Alabama Retains Top Spot in D-I Poll
NEW YORK, NY-The third 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 1 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online:http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider
Alabama, fresh off an impressive victory at the Tar Heel Invitational (its second win of the fall), stays atop the Division I poll, claiming 21 of the 31 first-place votes. The Crimson Tide have yet to post an over-par score as a team in any of the nine rounds they’ve played so far in the 2011-2012 season, as three players sport sub-71.44 stroke averages (Camila Lennarth, Brooke Pancake and Jennifer Kirby).
LSU moves from No. 4 to No. 2, earning nine first-place votes. The Tigers have a victory and two runner-up finishes this fall, falling to Alabama both times. USC is in third place, claiming the last first-place vote, followed by UCLA and Duke.
California, the only new team in the top-10 this week, moves from No. 17 to No. 7. The Golden Bears won the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational and have two players (Pia Halbig and Emily Childs) with individual victories.
Three teams join the top-25: Oklahoma (T-17), Arkansas (No. 20) and Notre Dame (No. 22).
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GOLF WORLD/NGCA GOLF COACHES’ POLL
Women’s Division I
Rank Team Points Last
1. Alabama (21) 762 1
2. LSU (9) 745 4
3. USC (1) 691 2
4. UCLA 639 5
5. Duke 636 3
6. Purdue 628 9
7. California 547 17
8. Virginia 535 10
9. Arizona 489 8
10. Georgia 487 6
11. Vanderbilt 478 7
12. North Carolina 358 11
13. Tulane 341 14
14. Wake Forest 327 15
15. Michigan State 300 16
16. Auburn 265 12
17. Oklahoma 250 NR
Tennessee 250 24
19. Colorado 209 21
20. Arkansas 165 NR
21. South Carolina 160 20
22. Notre Dame 126 NR
23. Oklahoma State 125 22
24. Oregon 117 13
25. Florida 100 23
Also receiving votes: Ohio State, 53; Texas, 49; Pepperdine, 42; Denver, 27; Washington, 18; Kent State, 17; N.C. State, 17; Florida International, 15; Stanford, 15; Oregon State, 12; USC-Upstate, 11; Iowa State, 10; Colorado State, 9; UC Davis, 9; Northwestern, 8; Chattanooga, 7; Mississippi, 7; Maryland, 4; Florida State, 3; Arkansas State, 2; San Diego State, 2; Texas Tech, 2; Tulsa, 2; East Carolina, 1; New Mexico, 1; TCU, 1; Texas A&M, 1.
First-place votes in parenthesis
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