In the first Division I Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll since April, Pepperdine checks in as the No. 1 team in men’s college golf.
The Waves top the poll with 480 total points and nine first-place votes. They won three of the four fall events and came in second in the other one. Right behind Pepperdine is Oklahoma. Those two teams were previously in the 1 and 2 positions in the poll and held steady.
Up from No. 12 into third is Vanderbilt, which garnered three first-place votes. Texas and Georgia round out the top five.
The only other team receiving first-place votes is Arizona State but the Sun Devils are ranked 10th overall in the poll.
Arkansas was the biggest mover, jumping from outside the top 25 to 7th.
There are 28 teams ranked, as there is a four-way tie for 25th.
Here are the Top 25 rankings for Division I men’s college golf.
Division I
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Pepperdine (9) | 480 | 1 |
2 | Oklahoma (5) | 440 | 2 |
3 | Vanderbilt (3) | 380 | 12 |
4 | Texas | 360 | 4 |
5 | Georgia | 342 | 21 |
6 | Tennessee | 304 | 24 |
7 | Arkansas | 272 | NR |
8 | Auburn | 260 | 13 |
9 | Texas Tech | 255 | 3 |
10 | Arizona State (3) | 240 | 7 |
11 | Florida | 228 | 23 |
12 | Texas A&M | 224 | 8 |
13 | Baylor | 216 | 9 |
14 | Oklahoma State | 207 | NR |
15 | UAB | 195 | NR |
16 | Alabama | 180 | NR |
17 | Wake Forest | 165 | 6 |
18 | South Carolina | 120 | NR |
19 | SMU | 98 | 14 |
T-20 | Arkansas State | 96 | NR |
T-20 | Georgia Tech | 96 | 5 |
22 | Stanford | 91 | NR |
23 | LSU | 84 | NR |
24 | North Carolina | 80 | 16 |
T-25 | Duke | 71 | 11 |
T-25 | San Diego | 72 | NR |
T-25 | Clemson | 72 | 20 |
T-25 | Illinois | 72 | NR |
Dropped From Ranking: Arizona (18); BYU (17); Colorado State (19); Louisville (15); Notre Dame (22); USC (25); Washington (10).
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame, 64; Georgia Southern, 63; Washington, 63; Louisville, 60; Arizona, 56; Kansas, 56; Ole Miss, 50; Florida State, 48; TCU, 28; Valparaiso, 24; Ohio State, 22; North Texas, 20; Saint Mary’s College, 20; BYU, 18; Mississippi State, 18; Kansas State, 18; USC, 18; UCLA, 18; California, 16; Arkansas-Little Rock, 15; Northwestern, 15; North Florida, 14; Alabama State, 10; Colorado State, 10; Loyola Marymount, 10; Tennessee Tech, 10; USC, 8; East Tennessee State, 6; Middle Tennessee State, 6; Purdue, 6; Louisiana-Monroe, 5; Oregon, 4; Kentucky, 3; Minnesota, 2; Oregon State, 2; South Florida, 2; Marquette, 1; Missouri, 1; NC State, 1.