Vanderbilt, Anderson maintain first place in Bushnell/Golfweek men’s college golf coaches polls for March 3

The Golf Coaches Association of America has released its second Bushnell/Golfweek men’s college golf coaches polls of the spring semester, and there are some familiar names on top.

In Division I, Vanderbilt strengthened its grip on the top spot. The Commodores received 20 first-place votes and had 500 points. Meanwhile, Texas Tech moved into the No. 2 position.

In Division II, Anderson (SC) also held on to the No. 1 position.

Christopher Newport (Div. III) and Keiser (NAIA) also held on to their spots. IN NJCAA Div. I, Hutchinson jumped New Mexico JC to take the top spot.

Here’s a look at the Bushnell/Golfweek coaches polls for March 3.

Div. I Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Points	Previous
1	Vanderbilt (20)	500	1
2	Texas Tech	451	4
3	Arizona State	437	5
4	North Carolina	436	3
5	Auburn	405	2
6	Stanford	399	6
7	Illinois	395	9
T-8	Pepperdine	330	16
T-8	Oklahoma	330	12
10	Florida State	312	14
11	Georgia Tech	300	11
12	Texas	296	15
13	Florida	266	7
14	Tennessee	234	8
15	Virginia	224	13
16	Texas A&M	216	10
17	Alabama	179	18
18	Oklahoma State	168	17
19	Arizona	146	19
20	Colorado State	134	23
21	Kansas State	73	20
22	Baylor	66	NR
23	Georgia Southern	53	T-25
24	Mississippi State	50	22
25	Cincinnati	43	RV

Others receiving votes: Georgia (26), Oregon (18), San Diego State (17), BYU (5), Ole Miss (4), Duke (4), Washington (2), North Florida (1), TCU (1).

Div. II Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Anderson (SC) (10)	321	1
2	Barry (3)	313	2
3	West Florida	284	3
4	Oklahoma Christian	269	8
5	Grand Valley State	266	4
6	Lee	257	5
7	Nova Southeastern	254	7
8	North Georgia	250	9
9	Georgia Southwestern	203	12
10	Colorado State-Pueblo	193	14
T-11	Henderson State	161	6
T-11	Clayton State	161	13
13	Tampa	152	11
14	Sonoma State	132	10
15	Western New Mexico	126	16
16	Cameron	114	NR
17	Midwestern State	108	RV
18	Missouri – St. Louis	103	15
19	Carson-Newman	103	20
20	Saint Leo	79	18
21	CSU Monterey Bay	59	17
22	Barton	58	NR
23	Cal State San Marcos	54	NR
24	Western Washington	40	RV
25	Lincoln Memorial	32	21

Others receiving votes: Columbus State (19), Northeastern State (19), Chico State (16), Cal State East Bay (15), Simon Fraser (13), South Carolina-Aiken (13), Findlay (12), Stanislaus State (8), Limestone (6), Washburn (3), Missouri S&T (3), St. Mary’s (TX) (2), Lander (1), McKendree (1), Wayne State (MI) (1), Virginia Union (1).

Div. III Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Christopher Newport (8)	319	1
2	Methodist (2)	307	2
3	Emory (1)	296	3
4	Piedmont	269	5
5	Carnegie Mellon	261	6
6	Wittenberg (1)	249	4
7	Illinois Wesleyan	222	9
8	Washington & Lee	221	10
9	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1)	219	16
10	Oglethorpe	197	12
11	LeTourneau	172	11
12	Redlands	171	7
13	Texas-Dallas	155	13
14	Guilford	152	T-14
15	Saint Johns (MN)	139	T-14
16	Sewanee	112	18
17	Greensboro	97	21
18	Huntingdon	94	20
19	Trinity (TX)	89	19
20	Willamette	82	8
21	Pomona-Pitzer	72	17
T-22	East Texas Baptist	49	24
T-22	Cal Lutheran	49	22
T-24	Aurora	35	23
T-24	RPI	35	25

Others receiving votes: Rochester (24), Gettysburg (22), Kenyon (18), Skidmore (17), Averett (16), Luther (16), Dallas (13), Babson (11), Gustavus Adolphus (9), Wisconsin-Eau Claire (7), Rhodes (4), Lynchburg (2), NYU (2), York (PA) (1).

NAIA Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Keiser (10)	274	1
2	Lindsey Wilson (1)	254	3
3	Bellevue	242	2
4	Dalton State	237	5
5	Ottawa (AZ)	227	4
6	Southeastern (FL)	203	T-10
7	South Carolina Beaufort	198	7
8	Cumberlands	195	6
9	Houston-Victoria	192	T-10
10	Taylor	177	9
11	Wayland Baptist	165	8
12	British Columbia	155	13
13	Coastal Georgia	136	17
14	The Master’s	130	15
15	Southwestern Christian	125	14
16	Oklahoma City	123	12
17	Texas Wesleyan	91	16
18	Point	87	19
19	William Carey	67	18
20	Reinhardt	56	25
21	Blue Mountain	45	NR
22	Lawrence Tech	40	T-21
T-23	Truett McConnell	27	T-21
T-23	Park (MO)	27	RV
25	Webber International	16	RV

Others receiving votes: Embry-Riddle (AZ) (15), William Woods (14), Kansas Wesleyan (12), Central Methodist (10), Tennessee Wesleyan (10), Sterling (5), Bethany (KS) (4), Mount Mercy (4), St. Ambrose (3), Benedictine at Mesa (2), Morningside (2), Grand View (1).

NJCAA Div. I Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Hutchinson (5)	77	2
2	New Mexico JC (3)	75	1
3	Western Texas	55	5
4	Midland	45	3
5	Dodge City	44	T-6
6	Eastern Florida State	40	T-6
7	McLennan	34	4
8	Indian Hills	22	8
9	Ranger	21	RV
10	Odessa	13	9

Others receiving votes: Wallace State (5), Central Alabama (3), Jefferson State (2), Barton (1).

NJCAA Div. II Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	South Mountain (3)	48	1
2	Mississippi Gulf Coast (2)	46	T-2
3	Kirkwood	37	4
4	Glendale	33	T-2
5	Parkland	30	5
6	Iowa Central	23	7
7	Southeast (NE)	21	6
8	Walters State	16	9
9	Meridian	15	8
10	Abraham Baldwin	5	10