15 teams who made the first cut

CARLSBAD, Calif. — After 54 holes of stroke play, the field of 30 teams at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa’s North Course is almost after Sunday evening’s cut.

Auburn, the defending national champion, paces the field with 18 holes to go, sitting at 10 under with a four-shot lead on Arizona State. In the individual race, Ole Miss junior Michael La Sasso holds the lead at 11-under 205.

However, the final spot in Monday’s round hasn’t been set yet. Georgia Tech and Wake Forest will have a playoff ahead of the final round after both teams finished at 17 over.

Come Monday, the top-eight teams after the final round of stroke play will make match play, which begins Tuesday morning.

Meet the teams who made the first cut at Omni La Costa:

NCAA Men’s Golf Championship teams to make the cut

1. Auburn, 10 under

The defending national champions are all but locked into match play. The star duo of Brendan Valdes and Jackson Koivun are leading the way once again.

2. Arizona State, 6 under

The second-round leaders dropped back a bit Sunday, but a strong round Monday will secure the Sun Devils’ spot in match play.

3. Oklahoma, 3 under

The Sooners led after the opening round and fell back a spot on the leaderboard after the third round, but they have a great shot to make match play after missing by a shot last year.

4. Florida, 1 under

The SEC and NCAA Bremerton Regional champs are continuing their strong postseason play and looking to get back into match play after winning the title in 2023.

T-5. Oklahoma State, 5 over

The Cowboys have had a mixed bag of results after the first three days but Preston Stout has been consistent. The Pokes need a strong round to advance Monday.

T-5. Texas, 5 over

Tied with OSU, Texas is also in a good spot going to Sunday but will need a strong finish to make match play.

7. Florida State, 9 over

The defending national runners-up shot 10 over on Sunday but remain in the top eight. The Seminoles were the fifth seed last year.

Texas Tech tied for the lowest round of the day at 2-under 286, moving 11 spots up the leaderboard to get into contention not only in the final round but into match play.

T-8. Ole Miss, 12 over

Michael La Sasso has been stellar for Ole Miss, but the rest of the lineup will need to be better Monday to get into match play.

T-8. Texas A&M, 12 over

A stellar day for the Aggies, with Phichaksn Maichon’s 4-under 68 leading the way to get into match play. Another similar day Monday could mean match play.

11. Virginia, 13 over

Virginia made match play a year ago and has recovered after a 11-over start, but the Cavaliers need one more strong round to keep playing after Monday.

12. BYU, 14 over

BYU played its third round Thursday, and the Cougars sat at home and watched as they went from outside the cut to inside.

T-13. Pepperdine, 15 over

The Waveshave been consistent, shooting 5 over, 6 over and 4 over during the first three rounds, but they’ll need to get closer to par or shoot in red numbers to make match play.

T-13. Vanderbilt, 15 over

Vandy was three shots better Sunday than it was Friday and Saturday, and they’ll need a similar improvement Monday to make it back to match play.

Georgia Tech/Wake Forest, 17 over

The two teams will head to a playoff Monday morning to determine who plays in the final round of stroke play.

15 teams who missed cut at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships

California, Illinois, South Carolina, Tennessee, UCLA, UNLV, Georgia, New Mexico, USF, Purdue, Augusta, Colorado, San Diego, Troy