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OU men's golf at day one of the 2023 NCAA Regional played at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman.
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Men's Golf Ranked No. 10 in Preseason Poll

September 01, 2023 | Men's Golf

NORMAN – When the Oklahoma men's golf team tees off in the season-opening Valero Texas Collegiate on Sept. 9, it will do so as the No. 10 ranked team in the nation.

The Golf Coaches Association of America unveiled the Bushnell/Golfweek preseason poll Friday, slotting the Sooners inside the preseason top 10 for the seventh time in eight years. Oklahoma, who has won back-to-back Big 12 championships, is the league's highest ranked team.

The Sooners are led by head coach Ryan Hybl who enters his 15th season at the helm of the program in 2023-24. He has led Oklahoma to three conference titles and a national championship in 2017, as well as the 13 best single-season scoring averages in school history. The Sooners will be led by a veteran roster that returns 192 rounds played from a combined eight golfers.

Guided by All-America honorees Ben Lorenz and Drew Goodman, the Sooners will look to build on the success from the previous seasons as OU seeks its 13th consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, which would be the second-longest streak in program history.  

OU earned 275 points in the preseason poll. Golfweek Magazine and Spikemark, the NCAA's replacement for Golfstat, will release their polls at a later date.

Full Poll
Rank School Points
1 North Carolina (5) 444
2 Arizona State (2) 406
3 Vanderbilt (5) 398
4 Georgia Tech 384
5 Florida State (1) 353
6 Auburn 332
7 Stanford 295
8 Florida (5) 294
9 Illinois 290
10 Oklahoma 275
11 Texas 273
12 Tennessee 266
T-13 Virginia 246
T-13 Alabama 246
15 Pepperdine 233
16 Oklahoma State 183
T-17 Texas A&M 172
T-17 Texas Tech 172
19 Arizona 101
20 Georgia 98
21 Mississippi State 90
22 Oregon 89
23 Duke 82
24 Mississippi 68
25 Wake Forest 63

Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State (56), Arkansas (42), East Tennessee State (33), Washington (25), San Diego State (21), North Florida, (17), Kansas (16), Colorado State (13), Kansas State (12), Tennessee Tech (12), Louisville (11), UCLA (11), Clemson (10), Baylor (8), Purdue (6), Wagner (6), Rice (4), South Carolina (4), Southern Miss (2), California (1), TCU (1).
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