Oklahoma State enters postseason as top team in coaches poll

May 3, 2019 | by AmateurGolf.com Staff

The orange army at the NCAA finals (OSU Athletics photo)

Oklahoma State has now been the top team in the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll for 15th consecutive editions of the poll

Oklahoma State received all 23 first-place votes to continue its run as unanimous No. 1 the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. This marks the 15th straight ranking the Cowboys have held the top spot.

Arizona State and Wake Forest remained at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. Georgia Tech moved up three spots to No. 4. Vanderbilt was fifth and followed by Texas, Southern California, Oklahoma, and Duke. California climbed two rungs to No. 10.

The final Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll will reflect team finishes at the NCAA Division I National Championships.

Bushnell Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll – May 3

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma State (23)	575	1
2	Arizona State	534	2
3	Wake Forest	510	3
4	Georgia Tech	488	7
5	Vanderbilt	469	4
6	Texas	438	8
7	Southern California	416	6
8	Oklahoma	415	5
9	Duke	408	9
10	California	364	12
11	Auburn	313	14
T-12	LSU	291	10
T-12	Stanford	291	T-17
T-12	Texas Tech	291	11
15	Georgia	278	15
16	North Florida	250	16
17	South Carolina	241	13
18	Pepperdine	199	T-17
19	Clemson	137	20
20	Liberty	131	21
21	Louisville	119	19
22	Illinois	59	NR
23	Baylor	57	25
24	NC State	40	NR
25	North Carolina	32	23

Dropped From Ranking: Alabama (No. 22), Tennessee (No. 24)
Others Receiving Votes: Arkansas, 31; Texas A&M, 30; Alabama, 26; Florida State, 13; Tennessee, 10; Arkansas State, 7; TCU, 6; UCLA, 6

Bushnell Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll – May 3

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Barry (18)	450	1
2	Lynn	426	2
3	West Florida	415	3
4	Western Washington	365	4
T-5	Chico State	356	5
T-5	Nova Southeastern	356	6
7	Florida Tech	322	8
8	Florida Southern	321	7
9	St. Marys (TX)	293	9
10	Lincoln Memorial	288	10
11	Young Harris	264	11
12	Oklahoma Christian	239	13
13	Sonoma State	218	12
14	Limestone	205	14
15	Carson-Newman	152	15
16	Missouri - St. Louis	144	16
17	Saint Leo	130	17
18	Henderson State	122	T-20
19	Simon Fraser	116	18
20	CSU Monterey Bay	111	T-20
21	Arkansas Tech	103	T-20
22	Rollins	69	19
23	Midwestern State	40	NR
24	Grand Valley State	32	24
T-25	Columbus State	31	NR
T-25	Indianapolis	31	NR

Dropped From Ranking: USC Aiken (No. 23), Valdosta State (No. 25)
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Arkansas, 27; Lindenwood, 24; Ferris State, 23; USC Aiken, 20; Lee, 19; Clayton State, 16; Flagler, 16; Valdosta State, 13; Queens University of Charlotte, 12; Central Missouri, 10; CSU East Bay, 10; Southeastern Oklahoma State, 9; Newberry, 8; Colorado School of Mines, 7; Charleston, 6; Lander, 5; Washburn, 5; Georgia Southwestern State, 4; Findlay, 3; Franklin Pierce, 3; Northeastern State, 3; Southern Wesleyan, 3; St. Edwards, 2; Winona State, 2; IUP, 1

Bushnell Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll – May 3

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Emory (11)	466 1
2	Huntingdon (8)	462	2
3	Illinois Wesleyan	438	3
4	Wittenberg	414	4
5	Methodist	397	5
6	Guilford	369	6
7	Southwestern (TX)	349	7
8	Washington & Lee	317	10
9	Redlands	315	8
10	Carnegie Mellon	302	9
11	La Verne	280	11
12	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	259	13
13	Hope	238	12
14	Hampden-Sydney	219	14
15	Saint John's (MN)	198	16
16	Oglethorpe	184	20
17	North Carolina Wesleyan	174	15
18	Rhodes	132	19
19	Berry	125	21
20	Greensboro	107	18
21	LaGrange	88	17
22	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	65	NR
23	Willamette	51	24
24	Babson	34	22
25	St. Thomas (MN)	31	23

Dropped From Ranking: Trinity College (CT) (No. 25)
Others Receiving Votes: Trinity College (CT), 22; Gustavus Adolphus, 18; New York Univ., 15; Univ. of Dallas, 15; Gettysburg College, 9; Middlebury, 8; Texas Lutheran, 8; Denison Univ., 7; Transylvania, 7; Whitworth, 7; Concordia Univ. (TX), 6; Sewanee: The Univ. of the South, 6; Kenyon College, 5; Rochester, 5; McMurray, 4; Ohio Wesleyan, 4; Piedmont, 4; Calvin, 3; McDaniel, 3; Kalamazoo, 2; Pacific Lutheran, 2; Williams, 1

Bushnell Golfweek NAIA Coaches Poll – May 3

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Coastal Georgia (9)	249	1
2	Oklahoma City (1)	239	2
3	Keiser	228	3
4	Dalton State	213	4
5	Texas Wesleyan	198	5
6	Point	193	6
T-7	Johnson & Wales (FL)	176	7
T-7	South Carolina Beaufort	176	8
9	William Carey	151	12
10	Rocky Mountain	146	9
11	British Columbia	144	11
12	Oregon Tech	135	10
13	Taylor	113	15
T-14	Victoria	111	14
T-14	William Woods	111	16
16	Ottawa (AZ)	102	17v
17	Truett-McConnell	99	13
18	Morningside	91	18
19	Wayland Baptistv 78	19
20	Northwestern College (IA)	61	T-21
21	Bellevue	57	20
22	Loyola - New Orleans	33	23
23	Kansas Wesleyan	27	24
24	Houston-Victoria	24	T-21
25	Columbia College	18	NR

Dropped From Ranking: Menlo (No. 25)

Others Receiving Votes: Holy Cross College, 15; Sterling, 12; Indiana Wesleyan, 10; Corban, 9; Our Lady of the Lake, 8; Bethel (TN), 6; Cardinal Stritch, 5; Oklahoma Wesleyan, 4; SCAD Savannah, 4; Menlo, 2; Mount Mercy, 2

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