Oklahoma City Retains Top Spot in Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Poll
Oklahoma City Retains Top Spot in Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches' Poll Oklahoma City remains the number one team in the poll, earning seven of the 12 first-place votes. .
NEW YORK, NY?The first Golf World/NIKE Golf NAIA Coaches? Poll of the spring season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, II and III, will appear in the March 1 issue of Golf World.
The Stars finished fifth in their first spring event, the SNU Arizona Intercollegiate, after winning three of four fall tournaments.
Rounding out the top-five are SCAD (No. 2), Oklahoma Christian (No. 3), USC-Beaufort (No. 4) and Johnson & Wales (No. 5).
Grand View (No. 10) moved into the top-10, after being ranked No. 11 in the previous coaches? poll.
University of the Southwest (No. 22), Shorter (No. 23) and Thomas (No. 24) moved into the top-25.
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NAIA - February 24, 2010 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Oklahoma City (7) | 293 | 1 |
| 2 | SCAD | 272 | 2 |
| 3 | Oklahoma Christian (2) | 248 | 9 |
| 4 | South Carolina-Beaufort (1) | 244 | 6 |
| 5 | Johnson & Wales | 242 | 3 |
| 6 | Holy Names (2) | 233 | 10 |
| 7 | Malone | 210 | 5 |
| 8 | Texas Wesleyan | 192 | T7 |
| 9 | Lee | 189 | T7 |
| 10 | Grand View | 177 | 11 |
| 11 | Oklahoma Baptist | 170 | 14 |
| 12 | British Columbia | 169 | 4 |
| 13 | Northwood (Texas) | 129 | 13 |
| 14 | Lindenwood | 125 | 16 |
| 15 | Indiana Wesleyan | 121 | 15 |
| T16 | Southern Nazarene | 117 | 21 |
| T16 | Wayland Baptist | 117 | 17 |
| 18 | Northwood (Fla.) | 116 | 18 |
| 19 | Victoria | 107 | 19 |
| 20 | University of the Cumberlands | 75 | 20 |
| 21 | St. Ambrose | 64 | 22 |
| 22 | University of the Southwest | 48 | NR |
| 23 | Shorter | 39 | NR |
| 24 | Thomas University | 34 | NR |
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Lewis-Clark State | 33 | 25 |
Others Receiving Votes: CSU-San Marcos, 28; Southwestern College, 25; Point Loma Nazarene, 23; The Master's College, 15; Our Lady of the Lake, 9; William Woods, 8; Davenport, 7; Mobile, 7; Madonna, 6; Marian University-Indianapolis, 5; Concordia (Ore.), 3.
Dropped from Ranking: California Baptist (#24), Lindsey Wilson (#23), Rocky Mountain (#12)