Though Auburn started in second after yesterday’s round, they played in the morning and shot four times better than they did in Round 1. 4-under yesterday, 16-under today.
This gives Auburn a pretty wide berth – 8 strokes – heading into the third round and first cut. The top 15 teams and 9 individuals not on those teams will compete in the fourth round on Monday before there’s another cut to the top 8 teams going into match play.
Texas and Vanderbilt, both tied for second at 12-under, continued to mimic each other’s scores and jumped up for places. Luke Potter, a Longhorn senior, grew up down the road in Encinitas, CA, and gave us some tips on how to best spend our time here off the golf course.
Ten teams are in the red after today, with plenty of teams in and around the cutline for tomorrow. Three of the California schools – UCLA, Pepperdine and San Diego – are still within that project cutline for now, though San Diego’s Ian Maspat lost his No. 1 position on the leaderboard after a round of 74 (+2) today. San Diego is coincidentally tied with another California school in the field, Stanford. The last school from California – USC – is in 29th.
Individually, Filip Jakubcik of Arizona shot 6-under today to take the solo lead at 10-under. He was the only one to shoot 66, which is still the overall low round of the tournament. William Jennings of Alabama is two strokes behind and tied with another individual, Malan Potgieter of Louisiana, in second.
2026 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship Team Leaderboard
1. Auburn (-20)
T2. Texas (-12)
T2. Vanderbilt (-12)
T4. UCLA (-7)
T4. Oklahoma State (-7)
T6. Duke (-4)
T6. Virginia (-4)
T6. Arizona (-4)
T9. Pepperdine (-1)
T9. North Carolina (-1)
11. Oklahoma (E)
T12. San Diego (+1)
T12. Stanford (+1)
T14. Chattanooga (+3)
T14. Tennessee (+3)
16. Florida (+5)
17. Arkansas State (+6)
18. Georgia (+7)
19. Arizona State (+8)
T20. Arkansas (+10)
T20. Brigham Young (+10)
22. Texas A&M (+12)
23. Louisville (+14)
24. Purdue (+15)
25. Mississippi State (+16)
26. Memphis (+18)
T27. LSU (+20)
T27. Ole Miss (+20)
29. Southern California (+21)
30. Florida State (+23)
2026 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship Individual Leaderboard
1. Filip Jakubcik – Arizona (-10)
T2. William Jennings (IND.) – Alabama (-8)
T2. Malan Potgieter (IND.) – Louisiana (-8)
T4. Connor Williams – Arizona State (-7)
T4. Josiah Gilberg – Auburn (-7)
T4. Jon Ed Steed – Vanderbilt (-7)
Round 3 Tee Times at the 2026 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship
The top 15 teams will tee off in the morning wave in the third round of the 2026 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship. The first afternoon tee time off Hole #10 is missing Brigham Young University, who played their third round ahead of time on Thursday.
First Wave off Hole #1:
6:30am – 7:14am: Auburn, Texas, Vanderbilt
7:25am – 8:09am: Virginia, Arizona, Pepperdine
8:20 – 9:04am: Stanford, Chattanooga, Tennessee
First Wave off Hole #10:
6:52am – 7:36am: UCLA, Oklahoma State, Duke
7:47am – 8:31am: North Carolina, Oklahoma, San Diego
8:42am: Individuals (Malan Potgieter [Louisiana], William Jennings [Alabama], Michael Lugiano [Liberty])
Second Wave off Hole #1:
11:50am – 12:34pm: Florida, Arkansas State, Georgia
12:45pm – 1:29pm: Texas A&M, Louisville, Purdue
1:40pm – 2:24pm: Ole Miss, Southern California, Florida State
Second Wave off Hole #10:
12:12pm – 12:56pm: Arizona State, Arkansas
1:07pm – 1:51pm: Mississippi State, Memphis, LSU
2:02pm: Individuals (Jacob Lang [Kentucky], Steen Zeman [Long Beach State], Jorge Martin Sampedro [UTRGV])
