Methodist maintains perch atop Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll

October 8, 2021

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Methodist widened its lead atop the Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll by receiving nine first-place votes for the latest edition of the poll. That kept them atop Illinois Wesleyan, which received one first-place vote and remained in the No. 2 spot.

Emory moved up two spots to No. 3 and Carnegie Mellon stayed at No. 4. Fifth-ranked Huntingdon slipped two spots despite a first-place vote.

Lower in the poll, there was considerable movement – like Wittenberg’s jump from No. 10 to No. 6 and Babson’s jump from T-23 to No. 9 after receiving one first-place vote.

Take a look at the full poll below, along with teams receiving additional votes at the bottom.

Rank	University (First-place votes)	Points	Previous
1	Methodist (9)	296	1
2	Illinois Wesleyan (1)	279	2
3	Emory	274	5
4	Carnegie Mellon	268	4
5	Huntingdon (1)	266	3
6	Wittenberg	220	10
7	Greensboro	201	12
8	Washington & Lee	174	8
9	Babson (1)	171	T-23
10	Oglethorpe	142	15
T-11	Denison	133	9
T-11	Piedmont	133	7
13	York (PA)	120	NR
14	Sewanee	118	16
15	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	115	14
16	Saint John’s (MN)	99	T-20
17	Gustavus Adolphus	96	NR
18	Guilford	89	6
19	NYU	85	22
20	Christopher Newport	81	11
21	Trinity (TX)	77	13
22	Willamette	67	NR
23	Redlands	55	18
24	Berry	48	17
25	Mary Hardin-Baylor	37	NR

Dropped From Ranking: Averett (No. T-20); Hampden-Sydney (No. T-23); McMurry (No. 25); UT Dallas (No. 19)

Others Receiving Votes: Rochester, 36; RPI, 30; Hampden-Sydney, 29; UT Dallas, 21; Aurora, 20; Kenyon, 20; Averett, 18; Trinity (CT), 15; McMurry, 14; Southwestern (TX), 14; Whitworth, 10; Otterbein, 8; Webster, 8; Gettysburg, 7; LaGrange, 7; Rhodes, 6; Lynchburg, 5; Texas Lutheran, 5; McDaniel, 4; Skidmore, 4; Wisconsin Eau-Claire, 4; Concordia (TX), 3; Birmingham-Southern, 2; Calvin, 2; Transylvania, 1; Whitman, 1.