Fresh off a win in their home tournament, the Argonaut Invitational at the Pensacola Country Club in Florida, West Florida has ascended to the top spot in the latest Division II Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.
West Florida, which now has two team wins this spring, was second in the poll last time despite garnering 14 of the 26 first-place votes but this time around, the Argonauts had enough to overtake Lynn University, which drops just one spot to No. 2. Lincoln Memorial is third while Barry and Arkansas Tech are tied for fourth.
Here is the complete poll:
Division II
Rank | University (first-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | West Florida (21) | 549 | 2 |
2 | Lynn (1) | 535 | 1 |
3 | Lincoln Memorial | 529 | 5 |
T-4 | Barry | 474 | 4 |
T-4 | Arkansas Tech | 474 | 7 |
6 | South Carolina-Aiken (1) | 467 | 3 |
7 | Lee | 408 | 10 |
8 | Central Missouri | 397 | 9 |
9 | Georgia Southwestern State | 342 | 6 |
10 | Indianapolis | 328 | 13 |
11 | Georgia College | 290 | 11 |
12 | Young Harris College | 281 | 12 |
13 | Columbus State | 260 | NR |
14 | Saint Leo | 259 | 8 |
15 | Oklahoma Christian | 225 | T-19 |
16 | Colorado State-Pueblo | 199 | 14 |
17 | Henderson State | 193 | NR |
18 | Washburn | 169 | 15 |
19 | North Georgia | 144 | 17 |
20 | Findlay | 13 | 16 |
21 | Clayton State | 114 | T-19 |
22 | Carson-Newman | 87 | 22 |
23 | Lander | 78 | 18 |
24 | Florida Southern | 68 | 21 |
25 | Wingate | 53 | NR |
Dropped From Ranking: Anderson (SC) (25); Newberry (24); Valdosta State (23).
Others receiving votes: Newberry, 40; Valdosta State, 40; Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, 33; Grand Valley State, 26; Mount Olive, 24; Nova Southeastern, 20; Anderson (SC), 18; Tampa, 17; Queens Univ. of Charlotte, 16; North Greenville, 15; Fayetteville State, 14; Sonoma State, 12; Barton College, 11; Colorado School of Mines, 11; Missouri Western State, 11; Virginia Union, 11; Livingstone, 10; Flagler, 9; Florida Tech, 8; Missouri – St. Louis, 8; Western Washington, 8; Academy of Art, 7; Delta State, 7; Christian Brothers, 6; Saint Martins Univ., 5; St. Mary’s (TX), 5; St. Thomas Aquinas, 5; Texas A&M Commerce, 5; Maryville, 4; Colorado-Colorado Springs, 3; CSU East Bay, 3; Midwestern State, 3; Southwestern Oklahoma State, 2; West Georgia, 2; Dallas Baptist, 1; Wayne State (MI), 1; Western New Mexico, 1.