Methodist Retains No. 1 Slot in GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll
Posted Thursday, Oct 14, 2004 Methodist Retains No. 1 Slot in GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? Redlands climbed two spots to third and is followed by Saint John?s - who grabbed the other two first place votes - Emory and Oglethorpe. Otterbein (seventh) Texas Lutheran (eighth) and Wisconsin-Eau Claire (10) all moved into the top 10. Defending national champion Gustavus Adolphus slipped seven spots to ninth. Ohio Wesleyan and Greensboro fell out of the top 10 and landed at Nos. 11 and 12, respectively. LaVerne stood pat at No. 13 while Nebraska Wesleyan and Central College both dropped four spots. La Grange fell one rung to No. 16 while McMurry entered the poll at No. 17. Skidmore and Hardin-Simmons each moved up one spot to Nos. 18 and 19, respectively. California Lutheran and Denison tied at No. 20. Saint Thomas and Southwestern each debuted in the poll, landing at Nos. 22 and 25. Mary Hardin-Baylor dropped one spot to No. 23 while Rhodes fell seven rungs to No. 24. Allegheny, Averett and Rochester were dropped from the rankings. The GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next Division III GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll will be released Nov 4.
GCAA/Precept Coaches Poll Top 25 |
Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
1 | Methodist (11) | 322 | 1 |
2 | Guilford | 283 | 3 |
3 | Redlands | 247 | 5 |
4 | Saint. John's (2) | 243 | 7 |
5 | Emory | 218 | 8 |
6 | Oglethorpe | 214 | 9 |
7 | Otterbein | 205 | 14 |
8 | Texas Lutheran | 201 | 21 |
9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 198 | 2 |
10 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 192 | 12 |
11 | Ohio Wesleyan | 182 | 6 |
12 | Greensboro | 177 | 4 |
13 | LaVerne | 155 | 13 |
14 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 151 | 10 |
15 | Central | 116 | 11 |
16 | La Grange | 104 | 15 |
17 | McMurry | 93 | NR |
18 | Skidmore | 84 | 19 |
19 | Hardin-Simmons | 68 | 20 |
T20 | California Lutheran | 65 | 18 |
T20 | Denison | 65 | 16 |
22 | Saint Thomas | 62 | NR |
23 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 61 | 22 |
24 | Rhodes | 51 | 17 |
25 | Southwestern | 50 | NR |
Dropped From Rankings: Allegheny, Averett, Rochester
Others Receiving Votes: Texas-Dallas 37, Averett 35, Franklin 34, Rochester 31, LeTourneau 29, Allegheny 20, DePauw 19, Pacific Lutheran 18, St. John Fisher 16, Christopher Newport 15, Trinity College 14, Trinity University 14, Hope 13, Olivet 13, Illinois Wesleyan 12, Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 10, Wartburg 8, Savannah College of Art & Design 7, New York 6, Luther 4, University of the South 4, Williams 4, Millikin 3, St. Lawrence 2, Wooster 2, Amherst 1, Knox 1