NORMAN, Okla. – UT Tyler received 13 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in the Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. It marked the third consecuive and fifth of six polls this season the Patriots were ranked first.
Huntingdon, Illinois Wesleyan and St. Thomas (MN) remained at Nos. 2-4, respectively. Huntingdon tallied one first-place ballot while St. Thomas collected two. Methodist and Emory swapped Nos. 4 and 5. Emory nabbed the remaining first-place vote. Concoridia (TX) was seventh and followed by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Oglethorpe, and Washington & Lee.
The next Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll will be released March 30.
Bushnell Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - March 9
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | Previous |
1 | UT Tyler (14) | 442 | 1 |
2 | Huntingdon (1) | 424 | 2 |
3 | Illinois Wesleyan | 392 | 3 |
4 | St. Thomas (MN) (2) | 382 | 4 |
5 | Methodist | 371 | 6 |
6 | Emory (1) | 370 | 5 |
7 | Concordia (TX) | 334 | 7 |
8 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 289 | 9 |
9 | Oglethorpe | 288 | 18 |
10 | Washington & Lee | 277 | 8 |
11 | Sewanee | 251 | 12 |
12 | Saint John's (MN) | 246 | 10 |
13 | Guilford | 236 | 11 |
14 | Hope | 198 | 15 |
15 | Greensboro | 172 | 14 |
16 | Rhodes | 170 | 13 |
17 | Carnegie Mellon | 141 | 17 |
18 | Redlands | 124 | 22 |
19 | Wittenberg | 107 | 19 |
20 | North Carolina Wesleyan | 100 | 21 |
21 | Southwestern (TX) | 75 | 23 |
22 | Willamette | 50 | 16 |
23 | California Lutheran | 48 | NR |
24 | Pacific Lutheran | 44 | 20 |
25 | Calvin | 43 | T24 |
Dropped From Ranking: Rochester (#T24) | Rochester (#T24) | ||
Others Receiving Votes: Trinity (CT), 42; Rochester, 41; Williams, 25; Texas Lutheran, 20; LaGrange, 19; Trinity (TX), 18; Gustavus Adolphus, 17; Kenyon, 12; Rhode Island College, 10; Berry, 9; RPI, 9; Webster, 9; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 8; McDaniel, 6; NYU, 5; Ohio Wesleyan, 5; Husson, 4; La Verne, 4; Piedmont, 4; Nebraska Wesleyan, 3; Christopher Newport, 2; Mary Hardin-Baylor, 2; Augsburg, 1; Transylvania, 1. |