Illinois Wesleyan is No. 1 in the Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll

The Titans garnered 12 of the 15 first-place votes as they maintain their top spot in the Div. III rankings.

Illinois Wesleyan is king of the hill in the first Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll of 2021.

The Titans garnered 12 of the 15 first-place votes as they maintain their top spot in the Division III rankings.

Huntingdon, Emory, Carnegie Mellon and Methodist round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon (1) and No. 6 Piedmont (2) received the other first-place votes.

Here are the Top 25 rankings for Div. III men’s college golf.

Division II

Rank University (First-place votes) Points Previous
1 Illinois Wesleyan (12) 360 1
2 Huntingdon 231 2
3 Emory 230 3
4 Carnegie Mellon (1) 210 4
5 Methodist 190 8
6 Piedmont (2) 182 24
7 Hampden-Sydney 171 5
8 Mary Hardin-Baylor 154 NR
9 Guilford 150 11
10 St. Thomas (MN) 144 6
T-11 Greensboro 136 NR
T-11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 136 7
T-11 Gustavus Adolphus 136 9
T-14 Hardin-Simmons 126 NR
T-14 New York University 126 13
16 Aurora University 121 20
17 Wittenberg 112 24
T-18 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 110 10
T-18 Oglethorpe 110 T-18
20 Southwestern (TX) 108 12
21 Calvin 105 NR
22 Washington & Lee 99 T-18
23 East Texas Baptist 95 NR
24 Nebraska Wesleyan 90 NR
25 Trine University 85 NR

Dropped From Ranking: Babson (15); Denison Univ. (21); Redlands (17); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (16); Saint Johns (MN) (23); Webster Univ. (22); Williams (25).

Others receiving votes: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 80; Howard Payne Univ., 75; Transylvania, 75; Adrian College, 72; Redlands, 72; Luther, 60; Belhaven College, 55; Babson, 54; Dubuque Univ., 50; Wisconsin Lutheran, 48; Rochester, 45; Central College, 35; Loras, 32; Berry College, 30; Denison Univ., 30; Bluffton Univ., 25; Wartburg, 25; Webster Univ., 24; LaGrange, 21; California Lutheran, 20; Coe College, 20; Christopher Newport, 18; Concordia (WI), 18; Williams, 18; Concordia Univ. (TX), 16; Northwestern – St. Paul, 15; Kenyon College, 14; McDaniel, 14; Averett, 10; Saint John (MN), 10; Williamette, 7; Rhodes, 6; Allegheny, 5; Skidmore, 5; Whitworth, 5; Wisconsin Superior, 5; Milwaukee School of Engineering, 4; Wisconsin Stout, 4; Middlebury, 3; Morrisville State, 3; Sewanee: The Univ. of the South, 3; Widener, 3; Pomona-Pitzer Athletics, 2; Wesley, 2; Hope, 1; Immaculata, 1.