Methodist starts fall season atop WGCA Division III Preseason Coaches Poll

August 27, 2021

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Another sign college golf is close? The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has released the results of the 2021-22 Preseason WGCA Coaches Poll.

In Division III, reigning NCAA champion Methodist University takes the No. 1 spot with nine first-place votes, followed by NCAA runner-up Carnegie Mellon University, who received two first-place votes.

George Fox University received one first-place vote to open the season at No. 3, with University of Redlands coming in at No. 4. Williams College rounds out the top five after receiving one first-place vote.

Take a look at the full poll below as well as a list of other teams that received votes.

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points
1	Methodist University (9)	320
2	Carnegie Mellon University (2)	312
3	George Fox University (1)	286
4	University of Redlands	277
5	Williams College (1)	262
6	Centre College	247
7	Emory University	224
T8	St. Catherine University	183
T8	Washington and Lee University	183
10	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	160
11	Illinois Wesleyan University	143
12	Christopher Newport University	129
13	Rhodes College	119
14	Berry College	117
15	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	114
16	York College of Pennsylvania	105
17	Bethel University	104
18	Washington University in St. Louis	89
19	University of Texas at Dallas	87
20	Pomona-Pitzer	81
21	New York University	77
22	University of California, Santa Cruz	68
23	Amherst College	64
24	Carleton College	63
T25	Denison University	48
T25	Trinity University (Texas)	48

Others Receiving Votes: Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (45); Southwestern University (38); Gustavus Adolphus College (36); Saint Mary’s College (36); University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (33); Middlebury College (26); Carthage College (25); DePauw University (17); California Lutheran University (15); Grinnell College (12); Oglethorpe University (12); Wittenberg University (9); Sewanee: The University of the South (3); University of Wisconsin-Stout (3); Whitman College (3); Calvin University (1); Huntingdon College (1)

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