Coaches Poll: Oklahoma State on top for the 12th straight time

March 8, 2019 | by Golf Coaches Association of America

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How good is Oklahoma State? Even without the #1 ranked player in the world they still won their last tournament

NORMAN, Okla. (March 8, 2019) – Oklahoma State received all 25 first-place votes to stay unanimous No. 1 the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. This marks the 12th straight ranking the Cowboys have held the top spot.

The defending national champions are coming off of a win in the Querencia Cabo Collegiate in Mexico. The Cowboys were missing World #1 and U.S. Amateur champ Viktor Hovland (who is playing in the PGA Tour's Arnold Palmer Invitational) but it didn't slow them down at all.

Oklahoma jumped seven spots to second on the strength of winning the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas the day after their in-state rivals won in Mexico. Vanderbilt stayed third while Duke dropped to fourth. Arizona State moved up eight rungs to fifth and was followed by Georgia Tech, Texas, Wake Forest, and Southern California. LSU entered the top 10 at No. 10.

Baylor (#20) and Stanford (#25) reentered the ranking while NC State (#19) and USF (#22) made their season debuts. Alabama, Arkansas, BYU, and Illinois fell from the top 25.

Bushnell Golfweek Division I Coaches Poll - March 8

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma State (25)	625	1
2	Oklahoma	547	9
3	Vanderbilt	537	3
4	Duke	519	2
5	Arizona State	517	13
6	Georgia Tech	505	5
7	Texas	473	8
8	Wake Forest	453	7
9	Southern California	450	6
10	LSU	401	16
11	SMU	339	10
12	California	338	15
13	Clemson	322	12
14	Texas Tech	313	19
15	Auburn	287	11
16	Pepperdine	267	14
17	Georgia	247	18
18	North Florida	171	21
19	NC State	146	NR
20	Baylor	109	NR
21	Texas A&M	102	17
22	USF	99	NR
23	Tennessee	79	22
24	Arkansas State	71	23
25	Stanford	37	NR

Dropped From Ranking: Alabama (#4), Arkansas (#20), BYU (#24), Illinois (#25)
Others Receiving Votes: Alabama, 34; Illinois, 34; Liberty, 23; Florida State, 21; Arkansas, 19; Louisville, 19; BYU, 9; Florida, 9; UNLV, 2; UCLA, 1

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