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Auburn Continues Atop April 17, 2026 Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches Poll

NORMAN, Okla. – With top-two finishes in eight straight tournaments heading into the SEC Championship April 22-26, Auburn is No. 1 for the second consecutive Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches Poll. The Tigers, winners of the Mason Rudolph Championship by 17 strokes on April 5, received 26 first-place votes and 698 points on April 17.

Virginia (one first-place vote), Texas (one first-place vote), Florida, and Arkansas rounded out the top five, while Oklahoma State, LSU, Texas Tech, Arizona State, and Vanderbilt completed the top 10.

See the rest of the top 25 below. USC, Long Beach State, Notre Dame, Clemson, Duke, Utah, Wake Forest, and Texas A&M also received votes. The final Bushnell/Golfweek DI Coaches Poll of the 2025-26 season will be released on May 8.

2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll - April 17

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

Auburn (26)

698

1

2

Virginia (1)

665

2

3

Texas (1)

636

5

4

Florida

619

3

5

Arkansas

545

8

6

Oklahoma State

544

6

7

LSU

540

4

8

Texas Tech

519

7

9

Arizona State

462

9

10

Vanderbilt

430

11

11

North Carolina

427

18

12

Illinois

380

10

13

Ole Miss

350

13

14

Tennessee

345

12

15

Pepperdine

334

15

16

Oklahoma

268

14

17

Alabama

229

17

18

New Mexico

210

21

19

Stanford

198

24

20

Georgia Tech

163

16

21

Arizona

126

20

22

Charlotte

99

19

23

BYU

94

23

24

Florida State

70

25

25

Georgia

51

22

Others Receiving Votes: USC (32), Long Beach State (16), Notre Dame (16), Clemson (11), Duke (10), Utah (7), Wake Forest (4), Texas A&M (2).