NORMAN, Okla. (SMU) - SMU men's golf was ranked No. 17 in the final fall edition of the Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll.
 
The Mustangs made the leap from receiving votes to No. 17 in the coaches poll thanks to a pair of top three finishes in their last two tournaments. The Mustangs placed in third in a 15-team field at the Trinity Forest Invitational. They then finished in second at the Stephens Cup, one of the premier events of the college golf fall calendar.
 
Junior Zachary Kingsland finished in first at the Trinity Forest Invitational with a 15-under score. Kingsland was the first Mustang tournament winner since Matthew Foster at the Fallen Oak Invitational in 2023. Junior Will Sides made it back-to-back tournaments with an individual winner for the Mustangs. Sides won the Stephens Cup with a playoff victory. Sides had to sink a 12-foot putt to put himself in the playoff. A birdie on the first playoff hole gave him the individual title.
 
SMU has three players ranked in the top 70 of the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd rankings. Graduate senior Enrique Dimayuga comes in at No. 34, Kingsland is ranked No. 46 and Sides is No. 61.

The Mustangs finished their fall slate with top half finishes at each event. They take a winter break from competition before returning the course for the Vaqueros Intercollegiate, Feb. 2-4 in Cancun, Mexico.
 
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll - November 1

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Ole Miss (15)	489	6
2	Oklahoma (4)	478	1
3	Auburn (1)	457	2
4	Arizona State	449	3
5	Texas	392	7
6	LSU	384	15
7	Virginia	382	4
8	North Carolina	364	10
9	Oklahoma State	331	19
10	Arizona	291	14
11	Illinois	286	13
12	Georgia Tech	280	11
13	UCLA	235	RV
14	Florida	230	9
15	Utah	217	20
16	Vanderbilt	203	5
17	SMU	158	RV
18	South Carolina	118	RV
19	Mississippi State	108	RV
20	Texas Tech	100	17
21	Duke	92	T-23
22	Pepperdine	83	T-23
23	Tennessee	76	8
24	Alabama	65	16
25	Notre Dame	63	T-23

Others Receiving Votes: USF (35), Florida State (32), Texas A&M (25), Georgia (19), BYU (12), Pacific (11), Colorado (9), Charlotte (8), Oregon (6), Northwestern (4), Ohio State (4), Long Beach State (2), North Alabama (1), Stanford (1).