Oklahoma City Unanimous No. 1 in NAIA Golf World/NIKE Golf Coaches Poll

NEW YORK, NY ? The second Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches Poll of the fall season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).

Oklahoma City is once again the unanimous number one team, earning all nine first-place votes. The Stars opened the fall season with a 17-shot win at the UC Ferguson OA Classic, with four golfers among the top 10 players individually. Rounding out hte top five are Oklahoma Christian (No. 2), Johnson & Wales (No. 3), Berry (No. 4) and British Columbia (No. 5).

St. Ambrose (No. 10) is the lone team to jump into the top 10 after being ranked No. 11 in the previous coaches poll. Davenport (No. 22) and Webber International (No. 25) have moved into the top 25.

NAIA - Sept. 19, 2007

Rank	University (First-Place Votes)	Points	Prev.
1	Oklahoma City (9)	225	1
2	Oklahoma Christian	215	2
3	Johnson & Wales	191	3
4	Berry	188	6
5	British Columbia	187	5
6	Wayland Baptist	182	4
T7	Lindenwood	145	T8
T7	Northwood (Texas)	145	T8
T7	Point Loma Nazarene	145	7
10	St. Ambrose	140	11
11	Malone	133	10
12	Victoria	116	12
13	Texas Weslayan	110	13
14	Lee	92	14
15	CSU-San Marcos	86	16
16	Mobile	76	17
17	California Baptist	71	15
18	Lindsey Wilson	63	18
19	Marian (Indianapolis)	59	T19
20	Shorter	42	23
21	SCAD	39	21
22	Davenport	34	NR
23	Bethel	30	T19
24	Concordia (Calif.)	29	22
25	Webber International	28	NR

Others Receiving Votes: Thomas 25, Warner Southern 24, Lewis-Clark State 20, Embry-Riddle 16, Ohio Dominican 14, Holy Names 13, Indiana Wesleyan 9, Campbellsville 8, Southern Nazarene 8, Grand View 5, Tiffin 5, Iowa Wesleyan 3, Oklahoma Baptist 2, Southwestern College 2

Dropped from Ranking: Embry-Riddle (#24), Lewis-Clark State (#25)

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