USC-Aiken Still Leader in GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll
Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 USC-Aiken Still Leader in GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? Western Washington and Rollins - the owner of the last first-place vote - each moved up a rung to numbers six and seven, respectively. Cal. State-Stanislaus stepped down two slots to eighth while Central Oklahoma rose two of its own to ninth. Armstrong Atlantic State remained at No. 10 and was followed by Pfeiffer, Sonoma State, Northeastern State, Cameron and Barry. St. Edward?s climbed a couple spots to 16th while Columbus State stumbled down eight rungs to No. 17. St. Mary?s (Texas) - this week?s biggest jumper - moved up six positions to 18th, ahead of Washburn, Hawaii-Hilo, Coker and North Alabama. Grand Canyon dropped three slots to No. 23 while two previously unranked teams - Saint Martin?s and CSU - San Bernardino - rounded out this week?s poll at 24th and 25th, respectively. Chico State and Florida Gulf Coast 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 May 4.
GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25 |
Rank | University | Points | Prev. |
1 | South Carolina-Aiken (10) | 274 | 1 |
2 | Cal. State-Bakersfield | 247 | 2 |
T3 | Florida Southern | 240 | 3 |
T3 | Lynn | 240 | 4 |
5 | West Florida | 234 | 5 |
6 | Western Washington | 209 | 7 |
7 | Rollins (1) | 203 | 8 |
8 | Cal. State-Stanislaus | 197 | 6 |
9 | Central Oklahoma | 185 | 11 |
10 | Armstrong Atlantic State | 168 | 10 |
11 | Pfeiffer | 162 | 12 |
12 | Sonoma State | 130 | 13 |
13 | Northeastern State | 121 | 16 |
14 | Cameron | 120 | 14 |
15 | Barry | 114 | 15 |
16 | St. Edward's | 110 | 18 |
17 | Columbus State | 104 | 9 |
18 | St. Mary's (Texas) | 72 | 24 |
19 | Washburn | 68 | 19 |
20 | Hawaii-Hilo | 55 | 21 |
21 | Coker | 41 | 22 |
22 | North Alabama | 33 | 17 |
23 | Grand Canyon | 32 | 20 |
24 | Saint Martin's | 30 | NR |
25 | CSU-San Bernardino | 28 | NR |
Dropped from Rankings: Chico State, Florida Gulf Coast
Others Receiving Votes: Central Arkansas 24, Florida Gulf Coast 17, Georgia Coll. & State Univ. 17, Valdosta State 17, Eckerd 14, Winona State 11, Missouri Western 9, Chico State 8, Grand Valley State 7, Ohio Valley 6, UC-San Diego 5, Abilene Christian 4, Northern Kentucky 4, North Carolina-Pembroke 3, Charleston 2, Ferris State 2, USC-Upstate 2, Concord 1