Posted Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004 Oklahoma State New No. 1 in GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? Georgia received five first-place votes to stay at second where they are tied with in-state rival Georgia Tech, who moved three spots from fifth. Former No. 1 Florida dropped three spots to fourth despite three first-place votes. Texas moved up five spots to fifth and is followed by New Mexico, Arizona State and Kentucky. Auburn cracked the top 10 at ninth and TCU climbed four rungs to No. 10. Clemson fell eight spots to No. 11 while Southern California climbed from No. 17 to No. 12. Arizona dropped one place to 13th while UNLV moved up one place to No. 14. Tennessee stayed at No. 15. UCLA fell from ninth to No. 16 while Oklahoma, Brigham Young, Washington and South Carolina filled spots 16-20. Wake Forest and Duke each dropped one spot, to Nos. 21 and 24, respectively. Georgia State (No. 22), Michigan State (No. 23) and Kent State (No. 25) each made their debut in this season?s top 25.
The GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next Division I GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll will be released on Oct. 21.
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GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll Top 25 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Oklahoma State (22) | 731 | 6 |
| T2 | Georgia (5) | 660 | 2 |
| T2 | Georgia Tech | 660 | 5 |
| 4 | Florida (3) | 655 | 1 |
| 5 | Texas | 541 | 10 |
| 6 | New Mexico | 537 | 7 |
| 7 | Arizona State | 534 | 4 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 450 | 8 |
| 9 | Auburn | 443 | 11 |
| 10 | TCU | 436 | 14 |
| 11 | Clemson | 419 | 3 |
| 12 | Southern California | 372 | 17 |
| 13 | Arizona | 363 | 12 |
| 14 | UNLV | 355 | 13 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 337 | 15 |
| 16 | UCLA | 303 | 9 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 234 | 16 |
| 18 | Brigham Young | 199 | 18 |
| 19 | Washington | 148 | 22 |
| 20 | South Carolina | 125 | 21 |
| 21 | Wake Forest | 114 | 20 |
| 22 | Georgia State | 111 | NR |
| 23 | Michigan State | 109 | NR |
| 24 | Duke | 107 | 23 |
| 25 | Kent State | 104 | NR |
Dropped From Ranking: California, Minnesota, Vanderbilt
Others Receiving Votes: Minnesota 78, Vanderbilt 70, California 68, Pepperdine 66, Texas Tech 41, Purdue 37, Wisconsin 30, Augusta State 29, Kansas 29, Georgia Southern 28, Wichita State 25, Texas A&M 24, Houston 21, Illinois 18, Penn State 18, Mississippi 15, Louisiana State 12, Louisville 11, UC Riverside 10, Lamar 8, Memphis 8, NC State 8, North Carolina 8, Oregon State 8, Virginia Tech 6, Marquette 5, Colorado 4, Rhode Island 4, Stanford 4, Rutgers 3, SMU 3, Eastern Kentucky 2, Missouri-Kansas City 1, Xavier 1