NCAA Golf resumes spring season in 2026
These are the final coaches polls in men’s college golf for fall portion of the 2025-2026 season.
The coaches polls below are for Div. I, Div. II, Div. III as well as two divisions of junior college golf.
2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Div. I Coaches Poll – Oct. 31
Virginia was a winner or the runner-up team in all four fall events and the Cavaliers will conclude the fall in the No. 1 spot in the Div. I coaches poll after getting 18 first-place votes and 543 total points. LSU is second and has two first-place votes. Vanderbilt is No. 3 and the Commodores earned one first-place vote. The final first-place vote went to No. 9 Oklahoma State.
| Rank | University | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Virginia (18) | 543 | 2 |
| 2 | LSU (2) | 513 | 10 |
| 3 | Vanderbilt (1) | 492 | 3 |
| 4 | Texas | 453 | 5 |
| 5 | Arizona State | 415 | 7 |
| 6 | Illinois | 409 | 8 |
| 7 | Auburn | 389 | 1 |
| 8 | Florida | 386 | 14 |
| 9 | Oklahoma State (1) | 352 | 6 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | 338 | 4 |
| 11 | Arkansas | 327 | 23 |
| 12 | Alabama | 322 | 17 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 275 | 9 |
| 14 | New Mexico | 238 | 20 |
| 15 | Pepperdine | 214 | 18 |
| 16 | Georgia Tech | 213 | 19 |
| 17 | Utah | 197 | 15 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 164 | 11 |
| 19 | Texas Tech | 161 | 13 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 155 | 16 |
| 21 | UCLA | 136 | 25 |
| 22 | Wake Forest | 85 | 21 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 71 | RV |
| 24 | Charlotte | 60 | RV |
| 25 | BYU | 56 | 12 |
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Others receiving votes: USC (55), Duke (33), Louisville (23), Florida State (18), Georgia (14), Texas A&M (13), Northwestern (8), Long Beach State (6), Arkansas State (5), Cincinnati (3), Washington (3), Clemson (2), Cal Baptist (1), Colorado (1), Purdue (1), San Diego State (1), UC Santa Barbara (1).
2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Div. II Coaches Poll – Oct. 31
Lee is No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek Div. II Coaches Poll for the first time in more than three years. The Flames won the Fripp Island to Bermuda Invite by 18 shots, a tournament that put individual champion Drew Zielinski into the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the first time an active D-II player earned a spot in a Tour event.
| Rank | University | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Lee (5) | 405 | 4 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State (7) | 388 | 7 |
| 3 | West Florida (3) | 387 | 1 |
| 4 | Central Oklahoma | 360 | 6 |
| 5 | Florida Southern | 357 | 3 |
| 6 | Wingate (1) | 346 | 9 |
| 7 | Georgia Southwestern | 326 | 5 |
| 8 | Columbus State | 288 | 10 |
| 9 | St. Mary’s | 270 | 13 |
| 10 | Catawba | 233 | RV |
| 11 | West Texas A&M | 199 | 23 |
| 12 | North Georgia (1) | 192 | 2 |
| 13 | Central Missouri | 183 | RV |
| 14 | Colorado Mesa | 153 | 18 |
| 15 | UTPB | 149 | RV |
| 16 | CSU Pueblo | 145 | RV |
| 17 | Nova Southeastern | 130 | 14 |
| 18 | Barry | 127 | RV |
| 19 | Western Washington | 122 | RV |
| 20 | Saint Leo | 120 | 24 |
| 21 | Rollins | 118 | 21 |
| 22 | Lander | 109 | 8 |
| 23 | Cal State East Bay | 82 | 17 |
| 24 | Lincoln Memorial | 52 | 11 |
| 25 | Lynn | 49 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: DBU (34), Oklahoma Christian (24), Winona State (23), Chico State (21), USCB (19), UMSL (18), Flagler (14), Colorado School of Mines (12), USC Aiken (10), Simon Fraser (8), CSU Monterey Bay (7), Tampa (7), Palm Beach Atlantic (6), Wayne State (MI) (6), Lenoir-Rhyne (5), Washburn (4), Arkansas-Fort Smith (3), Midwestern State (3), Belmont Abbey (2), Colorado Christian (2), Embry-Riddle (FL) (2), Harding (2), Carson-Newman (1), Eckerd (1), UT Tyler (1).
2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Div. III Coaches Poll – Oct. 31
Huntingdon is No. 1 in the Div. III Coaches Poll for the first time in eight years. The Hawks received 13 first-place votes and 386 total points, just enough to move from sixth to first and slide ahead of previous No. 1 Emory.
| Rank | University | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Huntingdon (13) | 386 | 6 |
| 2 | Emory (3) | 384 | 1 |
| 3 | Carnegie Mellon | 353 | 4 |
| 4 | Illinois Wesleyan | 335 | 5 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 327 | 16 |
| 6 | Sewanee | 311 | 7 |
| 7 | Methodist | 297 | 2 |
| 8 | Washington and Lee | 291 | 8 |
| 9 | Aurora | 283 | 9 |
| 10 | Oglethorpe | 236 | 3 |
| 11 | Wittenberg | 230 | NR |
| 12 | Rochester | 223 | 23 |
| 13 | Willamette | 209 | 25 |
| 14 | Southwestern | 197 | 12 |
| 15 | Transylvania | 164 | 20 |
| 16 | Kenyon | 161 | 10 |
| 17 | Gustavus Adolphus | 156 | 11 |
| 18 | Pomona-Pitzer | 127 | 13 |
| 19 | Gettysburg | 111 | 17 |
| 20 | Whitman | 73 | RV |
| 21 | Piedmont | 67 | RV |
| 22 | Trinity (TX) | 61 | 14 |
| 23 | LeTourneau | 53 | 15 |
| 24 | Southern Virginia | 46 | RV |
| 25 | Carleton | 22 | RV |
Others receiving votes: Lynchburg (13), Hampden-Sydney (12), Berry (10), Rhodes (10), Bethel (MN) (7), John Carroll (7), Babson (6), McDaniel (4), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (3), NYU (3), Otterbein (3), Trinity (CT) (3), Amherst (2), Guilford (2), Saint John’s (MN) (1), Skidmore (1).
