Arizona State Number One; Purdue Moves Into Top-Ten
NEW YORK, NY—The final Golf World/NGCA Division I Coaches’ Poll of the spring season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine and the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA). The complete results, including results from Divisions II and III, will appear in the May 11 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online now at www.golfworld.com/womenspoll.
Arizona State enters the NCAA postseason as the number one team, earning 20 of the 27 first-place votes. The Sun Devils are the top seed in the NCAA Women’s West Regional, which begins Thursday at Snow Canyon in St. George, Utah. ASU has won their last four tournaments, including the Pac-10 Championship.
Entering the top-ten is Purdue, at No.10. The Boilermakers, ranked No.12 in the previous poll, finished second at the Big Ten Championship and prior to that had won three of four tournaments.
New to the top-25 this week are TCU (No.23) and South Carolina (No.25). TCU won the Mountain West Conference Championship by one shot over BYU.
Rounding out the top five are: Duke (No.2); Georgia (No.3); Pepperdine (No.4); Auburn (No.5).
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GOLF WORLD/NGCA COACHES’ POLL
Women’s Division I
RANK TEAM POINTS LAST
1. Arizona State (20) 668 1
2. Duke (7) 655 2
3. Georgia 619 3
4. Pepperdine 554 5
5. Auburn 545 4
6. Vanderbilt 520 6
7. Florida 495 7
8. Southern California 494 8
9. UCLA 472 9
10. Purdue 405 12
11 Oklahoma State 394 11
Tennessee 394 13
13. Texas A&M 363 14
14. Stanford 347 10
15. BYU 306 16
16. Arizona 281 15
17. North Carolina 210 17
18. New Mexico 204 18
19. Wake Forest 182 20
20. Denver 181 19
21. Michigan State 147 22
22. Virginia 113 21
23. TCU 73 NR
24. Alabama 52 24
25. South Carolina 24 NR
Others receiving votes: Florida State, 23; Arkansas, 20; UC-Irvine, 9; San Jose State, 7; Idaho, 6; California, 4; LSU, 4; Baylor, 2; Arkansas State, 1; Washington State, 1.
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meg.d’incecco@golfworld.com
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