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.
