Aggie Men Ranked No. 8 in GolfWorld/Nike Coaches' Poll

Feb. 24, 2011

NEW YORK - The Texas A&M men's golf team earned the No. 8 ranking in the first GolfWorld/Nike Golf Division I Coaches' Poll of the spring, the magazine announced this week.

The Aggies opened the spring season last week with a second-place finish at the John A. Burns Intercollegiate in Hawai'i, firing a 24-under par 840 on the trip.

Oklahoma State leads the rankings, followed by UCLA, Florida, Georgia Tech and Alabama. Texas, Illinois, A&M, LSU and Auburn round out the top 10.

Texas A&M returns to action this weekend when the Aggies compete in the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate. Action takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Classic Club in Palm Desert, Calif.

GOLF WORLD/NIKE GOLF COACHES' POLL

Rank    Team   Points  Last

 1.    Oklahoma State (14)   469     1

 2.    UCLA (3)           450     2

 3.    Florida (2)        447     3

 4.    Georgia Tech   388     5

 5.   Alabama          379     4

 6.   Texas   377     11

 7.    Illinois  343     7

 8.    Texas A&M       336     12

 9. LSU       303     8

 10.   Auburn 297     10

 11. Iowa     290     9

 12. San Diego State      254     16

 13.   Stanford          222     13

 14.  Georgia            219     15

 15.   Virginia 180     17

 16. Augusta State  169     6

 17. Arkansas         163     18

 18.   N.C. State        156     19

 19.  Texas Tech       147     23

 20.   San Diego        105     21

 21.  California         98      14

 22.  Duke    94      20

 23. Washington      83      24

 24. USC     47      22

 25.   Wake Forest    41      25
Also receiving: Ohio State, 36; North Texas, 21; Notre Dame,
19; Oregon, 8; UNLV, 8; Purdue, 7; TCU, 6; Indiana, 3; Michigan,
3; Arizona State, 2; Northwestern, 2; Pepperdine, 2; North Carolina, 1.

First-place votes in parenthesis
Polls conducted by the Golf Coaches Association of America

Voting ended Feb. 18