March 14, 2005

LAS VEGAS - After winning the team title at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship on Sunday in Las Vegas, the UNLV men's golf team moved up 12 spots in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index Men's College Ratings to sixth in the nation on Monday.

UNLV, which was previously rated 18th, is just barely out of the top five schools in the country, which went unchanged this week. Oklahoma State remains the nation's top-rated team, followed by Georgia Tech, Georgia, New Mexico and Wake Forest. All five teams finished behind the Rebels this past weekend in Las Vegas.

Following UNLV is Florida, Southern California, BYU and Arizona State rounds out the top 10.

The Rebels will be in action this weekend, March 18-20, at the Hall of Fame Invitational in Houston, Texas.

GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN PERFORMANCE INDEX MEN'S TEAM RATINGSAs of Monday, March 141. Oklahoma State2. Georgia Tech3. Georgia4. New Mexico5. Wake Forest6. UNLV7. Florida8. Southern California9. BYU10. Arizona State11. TCU12. Auburn13. Tennessee14. UCLA15. Michigan State16. Augusta State17. Duke18. South Carolina19. Clemson20. Georgia State21. Kentucky22. Georgia Southern23. Minnesota24. Alabama25. Texas