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Gators Remain No. 1 in GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll
Florida tallies 27 first-place votes

NORMAN, Okla. ? The Florida Gators are once again the top-ranked team in Division I men?s college golf in the GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll. Florida - who earned 27 first-place votes - has been ranked No. 1 in every regular-season poll in 2003-04.

ACC Champion Clemson and UCLA - winner of the team title at the U.S. Intercollegiate - earned the remaining two first-place votes to rank second and third, respectively. Arizona State?s victory at its ASU/Thunderbird Invitational vaulted the Sun Devils up one spot to fourth while Georgia fell to fifth despite claiming the SEC title. Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State stayed pat at sixth and seventh. Arizona and Texas flip-flopped spots eight and nine. Minnesota moved up four spots to No. 10.

TCU dropped one spot out of the top 10 to No. 11 and is followed by South Carolina, UNLV and Brigham Young. Southern California made the biggest move inside the poll, climbing five spots to No. 15. California is once again ranked No. 16 - a spot it has held or shared the past five polls. Augusta State, New Mexico, Duke and Oklahoma round out the top 20.

Wake Forest stayed at No. 21. Arkansas took the biggest slide in the poll, falling four spots to No. 22. Washington fell one spot to No. 22 and Kentucky held steady at No. 25. Kansas entered the poll for the first time this season, debuting at No. 24.

North Carolina was dropped from the previous rankings. It marks the first time this season that the Tar Heels are not ranked in the top 25.

The GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The final regular season Division I GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll will be released May 6.

GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll Top 25
Division I - April 22, 2004

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Florida (27) 723 1
2 Clemson (1) 671 2
3 UCLA (1) 652 3
4 Arizona State 626 5
5 Georgia 599 4
6 Georgia Tech 559 6
7 Oklahoma State 539 7
8 Arizona 502 9
9 Texas 497 8
10 Minnesota 426 14
11 TCU 420 10
12 South Carolina 372 13
13 UNLV 320 11
14 Brigham Young 318 12
15 Southern California 280 20
16 California 279 16
17 Augusta State 264 15
18 New Mexico 212 17
19 Duke 211 19
20 Oklahoma 170 19
21 Wake Forest 168 21
22 Arkansas 164 18
23 Washington 84 22
24 Kansas 82 NR
25 Kentucky 57 25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: North Carolina 38, Colorado State 37, Pepperdine 31, Colorado 23, Jacksonville State 16, Kansas State 15, NC State 15, SMU 10, Purdue 8, Louisiana State 5, San Diego State 5, Ohio State 4, Tennessee 4, Texas Tech 4, Indiana 3, Maryland 3, Northwestern 3, Tulsa 2, Xavier 2, Denver 1, Penn State 1

Dropped From Rankings: North Carolina

 

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