Skip to main content

The Official Website of the Golf Coaches Association of America

 
   

JR

Huntingdon Unanimous Number One Team in Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches' Poll

Huntingdon Unanimous Number One Team in Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches' Poll

NEW YORK, NY?The fourth and final Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches? Poll of the fall season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).  Huntingdon is the unanimous choice for the number one ranking, earning all 18 first-place votes.

The Hawks won twice this fall (Greensboro College Invitational, Gordin Collegiate) and finished second and third in their other two starts.

Rounding out the top-five are Methodist (No. 2), Skidmore (No. 3), Illinois Wesleyan (No. 4) and Oglethorpe (No. 5).

Carthage (No. 20) and John Carroll (No. 24) moved into the top-25.

Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington?s ?Campus Insider? blog to find out the latest on collegiate golf: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.

 

 

 

 

Division III - November 12, 2008

Rank University (First-Place Votes) Points Prev.
1 Huntingdon (18) 450 1
2 Methodist 432 2
3 Skidmore 394 7
4 Illinois Wesleyan 366 5
5 Oglethorpe 361 4
6 Saint John's (Minn.) 348 3
7 Guilford 338 6
8 UT-Tyler 289 10
9 Ohio Wesleyan 273 9
10 Redlands 249 8
11 Rhodes 232 11
12 Texas Lutheran 231 15
13 Emory 225 12
14 LaVerne 155 13
15 UT-Dallas 141 18
16 Centre 138 17
17 Linfield 132 24
18 La Grange 112 16
19 Greensboro College 104 T19
20 Carthage 93 NR
21 Mary Hardin-Baylor 92 14
22 Central 88 21
23 Wisconsin-Stout 71 25
24 John Carroll 66 NR
25 Allegheny 52 22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Others Receiving Votes: Nebraska Wesleyan, 51; Trinity College, 48; Transylvania, 36; Gustavus Adolphus, 28; Olivet, 24; Franklin & Marshall, 22; Southwestern, 21; McMurry, 19; Carnegie Mellon, 17; Salem State, 17; NYU, 15; Rochester, 14; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 14; Bridgewater, 13; California Lutheran, 13; Middlebury, 13; Trinity University, 10; Washington & Lee, 9; Christopher Newport, 8; Nichols, 7; Luther, 5; Wesley, 4; Otterbein, 3; DePauw, 3; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 1; Husson, 1; Mount Union, 1; Williams, 1; Wittenberg, 1.

Dropped from Ranking:  Nebraska Wesleyan (#T19), Wesley (#23)