Sept. 29, 2006
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV men's golf team was ranked 12th in the nation in the season's first Golf Coaches Association of America/Bridgestone Coaches Poll, which was released this week by the GCAA.
Georgia earned the top ranking in the poll, followed by defending national champion Oklahoma State. OSU was second despite earning 13 of the 18 first-place votes to Georgia's two.
Georgia Tech came in at third, while ACC foe Clemson was fourth. Florida collected one first-place vote and was followed by UCLA and Alabama, which had the final two first-place ballots. USC, Arizona State and BYU rounded out the top 10.
Wake Forest was No. 11 followed by UNLV, Duke, Texas A&M and Minnesota. North Carolina, Kentucky, Stanford, Georgia State and East Tennessee State filled spots 16-20, while Coastal Carolina, TCU, Washington, Lamar and Arizona completed the top 25.
The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the GCAA.
UNLV, which has finished sixth in both tournaments it has competed in this season, will travel to Williamsburg, Va., to play in the PING Preview, Oct. 2-4.
GCAA/BRIDGESTONE DIVISION I COACHES POLLRank University (First-Place) Pts Prev.1 Georgia (2) 403 62 Oklahoma State (13) 398 13 Georgia Tech 347 204 Clemson 336 T75 Florida (1) 330 26 UCLA 306 T77 Alabama (2) 277 NR8 USC 265 NR9 Arizona State 252 1110 BYU 233 1511 Wake Forest 200 T312 UNLV 192 T1913 Duke 175 1214 Texas A&M 169 1415 Minnesota 159 T316 North Carolina 154 1717 Kentucky 146 518 Stanford 133 NR19 Georgia State 125 NR20 East Tennessee State 112 2121 Coastal Carolina 95 1622 TCU 91 NR23 Washington 79 T924 Lamar 75 T925 Arizona 71 12
