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Cowboys Gain Ground in GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll

 

Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006

 

Cowboys Gain Ground in GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll

 

Georgia holds on to lead, but just barely 

NORMAN, Okla. ? Georgia garnered 12 of 20 first-place votes to hold off Oklahoma State and its seven first-place nods by a mere four points in the latest GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. Florida, UCLA - the owner of the last top vote - and Georgia Tech followed to make up the top five.

 

The sixth through ninth positions - UNLV, Brigham Young, Arizona State and Georgia State - remained unchanged. Baylor cracked the top 10 by switching places with East Tennessee State while Texas A&M and Duke held on to the 12th and 13th slots, respectively. Coastal Carolina flew up seven spots to No. 14 - just ahead of Clemson - which stayed at 15th.

 

Texas Tech made a three-rung jump to No. 16, dropping North Carolina down a slot to 17th. Wake Forest rose four spot of its own to No. 18 while Tulsa, Tennessee Minnesota, San Diego State, Kentucky, South Carolina and Southern California rounded out the poll.

 

Alabama, Northwestern and Pepperdine dropped from the rankings.

 

The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released April 27.

 

GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25
Division I - April 13, 2006

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Georgia (12) 491 1
2 Oklahoma State (7) 487 2
3 Florida 456 3
4 UCLA (1) 428 5
5 Georgia Tech 390 4
6 UNLV 361 6
7 Brigham Young 353 7
8 Arizona State 321 8
9 Georgia State 292 9
10 Baylor 288 11
11 East Tennessee State 276 10
12 Texas A&M 243 12
13 Duke 193 13
14 Coastal Carolina 186 21
15 Clemson 180 15
16 Texas Tech 165 19
17 North Carolina 163 16
18 Wake Forest 130 22
19 Tulsa 120 T17
20 Tennessee 118 14
21 Minnesota 112 NR
22 San Diego State 83 NR
23 Kentucky 74 20
24 South Carolina 60 NR
25 Southern California 47 23

  

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dropped from Rankings: Alabama, Northwestern, Pepperdine 

Others Receiving Votes:  Northwestern 46, Texas 45, Arizona 42, Alabama 33, SMU 31, Stanford 31, Houston 27, Lamar 25, Louisville 24, Washington 19, Charlotte 15, Oklahoma 15, Missouri 14, Purdue 13, New Mexico 12, Pepperdine 12, Maryland 10, Nebraska 10, Fresno State 8, Auburn 7, TCU 7, Western Illinois 7, NC State 6, Xavier 6, Marquette 5, Jacksonville 4, Jacksonville State 3, Notre Dame 3, Mississippi 2, Southern Mississippi 1