Texas A&M Climbs to No. 1 in Bushnell/Golfweek D-I Coaches Poll

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Following a red-hot start the 2017-18 campaign that featured wins in each of their first two events, the Texas A&M men's golf team has earned the top spot in the first regular season Bushnell/Golfweek D-I Coaches Poll.
 
Texas A&M moves to No. 1 in the Bushnell/Golfweek D-I Coaches Poll after earning nearly half of the first-place votes (10 of 21) and just edging out Oklahoma State in the total first-place votes tally (10 to 9). The Aggies rocket from a preseason No. 16 spot to top billing thanks to wins in their first two events. Particularly impressive was Texas A&M's triumph at the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational, annually boasting one of college golf's strongest fields.
 
The Aggies' strong start to the season has come without Cameron Champ, a senior who made a name for himself at this summer's U.S. Open and made the U.S. Walker Cup squad after earning All-America honors for A&M as a junior last season. Champ missed the first event of the 2017-18 college season in order to play in the Walker Cup, and his absence at the second was due to back tightness.
 
Texas A&M men's golf is back in action in the coming days as the Aggies take their swings at the Erin Hills intercollegiate, which gets underway on Sunday at the site of the 2017 U.S. Open in Erin, Wis.
 
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BUSHNELL/GOLFWEEK D-I COACHES POLL

Rk    School (First-place votes)
1      TEXAS A&M (10)
2      Oklahoma State (9)
3      Wake Forest
4      Alabama        
5      Florida (1)
6      Georgia Tech
7      Baylor
7      Oklahoma
9      Kentucky
10    Texas Tech
11    Auburn
12    Vanderbilt
13    Kent State
14    Illinois
15    Arizona State
16    Arkansas
17    Duke
18    Missouri
19    LSU
20    Texas
21    BYU
22    Marquette
23    USC
24    Florida State
25    Saint Mary's (Calif.)