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Saint John?s (Minn.) Captures No.1 Spots in Division III Preseason Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Polls

Saint John?s (Minn.) Captures No.1 Spots in Division III Preseason Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches Polls

NEW YORK, NY?The Golf Coaches Association of America, in conjunction with Golf World and Nike Golf has announced its preseason Division III Coaches Poll.

Saint John?s (Minn.) is the No. 1 pick in the Golf World/Nike Golf Division III Preseason Coaches? Poll, garnering 17 of 21 first-place votes. The Johnnies won their first ever golf title in the spring.

The rest of the top-five consists of: Oglethorpe (No. 2); Methodist (No. 3); La Verne (No. 4); Guilford (No. 5).

Division III - Preseason

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Saint John's (Minn.) (17) 507 1
2 Oglethorpe 456 5
3 Methodist (3) 444 24
4 LaVerne 428 2
5 Guilford (1) 425 T7
6 Ohio Wesleyan 411 3
7 Huntingdon 375 4
8 Rhodes 367 6
9 Nebraska Wesleyan 353 T10
10 Emory 291 14
T11 Texas Lutheran 282 T7
T11 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 282 9
13 Skidmore 220 16
14 Central (Iowa) 208 13
15 Transylvania 193 12
16 Carthage 192 T10
17 McMurry 171 T19
18 La Grange 130 21
19 Washington & Lee 115 NR
20 Claremont McKenna 114 NR
21 St. John Fisher 112 17
22 Otterbein 109 NR
23 Gustavus Adolphus 106 NR
24 Illinois Wesleyan 103 NR
25 Hope 85 18

Others Receiving Votes: Redlands 61, Allegheny 40, Susquehanna 39, Greensboro 38, Washington & Jefferson 32, DePauw 26, Salem State 19, Wesley 13, Whitworth 13, Franklin 11, Randolph-Macon 9, Trinity University 9, Mary Hardin-Baylor 8, California Lutheran 6, Franklin & Marshall 6, Hampden-Sydney 4, Mount Union 3, Bridgewater 2, Maryville 1, Olivet 1, Saint Thomas 1, Tri-State 1, Wisconsin-Stout 1

Dropped from Ranking: Franklin & Marshall (#T19), Mount Union (#T25), Salem State (#22), Susquehanna (#15), Wesley (#T25), Whitworth (#23)