The top three remained unchanged with second-ranked Alabama, who tallied the remaining two first-place votes, followed by Texas A&M. Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech flipped spots four and five, respectively. Baylor, Florida and Oklahoma stood pat at Nos. 6-8. LSU and and Auburn switched Nos. 9 and 10.
Tennessee made its season debut in the poll at No 25. Duke fell from the ranking.
The next Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll will be released March 9.
| Rank | University (1st place votes) | Points |
Previous Rank |
1 |
Oklahoma State (17) | 473 |
1 |
2 |
Alabama (2) | 444 |
2 |
3 |
Texas A&M | 426 |
3 |
4 |
Vanderbilt | 411 |
5 |
5 |
Georgia Tech | 397 |
4 |
6 |
Baylor | 384 |
6 |
7 |
Florida | 349 |
7 |
8 |
Oklahoma | 341 |
8 |
9 |
LSU | 293 |
10 |
10 |
Auburn | 286 |
9 |
11 |
Texas Tech | 275 |
13 |
12 |
Stanford | 259 |
11 |
13 |
Wake Forest | 257 |
12 |
14 |
USC | 212 |
18 |
15 |
California | 206 |
14 |
16 |
Clemson | 187 |
17 |
17 |
Texas | 183 |
16 |
18 |
Illinois | 167 |
15 |
19 |
Arkansas | 127 |
21 |
20 |
Kentucky | 120 |
19 |
21 |
Missouri | 96 |
23 |
22 |
UCLA | 86 |
20 |
23 |
Colorado State | 77 |
22 |
24 |
North Carolina | 24 |
24 |
25 |
Tennesse | 21 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Florida State, 16; Kent State, 16; North Florida, 9; Duke, 7; Penn State, 7; USF, 6; BYU, 4; Marquette, 4; Santa Clara, 3; Arizona State, 1; Louisville, 1
Dropped From Rankings: Duke (#25)