UCLA Retains Top Spot in D-I Poll
NEW YORK, NY-The third 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 April 13 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online now at www.golfworld.com.
UCLA remains the top team in the Division I poll, earning 18 of the 26 first-place votes. The Bruins have five wins and seven top-five finishes this season.
Rounding out the top-five are Arizona State (No. 2), Southern California (No. 3), Oklahoma State (No. 4) and Virginia (No. 5). Arizona State earned the remaining eight first-place votes.
Purdue (No. 8) cracked the top-10, after being ranked 12th in the previous coaches’ poll. The Boilermakers won the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational and finished second this past weekend at the Ping/ASU Invitational.
San Jose State (No. 20) and Ohio State (No. 25) moved into the top-25.
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GOLF WORLD/NGCA GOLF COACHES’ POLL
Women’s Division I
Rank Team Points Last
1. UCLA (18) 641 1
2. Arizona State (8) 631 2
3. USC 590 3
4. Virginia 568 4
5. Oklahoma State 543 5
6. Auburn 527 6
7. Alabama 470 7
8. Purdue 439 12
9. Wake Forest 417 8
10. LSU 405 10
11. Duke 399 9
12. Georgia 380 11
13. Pepperdine 340 13
14. North Carolina 331 14
15. Denver 244 15
16. Vanderbilt 219 16
17. Michigan State 189 17
18. Louisville 182 19
19. California 158 18
20. San Jose State 155 NR
21. Arkansas 151 21
22. Kent State 127 24
23. Stanford 98 22
24. UC Irvine 82 23
25. Ohio State 64 NR
Others receiving votes: Arizona, 52; San Francisco, 21; Tennessee, 9; Florida, 7; New Mexico, 7; UNLV, 3; Tulane, 1.
First-place votes in parenthesis
Contact:
Bret Hopman, 212-286-2059
