The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has released its third spring coaches poll and in Division III, the top team remained at the top.
University of Redlands holds steady in the top spot after receiving nine first-place votes. The Bulldogs have won all three of their spring starts. In the poll, Redlands is followed closely by Methodist University with three first-place votes.
Centre College, recent winner of the Golfweek Division III Spring Invite, jumps 23 places to No. 3 with one first-place vote, while Carnegie Mellon University and George Fox University remain in the top five at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.
Check out the full rankings below.
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Division III Coaches Poll
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | University of Redlands (9) | 334 |
2 | Methodist University (3) | 326 |
3 | Centre College (1) | 312 |
4 | Carnegie Mellon University (1) | 304 |
5 | George Fox University | 295 |
6 | Bethel University | 238 |
7 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 214 |
8 | University of Texas at Dallas | 213 |
9 | University of California, Santa Cruz | 209 |
10 | Emory University | 175 |
11 | York College of Pennsylvania | 166 |
12 | Washington and Lee University | 156 |
13 | St. Catherine University | 145 |
14 | Rhodes College | 142 |
15 | California Lutheran University | 135 |
16 | Illinois Wesleyan University | 127 |
17 | Berry College | 122 |
18 | Chapman University | 118 |
19 | Trinity University (Texas) | 109 |
20 | Williams College | 103 |
21 | Washington University in St. Louis | 89 |
22 | Southwestern University | 53 |
23 | New York University | 49 |
24 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 41 |
25 | Saint Mary’s College (IN) | 39 |
Others Receiving Votes: Hope College (37); Oglethorpe University (35); Carleton College (31); Huntingdon College (31); Denison University (27); Pomona-Pitzer (27); East Texas Baptist University (26); Amherst College (25); DePauw University (20); Middlebury College (19); Gustavus Adolphus College (18); University of Wisconsin, Whitewater (14); Carthage College (9); Sewanee: The University of the South (9); Birmingham Southern College (4); Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (2); University of St. Thomas (2)