March 22, 2005

LAS VEGAS - After finishing second at last weekend's Hall of Fame Invitational in Texas, the UNLV men's golf team moved up two spots in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index Men's College Ratings to fourth in the country.

UNLV, which was previously rated sixth, leapfrogged New Mexico to take the fourth spot. The top three remained unchanged with Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech and Georgia being ranked first, second and third, respectively.

New Mexico, which was previously fourth, now rounds out the top five. Florida is sixth, followed by Wake Forest, Auburn, BYU and Arizona State rounds out the top 10.

Ryan Moore continues to be the nation's top-ranked collegiate player as he ran his record on the season to 36-4 against top-25 players, 62-5 against the top 50, 118-6-1 against the top 100 and 516-9-1 against all the players he has faced.

The Rebels will be back in action, Sunday-Tuesday, March 27-29, at the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson, Ariz.

GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN PERFORMANCE INDEX MEN'S TEAM RATINGSAs of Monday, March 211. Oklahoma State2. Georgia Tech3. Georgia4. UNLV5. New Mexico6. Florida7. Wake Forest8. Auburn9. BYU10. Arizona State11. Duke12. Tennessee13. Michigan State14. UCLA15. USC16. Augusta State17. TCU18. South Carolina19. Georgia Southern20. Georgia State21. Minnesota22. Alabama23. Kentucky24. Texas25. Clemson