Cameron slipped one spot from its final fall ranking of 14, despite posting an impressive come-from-behind victory in this week’s St. Edward’s Spring Invitational in Austin, Texas. The Aggies rallied from nine strokes back entering the final round to defeat second-round leader Central Oklahoma by nine strokes, winning the team title in the tournament by two strokes over host St. Edwards. Central Oklahoma, meanwhile, jumped seven spots to No. 4 in the nation, despite the third-place finish. Northeastern State, the only other LSC school in the poll, slipped one spot to No. 22.

South Carolina-Aiken continued its hold on the top spot in the poll despite its seven-tournament winning streak being snapped by a tied for sixth finish at the AASU/Southbridge Pirate Invitational.  The Pacers earned eight first-place votes to stay at No. 1.

Cal State-Bakersfield stayed in second while West Florida moved up one spot to third. Hawaii-Hilo, which was ranked second in the final fall poll, dropped from second to sixth despite receiving one first-place tally.  Seventh-ranked Rollins and No. 8 Georgia College & State University moved into The top 10, followed by Western Washington and UC-San Diego.

Columbus State made the biggest move in the poll, leaping 14 spots to No. 11.  Delta State and Grand Canyon also took big climbs in the poll - up six spots to Nos. 12 and 13, respectively.  Saint Martin's fell from the Top 10 to No. 14, followed by Cameron, Barry, Valdosta State, Nova Southeastern and Armstrong Atlantic State.  Florida Gulf Coast suffered the biggest drop - plummeting 10 places to No. 20.

Florida Southern enters the poll at No. 21.  Northeastern State, Cal. State-Stanislaus, St. Mary's (Texas) and Chico State complete the top 25. Coker fell from the ranking.

The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division II institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next Division II GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released March 25.

GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25
Division II - March 4, 2005

Rank	University	Points	Prev.
1	South Carolina-Aiken (8)	267	1
2	Cal. State-Bakersfield (1)	239	2
3	West Florida	220	4
4	Central Oklahoma	216	11
5	Lynn	211	7
6	Hawaii-Hilo (1)	203	2
7	Rollins	197	12
8	Georgia College & State Univ. (1)	186	13
9	Western Washington	185	6
10	UC-San Diego	145	5
11	Columbus State	140	25
12	Delta State	129	18
13	Grand Canyon	125	19
14	Saint Martin's	117	9
15	Cameron	116	14
16	Barry	108	8
17	Valdosta State	96	17
18	Nova Southeastern	92	22
19	Armstrong Atlantic State	88	15
20	Florida Gulf Coast	87	10
21	Florida Southern	82	NR
22	Northeastern State	63	21
23	Cal. State-Stanislaus	42	16
24	St. Mary's (Texas)	32	24
25	Chico State	28	20

Dropped From Rankings: Coker

Others Receiving Votes: Coker 22, Ferris State 18, St. Cloud State 14, Barton 12, North Carolina-Pembroke 12, Pfeiffer 12, Washburn 12, St. Edward's 8, Kennesaw State 7, North Alabama 6, Western New Mexico 5, Winona State 4, Belmont Abbey 3, Central Arkansas 3, CSU-San Bernardino 3, Missouri Western State 3, Arkansas Tech 1