South Carolina-Aiken Remains On Top in GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll
South Carolina-Aiken Remains On Top in GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll
Top three remains unchanged NORMAN, Okla. ? By garnering eight of 14 first-place votes, South Carolina-Aiken continued to sit atop the GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. The top three remained unchanged with Cal. State-Bakersfield - which grabbed three first-place nods - and Florida Southern following the Pacers. Lynn and West Florida - who collected two first place votes - checked in at fourth and fifth, respectively. Cal. State-Stanislaus rose two rungs to number six and was followed by Western Washington and Rollins - the holder of the last top nod. Columbus State and Armstrong Atlantic closed out this week?s top 10. Central Oklahoma and Pfeiffer came in at Nos. 11 and 12, respectively, a slot ahead of this week?s biggest riser - Sonoma State - which flew up 12 positions. Cameron, Barry, Northeastern State, North Alabama, St. Edward?s, Washburn and Grand Canyon rounded out the top 20. .Hawaii-Hilo sank five slots to check in at No. 21 while Coker dropped a rung to 22nd. Two previously-unranked teams - Florida Gulf Coast and St. Mary?s - came in at Nos. 23 and 24, respectively. Chico State fell 10 positions to close out the poll. Delta State and Saint Martin?s dropped from the rankings. The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division II institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released April 6. GCAA/Bridgestone Division II Coaches Poll March 16, 2006 Rank University (First-Place Votes) Number of points Prev. Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 South Carolina-Aiken (8) 342 1 2 Cal. State-Bakersfield (3) 325 2 3 Florida Southern 304 3 4 Lynn 292 11 5 West Florida (2) 287 5 6 Cal. State-Stanislaus 272 8 7 Western Washington 242 T6 8 Rollins (1) 235 4 9 Columbus State 234 9 10 Armstrong Atlantic State 227 T6 11 Central Oklahoma 205 10 12 Pfeiffer 171 T12 13 Sonoma State 166 25 14 Cameron 146 T12 15 Barry 134 20 16 Northeastern State 122 24 17 North Alabama 109 19 18 St. Edward?s 108 14 19 Washburn 99 17 20 Grand Canyon 94 18 21 Hawaii-Hilo 64 16 22 Coker 59 T21 23 Florida Gulf Coast 51 NR 24 St. Mary?s (Texas) 50 NR 25 Chico State 45 15
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