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CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA – MAY 25: Jackson Koivun of the Auburn Tigers chips during the third round of the Division I Men\u2019s Golf Championship held at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa on May 25, 2025 in Carlsbad, California. (Photo by Tyler McFarland\/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Championship info: April 22-26, Sea Island GC (Seaside), St. Simons Island, Georgia<\/p>\n
Recent champions: Florida (2025), Auburn (2024), Florida (2023), Vanderbilt (2022), Vanderbilt (2021), Arkansas (2019), Auburn (2018), Vanderbilt (2017), Georgia (2016), LSU (2015), Alabama (2014)<\/p>\n
Team rankings: LSU (2), Vanderbilt (3), Auburn (4), Texas (5), Florida (6), Arkansas (9), Ole Miss (10), Alabama (11), Oklahoma (13), Tennessee (20), Texas A&M (31), Georgia (33), South Carolina (48), Kentucky (50), Mississippi State (54), Missouri (76)<\/p>\n
Midseason All-Conference teams: First team \u2013 Wells Williams, Sr., Vanderbilt (8); Josiah Gilbert, Jr., Auburn (9); William Jennings, Soph., Alabama (11); Jackson Koivun, Jr., Auburn (14); Arni Sveinsson, Soph., LSU (15). Second team \u2013 Ryder Cowan, Jr., Oklahoma (16); Cameron Tankersley, Sr., Ole Miss (17); Jase Summy, Sr., Oklahoma (18); Lance Simpson, Sr., Tennessee (19); Luke Potter, Sr., Texas (21)<\/p>\n
What to watch: A year after entering the spring with five teams in the top 10, the SEC now has seven heading into this semester \u2013 and eight of the top 11. LSU is the best of the bunch thanks to three wins and a second in the fall. Arni Sveinsson posted four top-11s, including a win, as he looks like a potential player of the year. But perhaps the biggest keys for head coach Jake Amos have been Noah McWilliams, who had three top-8s in the fall, and Matty Dodd-Berry, who has rallied with two top-10s following a junior season in which he barely cracked the top 200 in the rankings. Plus, there is the extra motivation from last year\u2019s NCAA Amherst Regional, where the Tigers failed to advance as the top seed. \u2026 Vanderbilt is back among the elites after a frustrating season a year ago. The Commodores won three times in the fall, as not only has senior Wells Williams looked like a first-team All-American (four top-10s) but freshman Jon Ed Steed has been a nice surprise as a steady presence at the back end. The only question is can Pacific transfer Carlos Astiazaran find his game and make an impact this spring. \u2026 After back-to-back finishes of eighth or worse, Auburn got back on track to cap the fall by winning the Clerico. Josiah Gilbert won there and at the season-opening event at the Honors Course, though he also was 48th or worse twice. Jackson Koivun wasn\u2019t a model of greatness in the fall either, with a T-17 at Colonial and no finishes better than T-5. All that means, though, is there is room to improve, especially if freshman Logan Reilly gets it going. \u2026 Texas won at Colonial and was second twice in the fall, and the Longhorns boast the best WAGR average among its top five players (29.8). Now, they just need to get Christiaan Maas to deliver more consistently \u2013 he won the WATC and was recently top 10 on the DPWT in Dubai, but he had two showings outside the top 40 in the fall. \u2026 Here\u2019s a promising stat for Florida: The Gators were 10th at Sahalee to start the fall, and the last time they had finished 10th or worse in a tournament was Fall 2022; the Gators, of course, won it all that spring. This season\u2019s Gators have four players inside the top 100, and No. 102 Parker Bell is trending massively after two top-12s and a huge East Lake performance to cap the fall. He also tied teammate Luke Poulter for fourth at the Jones Cup. \u2026 Arkansas is ranked 80 spots better than it was entering last spring thanks to a big home win at the Blessings and fourth at Fallen Oak. John Daly II has continued to build off his strong summer, winning at Blessings and placing runner-up at Cincy\u2019s event. If Louisiana Tech transfer Niilo Maki-Petaja can find his groove, there is no reason the Razorbacks can\u2019t get back to nationals for the first time since 2023. \u2026 Ole Miss\u2019 road back to the NCAA semifinals just got much tougher following the departure of two-time first-team All-American Michael La Sasso to LIV Golf. \u2026 William Jennings was one of the stories of the fall, as the Alabama sophomore won twice, a season after he shot 92 in the first round of last spring\u2019s Watersound Invitational. He leads a Tide squad that has shockingly only made nationals once since a national runner-up finish in 2018. \u2026 Oklahoma ended a bit of a skid by winning the Ka\u2019anapali Classic. Jase Summy won the Carmel Cup but was a little banged up while Clark Van Gaalen didn\u2019t quite take the leap that was expected, posting only one top-10. Head coach Ryan Hybl has some work to do to round out his starting five in time for the postseason, but if anyone can get these Sooners ready to win an NCAA title, it\u2019s Hybl. \u2026 Tennessee didn\u2019t finish better than sixth after winning its home tournament to open the fall. Besides Lance Simpson (one win, two other top-10s), no other Vol is ranked in the top 100, and that includes the Fridge, Jackson Herrington, who was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur but capped his fall with three straight showings outside the top 25.
