Oct. 3, 2014

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina men’s golf team moved up two spots to No. 10 in the Golf Coaches Association of America Coaches Poll, the GCAA announced Friday.

The Gamecocks made the move in the poll after placing in the top five in two of their first three fall events, including a huge tournament win. After finishing sixth at The Carmel Cup to open the season, Carolina came back against one of the toughest fields in collegiate golf to capture the program’s first Carpet Capital Collegiate title by a stroke over second-ranked Georgia Tech. The field also included defending national champion Alabama, No. 5 LSU and rival Clemson.

Carolina then finished fourth at the DICK’S Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup, a tournament that featured six teams from the SEC and six from the ACC, and defeated No. 13 Virginia in match play, 3-2.

Including the Gamecocks, a total of six SEC schools are ranked in the GCAA poll. LSU and Vanderbilt are tied at No. 5, followed by Georgia at No. 7, Alabama at No. 14 and Auburn and No. 19.

Carolina will host the Camden Collegiate Invitational on Oct. 18-19 to wrap up its fall schedule. The 54-hole event will be held at Camden Country Club in Camden, S.C.

GCAA Coaches Poll
Rank  University (First Place Votes) 	Points 	Previous
1 	Illinois (16) 			516 	6
2 	Georgia Tech (4) 		499 	3
3 	Stanford (1) 			372 	7
4 	Florida State 			365 	17
T5 	LSU 				359 	9
T5 	Vanderbilt 			359 	16
7 	Georgia 			355 	5
8 	Baylor 				333 	NR
9 	UCLA 				303 	10
10 	South Carolina 			269 	12
11 	South Florida 			238 	NR
12 	California 			228 	14
13 	Virginia 			227 	13
T14 	Alabama 			208 	T1
T14 	Oregon 				208 	25
16 	Texas 				203 	4
17 	Texas Tech 			188 	NR
18 	New Mexico 			187 	22
19 	Auburn 				185 	20
20 	SMU 				183 	NR
21 	Oklahoma State 			161 	T1
22 	Washington 			132 	8
23 	Wake Forest 			110 	NR
24 	UNLV 				87 	NR
25 	Oklahoma 			86 	11