British Columbia Remains Top Team in Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Poll

NEW YORK, NY?The second Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches? Poll of the fall season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). British Columbia remains the number one team in the poll, earning nine of 11 first-place votes. The Thunderbirds open their season this week at Saint Martin?s University.

Rounding out the top-five are Oklahoma City (No. 2), Oklahoma Christian (No. 3), Point Loma Nazarene (No. 4) and Berry (No. 5).

Johnson & Wales had the biggest jump, moving from unranked in the preseason poll to ninth in this week?s poll.

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NAIA - September 25, 2008

Rank	University (First-Place Votes)	Points	Prev.
1	British Columbia (9)	273	1
2	Oklahoma City (2)	260	2
3	Oklahoma Christian	253	3
4	Point Loma Nazarene	216	4
5	Berry	203	5
6	Wayland Baptist	199	8
7	Victoria	193	6
8	Texas Wesleyan	179	7
9	Johnson & Wales	177	NR
10	CSU-East Bay	153	9
11	Northwood (Texas)	149	10
12	Southern Nazarene	145	11
13	Lee	114	17
14	Malone	113	12
15	St. Ambrose	111	15
16	Lindenwood	109	13
17	Southwestern College	88	14
18	Davenport	72	16
19	Cambellsville	56	19
20	SCAD	50	T24
21	Lindsey Wilson	48	22
22	Mobile	47	21
23	Shorter	32	20
24	Bethel	30	T24
25	Webber International	29	18

Others Receiving Votes: Ohio Dominican, 28; University of the Cumberlands, 28; California Baptist, 27; CSU-San Marcos, 27; Grand View, 23; Indiana Wesleyan, 21; Lewis-Clark State, 18; William Woods, 18; Montana Tech, 17; Northwood (Fla.), 15; Cumberland University, 13; Midland Lutheran, 11; Thomas, 8; Concordia (Ore.), 7; Rocky Mountain, 2; Tennessee Wesleyan, 1.

Dropped from Ranking: California Baptist (#23)

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