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Cowboys Once Again Reign GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll

 

Posted Friday, April 8, 2005

 

Cowboys Once Again Reign GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll

Georgia schools battle for second position 

NORMAN, Okla. ? Oklahoma State must be getting comfortable with the top spot of the GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. By picking up 25 of 27 first-place votes, the Cowboys once again retained the ranking?s top position. Georgia Tech and Georgia, who grabbed a first-place vote of its own, are ranked second and third, respectively.

UNLV grabbed the remaining first place vote to move up one spot to fourth while New Mexico slipped to fifth. Florida and Arizona State each stand pat at the sixth and seventh positions, respectively, while Brigham Young moved up a rung to eighth. They are followed by Auburn and Duke to finish up the top ten.

TCU checked in at No. 11, ahead of Wake Forest, Augusta State, UCLA and Tennessee. Southern California suffered the biggest drop in the poll, sliding six spots ton No. 16. SEC foes Kentucky and South Carolina rank at Nos. 17 and 18, respectively. Texas fell a rung to No. 19 and the top 20 is rounded out by Minnesota, who raised two spots.

Michigan State - who dropped five slots - is tied with Arizona at No 21. Georgia Southern entered the poll for the first time this season, debuting at No. 23. Clemson dropped five spots to No. 24. Alabama and Georgia State close out the ranking tied for No. 25.

 

The GCAA/Bridgestone 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/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released, April 22.

 

GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25
Division I - April 8, 2005

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Oklahoma State (25) 673 1
2 Georgia Tech 618 2
3 Georgia (1) 595 3
4 UNLV (1) 563 5
5 New Mexico 554 4
6 Florida 511 6
7 Arizona State 454 7
8 Brigham Young 448 9
9 Auburn 441 11
10 Duke 383 14
11 TCU 355 12
12 Wake Forest 349 8
13 Augusta State 347 17
14 UCLA 338 13
15 Tennessee 274 15
16 Southern California 263 10
17 Kentucky 212 21
18 South Carolina 188 20
19 Texas 173 18
20 Minnesota 148 22
T21 Arizona 132 23
T21 Michigan State 132 16
23 Georgia Southern 114 NR
24 Clemson 105 19
T25 Alabama 73 25
T25 Georgia State 73 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dropped From Ranking: None

Others Receiving Votes: Washington 34, Arkansas 27, Kansas 24, Purdue 23, Texas Tech 14, Wichita State 13, SMU 11, Kent State 10, Louisiana State 10, North Carolina 10, Michigan 9, Pepperdine 9, Tulsa 9, Coastal Carolina 8, Xavier 8, Saint Mary's (Calif.) 7, Texas A&M 7, Charlotte 4, UC Riverside 4, Notre Dame 3, Stanford 3, East Tennessee State 2, UC Davis 2, UCF 2, Oklahoma 1, Penn State 1, Texas-Arlington 1