Saint John's (Minn.) Remains Number One in Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches' Poll
Saint John's (Minn.) Remains Number One in Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches' Poll
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Division III - September 25, 2008 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Saint John's (Minn.) (11) | 428 | 1 |
| 2 | Methodist (5) | 422 | 2 |
| 3 | Redlands (1) | 399 | 3 |
| 4 | Oglethorpe | 371 | 4 |
| 5 | Huntingdon | 365 | 5 |
| 6 | Skidmore | 335 | 7 |
| 7 | LaVerne | 306 | 6 |
| 8 | Ohio Wesleyan (1) | 290 | 9 |
| 9 | Emory | 265 | 11 |
| 10 | Illinois Wesleyan | 258 | 10 |
| 11 | Guilford | 221 | 12 |
| 12 | UT-Tyler | 209 | T13 |
| 13 | Rhodes | 179 | 15 |
| 14 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 176 | 17 |
| 15 | St. John Fisher | 162 | 8 |
| T16 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 139 | 16 |
| T16 | Wesley | 139 | T13 |
| 18 | Texas Lutheran | 117 | 20 |
| 19 | Gustavus Adolphus | 116 | 18 |
| 20 | La Grange | 106 | 21 |
| 21 | Allegheny | 95 | 24 |
| 22 | Transylvania | 88 | 19 |
| 23 | Centre | 82 | NR |
| 24 | Washington & Lee | 61 | 22 |
| 25 | Bethel (Minn.) | 59 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Olivet, 54; Central, 45; Mount Union, 40; Linfield, 34; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 29; Carnegie-Mellon, 28; NYU, 28; Bridgewater, 23; Christopher Newport, 20; Piedmont, 19; Carthage, 18; Salem State, 14; Williams, 14; Hamilton, 13; Trinity, 12; McMurry, 11; UT-Dallas, 11; Rochester, 8; DePauw, 6; Hampden-Sydney, 6; Denison, 5; Otterbein, 5; Trinity, 4; Wisconsin-Stout, 4; Wittenberg, 2; Augsburg, 1; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 1; McDaniel, 1.
Dropped from Ranking: Linfield (#25), Mount Union (#23)
NEW YORK, NY?The second 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). Two-time defending NCAA Champion St. John?s (Minn.) stays atop the poll, earning 11 of 18 first-place votes. The Johnnies won the Wisconsin-Eau Claire Invitational to start their 2008-09 season. Rounding out the top-five are Methodist (No. 2), Redlands (No. 3), Oglethorpe (No. 4) and Huntingdon (No. 5). Emory (No. 9) cracked the top-10, after being ranked 11th in the previous coaches? poll. Centre (No. 23) and Bethel (Minn.) (No. 25) 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.