Cowboys Stay atop Poll

Oklahoma State remains the number one team in the second Golf World/Nike Golf Division I Coaches' Poll of the fall season, earning 21 of 23 first-place votes. After a runner-up finish at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, the Cowboys won by a convincing 22-stroke margin at the Ping/Golfweek Invitational. Three OSU players, Pete Uihlein, Morgan Hoffmann and Trent Whitekiller, finished 1-2-3 in the event.

Rounding out the top five are Arizona State (No. 2), who won at Olympia Fields and was third at the Ping event; Washington (No. 3), who was runner-up to OSU at the Ping event; Florida State (No. 4), who has two victories on the season, the most recent coming at the Gary Koch Invitational; and Stanford (No. 5).

Along with Florida State, Texas (No. 10) moved into the top-10, after being ranked No. 22 in the previous coaches' poll. SMU (No. 15), Michigan (No. 18), Oregon State (No. 21), North Florida (T-23) and Texas Tech (No. 25) moved into the top-25.

Here are the complete standings.

Rank Team Points Last

1. Oklahoma State (21) 573 1
2. Arizona State (1) 531 5
3. Washington 503 2
4. Florida State (1) 457 14
5. Stanford 440 3
6. Illinois 413 7
7. Tennessee 398 6
8. Florida 380 10
9. USC 350 9
10. Texas 306 22
11. N.C. State 270 16
12. Georgia Tech 243 8
13. South Carolina 233 17
14. Arkansas 226 11
15. SMU 221 NR
16. Texas A&M 218 12
17. UNLV 192 13
18. Michigan 183 NR
19. Georgia 137 15
20. TCU 128 19
21. Oregon State 121 NR
22. Alabama 116 4
23. North Florida 102 NR
UCLA 102 20
25. Texas Tech 99 NR

Also receiving votes: Chattanooga, 65; San Diego State, 53; Northwestern, 39; Virginia, 38; Auburn, 36; LSU, 36; Augusta State, 34; Oregon, 32; Colorado State, 27; California, 26; Duke, 22; Coastal Carolina, 18; Kansas State, 18; North Carolina, 16; Clemson, 13; Notre Dame, 11; Ohio State, 9; Washington State, 9; UC-Davis, 6; Middle Tenn. State, 5; VCU, 4; Wichita State, 3; Arizona, 2; Iowa, 2; San Diego, 2; UNC-Wilmington, 2; Wake Forest, 2; Baylor, 1; Kent State, 1; Michigan State, 1.

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