NEW YORK, NY?Golf World has published the results of its latest preseason College Coaches? Polls and its list of the Top 50 ?Players to Watch.? Oklahoma State starts the 2009-10 season as the top team in the preseason Golf World/NIKE Golf Division I Preseason Coaches? Poll, receiving 12 of the 26 first-place votes. Oklahoma State Captures Top Spot in First Golf World/NIKE Golf Division I Coaches' Poll
The Cowboys return All-American Morgan Hoffmann and U.S. Walker Cup team member Peter Uihlein from a squad that had five victories and 10 top-five finishes a year ago. It?s the first time Oklahoma State has been the preseason No. 1 since the 2006-07 season.
Washington is ranked second in the poll, earning nine first-place votes. The Huskies are the defending Pac-10 champions and return all five starters from last year?s lineup that advanced to the match-play portion of the NCAA Championship.
Rounding out the top-five are Georgia (No. 3), Alabama (No. 4) and Stanford (No. 5).
Defending NCAA champion Texas A&M is ranked No. 7, having received three first-place votes. The only other school to get a first-place vote is Southern California, which is ranked No. 10 in the poll.
Morgan Hoffmann, a sophomore from Oklahoma State and first-team All-American, is number one on Golf World?s list of the ?Top 50 Male Players to Watch.? The rest of the top-ten includes: No. 2 Nick Taylor (Washington); No. 3 Matt Hill (N.C. State); No. 4 Bud Cauley (Alabama); No. 5 Matthew Giles (Southern California); No. 6 Peter Uilhein (Oklahoma State); No. 7 Russell Henley (Georgia); No. 8 Gregor Main (UCLA); No. 9 Kevin Foley (Penn State); No. 10 John Hahn (Kent State).
Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington?s ?Campus Insider? blog to find out the latest on collegiate golf: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.
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Division I September 3, 2009 |
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | '09 Finish |
| 1 | Oklahoma State (12) | 619 | T5 |
| 2 | Washington (9) | 601 | T5 |
| 3 | Georgia (1) | 511 | T3 |
| 4 | Alabama | 500 | 15 |
| 5 | Stanford | 474 | 20 |
| 6 | Arizona State | 465 | T5 |
| 7 | Texas A&M (3) | 462 | 1 |
| 8 | Arkansas | 442 | 2 |
| 9 | Florida | 400 | 19 |
| 10 | Southern California (1) | 379 | T5 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | 344 | T10 |
| 12 | Illinois | 303 | 21 |
| 13 | NC State | 258 | NA |
| 14 | TCU | 257 | 9 |
| 15 | South Carolina | 244 | 16 |
| 16 | UCLA | 231 | T23 |
| 17 | Louisiana State | 224 | NA |
| 18 | Tennessee | 196 | 12 |
| 19 | Clemson | 193 | NA |
| 20 | Duke | 167 | 14 |
| 21 | Michigan | 156 | T3 |
| 22 | Oregon | 114 | 22 |
| 23 | Texas | 111 | NA |
| 24 | Texas Tech | 99 | T23 |
| 25 | Florida State | 91 | NA |
Others Receiving Votes: Augusta State, 85; Wake Forest, 64; San Diego State, 45; San Diego, 40; Iowa, 39; Arizona, 37; UCF, 37; UNLV, 37; Ohio State, 33; California, 28; Colorado State, 25; Indiana, 23; Northwestern, 16; East Tennessee State, 14; Virginia, 13; North Carolina, 10; Tennessee-Chattanooga, 10; Texas-Arlington, 9; Auburn, 8; Denver, 8; Oklahoma, 8; Mississippi, 5; Oregon State, 5; BYU, 3; Kent State, 2; UC Irvine, 2; Charlotte, 1; North Florida, 1; Washington State, 1.