Oklahoma Christian Retains Top Spot in Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Poll
Oklahoma Christian Retains Top Spot in Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Poll
NEW YORK, NY?The first 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). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, II and III, will appear in the September 28th issue of Golf World. Oklahoma Christian remains the number one team in the poll, earning seven of the nine first-place votes.
The Eagles managed to keep the top spot, despite posting a fifth-place finish in their fall opener.
Rounding out the top-five are British Columbia (No. 2), Oklahoma City (No. 3), Texas Wesleyan (No. 4) and USC-Beaufort (No. 5).
Victoria (No. 10) cracked the top-10, after being ranked No. 11 in the preseason coaches? poll. Indiana Wesleyan (No. 24) and Grand View (No. 25) moved into the top-25.
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NAIA - September 24, 2009 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Oklahoma Christian (7) | 221 | 1 |
| 2 | British Columbia | 214 | 2 |
| 3 | Oklahoma City (2) | 210 | 3 |
| 4 | Texas Wesleyan | 184 | 6 |
| 5 | South Carolina-Beaufort | 172 | 4 |
| 6 | Johnson & Wales | 169 | 7 |
| 7 | Malone | 166 | 5 |
| 8 | Wayland Baptist | 151 | 8 |
| 9 | Oklahoma Baptist | 143 | T9 |
| 10 | Victoria | 137 | 11 |
| 11 | SCAD | 123 | T9 |
| 12 | Holy Names | 114 | 12 |
| 13 | Lee | 111 | 15 |
| 14 | Northwood (Texas) | 94 | 19 |
| 15 | Lindenwood | 92 | 13 |
| 16 | Southern Nazarene | 87 | 17 |
| 17 | Point Loma Nazarene | 69 | 16 |
| 18 | California Baptist | 60 | T20 |
| 19 | Davenport | 55 | 18 |
| 20 | Northwood (Fla.) | 51 | 24 |
| 21 | Webber International | 47 | T20 |
| 22 | St. Ambrose | 43 | 25 |
| 23 | Lewis-Clark State | 32 | 23 |
| 24 | Indiana Wesleyan | 28 | NR |
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Grand View | 27 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Confordia (Ore.), 21; University of the Cumberlands, 18; William Woods, 14; Lindsey Wilson, 13; Mobile, 11; CSU-San Marcos, 10; The Master's College, 9; Bethany, 7; Missouri Valley, 7; Marian College-Indianapolis, 6; Shorter, 4; Dakota Wesleyan, 2; Huntington, 2; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 1.
Dropped from Ranking: Bethany (#22)