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Emory Jumps Methodist For Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll’s No.1

NORMAN, Okla. - With top-three finishes in four of their five fall tournaments thus far, including wins at the Piedmont Invitational and Golfweek DIII Invitational, Emory is the Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll’s top-ranked team for October 28. The Eagles received all 18 first-place votes for their first No.1 ranking of 2022-23. 

Methodist, Wittenberg (moved up seven spots from No. 10 to No. 3), Piedmont, and Christopher Newport round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Redlands, who jumped 12 spots up from No. 19 to No. 7, Willamette (moved up 10 spots to No. 8), Washington & Lee, and Illinois Wesleyan complete the top 10.

California Lutheran (No. 19) and East Texas Baptist (No. 25) made their first appearances in the top 25 in 2022-23, while five others who received votes on September 30 are in.

Babson, Berry, Kenyon, Hamilton, Rhodes, Rochester, Gettysburg, Skidmore, Occidental, Dallas, Lynchburg, Averett, Denison, Trinity (CT), Chapman, NYU, and Whitman were others receiving votes in this poll.

Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches' Poll - October 28

Rank

University (First Place Votes)

Points

Previous

1

Emory (18)

450

2

2

Methodist

429

1

3

Wittenberg

378

10

4

Piedmont

357

6

5

Christopher Newport

343

5

6

Carnegie Mellon

334

4

7

Redlands

330

19

8

Willamette

318

18

9

Washington & Lee

300

13

10

Illinois Wesleyan

288

9

11

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

275

7

12

Oglethorpe

247

11

13

Guilford

202

8

14

LeTourneau

189

RV

15

Pomona-Pitzer

174

RV

16

Texas-Dallas

156

RV

17

Greensboro

142

14

18

Huntingdon

129

3

19

California Lutheran

119

NR

20

Saint Johns (MN)

107

21

21

Trinity (TX)

82

RV

22

Sewanee

81

12

23

Aurora

71

RV

24

RPI

59

24

25

East Texas Baptist

35

NR

 

Others receiving votes: Babson (31); Berry (28); Kenyon (25); Hamilton (24); Rhodes (24); Rochester (24); Gettysburg (23); Skidmore (18); Occidental (16); Dallas (13); Lynchburg (11); Averett (7); Denison (6); Trinity (CT) (5); Chapman (2); NYU (2); Whitman (1).