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NORMAN, Okla. - After winning the 2022 DIII National Championship by eight strokes on Friday, Methodist is No. 1 in the final Spring 2022 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll. This national title is the 13th in Monarchs history, and they were led by national individual champion Andre Chi.  

The top 25 are in order of National Championship finish.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches' Poll - May 13

Rank

University

1

Methodist

2

Hampden-Sydney

T-3

Huntingdon

T-3

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

5

Emory

6

Carnegie Mellon

7

Wittenberg

8

Washington & Lee

9

Sewanee: The University of the South

10

New York University

11

Piedmont

T-12

Illinois Wesleyan

T-12

Babson

14

Aurora

15

Kenyon

16

Oglethorpe

17

Christopher Newport

18

Franklin & Marshall

T-19

Willamette

T-19

Greensboro

21

Mary Hardin-Baylor

22

Hope

23

Webster

24

Gustavus Adolphus

25

Luther

NORMAN, Okla. - Methodist is No.1 for the second-straight Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll after winning their last three tournaments of the regular season, including the 2022 USA South Men’s Golf Championship. The Monarchs received 16 of the possible 17 first-place votes in the process.

Emory received one first-place vote and is No. 2. The Eagles are followed by Huntingdon, Wittenberg, and Babson round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Christopher Newport, Illinois Wesleyan, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Mary Hardin-Baylor conclude the top 10. 

Newcomer Kenyon College is in at No. 20. See the rest of the top 25 below.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches' Poll - April 22

Rank

University (First Place Votes)

Points 

Previous

1

Methodist (16)

424

1

2

Emory (1)

408

2

3

Huntingdon

385

3

T-4

Wittenberg

351

5

T-4

Babson

351

4

6

Carnegie Mellon

350

6

7

Christopher Newport

314

8

8

Illinois Wesleyan

314

7

9

Sewanee: The University of the South

296

10

10

Mary Hardin-Baylor

245

9

11

Piedmont

239

11

12

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

232

12

13

Greensboro

206

15

14

Washington & Lee

195

16

15

Oglethorpe

178

13

16

Willamette

170

17

17

Texas-Dallas

140

14

18

Hampden-Sydney

124

21

19

Gustavus Adolphus

120

20

20

Kenyon College

107

NR

21

Denison

91

19

T-22

Rochester

74

24

T-22

Berry

74

23

24

Aurora

36

22

25

York College (PA)

26

18

Others Receiving Votes: Concordia (TX) (16); Dallas (14); Texas Lutheran (11); Guilford (9); Gettysburg (8); Lynchburg (6); New York University (6); Drew (2); Rhodes College (1); Saint John’s (MN) (1); Southwestern (TX) (1).

NORMAN, Okla. - Emory is the Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll’s No. 1 team for March 11, receiving 10 first-place votes in the process.

Methodist (five first-place votes), Huntingdon (four first-place votes), Babson (one first-place vote), and Wittenberg round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Illinois Wesleyan, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Christopher Newport (moved from No. 15 to No. 9), and Greensboro complete the top 10. 

Aurora went from unranked to No. 23 in this poll. See the rest of the top 25 below.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - March 11

Rank

University (First Place Votes)

Points 

Previous

1

Emory (10)

482

1

2

Methodist (5)

475

2

3

Huntingdon (4)

466

4

4

Babson (1)

436

3

5

Wittenberg

383

6

6

Carnegie Mellon

382

7

7

Illinois Wesleyan

367

8

8

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

366

5

9

Christopher Newport

351

15

10

Greensboro

308

9

11

Piedmont

296

17

12

Oglethorpe

260

12

13

Willamette

246

10

14

Washington & Lee

245

13

15

Mary Hardin-Baylor

197

18

16

Sewanee: The University of the South

179

21

17

York College (PA)

174

11

18

Gustavus Adolphus

147

T-20

19

Whitworth

136

16

20

New York University

118

19

21

Hampden-Sydney

112

24

22

Denison University

71

25

23

Aurora University

56

NR

24

Occidental

55

14

25

Redlands

29

T-20

Others Receiving Votes: Concordia (TX) (28); Kenyon (18); Lynchburg (18); Saint Johns (MN) (16); Washington & Jefferson (13); Whitman (12); Skidmore (12); Rochester (12); Gettysburg College (7); LaGrange (6); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (6); Pomona-Pitzer (4); Berry (3); Westminster (PA) (2); Pacific Lutheran (2); Webster (1); Stevens Institute of Technology (1); Franklin & Marshall (1); Texas-Dallas (1) 

NORMAN, Okla. - After two top-two finishes, Methodist tops Emory for the No.1 spot in the April 1 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll, receiving 15 first-place votes in the process.

Emory received three first-place votes and is No. 2. The Eagles are followed by Huntingdon, Babson (one first-place vote), and Wittenberg to round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Illinois Wesleyan, Christopher Newport, Mary Hardin-Baylor (moved from No. 15 to No. 9), and Sewanee: The University of the South (moved from No. 16 to No. 10) complete the top 10. 

The April 1 poll features four newcomers: Texas-Dallas (No. 14), Berry (No. 23), Rochester (No. 24), and Lynchburg (No. 25). See the rest of the top 25 below.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches' Poll - April 1

Rank

University (First Place Votes)

Points 

Previous

1

Methodist (15)

471

2

2

Emory (3)

453

1

3

Huntingdon

425

3

4

Babson (1)

414

4

5

Wittenberg

384

5

6

Carnegie Mellon

381

6

7

Illinois Wesleyan

341

7

8

Christopher Newport

326

9

9

Mary Hardin-Baylor

318

15

10

Sewanee: The University of the South

304

16

11

Piedmont

250

11

12

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

221

8

13

Oglethorpe

217

12

14

Texas-Dallas

203

NR

15

Greensboro

196

10

16

Washington & Lee

173

14

17

Willamette

153

13

18

York College (PA)

143

17

19

Denison University

108

22

20

Gustavus Adolphus

107

18

21

Hampden-Sydney

104

21

22

Aurora

85

23

23

Berry

81

NR

24

Rochester

60

NR

25

Lynchburg

33

NR

Others Receiving Votes: Kenyon (24); New York University (15); Guilford (14); Saint John’s (MN) (11); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (10); Whitworth (10); Concordia (TX) (7); Redlands (5); Occidental (4)

NORMAN, Okla. - Emory was named No.1 in the Feb. 18 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll, receiving 17 first-place votes in the process.

Methodist (No.2), Babson (No.3), and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (No.5) each received one first-place vote. Huntingdon, Wittenberg, Carnegie Mellon, Illinois Wesleyan, Greensboro, and Willamette complete the top 10.

See the rest of the top 25 below.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches' Poll - February 18

Rank

University (First Place Votes)

Points 

Previous

1

Emory (17)

497

1

2

Methodist (1)

477

2

3

Babson (1)

439

7

4

Huntingdon

427

3

5

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1)

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, 40; Rochester, 21; Kenyon, 17; Saint John's (MN), 14; Trinity (TX), 12; Skidmore, 11; Otterbein, 11; Aurora, 9; Berry, 9; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 8; Pacific Lutheran, 7; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 7; Guilford, 5; Millikin, 5; Webster, 4; Lynchburg, 3; Rhodes, 2; UT Dallas, 1; Hope, 1.