Auburn men’s golf surges into top spot in Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll

Auburn received 11 first-place votes and 460 points in the poll.

After its wire-to-wire title at the 2022 Isleworth Collegiate, Auburn jumped into the Bushnell/Golfweek’s Division I Coaches Poll’s No. 1 spot for Oct. 28. The Tigers end their fall campaign with victories at the Maui Jim Intercollegiate, Marquette Invitational and Isleworth.

Auburn received 11 first-place votes and 460 total points in the poll. Vanderbilt (six first-place votes and 450 points), Arizona State, Texas Tech, and North Carolina, who moved up eight spots from their No. 13 spot on Sept. 30, round out the top five, while Stanford, Tennessee, Illinois, Florida and Georgia Tech complete the top 10.

Pepperdine moved up from No. 25 to No. 15, Colorado State from receiving votes to No. 18, and the trio of San Diego State, Mississippi State, and Oregon enter in.

Georgia Southern, LSU, North Florida, Purdue and Washington all received votes.

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points  Previous
1 Auburn (11) 460 T-3
2 Vanderbilt (6) 450 1
3 Arizona State 437 6
4 Texas Tech 414 7
5 North Carolina (2) 413 13
6 Stanford 383 T-3
7 Tennessee 350 12
8 Illinois 328 5
9 Florida 326 10
10 Georgia Tech 301 8
11 Oklahoma 280 2
12 Virginia 259 15
13 Florida State 244 14
14 Texas A&M 218 9
15 Pepperdine 209 25
16 Oklahoma State 155 11
17 Alabama 153 16
18 Colorado State 145 NR
19 Texas 127 19
20 Georgia 125 17
21 Kansas State 121 T-21
22 San Diego State 88 NR
23 Mississippi State 55 NR
24 Oregon 49 NR
25 Arizona 43 23

Others receiving votes: Georgia Southern (13); LSU (11); North Florida (7); Purdue (6); Washington (5).

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