Fresno State Athletics
'Dogs Trot Back Into Top 10
11/23/2011 12:00:00 AM | Equestrian
Nov. 23, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Defending national champion Auburn (6-1), which started the season as the No. 1 team in the country, maintained its hold on the top spot for the fourth straight and final coaches poll of the fall semester.
Texas A&M remains the No. 2 team, as the Aggies (7-1) dropped their first competition of the season to Baylor on Nov. 18. Georgia maintained its spot in the No. 3 position. Baylor (5-1) jumped up to No. 4, and Kansas State moved up to spots to No. 5 after knocking off Oklahoma State on Nov. 19. The Cowgirls, ranked fourth two weeks ago, now find themselves ranked sixth.
South Carolina continues its slide in the poll, from sixth to seventh. The Gamecocks are 3-3 this season, with two of those losses coming in 10-10 tiebreakers.
TCU (2-8) has won two in a row and finds itself ranked eighth. The Horned Frogs started the season 0-6, but picked up wins over West Texas A&M and Oklahoma State to close out the fall portion of its schedule.
New Mexico State is ranked ninth in this week's poll, as the Aggies are coming off a 13-9 win at South Dakota State on Nov. 19. Fresno State returns to the poll this week in the tenth spot.
The collegiate coaches competing under the Varsity Equestrian Championship umbrella initiated the national poll.
The poll will be released bi-monthly with the next announcement scheduled for Feb. 1, 2012.
Women's Intercollegiate Equestrian National Coaches Poll
Ballot Results - Nov. 23, 2011 Poll #4
Ranking/Team/Points
1. Auburn (67)
2. Texas A&M (60)
3. Georgia (50)
4. Baylor (47)
5. Kansas State (39)
6. Oklahoma State (35)
7. South Carolina (32)
8. Texas Christian (20)
9. New Mexico State (15)
10. Fresno State (9)
"We Are Your Team!" - The Bulldogs officially ended their fall season and start their spring season back up on Jan. 10.
