Arizona State retains top spot in D-I poll
NEW YORK, NY-The second 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 March 15 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online now: http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/blogs/college-golf/2010/03/golf-worldngca-womens-coaches-1.html
Arizona State remained the No. 1 team in the poll, earning 22 of the 35 first-place votes. The Sun Devils claimed their third team title of the season with a victory at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational and finished second at the inaugural Bruin Wave Invitational.
UCLA and Auburn held their No. 2 and 3 spots in the poll, with Duke and USC moving up to the fourth and fifth positions.
Entering the top-10 for the first time during the 2009-10 season is Arizona at No. 9. The Wildcats have a second- and a fifth-place showing so far during the spring season, and made the biggest move of any team in the ranking, moving up from the No. 19 spot.
Ohio State (No. 22) and New Mexico (T-23) 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 (22) 862 1
2. UCLA (11) 812 2
3. Auburn 747 3
4. Duke 735 5
5. USC (2) 728 6
6. Purdue 669 4
7. Alabama 644 7
8. Pepperdine 588 10
9. Arizona 525 19
10. Michigan State 505 9
11. Tennessee 452 8
12. Georgia 449 11
13. Wake Forest 435 12
14. Florida 416 17
15. California 392 16
16. Stanford 299 25
17. Vanderbilt 287 18
18. Denver 274 15
19. Virginia 270 13
20. LSU 230 14
21. Texas A&M 206 20
22. Ohio State 163 NR
23. New Mexico 121 NR
Oklahoma State 121 22
25. UC Davis 108 23
Also receiving votes: Louisville, 70; Tulane, 56; TCU, 51; Florida State, 36; Georgia State, 35; North Carolina, 33; South Carolina, 19; Arkansas, 11; Washington, 7; New Mexico State, 5; Texas, 4; Ohio, 3; Coastal Carolina, 2; Miami (Fla.), 2; San Jose State, 2; Idaho, 1.
First-place votes in parenthesis
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