March 25, 2015

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina men’s golf team moved up two spots to No. 5 in the Golfstat Relative Rankings released on Wednesday.

The Gamecocks recorded their seventh-straight top-five finish on Tuesday, claiming third place at the Valspar Collegiate Invitational with a total of 841 (-11), which is the eighth lowest 54-hole total in school history. Carolina finished ahead of three teams ranked in last week’s top 10, as No. 1 Illinois finished seventh, No. 10 UCLA finished eighth and No. 5 Georgia Tech placed 10th.

Carolina is the highest ranked SEC team and one of four league schools in the top 10. Vanderbilt is No. 6, followed by No. 7 LSU and No. 10 Auburn.

The Gamecocks will close out their regular season March 29-31 at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate. The 54-hole event will be contested at Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, S.C.

GOLFSTAT RELATIVE RANKINGS

1. Florida State

2. Arizona State

3. Texas

4. Illinois

5. South Carolina

6. Vanderbilt

7. LSU

8. Southern California

9. Oregon

10. Auburn

11. Washington

12. Texas Tech

13. Oklahoma

14. Baylor

15. UCLA

16. Georgia Tech

17. Stanford

18. South Florida

19. Oklahoma State

20. North Carolina

21. Kennesaw State

22. Virginia

23. California

24. Wake Forest

25. UNLV