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Georgia College Remains Atop Golf World/NIKE Golf Division II Coaches' Poll
NEW YORK, NY-The first Golf World/NIKE Golf Division II Coaches’ Poll of the fall season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, III and the NAIA, will appear in the September 28th issue of Golf World. Georgia College remains the number one team in the poll, earning 9 of the 18 first place-votes.
The Bobcats won their season opener, the Kiawah Island Invitational, by seven strokes and finished fifth at the SpringHill Suites Invitational, losing to three D-I programs.
Rounding out the top-five are Columbus State (No. 2), Barry (No. 3), Sonoma State (No. 4) and Lynn (No. 5)
Nova Southeastern (No. 9) cracked the top-10, after being ranked No. 11 in the preseason poll. Belmont Abbey (No. 22) moved into the top-25.
Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington’s “Campus Insider” blog to find out the latest on collegiate golf: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.
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Division II - September 24, 2009 |
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| Rank |
University (First-Place Votes) |
Points |
Prev. |
| 1 |
Georgia College (9) |
439 |
1 |
| 2 |
Columbus State (3) |
390 |
3 |
| 3 |
Barry (2) |
365 |
2 |
| 4 |
Sonoma State (3) |
358 |
5 |
| 5 |
Lynn |
351 |
4 |
| 6 |
Florida Southern |
320 |
7 |
| 7 |
Central Oklahoma |
302 |
8 |
| 8 |
North Alabama |
280 |
6 |
| 9 |
Nova Southeastern |
277 |
11 |
| 10 |
USC-Aiken |
262 |
10 |
| 11 |
CSU-San Bernardino |
249 |
9 |
| 12 |
CSU-Stanislaus |
248 |
12 |
| 13 |
Indianapolis |
246 |
13 |
| 14 |
West Florida |
204 |
14 |
| 15 |
Clayton State |
157 |
16 |
| 16 |
Chico State |
155 |
15 |
| T17 |
Ferris State (1) |
109 |
T17 |
| T17 |
St. Edward's |
109 |
21 |
| 19 |
Grand Canyon |
107 |
19 |
| 20 |
Valdosta State |
103 |
20 |
| 21 |
Lander |
92 |
T17 |
| 22 |
Belmont Abbey |
82 |
NR |
| T23 |
CU-Colorado Springs |
70 |
23 |
| T23 |
Northeastern State |
70 |
22 |
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25
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CSU-Monterey Bay |
64 |
T24 |
Others Receiving Votes:
Newberry, 58; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 57; Washburn, 45; Rollins, 42; Barton, 40; Western Washington, 33; Coker, 31; Armstrong Atlantic, 29; Grand Valley State, 23; Fairmont State, 12; Ohio Valley, 12; Western New Mexico, 8; Abilene Christian, 7; Florida Institute of Technology, 7; Cameron, 5; Central Missouri, 5; North Carolina-Pembroke, 5; Pfeiffer, 4; Tampa, 4; Catawba, 3; Wayne State, 3; Arkansas Tech, 2; Carson-Newman, 2; UC-San Diego, 2; Delta State, 1; Hawaii-Hilo, 1.
Dropped From Ranking: Newberry (#T24)
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