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).
