The Illinois Fighting Illini top the Bushnell/Golfweek Preseason Coaches Poll heading into the fall 2015 season.
The Illini, who return four starters after reaching the semifinals at the NCAA Championship last season, are followed by the defending national champion LSU Tigers, who received 12 first-place votes. Texas comes in at third with five first-place votes.
Check out the remainder of the coaches poll, along with Division II, Division III, NAIA and NJCAA Divisions I and II:
Division I
| Rank | School (First place votes) | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois (3) | 487 |
| 2 | LSU (12) | 482 |
| 3 | Texas (5) | 479 |
| 4 | Florida State (1) | 420 |
| 5 | USC | 406 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 354 |
| 7 | UCLA | 320 |
| 8 | South Carolina | 315 |
| 9 | Auburn | 297 |
| 10 | Stanford | 291 |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 291 |
| 12 | Georgia | 255 |
| 13 | Georgia Tech | 248 |
| 14 | USF | 197 |
| 15 | Oregon | 196 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 192 |
| 17 | Alabama | 174 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 169 |
| 19 | Washington | 148 |
| T20 | SMU | 124 |
| T20 | Wake Forest | 124 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 122 |
| 23 | Florida | 112 |
| 24 | Virginia | 102 |
| 25 | Baylor | 80 |
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech, 76; TCU, 61; San Diego State, 53; Arkansas, 53; Clemson, 35; UNLV, 35; California, 30; UAB, 23; New Mexico, 22; Duke, 20; Houston, 11; Texas A&M, 9; Ohio State, 8; East Tennessee State, 7; Purdue, 5; Charlotte, 3; NC State, 2; North Florida, 2
Division II
| Rank | School (First place votes) | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nova Southeastern (16) | 472 |
| 2 | Lynn (2) | 435 |
| 3 | USC Aiken | 390 |
| 4 | Barry (1) | 348 |
| T5 | Central Missouri | 344 |
| T5 | Florida Southern | 344 |
| 7 | Saint Leo | 343 |
| 8 | Chico State | 335 |
| 9 | Simon Fraser | 300 |
| 10 | CSU Monterey Bay | 291 |
| 11 | Central Oklahoma | 234 |
| 12 | Flagler | 212 |
| 13 | Columbus State | 180 |
| 14 | West Florida | 179 |
| 15 | Missouri-St. |