After winning the NIT for the second-straight year, Oklahoma State is making a run at rival Oklahoma in the Bushnell/Golfweek Div. I Coaches Poll.
The Sooners were No. 1 last time and remain No. 1 after receiving 15 first-place votes, but the Cowboys are right there at No. 2, just 17 total points behind.
Vanderbilt moves into the top five to No. 3, while Arizona State and Pepperdine round out the top five. The rest of the top 10 is Washington, North Carolina, Texas Tech, Georgia and Arkansas.
Florida State, who was unranked in the March 11 poll, is in at No. 20, while LSU dropped out of the rankings.
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points | Previous | |||
| 1 | Oklahoma (15) | 519 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Oklahoma State (5) | 502 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Vanderbilt (1) | 453 | 6 | |||
| 4 | Arizona State | 451 | 2 | |||
| 5 | Pepperdine | 434 | 7 | |||
| 6 | Washington | 429 | 9 | |||
| 7 | North Carolina | 402 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Texas Tech | 392 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Georgia | 366 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Arkansas | 329 | 4 | |||
| 11 | Georgia Tech | 293 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Texas | 284 | 13 | |||
| 13 | Notre Dame | 276 | 14 | |||
| 14 | Stanford | 251 | 16 | |||
| 15 | Auburn | 246 | 19 | |||
| 16 | Florida | 203 | 17 | |||
| 17 | Kansas | 169 | 15 | |||
| 18 | Tennessee | 146 | 12 | |||
| 19 | Wake Forest | 137 | 22 | |||
| 20 | Florida State | 124 | NR | |||
| 21 | Clemson | 97 | 24 | |||
| 22 | Texas A&M | 90 | 21 | |||
| 23 | Illinois | 60 | 20 | |||
| 24 | Mississippi | 54 | 18 | |||
| 25 | Purdue | 29 | 23 | |||
| Others receiving votes: LSU (23); South Carolina (19); East Tennessee State (10); New Mexico (10); Charlotte (7); Arizona (6); Ohio State (5); Michigan State (3), NC State (3), Ole Miss (2), North Florida (1) | ||||||