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Alabama Remains Top Team in Golf World/NIKE Golf Division I Coaches' Poll 

NEW YORK, NY?The third Golf World/NIKE Golf Division I Coaches? Poll of the spring season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).  Alabama remains in the top spot, receiving 19 of 23 first-place votes.

After winning three consecutive tournaments, the Crimson Tide finished third at last week?s U.S. Collegiate against one of the strongest fields of the spring. A victory by USC (No. 3) at the U.S. Collegiate was good enough to move the Trojans into the top-five. Rounding out the rest of the top-five are Georgia (No. 2), Charlotte (No. 4) and UCLA (No. 5).

Three new teams entered the top-25 poll. Texas A&M (No. 19) entered the poll for the first time this spring after winning the Barona Collegiate Cup in March; Central Florida (No. 24) won the Rio Pinar Invitational at the end of February; and Louisville (No. 25) won the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate last week.

 

Division I - April 2, 2008

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Alabama (19) 569 1
2 Georgia (1) 528 2
3 Southern California (2) 488 6
4 Charlotte (1) 484 3
5 UCLA 473 5
6 Oklahoma State 468 4
7 Stanford 411 7
8 Florida 389 10
9 Tennessee 388 9
10 Georgia Tech 379 8
11 Florida State 348 12
12 Auburn 288 11
13 South Carolina 243 16
14 Duke 236 13
15 Clemson 226 14
16 UNLV 218 19
17 Tennessee-Chattanooga 170 21
18 Wake Forest 163 17
19 Texas A&M 133 NR
20 Indiana 126 25
21 Michigan State 107 15
22 Texas Tech 97 18
23 East Tennessee State 82 22
24 UCF 68 NR
25 Louisville 66 NR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: Mississippi, 55; San Diego State, 44; North Carolina, 33; Penn State, 31; Arizona State, 26; Wichita State, 22; UAB, 21; Lamar, 20; TCU, 18; NC State, 14; Virginia Tech, 14; SMU, 12; Arizona, 8; Kent State, 5; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1; Pepperdine, 1.

Dropped from Ranking:

Lamar (#24), North Carolina (#23), Penn State (#20).