West Florida garnered 14 of the 26 first-place votes this week but Lynn University collected more overall points and is therefore the new No. 1 in the latest Division II Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.
Lynn was previously No. 2, while West Florida climbed up from No. 4. South Carolina-Aiken is No. 3 and Barry is No. 4 and all four of those squads were able to leap ahead of previous No. 1 Lincoln Memorial, which did receive one first-place vote this time around.
Georgia Southwestern State was a big mover, jumping from 19th to 6th in the poll. Arkansas Tech is up from 11th to 7th. Saint Leo, Central Missouri and Lee round out the top ten.
Lynn won the Space Coast Collegiate Champ on Tuesday at Duran Golf Club in Melbourne, Florida, after finishing as the only team under par.
Division II
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Lynn (5) | 545 | 2 |
2 | West Florida (14) | 539 | 4 |
3 | South Carolina-Aiken (4) | 535 | 3 |
4 | Barry | 448 | T-5 |
5 | Lincoln Memorial (1) | 446 | 1 |
6 | Georgia Southwestern State | 417 | 19 |
7 | Arkansas Tech | 412 | 11 |
8 | Saint Leo | 401 | T-5 |
9 | Central Missouri | 382 | 23 |
10 | Lee | 374 | T-7 |
11 | Georgia College | 310 | NR |
12 | Young Harris College | 274 | T-20 |
13 | Indianapolis | 240 | 9 |
14 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 206 | 12 |
15 | Washburn | 197 | NR |
16 | Findlay | 190 | 10 |
17 | North Georgia | 183 | 17 |
18 | Lander | 157 | T-20 |
T-19 | Oklahoma Christian | 150 | 18 |
T-19 | Clayton State | 150 | NR |
21 | Florida Southern | 145 | 22 |
22 | Carson-Newman | 98 | NR |
23 | Valdosta State | 69 | NR |
24 | Newberry | 51 | NR |
25 | Anderson (SC) | 49 | 24 |
Dropped From Ranking: Colorado School of Mines (16); Columbus State (T-7); Dallas Baptist (15); Henderson State (25); Limestone, (14); Nova Southeastern, (13).
Others receiving votes: Tampa, 48; Nova Southeastern, 36; Wingate, 30; Barton College, 28; Colorado School of Mines, 28; Grand Valley State, 26; Mount Olive, 24; Lincoln Univ. of Missouri, 23; Sonoma State, 23; Missouri Western State, 22; Dallas Baptist, 21; Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, 16; St. Mary’s (TX), 16; Maryville, 15; Missouri – St. Louis, 15; Western Washington, 12; Limestone, 11; Colorado-Colorado Springs, 10; Florida Tech, 10; Texas A&M Commerce, 10; Saint Martins Univ., 8; Southwestern Oklahoma State, 8; Henderson State, 7; Queens Univ. of Charlotte, 7; West Georgia, 7; Academy of Art, 6; Delta State, 4; Midwestern State, 4; Christian Brothers, 3; Northeastern State, 3; Rollins, 2; Western New Mexico, 2; Flagler, 1; Trevecca Nazarene, 1.
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