Illinois back to No. 1 in Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll
From left: Illinois head coach Mike Small and freshman Nick Hardy
(Courtesy of Illinois Athletics )
NORMAN, Okla. – Following its win at the Big
Ten
Match Play Championship, Illinois has moved
back to
No. 1 in the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.
The Illini, who spent much of the fall in the
top
spot, collected 15 first-place votes. Oregon fell
to
second with three first-place votes. Florida State
stayed at No. 3 and Georgia Tech moved up five
rungs to fourth. LSU bumped up to No. 5 and is
followed by Baylor, Texas and Wake Forest.
North
Carolina jumped from a tie for No. 17 to No. 9.
Southern California rounds out the top 10.
Arizona State debuts in the poll at No. 13 after
opening the spring with three-straight victories.
UNLV reentered the ranking at No. 25. California
and
New Mexico fell from the top 25.
Bushnell Golfweek Division I
Coaches
Poll - Feb. 20
Rank
|
University (1st Place Votes)
|
Points
|
Previous
|
1 |
Illin
ois
(15) |
447 |
2
|
2 |
Oregon (3) |
422
|
1 |
3 |
Florida State |
412
|
3 |
4 |
Georgia Tech |
357
|
9 |
5 |
Louisiana State |
352 |
8 |
6 |
Baylor |
329 |
7 |
7 |
Texas |
312 |
5 |
8 |
Wake Forest |
311 |
10 |
9 |
North Carolina |
276 |
T17 |
10 |
Southern California |
269 |
14 |
11 |
UCLA |
267 |
4 |
12 |
Vanderbilt |
240 |
6 |
13 |
Arizona State |
233 |
NR |
14 |
South Carolina |
219 |
13 |
15 |
Virginia |
185 |
12 |
16 |
Alabama |
184 |
16 |
17 |
Auburn |
183 |
11 |
18 |
South Florida |
177 |
23 |
19 |
Texas Tech |
159 |
T17 |
20 |
Stanford |
139 |
15 |
21 |
Washington |
125 |
20 |
22 |
Oklahoma State |
65 |
25 |
23 |
Kennesaw State |
48 |
24
|
24 |
Oklahoma |
42 |
19
|
25 |
UNLV |
35 |
NR
|