NORMAN, Okla. – Florida Southern College Men's Golf closes the fall in eighth in the latest Bushnell/Golf Division II Coaches Poll (Oct. 27). The Moccasins received 330 points with one first place vote and shifted up from a 10^th place in last week's poll.
 
Florida Southern concluded its fall portion of the 2023-24 season at the Copperhead Championship where the Mocs placed eighth of 16 teams with a team score of 874 (+22) on the par-71 7,209-yard Copperhead course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor. Adam Alvarez paced the team with a 14^th place finish at two-over 215.
 
The Mocs played in four tournaments this fall with two wins, the NCAA National Championship Preview and the NSU Shark Invitational, where Alvarez won his second collegiate tournament at the National Preview at 10-under 206.
 
Florida Southern entered the year receiving 35 votes in the national poll before climbing into the top-10. Sitting behind Sunshine State Conference foes, Barry (no. 1), Nova Southeastern (No. 2), Saint Leo (T-20), and Tampa (No. 25), in the first poll of the year, the Mocs then went to post a 11-1 record against the four during fall play to sit as the highest team in the SSC.
 
The Moccasins return to action in February 2024 at the Matlock Collegiate Classic at Lone Palm Golf Club in Lakeland, Fla. on the fourth and fifth. Florida Southern eyes a postseason run starting on April 21-23 for the Sunshine State Conference tournament before the NCAA South/Southeast Regional May 7-11.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll - October 27

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	North Georgia (13)	474	1
2	Oklahoma Christian (3)	423	2
3	Lincoln Memorial	422	3
4	Georgia Southwestern	396	7
5	Grand Valley State (1)	385	4
6	Lee (2)	367	9
7	West Florida	332	8
8	Florida Southern (1)	330	10
9	Nova Southeastern	329	5
10	Barry	225	6
11	Saint Leo	216	T-11
12	Sonoma State	200	T-11
13	Colorado State Pueblo	199	13
14	Henderson State	164	T-18
15	Colorado Christian	160	15
16	Chico State	152	17
17	Tampa	143	22
18	South Carolina Aiken	120	24
19	Lander	108	RV
20	Western Washington	105	16
21	Simon Fraser	91	14
22	Coker	87	RV
23	Carson-Newman	84	20
24	Cal State Monterey Bay	77	RV
25	Columbus State	72	RV

 
Others Receiving Votes: Anderson (SC) (71), Lynn (64), Cal State-San Marcos (59), Barton (53), Missouri S&T (48), Tiffin (41), Ferris State (35), West Texas A&M (34), Cal State East Bay (33), Missouri Southern State (33), Central Oklahoma (31), Dallas Baptist (29), Southern Arkansas (28), Shorter (22), Midwestern State (20), Wayne State (MI) (19), Texas-Permian Basin (18), Cameron (17), Colorado Mesa (17), Colorado School of Mines (17), Wingate (16), Missouri - St. Louis (15), Texas-Tyler (15), Findlay (13), Valdosta State (13), McKendree (12), Indianapolis (10), Union (TN) (10), Harding (8), Newberry (6), Northwood (6), Rogers State (5), Lenoir Rhyne (4), King (3), Cal State Dominguez Hills (2), Flagler (2), Northeastern State (2), South Carolina Beaufort (2), Central Missouri (1), Palm Beach Atlantic (1), Virginia Union (1), Washburn (1).