue (4), UNLV (3), Oregon (1), Pacific (1), Santa Clara (1)

Golfweek/Bushnell Div. II coaches poll

Rank University Points Previous
1 Colorado Christian (16) 424 1
2 West Florida (1) 403 3
3 North Georgia 396 2
4 Lincoln Memorial 365 4
5 Georgia Southwestern 342 9
6 Central Oklahoma 337 5
7 Oklahoma Christian 323 8
8 Lee 318 7
9 Grand Valley State 287 6
10 Florida Southern 260 11
11 USC Aiken 249 10
12 Columbus State 224 13
13 Wingate 223 12
14 St. Mary’s (TX) 177 16
15 USCB 165 15
16 Nova Southeastern 151 17
17 Lander 139 19
18 Cal State East Bay 138 14
19 Missouri S&T 122 18
20 Midwestern State 81 RV
21 Rollins 80 21
22 Lenoir-Rhyne 56 RV
23 CSU Monterey Bay 50 22
24 Wayne State (MI) 45 RV
25 Saint Leo 33 24

Others receiving votes: Harding (28), UMSL (23), Chico State (22), Colorado Mesa (18), Gannon (16), Colorado School of Mines (9), Barry (5), Colorado State Pueblo (5), Simon Fraser (4), Tusculum (3), UT Tyler (2), Henderson State (1), Virginia Union (1)

Golfweek/Bushnell Div. III coaches poll

Rank University Points Previous
1 Washington and Lee (10) 370 2
2 Methodist (5) 363 1
3 Emory 337 5
4 Illinois Wesleyan 322 4
5 Sewanee 317 3
6 Huntingdon 284 11
7 LeTourneau 269 8
8 Aurora 253 9
9 Oglethorpe 248 6
10 Lynchburg 244 10
11 Carnegie Mellon 230 7
12 Trinity (TX) 202 12
13 Southwestern (TX) 179 T-14
14 Redlands 176 16
15 Guilford 167 13
16 Kenyon 145 18
17 Hampden-Sydney 128 T-14
18 Gettysburg 100 RV
19 UW-Eau Claire 88 19
20 Babson 87 17
21 Berry 80 21
22 Pomona-Pitzer 64 RV
23 Averett 46 T-22
24 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 35 20
25 Saint John’s (MN) 29 RV

Others receiving votes: Rochester (26), Mary Hardin-Baylor (14), California Lutheran (12), Gustavus Adolphus (12), Shenandoah (10), Carleton (9), Franklin & Marshall (6), Piedmont (4), Bethel (MN) (3), RPI (2), Whitworth (2), Willamette (2), La Verne (1), NYU (1), Transylvania (1), Trinity (CT) (1)

Golfweek/Bushnell NAIA coaches poll

Rank University Points Previous
1 Keiser (5) 197 4
2 Oklahoma City (3) 192 1
3 Dalton State (1) 187 2
4 OUAZ 168 6
5 Texas Wesleyan 162 5
T-6 Wayland Baptist 153 7
T-6 Lindsey Wilson 153 3
8 MidAmerica Nazarene 140 10
9 Coastal Georgia 139 9
10 The Master’s 132 11
11 Campbellsville 111 12
12 Marian (IN) 107 8
13 Indiana Wesleyan 106 13
14 Southeastern (FL) 93 14
15 Rocky Mountain 90 T-17
16 Mount Mercy 89 16
17 William Carey 75 15
18 Houston-Victoria 60 20
19 Bellevue 49 RV
20 Reinhardt 48 19
21 Point 44 21
22 Northwestern Ohio 34 23
23 Blue Mountain College 31 T-17
24 Webber International 16 22
25 USAO 11 25

Others receiving votes: Northwestern (IA) (6), Hastings (5), St. Ambrose (2)

Golfweek/Bushnell NJCAA Div. 1 coaches poll

Rank University Points Previous
1 Midland (8) 89 1
2 Hutchinson 73 2
3 Odessa (1) 72 3
4 New Mexico JC 56 4
5 Indian Hills 50 6
6 McLennan 48 T-7
7 Central Alabama 45 5
8 Western Texas 30 T-7
9 Garden City 11 RV
10 Tyler 10 10

Others receiving votes: Dodge City (4), Weatherford (4), Blinn (3)

Golfweek/Bushnell NJCAA Div. 2 coaches poll

Rank University Points Previous
1 Mississippi Gulf Coast (4) 48 1
2 South Mountain 45 2
3 Murray State (OK) 39 3
4 Parkland (1) 38 4
5 Kirkwood 28 5
6 Meridian 24 6
7 Walters State 23 7
8 Heartland 11 8
9 East Central 8 9
10 Roane State 5 T-10

Others receiving votes: Jones (2), Northeast (NE) (2), Iowa Central (1)

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Bushnell/Golfweek men’s college golf coaches polls for April 11

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