Guilford No. 1 in Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll
Friday, Sept. 23, 2005 Guilford No. 1 in Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? Redlands was followed by fourth-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan, Greensboro. Emory was eighth while Huntingdon and Gustavus Adolphus were ninth and 10th, respectively. Otterbein checked in at No. 11 and is followed by Wisconsin-Eau Claire, La Grange, Texas Lutheran, Central (Iowa), California Lutheran and LaVerne. DePauw and Illinois Wesleyan tied at No. 18. Mary Hardin-Baylor ranked 20th. Franklin was No. 21 while Skidmore, Rhodes, Washington & Lee and Ohio Wesleyan complete the top 25. The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released Oct. 14.
GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25 |
Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
1 | Guilford (10) | 454 | 1 |
2 | Methodist (6) | 441 | 4 |
3 | Redlands (1) | 380 | 2 |
4 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 377 | 5 |
5 | Greensboro | 373 | 3 |
6 | Oglethorpe (1) | 344 | 7 |
7 | Saint John's (Minn.) (1) | 333 | 6 |
8 | Emory | 320 | 8 |
9 | Huntingdon | 298 | 9 |
10 | Gustavus Adolphus | 269 | 18 |
11 | Otterbein | 263 | 11 |
12 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 256 | 10 |
13 | La Grange | 218 | NR |
14 | Texas Lutheran | 219 | 12 |
15 | Central | 124 | 19 |
16 | California Lutheran | 120 | 15 |
17 | LaVerne | 109 | NR |
T18 | DePauw | 103 | 14 |
T18 | Illinois Wesleyan | 103 | NR |
20 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 102 | NR |
21 | Franklin | 100 | 13 |
22 | Skidmore | 96 | 20 |
23 | Rhodes | 78 | NR |
24 | Washington & Lee | 67 | NR |
25 | Ohio Wesleyan | 66 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Allegheny 61, Randolph Macon 54, Saint Thomas 48, Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 37, Williams 36, Hampden-Sydney 34, LeTourneau 28, Denison 24, Pacific Lutheran 21, Rochester 21, St. John Fisher 15, Linfield 14, McMurray 14, Olivet 14, Millikin 13, Texas-Dallas 12, Wartburg 12, Christopher Newport 11, Trinity Univ. 10, Muskingum 9, New York 9, Augsburg 7, Averett 7, Westminster 7, Bridgewater 6, Washington & Jefferson 3, Whitworth 3, Salem State 2, Centre 1, Hardin-Simmons 1, Susquehanna 1