Arizona State's winning team (ASU Athletics/Twitter photo)
Despite it being early in the season, Arizona State did a leapfrog in the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll after winning the Maui Jim Invitational and Trinity Forest Invitational this month. The Sun Devils topped Texas, which started the year with the top spot, according to coaches’ votes. The Longhorns fell dramatically, all the way to 10th.
The Sun Devils received 14 first-place votes, while second-ranked Georgia Tech earned nine, third-ranked Baylor tallied a single first place vote, and fourth-ranked Wake Forest earned two votes of their own. Georgia Tech and Baylor have also won both their fall starts considering that they shared the title at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational.
Pepperdine jumped to fifth, while Texas Tech moved up 12 spots to No. 6, followed by Duke, Washington, Oklahoma, and Texas to round out the top 10.
Division I
Rank. School (First-place votes), Points, (Previous rank)
1. Arizona State (14) 630 (2)
2. Georgia Tech (9) 603 (3)
3. Baylor (1) 550 (20)
4. Wake Forest (2) 505 (6)
5. Pepperdine 478 (10)
6. Texas Tech 461 (18)
7. Duke 433 (12)
8. Washington 423 (NR)
9. Oklahoma 385 (7)
10. Texas 382 (1)
11. Texas A&M 354 (14)
12. Notre Dame 316 (NR)
13. Arizona 313 (NR)
14. North Carolina 282 (23)
15. Clemson 249 (17)
16. Louisville 224 (NR)
17. Arkansas 217 (NR)
18. SMU 171 (24)
19. Southern California 170 (11)
20. Georgia 145 (13)
21. Stanford 126 (9)
22. Illinois 121 (19)
23. Auburn 107 (8)
24. Mississippi 81 (NR)
25. West Virginia 73 (NR)
Dropped from ranking: Alabama (No. 21); California (No. 16); Florida (No. 25); LSU (No. 15); Oklahoma State (No. 4); South Carolina (No. 22); Vanderbilt (No. 5)
Others receiving votes: North Florida, 72; Oklahoma State, 63; Liberty, 59; Tennessee, 57; Penn State, 46; LSU, 36; Tennessee Tech, 34; Vanderbilt, 34; South Carolina, 33; Florida, 32; Kansas, 28; Alabama, 20; Central Florida, 16; UCLA, 16; Ball State, 15; Houston, 14; Arkansas State, 12; East Tennessee State, 9; James Madison, 8; Long Beach State, 8; UNC Charlotte, 8; NC State, 7; BYU, 6; Florida State, 3; Old Dominion, 3; Oregon, 3; South Florida, 3; UAB, 3; Jacksonville, 1; Marquette, 2; Sam Houston State, 1
Division II
Rank. School (First-place votes), Points, (Previous rank)
1. Lynn (11) 467 (1)
2. Florida Southern (2) 452 (4)
3. West Florida (3) 412 (3)
4. Barry (3) 344 (2)
5. Saint Leo 292 (12)
6. Oklahoma Christian 232 (15)
7. Georgia Southwestern State (1) 229 (NR)
8. Simon Fraser 226 (NR)
9. St. Marys (TX) 211 (10)
10. South Carolina-Aiken 206 (19)
11. Chico State 200 (7)
12. Florida Tech 198 (8)
13. Nova Southeastern 181 (6)
14. Lincoln Memorial 179 (5)
15. Lander 166 (NR)
16. Arkansas Tech 164 (14)
17. Lee 159 (NR)
18. Cal State-Monterey Bay 151 (13)
19. Missouri - St. Louis 150 (11)
20. St. Edwards 129 (NR)
21. Dixie State 125 (22)
22. Limestone 122 (16)
23. Western Washington 121 (9)
24. Columbus State 117 (21)
T-25. Rollins 97 (20)
T-25. Young Harris 97 (17)
Dropped from ranking: Carson-Newman (No. 18); Grand Valley State (No. 24); Newberry (No. 25); Sonoma State (No. 23)
Others receiving votes: Valdosta State, 95; Flagler, 87; Central Missouri, 70; Concordia (OR), 70; Carson-Newman, 69; Findlay, 69; Wayne State (MI), 59; Sonoma State, 54; Midwestern State, 48; Newberry, 39; Lindenwood, 34; Delta State, 32; Mount Olive, 32; Colorado School of Mines, 26; Barton, 23; Belmont Abbey, 22; Clayton State, 21; Washburn, 21; Grand Valley State, 20; Winona State, 20; Southern Arkansas, 17; Stanislaus State, 17; Southern Wesleyan, 15; Henderson State, 13; Northeastern State, 13; Indianapolis, 12; Western New Mexico, 12; King, 11; Wingate, 9; Central Oklahoma, 8; Coker, 8; Queens Univ. of Charlotte, 8; Ferris State, 5; Le Moyne, 4; Cal State-San Marcos, 3; St. Thomas Aquinas, 3; Southern New Hampshire, 2; Trevecca Nazarene, 2
Division III
Rank. School (First-place votes), Points, (Previous rank)
1. Emory (13) 490 (2)
2. Illinois Wesleyan (4) 479 (1)
3. Huntingdon (3) 448 (3)
4. Wittenberg 367 (6)
5. Guilford 363 (4)
6. Washington & Lee 358 (9)
7. Carnegie Mellon 355 (7)
8. Methodist 348 (5)
9. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 309 (8)
10. Concordia University (TX) 258 (10)
11. St. Thomas (MN) 253 (22)
12. Oglethorpe 247 (11)
13. Hampden-Sydney 246 (12)
14. Saint Johns (MN) 233 (15)
15. Southwestern (TX) 222 (14)
16. Redlands 209 (13)
17. Berry College 116 (20)
18. Willamette 112 (19)
19. Hope 100 (18)
T-20. La Verne 95 (21)
T-20. North Carolina Wesleyan 95 (16)
22. Trinity College (CT) 93 (17)
23. Sewanee: The University of the South 80 (NR)
24. Greensboro 66 (T-23)
25. Gustavus Adolphus 54 (NR)
Dropped from ranking: LaGrange (T-25); Rhodes (T-23); Wisconsin-Eau Claire ( T-25)
Others receiving votes: LaGrange, 51; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 46; New York Univ., 43; Babson, 39; Denison, 37; Piedmont, 32; Williams, 25; Rhodes, 23; Transylvania, 20; California Lutheran, 18; Pacific Lutheran, 18; Kenyon College, 16; Rochester, 15; Allegheny, 14; Nebraska Wesleyan, 13; McDaniel, 12; Averett, 10; McMurry, 10; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 10; Trinity (TX), 9; Webster, 9; Rutgers Univ.-Camden, 8; Trine, 8; Whitworth, 6; Rosemont, 3; St. John Fisher, 3; Gettysburg College, 2; Augsburg, 1; DePauw, 1; Ohio Wesleyan, 1; Sidmore, 1