Defending national champions Illinois Wesleyan continued their run as the No. 1 team in the nation, closing the 2020 season atop the Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.
The Titans, who received all 18 first-place votes, have now been ranked No. 1 in the last five Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Polls after posting four victories, and a win at the Battle For 51 Match Play during the 2019-20 season.
Huntingdon ranks second, followed by Emory, Carnegie Mellon, and Hampden-Sydney to round out the top five.
St. Thomas, Claremont Mudd-Scripps, Methodist, Gustavus Adolphus, and Wisconsin Eau-Claire all earn a spot in the top 10.
Piedmont (No. 24) rejoined the ranking while Christopher Newport fell from the ranking.
Coaches poll
| Rank | University (First-place Votes) | Points | Previous Ranking |
| 1 | Illinois Wesleyan (18) | 450 | 1 |
| 2 | Huntingdon | 426 | 3 |
| 3 | Emory | 417 | 2 |
| 4 | Carnegie Mellon | 372 | 8 |
| 5 | Hampden-Sydney | 371 | 4 |
| 6 | St. Thomas (MN) | 354 | 6 |
| 7 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 341 | 5 |
| 8 | Methodist | 313 | 11 |
| 9 | Gustavus Adolphus | 282 | 7 |
| 10 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 279 | 12 |
| 11 | Guilford | 259 | 13 |
| 12 | Southwestern (TX) | 245 | 16 |
| 13 | New York University | 228 | 9 |
| 14 | Wittenberg | 225 | 10 |
| 15 | Babson | 178 | 15 |
| 16 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 174 | 14 |
| 17 | Redlands | 148 | 17 |
| T-18 | Oglethorpe | 112 | 19 |
| T-18 | Washington & Lee | 112 | 25 |
| 20 | Aurora University | 102 | 18 |
| 21 | Denison University | 92 | 22 |
| 22 | Webster University | 90 | 23 |
| 23 | Saint Johns (MN) | 73 | 24 |
| 24 | Piedmont | 64 | NR |
| 25 | Williams | 19 | 21 |
Dropped from ranking: Christopher Newport (20).
Others receiving votes: Christopher Newport, 16; Concordia University (Texas), 16; Sewanee: The University of the South, 15; Allegheny, 14; Kenyon College, 10; Berry College, 8; LaGrange, 7; Rochester, 7; La Verne, 6; Willamette, 6; Ohio Wesleyan, 5; Greensboro, 3; McDaniel, 3; Averett, 2; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2; George Fox, 1; Hope 1; Otterbein, 1; Rosemont College, 1.
