Oklahoma State is the Preseason No. 1 Men's College Team

August 25, 2017 | by Golf Coaches Association of America

Oklahoma State won its record 12th NCAA Regional title in May<br>(Oklahoma State photo)

The quarterfinalists in last season's NCAA Championships top the first Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll of 2017-8

NORMAN, OK (August 25, 2017) - Oklahoma State will open the season ranked No. 1 in the preseason Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. The host of this season’s NCAA Championships, the Cowboys collected seven first-place votes.

OSU has a loaded roster for the 2017-18 season, with several players enjoying success in major amateur tournaments this summer. Zach Bauchou won the Canadian Amateur earlier this month. Kristoffer Ventura finished in the final 16 of both the U.S. Amateur and British Amateur. Hayden Wood was the medalist and set a 36-hole scoring record at the U.S. Amateur. Brendon Jelley was a quarterfinalist in the Western Amateur. Incoming freshman Matthew Wolff was the runner-up in the U.S. Junior.

Vanderbilt, the top-ranked team in last season’s final regular season poll, was second with four first-place votes. Defending national champion Oklahoma received 10 first-place votes and ranked third. Baylor joined the Oklahoma squads as three Big 12 teams ranked in the preseason top four. No. 5 Illinois tallied the remaining first-place ballot. Texas ranked sixth while LSU, Southern California, Oregon and Florida completed the top 10.

The next Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Polls will be released September 29.

Rank	University (1st place votes)	Points	NCAA Finals Finish
1	Oklahoma State (7)	507	Quarterfinals
2	Vanderbilt (4)	467	Semifinals
3	Oklahoma (10)	460	Champion
4	Baylor	398	Quarterfinals
5	Illinois (1)	397	Semifinals
6	Texas	376	12
7	LSU	368	9
8	Southern California	365	Quarterfinals
9	Oregon	332	Runner-Up
10	Florida	309	DNQ
11	Wake Forest	301	DNQ
12	UNLV	273	Quarterfinals
13	Auburn	251	11
14	Stanford	241	Missed Cut
15	Virginia	222	10
16	Texas A&M	212	DNQ
17	Clemson	210	Missed Cut
18	Georgia Tech	177	DNQ
19	Alabama	174	Missed Cut
20	Florida State	169	T14
21	Arizona State	156	Missed Cut
22	Texas Tech	129	DNQ
T23	Kent State	105	Missed Cut
T23	Pepperdine	105	13
25	Georgia	97	DNQ

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