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Florida Continues Streak as Nation?s Top Ranked Golf Team

 

Florida Continues Streak as Nation?s Top Ranked Golf Team

Gators earn 31 first-place votes

NORMAN, Okla. ?

For the third-consecutive ranking, the Florida Gators captured 31 first-place votes to retain its status as the top-ranked team in men?s college golf in the GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll. Florida has been the nation?s top-ranked team the entire regular season after opening the fall tied for second in the preseason poll.

 

Defending national champion Clemson remained second and earned one first-place vote. UCLA moved up one spot to third and is followed by Georgia, who dropped to fourth. Arizona State and Georgia tech flip flopped spots five and six while Oklahoma State and Texas stayed at seventh and eighth respectively. Arizona climbed two spots to enter the top 10 at ninth and TCU fell one rung to No. 10

 

UNLV fell one spot out of the top to No. 11. Brigham Young and South Carolina moved up to No. 12 and No. 13, respectively. Minnesota dropped two places to No. 14. Augusta State tallied the final first-place vote to rank 15th and is followed by California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Southern California.

 

Wake Forest fell two places to No. 21 while Washington, Duke North Carolina and Kentucky round out the top 25.

 

No teams were dropped from the previous rankings.

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 next Division I GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll will be released April 21.

GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll Top 25
Division I - April 8, 2004

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Florida (31) 822 1
2 Clemson (1) 780 2
3 UCLA 712 4
4 Georgia 706 3
5 Arizona State 664 6
6 Georgia Tech 662 5
7 Oklahoma State 653 7
8 Texas 584 8
9 Arizona 521 11
10 TCU 499 9
11 UNLV 421 10
12 Brigham Young 413 13
13 South Carolina 412 14
14 Minnesota 401 12
15 Augusta State (1) 334 17
16 California 328 16
17 New Mexico 271 15
18 Arkansas 259 18
19 Oklahoma 256 21
20 Southern California 230 20
21 Wake Forest 223 19
22 Washington 157 22
23 Duke 96 25
24 North Carolina 61 23
25 Kentucky 57 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: Kansas 38, Colorado State 32, Pepperdine 20, Georgia State 17, SMU 15, Colorado 12, Louisiana State 12, Tulsa 12, Kansas State 11, Tennessee 8, Louisville 5, Illinois 4, Indiana 4, Fresno State 3, Xavier 3, NC State 2, Oregon 2, Penn State 2, Rhode Island 1