Top-ranked Auburn, reigning national champion Oklahoma State, Virginia, Florida, Texas and Arkansas earned top seeds when the NCAA Division I men’s golf committee revealed on Wednesday the 81 schools and 45 individuals who will be playing in the six 2025 NCAA Men’s Regional tournaments being held around the country May 18-20.
The top five teams from each regional and the low individual not on those teams advance to the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif., May 29-June 3.
Fifteen SEC teams earned NCAA postseason berths, the most of any conference. The ACC and Big 12 each got 12 teams into the field while the Big Ten had six teams qualify.
Auburn has won five team titles in the 2025-26 season. The Tigers are led by junior Jackson Koivon, who is having a historic season with six individual wins in his last eight starts. Auburn won the NCAA title two years ago and reached match play in 2025.
But standing in the Tigers way is the defending champion, Oklahoma State. A year ago at Omni LaCosta, the Cowboys beat Virginia in the finals to claim the school’s 12th men’s national golf championship. All five starters from last season’s squad—Preston Stout (three-time Big 12 medalist), Ethan Fang (British Am champion), Gaven Lane, Eric Lee and Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson—are back competing again. The last school to repeat as men’s winners was Alabama in 2013 and 2014. Meanwhile, there’s guaranteed to be a new individual winner as last year’s medalist, Ole Miss’s Michael LaSasso, turned pro earlier this season.
This is the 17th year the men’s national championship is including match play to decide the team champion. The tournament begins with a 72-hole stroke-play segment to crown an individual champion (who will earn exemptions into the U.S. Open this summer and next year’s Masters) and whittle the field down to eight schools. Those teams will then compete in a head-to-head match-play bracket.
Thirty-nine programs have advanced to match play since the format was adopted in 2009, with Oklahoma State having the most appearances with 10, followed by Illinois (nine) and Texas (eight).
ATHENS REGIONAL University of Georgia Golf Course, Athens, Ga.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Auburn
Illinois
Vanderbilt
Brigham Young
Georgia
Louisville
Kansas
Northwestern
College of Charleston
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Harvard [Ivy League]
Howard [Northeast]
Individuals
Malan Potgieter, Louisiana
Hugo Thyr, South Alabama
Max Bengtsson, Coastal Carolina [Sun Belt]
Drew Sykes, Coastal Carolina
Erik Olin, UAB
Matthis Lefevre, Stetson
Andrew Ferworn, North Alabama
Shaun Cook, Kennesaw State
Rasmus Ditzinger, Fairfield [Metro Atlantic Athletic]
Vicente Rodriguez, Alabama A&M [Southwestern Athletic]
BERMUDA RUN REGIONAL Bermuda Run (N.C.) Country Club
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Virginia [ACC]
Ole Miss [SEC]
Pepperdine [WCC]
Georgia Tech
Southern California
Wake Forest
Mississippi State
Little Rock [Ohio Valley]
NC State
Kentucky
Houston
Richmond [Atlantic 10]
Navy [Patriot League]
Presbyterian [Big South]
Individuals
Emil Riegger, Maryland
Tyler Jones, Western Carolina
Harris Barth, Furman
Kelvin Hernandez, UNC Greensboro [Southern]
Dewi John, Charleston Southern [Big South]
BRYAN REGIONAL Tradition Club, Bryan, Texas
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Texas
North Carolina
Tennessee
New Mexico
Texas A&M
TCU
UNCW [Coastal Athletic]
UNLV [Mountain West]
Colorado
Cincinnati
Chattanooga [Southern]
Miami (Ohio) [Mid-American]
UTRGV [Southland]
Arkansas-Pine Bluff [Southwestern Athletic]
Individuals
William Sides, SMU
Ben Steinmann, SMU
Jonas Appel, Baylor
Arth Sinha, UT Arlington [Western Athletic]
Joel Talusen, UIW [Southland]
COLUMBUS REGIONAL Ohio State University Golf Club, Columbus, Ohio
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Florida
Arizona State
Stanford
Long Beach State [Big West]
Florida State
Utah
South Carolina
California
South Florida
Memphis
Oregon
Illinois State [Missouri Valley]
Wright State [Horizon League]
Individuals
Riccardo Fantinelli, Princeton
Ryan Shellberg, Iowa
Paul Beauvy, Iowa State
Chun-Ta Wu, Minnesota
Caleb Bond, Michigan State
Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
Lucas Politano, Rutgers
Carter Maneth, Middle Tennessee
Zachary May, Iowa State
Arjun Singh Bhatia, LIU [Northeas]
CORVALLIS REGIONAL Trysting Tree Golf Club, Corvallis, Ore.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Arkansas
Texas Tech
Oklahoma
Charlotte [American Athletic]
UCLA [Big Ten]
Notre Dame
San Diego
Purdue
Georgia Southern
Oregon State
Liberty [Conference USA]
Xavier [Big East]
Sacramento State [Big Sky]
Individuals
Sam Renner, Washington State
Avinash Iyer, San Jose State
Finn Koelle, Washington
Jacob Goode, Washington
Emil Borrestuen Herstad, Washington
Keshav Mungali, San Joste State
Ivan Barahona, San Jose State
Alex Lindstrom, Kansas State
Dylan Boenning, Washington State
Gustav Liljeberg, Oral Roberts [Summit League]
MARANA REGIONAL The Gallery Golf Club, Marana, Ariz.
Teams (listed by seed; conference champs in brackets)
Oklahoma State [Big 12]
LSU
Arizona
Alabama
Duke
Clemson
San Diego State
Arkansas State [Sun Belt]
West Virginia
Florida Gulf Coast [ASUN]
St. Mary’s (Calif.)
Tarleton State [Western Athletic]
North Dakota State [Summit League]
Iona [Metro Atlantic Athletic]
Individuals
Rudy Sautron, Nebraska
Dylan Teeter, UTEP
Trevor Algya, LMU
Veikka Viskari, Missouri
Javier Delgadillo, New Mexico State [Conference USA]
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
