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North Carolina, North Georgia among those atop latest Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls for men’s college golf

Todd Kelly
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The latest Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls for men’s college golf are out and there’s a new No. 1 in Div. I.

North Carolina has flipped spots with Auburn at the top, garnering 12 first-place votes to the Tigers’ 10, while also collecting six more overall points. Vanderbilt received two first-place votes and sits in third with Arizona State and Ole Miss rounding out the top five.

The big movers this week are Texas Tech (up six spots to No. 8 and Alabama (up 12 spots to No. 9).

Texas A&M and Georgia entered the poll this week after being unranked last time.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

North Carolina (12)

582

2

2

Auburn (10)

576

1

3

Vanderbilt (2)

561

3

4

Arizona State

529

4

5

Ole Miss

491

6

6

Washington

435

5

7

Tennessee

423

7

8

Texas Tech

422

14

9

Alabama

381

21

10

Florida State

360

13

11

Arizona

355

8

12

Virginia

337

12

13

Oklahoma

319

9

14

Arkansas

313

10

15

Georgia Tech

295

11

16

East Tennessee State

241

16

17

Florida

230

15

18

Texas

168

20

19

New Mexico

156

19

T-20

California

144

18

T-20

Illinois

144

17

22

Texas A&M

97

RV

23

Georgia

75

RV

24

Oregon

61

25

25

Duke

32

23

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame (18), Mississippi State (12), Ohio State (9), North Florida (7), Stanford (7), Louisville (5), Oklahoma State (5), Wake Forest (4), Chattanooga (3), San Diego State (1), VCU (1).

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North Georgia

University of North Georgia men’s golf.

North Georgia is No. 1 once again in Div. II.

For the sixth straight poll, the Nighthawks swept all 21 first-place votes and collected 596 points overall.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

North Georgia (21)

596

1

2

Lincoln Memorial

566

2

3

Georgia Southwestern (2)

540

3

4

Grand Valley State (2)

525

4

5

Oklahoma Christian

483

T-9

6

Lee

459

5

7

USC Aiken

443

6

8

Florida Southern

440

7

9

Colorado Christian

394

T-9

10

Lander

379

12

11

Saint Leo

343

8

12

Nova Southeastern

315

18

13

Dallas Baptist

275

19

14

Colorado State Pueblo

233

11

15

Midwestern State

227

16

16

Barton

204

21

17

West Florida

200

17

18

Central Oklahoma

199

23

19

Henderson State

196

14

20

Texas-Permian Basin

167

13

21

Colorado School of Mines

77

20

22

Texas-Tyler

73

NR

23

Coker

69

22

24

Shorter

68

NR

25

Chico State

61

25

Others receiving votes: West Texas A&M (39), Tampa (35), Columbus State (34), Ferris State (30), Barry (25), Cal State East Bay (16), Cal State Monterey Bay (16), Western New Mexico (14), Lenoir Rhyne (11), Missouri S&T (9), Carson-Newman (7), Missouri Southern State (7), Central Missouri (6), Indianapolis (6), Southern Arkansas (5), Union (TN) (4), Cal State San Marcos (3), Flagler (3), Colorado Mesa (2), Tusculum (2), Rollins (1), Valdosta State (1), Virginia Union (1), Wayne State (MI) (1), Wingate (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

Methodist (8)

368

1

2

Emory (7)

367

2

3

Oglethorpe

328

3

4

Illinois Wesleyan

322

4

5

Carnegie Mellon

306

6

6

Washington & Lee

301

10

7

Lynchburg

291

5

8

Bethel (MN)

244

8

9

Sewanee

243

12

10

Aurora

236

11

11

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

230

7

12

Saint John’s (MN)

219

9

13

Huntingdon

213

20

14

Babson

165

13

15

Texas-Dallas

159

14

16

Wittenberg

145

15

17

Pomona-Pitzer

131

17

18

Kenyon

91

25

19

Averett

87

16

20

Christopher Newport

80

18

21

Wisconsin-Eau Claire

78

19

22

Guilford

71

21

23

Trinity (CT)

39

23

24

Rochester

29

RV

25

Hampden-Sydney

28

RV

Others receiving votes: LeTourneau (25), Gustavus Adolphus (14), Willamette (13), RPI (11), Piedmont (10), Whitworth (9), Trinity (TX) (7), Whitman (6), California Lutheran (4), Franklin & Marshall (2), Gettysburg (2), Redlands (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

Keiser (7)

247

2

2

Dalton State (3)

243

1

3

British Columbia

224

3

4

OUAZ

220

4

5

Lindsey Wilson

201

7

6

Wayland Baptist

200

5

7

Texas Wesleyan

198

6

8

Truett McConnell

177

8

9

Coastal Georgia

161

9

10

Southeastern (FL)

154

12

11

Cumberland (TN)

141

10

12

Bellevue

120

11

13

William Carey

116

14

14

Oklahoma City

109

15

15

Campbellsville

101

13

16

Houston-Victoria

95

18

17

Point

90

T-16

18

Lawrence Tech

88

T-16

19

MidAmerica Nazarene

71

21

20

Columbia (MO)

70

NR

21

Webber International

57

22

22

USAO

39

NR

23

Ave Maria

38

20

24

Southwestern Christian

35

19

25

Morningside

13

23

Others Receiving Votes: Taylor (10), Lewis-Clark State (7), Reinhardt (5), Victoria-BC (4), The Master’s (2), Northwestern Ohio (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Div. I Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

Odessa (5)

58

T-2

T-2

Indian Hills (1)

48

4

T-2

Midland

48

1

4

New Mexico JC

43

T-2

5

Hutchinson

36

5

6

Central Alabama

26

6

7

McLennan

21

7

8

Ranger

20

9

9

Dodge City

12

8

10

Western Texas

8

10

Others receiving votes: NMMI (4), Eastern Florida State (3), Iowa Western (2), Weatherford (1).

Bushnell/Golfweek NJCAA Div. II Coaches Poll – March 22

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

Mississippi Gulf Coast (3)

30

1

2

South Mountain

25

2

3

Parkland

23

3

4

Kirkwood

22

4

5

Roane State

17

5

6

Des Moines Area

16

6

7

East Central

11

8

8

Meridian

8

7

9

Jones

5

T-10

10

Iowa Central

4

9

Others receiving votes: Alexandria College (2).

Story originally appeared on GolfWeek