Originally published on CoastalGeorgiaSports.com
College of Coastal Georgia Men’s Golf team moves to first in NAIA poll. The Mariners started the season ranked No. 2 in the preseason polls, but with their success this fall season, the Mariners have moved up to the top spot.
Mariners Men win at InnisbrookNAIA Release
The Mariners collected 14 first place votes and 143 points in the polling process. The Coastal Georgia men have already collected two tournament victories this fall and have faced many of the top ranked teams in the nation. The team finished first in the Thomas University Invitational and the USCB Sandshark Innisbrook Invitational.
RANK LAST WEEK SCHOOL [1ST PLACE VOTES] FINAL POINTS 1 2 Coastal Georgia [14] 493 2 4 Keiser (Fla.) 465 3 1 Texas Wesleyan [1] 446 4 15 Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) [3] 437 4 14 Point (Ga.) 437 6 5 USC Beaufort (S.C.) 429 7 12 Dalton State (Ga.) 385 8 11 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 380 9 NR Southeastern (Fla.) 356 10 20 Victoria (B.C.) 350 11 6 British Columbia 342 12 3 Oklahoma City 339 13 21 Bellevue (Neb.) 285 14 16 Thomas (Ga.) 258 14 24 Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 258 16 NR Central Baptist (Ark.) 220 17 NR Cumberland (Tenn.) 206 18 NR Grand View (Iowa) 199 19 23 Morningside (Iowa) 195 20 16 Missouri Valley 188 21 13 Johnson & Wales (Fla.) 177 22 NR Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 130 23 NR Mobile (Ala.) 112 24 NR Reinhardt (Ga.) 96 25 NR SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 91 Dropped Out: University of Northern Ohio, William Carey (Miss.), Oregon Tech, Taylor (Ind.), Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian 90, University of Northern Ohio 81, William Carey (Miss.) 68, Oregon Tech 66, Taylor (Ind.) 64, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 53, Bethany (Kan.) 52, Webber International (Fla.) 51, Holy Cross (Ind.) 30, Houston-Victoria (Texas) 24, Columbia (Mo.) 20, Campbellsville (Ky.) 17, Corban (Ore.) 16, Marian (Ind.) 4, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 3.