Men's Golf . October 1, 2018

Gamecocks ranked No. 22 in Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll

Carolina one of nine SEC teams ranked in the top-25

NORMAN, Okla. — South Carolina returned to the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll this week, checking in at No. 22. The Gamecocks have competed twice this fall, finishing T-4^th at the Carpet Capital Collegiate (Sept. 7-9) and ninth at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational (Sept. 14-16).

Oklahoma State, the reigning NCAA Champions, remain No. 1 receiving 15 of the 22 first-place votes. Carolina is one of nine teams from the Southeastern Conference ranked in the top-25.

The Gamecocks competed against seven teams ranked in the top-15 at The Farm and 10 teams ranked in the top-25 at Olympia Fields.

Carolina is headed north next week to take part in the Jack Nicklaus Invitational (Oct. 8-9) at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. It’s a new event in college golf that will feature both stroke play and match play.

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous Rank
1	Oklahoma State (15)	540	1
2	Oklahoma (4)	509	3
3	Alabama	439	2
4	Georgia Tech	435	7
5	Tennessee (3)	402	NR
6	Texas A&M	393	4
7	Southern California	351	20
8	Texas	336	10
9	Duke	333	18
10	Georgia	302	NR
11	Arizona State	283	19
12	LSU	236	9
13	Clemson	229	13
14	Auburn	223	6
15	California	210	T11
16	Vanderbilt	209	5
17	Illinois	167	16
18	UNLV	166	23
19	Arkansas	162	17
20	Stanford	145	T11
21	SMU	122	NR
22	South Carolina	114	NR
23	Louisville	108	NR
24	Baylor	99	14
25	Texas Tech	83	15

Dropped From Ranking: Florida (#8), Florida State (#25), North Carolina (#22), UCLA (#21), Wake Forest (#24)

Others Receiving Votes: Florida, 79; Wake Forest, 65; Penn State, 49; Central Florida, 35; Arkansas State, 33; Ole Miss, 33; College of Charleston, 31; North Florida, 29; UCLA, 28; Marquette, 27; North Carolina, 24; Iowa, 21; Florida State, 15; Washington, 15; Virginia, 14; NC State, 13; Maryland, 7; Michigan State, 7; Oregon, 7; Colorado, 6; USF, 5; Colorado State, 4; Kent State, 3; Pepperdine, 2; Illinois State, 1; Kentucky, 1.