Emory is the No. 1-ranked team to open the spring 2022 season, according to the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll, which was released on Friday.
Emory collected 497 total votes, 20 ahead of Methodist. Babson checks in at No. 3 with 439 and shoots up the poll from the No. 7 spot it held in the final 2021 poll.
Huntingdon is No. 4, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rounds out the top 5.
Big mover: Willamette, up four spots to No. 10. New to the poll for the spring: Pomona-Pitzer, which is 25th after being unranked the last time out.
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Emory | 497 | 1 |
| 2 | Methodist | 477 | 2 |
| 3 | Babson | 439 | 7 |
| 4 | Huntingdon | 427 | 3 |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 422 | 4 |
| 6 | Wittenberg | 387 | 8 |
| 7 | Carnegie Mellon | 379 | 6 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 366 | 5 |
| 9 | Greensboro | 308 | 9 |
| 10 | Willamette | 266 | 14 |
| 11 | York College (PA) | 253 | 13 |
| 12 | Oglethorpe | 245 | 12 |
| 13 | Washington & Lee | 244 | 11 |
| 14 | Occidental | 235 | 16 |
| 15 | Christopher Newport | 232 | 10 |
| 16 | Whitworth | 198 | 18 |
| 17 | Piedmont | 178 | 15 |
| 18 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 160 | 20 |
| 19 | New York University | 122 | 19 |
| T-20 | Gustavus Adolphus | 115 | 17 |
| T-20 | Redlands | 115 | 23 |
| 22 | Sewanee: The University of the South | 86 | 21 |
| 23 | Whitman | 64 | T-24 |
| 24 | Hampden-Sydney | 49 | 22 |
| 25 | Pomona-Pitzer | 47 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Denison University 40, Iowa Wesleyan College 21, Rochester 21, Kenyon College 17, Saint Johns (MN) 14, Trinity University (TX) 12, Skidmore 11, Otterbein 11, Aurora University 9, Berry College 9, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 8, Pacific Lutheran University 7, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7, Guilford 5, Millikin University 5, Webster University 4, Lynchburg 3, Rhodes 2, University of Texas-Dallas 1, Hope 1.