Arkansas is ranked 80 spots better than this time last year.<\/p>\n
Pick to win: Florida<\/p>\n
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Championship info: April 17-21, Pelican GC, Belleair, Florida<\/p>\n
Recent champions: South Carolina (2025), Mississippi State (2024), Texas A&M (2023), LSU (2022), Auburn (2021), Ole Miss (2019), Arkansas (2018), Florida (2017), Alabama (2016), Texas A&M (2015), Vanderbilt (2014)<\/p>\n
Team rankings: Arkansas (4), Texas A&M (6), Auburn (7), Florida (8), Vanderbilt (10), Texas (11), Ole Miss (15), South Carolina (17), Mississippi State (18), Tennessee (25), Oklahoma (26), Kentucky (30), LSU (32), Missouri (35), Alabama (58), Georgia (62)<\/p>\n
Midseason All-Conference teams: First team \u2013 Avery Weed, Jr., Mississippi State (1); Maria Jose Marin, Jr., Arkansas (2); Farah O\u2019Keefe, Jr., Texas (5); Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Jr., Texas A&M (11); Eila Galitsky, Soph., South Carolina (15). Second team \u2013 Reagan Zibilski, Sr., Arkansas (18); Anna Davis, Jr., Auburn (24); Cindy Hsu, Sr., Texas (26); Vanessa Borovilos, Soph., Texas A&M (27); Balma Davalos, Soph., Auburn (30)<\/p>\n
What to watch: Not even the Broadie Bumpers could deny Arkansas the title of top-ranked team in the SEC after the fall. Despite missing out on some points for winning their home event by too much, the Razorbacks lost to just four other teams all fall, though three of those were SEC squads. Maria Jose Marin has finished fourth or better in six straight college events dating to last spring while junior Abbey Schutte won her first college title at The Ally and is nearly ranked inside the top 30 after being No. 211 to close last season. And to top it all off, Arkansas adds freshmen Sarah Brentcheneff and Sofia Cherif Essakili for this spring. Brentcheneff is ranked No. 29 in WAGR while Cherif Essakili is No. 550. \u2026 At this time last year, Texas A&M was wondering how it would recover from losing NCAA champ Adela Cernousek to the pros midseason. This spring, the Aggies already have four team titles after bolstering its lineup with talented freshmen and a transfer. While Scarlett Schremmer left the team after a couple events, Texas A&m has plenty of firepower, led by Cata Fernandez Garcia-Poggio and Vanessa Borovilos, who combined for six top-10s in the fall. Louise Reau, who starred for Georgia Southern last season, only played two stroke-play events, and if she can bounce back, the Aggies can challenge anyone. \u2026 Auburn stumbled out of the gates with a ninth at the Cougar Classic, though it won twice after that while Anna Davis capped her fall with back-to-back titles. Sophomores Balma Davalos and Anne Fernandez were the real stories, though, as they combined five top-4 finishes. Auburn is more motivated than ever after finishing sixth at regionals twice in the last three seasons, though there is some bad news: Davalos is missing the spring opener with injury and could be out a while. \u2026 Florida had a bizarre return to the NCAA Championship last season for the first time since 2019, as its top player, Paula Francisco, was penalized for almost missing her tee time after she got on a shuttle to the wrong starting hole. Florida later narrowly missed the 54-hole cut. The Gators, however, have seemed to have already moved on with two wins last fall, including a five-shot win over Arkansad at The Ally. Even better, they\u2019ve found more help for Francisco, especially Virginia transfer Megan Propeck, who had a win and two other top-8s. \u2026 Two wins highlighted Vandy\u2019s fall as the Commodores also have a win against Arkansas. There is lots of depth, too, as Vandy boasts seven players ranked No. 187 or better, including four at No. 76 or better. One of those players is freshman Elizabeth Rudisill, who already has a win among three top-10s following a T-27 at the 48-player Carmel Cup to start her college career. \u2026 Texas might be the most disappointing team so far this season considering how loaded the Longhorns are. They didn\u2019t finish better than fourth in the fall as no one stepped up behind their Big 3 of Farah O\u2019Keefe, Lauren Kim and Cindy Hsu. Even Kim, at No. 41 in the nation, had just one top-10. \u2026 Kajsalotta Svarvar was a big reason why Ole Miss won twice in the fall as she had three top-10s. Georgia Southern transfer Mary Miller added two top-10s of her own, though the Rebels probably need one of their four players ranked in the mid-100s to take a leap if they want to contend with the best in the SEC. \u2026 It was always going to be tough for South Carolina to replace Louise Rydqvist and Hannah Darling, especially from a leadership standpoint. Eila Galitsky won the Annika and has been mostly stellar, but the rest of the lineup has been way too inconsistent. \u2026 Mississippi State\u2019s fall was highlighted by a runner-up at Vandy\u2019s event and a spectacular fall by Avery Weed, who didn\u2019t finish outside the top four in four fall starts.<\/p>\n
Pick to win: Arkansas<\/p>\n
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Top teams: Pepperdine (15), New Mexico (17), Charlotte (22), San Diego State (30), Arkansas State (37), Long Beach State (40), Little Rock (44), Florida Gulf Coast (51), Rice (52), Pacific (53), South Alabama (55), Loyola Marymount (56), Georgia Southern (58), San Diego (59), UNLV (60)<\/p>\n
Top individuals: Mahanth Chirravuri, Sr., Pepperdine (3); Brady Siravo, Sr., Pepperdine (26); Mesa Falleur, Sr., New Mexico (27); Ryan Abuan, Jr., UNLV (30); Thomas Schmidt, Sr., Arkansas State (33); Yixiang Wang, Jr., Memphis (38); Justin Matthews, Sr., Charlotte (48)<\/p>\n
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Top teams: Pepperdine (9), Kent State (24), Eastern Michigan (34), Cal State-Fullerton (46), Princeton (47), Tulsa (42), College of Charleston (53), San Jose State (54), Texas State (56), Northern Arizona (60)<\/p>\n
Top individuals: Veronika Kedronova, Jr., Kent State (7); Kylee Choi, Fr., Pepperdine (13); Eunseo Choi, Soph., Pepperdine (36); Anna Behnsen, Soph., South Alabama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"College golf is back, and to ring in the new semester, it\u2019s time to preview each of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-431959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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