With two victories in its final three fall tournaments, Christopher Newport is the Bushnell/Golfweek Division III coaches poll’s top-ranked team for Nov. 18.
The Captains, who jumped from No. 5 in the Oct. 28 poll, received all nine first-place votes and 413 points for their first No. 1 ranking of 2022-23.
Emory (five first-place votes), Methodist (one first-place vote), Wittenberg (one first-place vote), and Piedmont round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Redlands, Willamette, Illinois Wesleyan and Washington & Lee complete the top 10.
The biggest movers with Christopher Newport were Saint John’s (MN) (one first-place vote), who rose from No. 20 to No. 16, and Sewanee (No. 18 from No. 22).
| Rank | Team (first-place votes) | Points | Previous |
| 1 | Christopher Newport (9) | 413 | 5 |
| 2 | Emory (5) | 401 | 1 |
| 3 | Methodist (1) | 399 | 2 |
| 4 | Wittenberg (1) | 364 | 3 |
| 5 | Piedmont | 344 | 4 |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon | 336 | 6 |
| 7 | Redlands | 316 | 7 |
| 8 | Willamette | 293 | 8 |
| 9 | Illinois Wesleyan | 285 | 10 |
| 10 | Washington & Lee | 270 | 9 |
| 11 | Oglethorpe | 248 | 12 |
| 12 | LeTourneau | 209 | 14 |
| 13 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 195 | 11 |
| 14 | Guilford | 172 | 13 |
| 15 | Texas-Dallas | 168 | 16 |
| 16 | Saint Johns (MN) (1) | 165 | 20 |
| 17 | Pomona-Pitzer | 161 | 15 |
| 18 | Sewanee | 125 | 22 |
| 19 | Huntingdon | 118 | 18 |
| 20 | Greensboro | 95 | 17 |
| 21 | Trinity (TX) | 91 | 21 |
| 22 | California Lutheran | 56 | 18 |
| 23 | RPI | 46 | 24 |
| 24 | Aurora | 43 | 23 |
| 25 | East Texas Baptist | 33 | 25 |
Others receiving votes: Rochester (24); Gettysburg (19); Dallas (18); Babson (14); Berry (14); Kenyon (14); Rhodes (13); Hamilton (10); Bethel (9); Skidmore (9); Gustavus Adolphus (8); Wisconsin-Eau Claire (6); Centre (5); Luther (4); Southwestern (TX) (4); Averett (2); Franklin & Marshall (2); Concordia (TX) (1); Lynchburg (1); Mary Hardin-Baylor (1); NYU (1).
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