March 14, 2005
The Arizona State men's golf team is ranked 12th in the most recent GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. Oklahoma State earned 14 first-place votes to hold on to the top ranking, while Georgia Tech won its first tournament of the season - the Puerto Rico Classic - to move into second with five first-place tallies.
Georgia dropped to third despite receiving two first-place votes - matching its lowest ranking of the season. New Mexico grabbed the remaining three first-place ballots to stay in fourth for the fourth-straight poll. Auburn also stayed at fifth for the second-consecutive ranking. Wake Forest remained at sixth where it is joined by Southern California, who moved up one spot. Brigham Young and TCU swapped places to eighth and ninth, respectively. Florida made the poll's biggest move, jumping eight spots to No. 10. It marks Florida's first appearance in the 10 since the Oct. 21 ranking.
Texas and Arizona State each dropped one spot to Nos. 11 and 12, respectively. UCLA comes in at No. 13 and is followed by Michigan State, UNLV and Augusta State. Duke took the biggest tumble in the poll, falling five rungs to No. 17. Clemson slipped one ranking to No. 18 while Tennessee and Minnesota climbed into the top 20.
Arizona moved up two spots to No. 21 and is followed by Kentucky, Washington, Kent State and Georgia State.
The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next Division I GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released March 25.
GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25 Division I - March 11, 2005Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev. 1 Oklahoma State (14) 587 1 2 Georgia Tech (5) 571 3 3 Georgia (2) 555 2 4 New Mexico (3) 535 4 5 Auburn 443 5 T6 Southern California 400 7 T6 Wake Forest 400 6 8 Brigham Young 398 9 9 TCU 346 8 10 Florida 339 18 11 Texas 334 10 12 Arizona State 333 11 13 UCLA 283 14 14 Michigan State 264 13 15 UNLV 263 16 16 Augusta State 253 15 17 Duke 240 12 18 Clemson 212 17 19 Tennessee 170 25 20 Minnesota 122 24 21 Arizona 114 23 22 Kentucky 103 19 23 Washington 80 22 24 Kent State 77 20 25 Georgia State 73 21