Arizona State Retains Top Spot in D-I Poll
NEW YORK, NY-The first Golf World/NGCA Division I Coaches’ Poll of the fall 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 October 5 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online now at www.golfworld.com.
Arizona State remained the No. 1 team in the poll, earning 30 of the 35 first-place votes. The Sun Devils opened the season with a victory at the Topy Cup. This past weekend (after the results of the poll were tabulated) they finished T-4 at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship.
Pepperdine, ranked No. 13 in the preseason poll, vaulted to the second spot after winning its first two events of the fall season. The Waves, as a team, have made 84 birdies in six tournament rounds.
SEC rivals Auburn, LSU and Georgia moved into the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 spots, respectively. Auburn reached the final of the Hooters Match Play Championship, only to be knocked off by LSU. Georgia won its first tournament of the season, setting a school scoring record at the Duramed Cougar Classic.
Florida made the biggest move in the poll, going from unranked to No. 8. The Gators shot the low score in the 36-hole qualifier for the Hooters Match Play Championship before finishing in fourth place.
South Carolina (No. 18), Florida State (No. 19), Chattanooga (No. 21) and Ohio State (No. 24) also moved into the top-25.
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GOLF WORLD/NGCA GOLF COACHES’ POLL
Women’s Division I
Rank Team Points Last
1. Arizona State (30) 1,018 1
2. Pepperdine (3) 782 13
3. Auburn 772 8
4. LSU 754 11
5. Georgia 728 14
6. USC (1) 682 2
7. UCLA 656 3
8. Florida (1) 613 NR
9. Denver 598 5
10. Alabama 584 7
11. Oklahoma State 559 4
12. Wake Forest 475 6
13. Purdue 468 12
14. Virginia 461 9
15. Duke 433 10
16. California 432 19
17. Michigan State 392 20
18. South Carolina 360 NR
19. Florida State 301 NR
20. New Mexico 267 25
21. Chattanooga 257 NR
22. North Carolina 236 15
23. Tennessee 230 18
24. Ohio State 207 NR
25. Arizona 197 17
Also receiving votes: Louisville, 193; Kent State, 152; Stanford, 116; TCU, 106; Idaho, 103; Arkansas, 78; Vanderbilt, 76; Tulane, 57; Missouri, 54; Texas, 53; UC Irvine, 44; UNLV, 40; UC Davis, 34; Texas A&M, 34; Western Carolina, 29; Nebraska, 27; Furman, 20; Colorado St., 17, New Mexico State, 12; Baylor, 11; Ohio, 11; UNC Greensboro, 10; Ga. St., 9; Harvard, 8; San Jose State, 7; N.C. State, 4; Oregon, 4; Maryland, 2; Northern Arizona, 1; Northwestern, 1.
First-place votes in parenthesis
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