Arizona State Retains Top Spot in D-I Poll
NEW YORK, NY-The second 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 November 9 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 25 of the 42 first-place votes. The Sun Devils took the team title at the Stanford Collegiate, their second victory of the season, before closing out the fall schedule with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Fall Preview.
UCLA and Purdue moved into the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, after being ranked Nos. 7 and 13, respectively, in the previous coaches’ poll. The Bruins finished second at the Stanford Intercollegiate and T-2 at the NCAA Fall Preview. The Boilermakers won the Windy City Collegiate, their second team title in the 2009-2010 season.
Rounding out the top-five are Auburn (No. 4) and Michigan State (No. 5). The Tigers shared runner-up honors at the NCAA Preview while the Spartans won twice this fall.
Vanderbilt (T-14), Louisville (No. 18), Texas A&M (No. 23), Stanford (No. 24) and Texas (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. Arizona State (25) 982 1
2. UCLA (13) 909 7
3. Purdue (1) 860 13
4. Auburn 854 3
5. Michigan State 837 17
6. USC 830 6
7. Pepperdine (1) 662 2
8. Georgia 644 5
9. Alabama 620 10
10. Tennessee 610 23
11. LSU 543 4
12. California 529 16
13. Duke 520 15
14. Oklahoma State (1) 462 11
Vanderbilt 462 NR
16. Florida (1) 405 8
17. Wake Forest 333 12
18. Louisville 301 NR
19. Virginia 265 14
20. Arizona 260 25
21. Denver 235 9
22. South Carolina 164 18
23. Texas A&M 160 NR
24. Stanford 137 NR
25. Texas 117 NR
Also receiving votes: Ohio State, 103; Tulane, 87; New Mexico, 67; North Carolina, 61; Florida State, 57; Chattanooga, 48; Washington, 34; Idaho, 30; Kent State, 21; UNLV, 20; Northwestern, 12; Indiana, 9; Texas Tech, 6; Georgia State, 5; TCU, 5; UC Davis, 4; Campbell, 3; San Jose State, 3; Arkansas, 1; Colorado State, 1; Fresno State, 1; Tulsa, 1.
First-place votes in parenthesis
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