Feb. 25, 2005
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team dropped one spot in the latest edition of the GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll, which was announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America on Friday. The Rebels, who are playing at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate this week in Hawaii, are now ranked 16th nationally.
Aided by its record-breaking performance at the Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate, Oklahoma State regained the top spot. The Cowboys, who earned 18 first-place votes, were the top-ranked team in men's college golf for much of the fall before Georgia overtook the No. 1 ranking for the last poll of the fall and the first of the spring. The Bulldogs slipped to second with nine first-place votes.
Georgia Tech also fell one spot to third, while New Mexico stayed at fourth. Both schools received one first-place vote. Auburn moved up one spot to fifth. Wake Forest made the biggest jump in the poll, climbing eight spots to sixth. USC came in at seventh and is followed by TCU, BYU and Texas, who dropped five spots to No. 10.
Arizona State fell from seventh to No. 11, while Duke stood pat at No. 12. Michigan State jumped five spots to No. 13. UCLA dropped from the top ten, falling six spots to No. 14. August State bumped up two slots to No. 15 and is followed by UNLV, Clemson and Florida. Kentucky took the largest drop in the poll, plummeting eight spots to No. 19. Kent State rounded out the top 20.
Georgia State remained at No. 21, while Washington, Arizona, Minnesota and Tennessee completed the top 25. The Huskies appearance at No. 22 is their first in the poll since Oct. 20. Oklahoma fell from the top 25 for the first time this season.
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 March 11.
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GCAA/Bridgestone Division I Coaches Poll
Feb. 25, 2005
Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.1 Oklahoma State (18) 711 32 Georgia (9) 694 13 Georgia Tech (1) 677 24 New Mexico (1) 636 45 Auburn 535 66 Wake Forest 474 147 Southern California 471 108 TCU 439 99 Brigham Young 438 1310 Texas 419 511 Arizona State 412 712 Duke 394 1213 Michigan State 356 1814 UCLA 350 815 Augusta State 319 1716 UNLV 287 1517 Clemson 271 1618 Florida 267 2019 Kentucky 191 1120 Kent State 171 2321 Georgia State 169 2122 Washington 147 NR23 Arizona 146 1924 Minnesota 122 2425 Tennessee 74 22
Dropped From Rankings: Oklahoma
Others Receiving Votes: South Carolina 50, Texas Tech 45, Pepperdine 21, Memphis 14, Alabama 12, Oklahoma 11, Arkansas 9, North Carolina 9, St. Mary's 9, UC Davis 8, Purdue 8, Kansas 6, Lamar 6, Tulsa 6, Northwestern 5, UCF 5, Oregon State 4, Wichita State 4, Xavier 4, East Tennessee State 3, Indiana 3, Texas A&M 3, Austin Peay State 2, Georgia Southern 2, Rutgers 2, UC Riverside 2, Campbell 1, Rhode Island 1
