NORMAN, Okla. – Huntingdon retained the top spot in the Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll for the sixth straight ranking. The Hawks claimed 13 first-place votes.
UT Tyler remained second and claimed one first-place ballot. Oglethorpe moved up four spots to third. Emory was fourth and followed by Mary Hardin-Baylor, Methodist, LaGrange, Rhodes and Wittenberg. No. 10 Greensboro received the remaining first-place vote.
Skidmore (#19), Carniegie Mellon (#21) and Schreiner (#25) entered the ranking. Centre, Pacific Lutheran and St. Thomas (MN) dropped from the top 25.
Bushnell Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - March 31
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | Previous Rank |
1 | Huntingdon (13) | 371 | 1 |
2 | UT Tyler (1) | 356 | 2 |
3 | Oglethorpe | 326 | 7 |
4 | Emory | 314 | 5 |
5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 304 | 4 |
6 | Methodist | 284 | 10 |
7 | LaGrange | 274 | 9 |
8 | Rhodes | 267 | 3 |
9 | Wittenberg | 259 | 6 |
10 | Greensboro (1) | 247 | 14 |
11 | Concordia (TX) | 233 | 8 |
12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 194 | 12 |
13 | Washington & Lee | 193 | 22 |
14 | Saint John's (MN) | 174 | 11 |
15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 133 | 18 |
16 | Guilford | 132 | 15 |
17 | Berry | 107 | 16 |
18 | Hope | 103 | 13 |
19 | Skidmore | 97 | NR |
20 | Sewanee | 91 | 17 |
21 | Carnegie Mellon | 79 | NR |
22 | Gustavus Adolphus | 57 | 19 |
23 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 35 | T23 |
24 | La Verne | 33 | 21 |
25 | Schreiner | 24 | NR |
Dropped From Ranking: | Centre (#20), Pacific Lutheran (#25), St. Thomas (MN) (#T23) | ||
Others Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (MN), 20; Pacific Lutheran, 19; Redlands, 18; Middlebury, 17; Babson, 15; Trinity (CT), 14; Carthage, 13; Christopher Newport, 12; Centre, 9; Trinity (TX), 9; Williams, 9; Western New England, 8; Ohio Wesleyan, 6; Husson, 3; Kenyon, 3; Rochester, 3; Southwestern (TX), 3; Piedmont, 2; Transylvania, 2; California Lutheran, 1; McDaniel, 1; Rutgers-Camden, 1. |