North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Golf Top-25 Nationally
4/5/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 5, 2002
The NC State Men's Golf team is heading to Augusta nationally ranked after two consecutive third place finishes at the Las Vegas Intercollegiate and the Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational. The Precept Coaches poll ranked NC State 21st nationally while the Golfweek/Sagarin Poll tabbed NC State the nations 23rd-best men's golf team. The Wolfpack defeated seven top-25 teams at the Las Vegas Intercollegiate and six top-25 teams at the Schenkel E-Z-GO Invitational. At the Schenkel E-Z-GO NC State defeated then top-five teams Clemson, Florida, and Tennessee.
ACC foes Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, and Clemson are 1-2-3 nationally followed in fourth by SEC powerhouse Florida. Oklahoma State, Texas, Fresno St, Southern Cal, TCU, and Tennessee all round out the top-10 in the Precept Coaches Poll.
Golfweek/Sagarin also rated the ACC dominance at the top with a similar 1-2-3 ranking for the schools with Georgia Tech garnering the top spot and Clemson (2nd) and Wake Forest (3rd) flopping spots. Florida and TCU round out the top-five.
The Golfweek/Sagarin Individual Rankings have Senior golfer Garth Mulroy 52nd nationally, Junior Jason Moon 84th and Junior Justin Walters 86th after his impressive win at the Schenkel E-Z-GO.
The NC State Wolfpack are in action this Saturday and Sunday at the Cleveland Golf/ASU Invitational in Augusta Ga.
Precept Coaches Poll - Division I Rank School Points (First Place Votes) 1 Georgia Tech 773 (29) 2 Wake Forest 724 (1) 3 Clemson 700 (1) 4 Florida 666 5 Oklahoma State 599 6 Texas 525 7 Fresno State 523 8 Southern California 513 9 TCU 491 10 Tennessee 453 11 Georgia 424 12 Virginia Tech 393 13 Washington 329 14 Oklahoma 308 15 Augusta State 255 16 Auburn 253 17 Toledo 226 18 New Mexico 195 19 Arizona 189 20 San Diego State 181 21 NC State 167 22 Pepperdine 162 23 Purdue 159 24 Baylor 108 25 Minnesota 107
Golfweek/Sagarin 1 Georgia Tech 2 Clemson 3 Wake Forest 4 Florida 5 TCU 6 Oklahoma State 7 Southern California 8 Tennessee 9 Texas 10 Fresno State 11 Toledo 12 Washington 13 Auburn 14 Georgia 15 Oklahoma 16 Augusta State 17 Virginia Tech 18 Washington State 19 San Diego State 20 Pepperdine 21 New Mexico 22 Minnesota 23 North Carolina State 24 Purdue 25 Lamar
