Emory was the Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll’s number-one-ranked team on Oct. 28. They have been top-three in four of five fall tournaments, with wins at the Piedmont Invitational as well as the Golfweek D-III Invitational. All 18 votes were received by the Eagles for their first No. 1 ranking in 2022-23.
Methodist, Wittenberg (moved seven spots up from No. 10 to No. The top five include Christopher Newport, Piedmont and Piedmont. Redlands Carnegie Mellon, Redlands, rose 12 places from No. 19 to No. 7, Willamette (moved 10 spots up to No. 8, Willamette (moved up 10 spots to No.
California Lutheran (No. 19) and East Texas Baptist (19). 25) were the first to appear in the top 25 in 2022/23. Five other candidates who received votes on September 30, are also in.
This poll also included votes for Babson, Berry and Kenyon, Hamilton, Rhodes.
|
Rank |
Team (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 | NR |
| 15 | Pomona-Pitzer | 174 | NR |
| 16 | Texas-Dallas | 156 | NR |
| 17 | Greensboro | 142 | 14 |
| 18 | Huntingdon | 129 | 3 |
| 19 | California Lutheran | 119 | NR |
| 20 | Saint Johns | 107 | 21 |
| 21 | Trinity | 82 | NR |
| 22 | Sewanee | 81 | 12 |
| 23 | Aurora | 71 | NR |
| 24 | RPI | 59 | 24 |
| 25 | East Texas Baptist | 35 | NR |
Other recipients of votes are: Babson (31); Berry (28); Kenyon (25); Hamilton (24); Rhodes (24); Rochester (24); Gettysburg (33); Skidmore (16); Lynchburg (11); Averett (7), Denison (6), Trinity (CT) ((5); Chapman (2). NYU (2). Whitman (1).
