Aug. 31, 2006

LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team was ranked 13th in the nation in Golf World's preseason College Coaches Poll, which was released on Thursday.

Oklahoma State received 13 first-place votes and is the top-ranked team with 373 points. UCLA was the only other school to receive first-place votes (2) and comes in at No. 2 with 350 points. Georgia follows in third (348), Clemson is fourth (294) and Georgia Tech rounds out the top five (282).

Florida is sixth (248), followed by Texas A&M (237), Wake Forest (187), Kentucky (180), Arizona State (172), Lamar (162), BYU (160) and UNLV (158).

UNLV, which enters its 20th season under head coach Dwaine Knight, will open the 2006-07 season at the Iverness Intercollegiate Invitational in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 11. The squad returns nine letterwinners and is coming off a 19th place finish at last year's NCAA Championships.

GOLF WORLD'S PRESEASON COLLEGE COACHES POLL (Aug. 31, 2006)RANK    TEAM            POINTS1.  Oklahoma State (13)         3732.  UCLA (2)                3503.  Georgia                 3484.  Clemson                 2945.  Georgia Tech                2826.  Florida                 2487.  Texas A&M                   2378.  Wake Forest     1879.  Kentucky                18010. Arizona State               17211. Lamar           16212. BYU         16013. UNLV            15814. Minnesota                   15715. Alabama                 15316. East Tennessee State        15217. Arizona                 14018. USC         12919. Washington      12720. North Carolina          12221. Charlotte                   9322. Duke                    9223. Coastal Carolina        9124. Texas Tech      8625. Georgia State               80

Others receiving votes: Stanford, 65; Auburn, 49; Northwestern, 44; Tennessee, 23; Texas, 18; TCU, 17; LSU, 14; N.C. State, 12; Florida State, 11; Purdue, 11; Tulsa, 9; South Carolina, 8; Augusta State, 5; Baylor, 5; San Diego, 5, Georgia Southern, 4; Kent State, 1.