March 17, 2006
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team moved up three spots to No. 7 in the nation as the latest edition of the Golf Coaches Association of America/Bridgestone Coaches Poll was released by the GCAA.
Georgia finished atop its ninth-straight poll by grabbing 19 of 21 first-place votes. Oklahoma State leap-frogged Florida, moving up two spots to a distant second. Florida, Georgia Tech and UCLA - the owner of the last two first-place nods - followed the top two.
Brigham Young held on to the number six spot, just ahead of UNLV - which made a three-rung jump. Arizona State, Georgia State and Duke closed out the top 10.
UNLV, which won the team title at last weekend's Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship, will be back in action March 26-28 at the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson, Ariz.
GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25 - Division I - March 17, 2006Rank School Pts Prev.1 Georgia (19) 517 12 Oklahoma State 483 43 Florida 478 34 Georgia Tech 456 25 UCLA (2) 437 56 Brigham Young 411 67 UNLV 375 108 Arizona State 339 99 Georgia State 333 710 Duke 299 8T11 Baylor 235 11T11 Tennessee 235 1813 East Tennessee St. 206 2214 Clemson 200 2115 Tulsa 161 1516 Texas A&M 150 T1917 Texas Tech 133 1718 Northwestern 123 1219 Wake Forest 115 1420 Pepperdine 113 NR21 South Carolina 100 1622 Southern Calif. 93 2523 Alabama 80 NR24 Washington 76 13T25 Minnesota 73 13T25 New Mexico 73 T23
Dropped From Rankings: Arizona, San Diego State
Others Receiving Votes: Coastal Carolina 67, Kentucky 65, Arizona 48, SMU 48, Texas 34, Louisville 31, Houston 27, California 21, Lamar 21, Charlotte 19, TCU 18, Auburn 16, North Carolina 16, Purdue 12, Georgia Southern 11, Michigan State 9, Oklahoma 8, NC State 6, Notre Dame 5, Xavier 5, Augusta State 3, Western Illinois 1
