October 7, 1998

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV golf team fell out of the top spot to fourth in the latest edition of the MasterCard Collegiate Golf Rankings, which was released Wednesday.

Oklahoma State is now the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, followed by Georiga, Clemson, UNLV and Georgia Tech.

Individually, Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech remains the top-ranked golfer. UNLV junior Jeremy Anderson is 10th, while senior Charley Hoffman is ranked 25th.

UNLV finished seventh at the Topy Cup in Japan and eighth at the PING/Golfweek Preview in September. The Rebels will be back in action Oct. 18-19 as they compete in the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Birmingham, Ala.

MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGS MASTERCARD COLLEGIATE RANKINGSRANK    SCHOOL  POINTS      RANK    INDIVIDUAL, SCHOOL          POINTS1.  Oklahoma State  260 1.  Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech  2482.  Georgia     255 2.  James McLean, Minnesota     2403.  Clemson     246 3.  Jeremy Parrott, Georgia         2384.  UNLV        244 4.  Chalres Howell, Oklahoma State  2305.  Georgia Tech    225 5.  Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech   2236.  Houston     212 6.  Hank Kuehne, SMU            2077.  Arizona State   195 7.  Jonathan Byrd, Clemson      1898.  TCU         189     Edward Loar, Oklahoma State 1899.  Florida     188 9.  Joel Kribel, Stanford       18210. Minnesota   167 10. Jeremy Anderson, UNLV       177                    25. Charley Hoffman, UNLV       50