Emory garnered 11 of the 13 first-place votes in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll and takes over the No. 1 spot in the men’s college golf poll.
Methodist slid back a spot to No. 2. Huntingdon went from No. 5 to 3, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps made a big leap up from No. 15 to the fourth spot. Illinois Wesleyan, No. 2 in the last poll three weeks ago, is now No. 5.
Christopher Newport (from No. 20 to No. 11) and Hampden-Sydney (from unranked to No. 16) both made big moves in this poll as well.
Take a look at the full poll below, along with teams receiving additional votes at the bottom.
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | Emory (11) | 323 | 3 |
2 | Methodist | 309 | 1 |
3 | Huntingdon | 275 | 5 |
4 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 264 | 15 |
5 | Illinois Wesleyan | 257 | 2 |
6 | Carnegie Mellon | 252 | 4 |
7 | Wittenberg | 239 | 6 |
8 | Babson (1) | 237 | 9 |
9 | Greensboro | 206 | 7 |
10 | Washington & Lee | 165 | 8 |
11 | Christopher Newport | 156 | 20 |
12 | Oglethorpe | 154 | 10 |
13 | York (PA) | 153 | 13 |
14 | Willamette (1) | 139 | 22 |
15 | Piedmont | 125 | T-11 |
16 | Hampden-Sydney | 97 | NR |
17 | Occidental | 93 | NR |
18 | NYU | 82 | 19 |
19 | Gustavus Adolphus | 80 | 17 |
T-20 | Sewanee | 77 | 14 |
T-20 | Whitworth | 77 | NR |
22 | Redlands | 71 | 23 |
23 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 68 | 25 |
24 | Denison | 63 | T-11 |
25 | Whitman | 43 | NR |
Dropped from ranking: Berry (24); Guilford (18); Saint John’s (MN) (16); Trinity (TX) (21)
Others receiving votes: Saint John’s (MN), 35; Rochester, 30; Guilford, 28; Pomona-Pitzer Athletics, 22; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 21; Lynchburg, 20; Kenyon, 16; Trinity (TX), 10; Berry, 8; Gettysburg, 8; Aurora, 6; Webster, 6; Averett, 4; Skidmore, 3; Concordia (TX), 2; UT Dallas, 1