West Florida Retains Spot in Precept Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? Cal State-Bakersfield earned two first-place votes to climb to fourth and is followed by Rollins College and Chico State, who tallied a first-place vote each. Cal-Davis fell a spot to seventh while Pfeiffer received two No. 1 votes to hold at eighth. Armstrong Atlantic jumped from No. 14 to ninth. Colorado-Colorado Springs received the remaining two first-place votes and is ranked No. 10. Western Washington climbed from No. 16 to No. 11 while Francis Marrion fell from seventh to No. 12. North Alabama and Florida Southern also dropped from the top 10, falling to No. 13 and No. 14, respectively. Abilene Christian comes in at No. 15 and is follwed by Kennesaw State, Grand Canyon, Central Oklahoma, Georgia College & State University and Cameron. Central Arkansas held steady at No. 21 with Delta State and Drury sinking out of the top 20. Columbus State (No. 24), Cal-San Diego (T25) and Coker College (T25) re-entered the poll. To vote in the Precept Coaches Poll, a coach must be a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The next Precept Division II Coaches poll will reflect the finish of each team at the NCAA Championships. Precept Coaches Poll Top 25
Others Receiving Votes: St. Mary's 53, Cal State Bernardino 48, Barton College 44, Presbyterian College 37, Arkansas Tech 31, Minnesota State-Mankato 24, Belmont Abbey College 23, Northeastern State 21, Grand Valley State 19, Lynn 18, Nebraska-Kearney 18, Valdosta State 16, Ohio Valley College 15, Southern Colorado 14, Clayton College & State University 13, Fayetteville State 13, Lincoln 9, Northern Colorado 9, Saint Martin's College 9, Longwood College 8, Colorado Christian 6, Colorado School of Mines 6, Southwest Baptist 6, Tampa 6, Barry 5, Nova Southeastern 4, Southwestern Oklahoma State 4, Tusculum College 4, Queens College 2, Western New Mexico 1 Dropped From Rankings: Barton College, Cal State-San Bernardino [[--banner:--]]
Cal State-Stanislaus and South Carolina-Aiken tie for second in closest balloting of the season
Division II - May 7, 2003
Rank
University (First-Place Votes)
Points
Prev.
1
West Florida (3)
390
1
2
Cal State-Stanislaus (1)
389
3
2
South Carolina-Aiken (7)
389
4
4
Cali State-Bakersfield (2)
375
5
5
Rollins College (1)
365
2
6
Chico State(1)
323
11
7
Cal-Davis
273
6
8
Pfeiffer (2)
252
8
9
Armstrong Atlantic State
250
14
10
Colorado-Colorado Springs (2)
237
12
11
Western Washington
233
16
12
Francis Marion
229
7
12
North Alabama
229
10
14
Florida Southern College
223
9
15
Abilene Christian
217
17
16
Kennesaw State
183
13
17
Grand Canyon
169
15
18
Central Oklahoma
166
18
19
Georgia College & State University
147
23
20
Cameron
135
22
21
Central Arkansas
110
21
22
Delta State
103
19
23
Drury
95
19
24
Columbus State
70
NR
25
Cal-San Diego
67
NR
25
Coker College
67
NR