Power Rankings: WNB Golf Classic

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Now there are three.

Ted Potter Jr's. win at the Soboba Golf Classic in a playoff on Sunday was his second Nationwide Tour victory of the season. Potter joins J.J. Killeen and Mathew Goggin as the three Nationwide Tour players with two victories each. It's an elite club. All three are one win away from getting an instant Battlefield Promotion to the PGA TOUR.

The Nationwide Tour season is winding down with four regular-season tournaments left before the year-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at Daniel Island.

While Killeen is the lone player with two victories who is in the field for this week's WNB Golf Classic at Midland Country Club in Texas, there are other players trying to improve their position on the money list.

The top 25 on the money list after the Tour Championship will be on the PGA TOUR in 2012.

Here are this week's Power Rankings.

Power Rankings: WNB Golf Classic

Rank   Player Comment Miguel Angel CARBALLO Anybody who finishes 14-under for the week should have a load of confidence heading into his next tournament. While Carballo lost in the three-man playoff on Sunday, he shot 65 to get into that playoff. His best finish of the season has moved him from 60th on the money list to 23rd. J.J. KILLEEN The Tour's leading money winner was 10th on Sunday with solid rounds of 70-69-66-69. Since missing the cut in mid-August at the Price Cutter Charity Championship he has made five straight cuts that include three top-10 showings. A win this week and he could jump right to the PGA TOUR's Fall Series. Matt EVERY Is coming off a tie for sixth at the Soboba Classic after four straight rounds in the 60s. He jumped into The 25 on the money list and is at No. 20. He needs another great week to solidify his chances of staying in the top 25. The former Florida player has also played in five PGA TOUR tournaments this season and has made three cuts. Darron STILES The Nationwide Tour veteran had a rough stretch missing three straight cuts but has recently tied for 70th and tied for 31st on Sunday. One reason for optimism this week is he tied for fifth last season at Midland Country Club. He needs to make a move soon as he ranks 40th on the Tour's money list. Ron WHITTAKER It's been a lost year for the former Wake Forest player as he's made just nine cuts in 19 tournaments. But going by how two other former Deacons (Bill Haas and Webb Simpson) finished No. 1 and 2 in the FedExCup final standings, maybe this will spark Whittaker. He has made just one cut in his last four events, but that made-cut was over the weekend where he finished 60th.

John Dell has covered golf for the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina for the last 18 years. His views do not necessarily represent the views of the PGA TOUR. You can reach him at johndell@triad.rr.com.