Methodist is once again the top team in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll.
The Monarchs received 16 of a possible 17 first-place votes. Illinois Wesleyan, ranked ninth, got the other first-place vote.
Emory, Huntingdon, Carnegie Mellon, and Christopher Newport round out the top five.
Guilford was the big mover in this poll, going from No. 24 to No. 8.
Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches’ Poll – September 30
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Methodist (16) | 448 | 1 |
| 2 | Emory | 422 | 2 |
| 3 | Huntingdon | 351 | 3 |
| 4 | Carnegie Mellon | 346 | 4 |
| 5 | Christopher Newport | 324 | 9 |
| 6 | Piedmont | 309 | 11 |
| 7 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 301 | 5 |
| 8 | Guilford | 297 | 24 |
| 9 | Illinois Wesleyan (1) | 291 | 7 |
| 10 | Wittenberg | 288 | 6 |
| 11 | Oglethorpe | 238 | 14 |
| 12 | Sewanee | 222 | 8 |
| 13 | Washington & Lee | 198 | 12 |
| 14 | Greensboro | 193 | 15 |
| 15 | Babson | 150 | 13 |
| 16 | Hampden-Sydney | 149 | 10 |
| 17 | New York University | 116 | 16 |
| 18 | Willamette | 114 | 21 |
| 19 | Redlands | 98 | NR |
| 20 | Berry | 78 | 18 |
| 21 | Saint Johns (MN) | 77 | NR |
| 22 | Lynchburg | 72 | NR |
| 23 | Denison | 66 | 17 |
| 24 | RPI | 63 | NR |
| 25 | Averett | 62 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Rochester (60); Texas-Dallas (59); Aurora (59); Kenyon (57); LeTourneau (49); Mary Hardin-Baylor (46); Skidmore (29); Wisconsin-Eau Claire (27); Trinity (TX) (26); Dallas (26); Pomona-Pitzer (19); Rhodes (18); Gustavus Adolphus (17); Centre (13); York (PA) (13); McDaniel (12); Rhodes (11); Gettysburg (7); Concordia (TX) (6); Trinity (CT) (3); Concordia (WI) (2); Hamilton (2); Bethel (2); Franklin & Marshall (1); Drew (1); Whitman (1).
