Guilford jumps from No. 8 to No. 1 in Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll

Guilford has ended the Illinois Wesleyan men’s golf team run as the top-ranked team in the Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.

Guilford has ended the Illinois Wesleyan men’s golf team run as the top-ranked team in the Division III Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll.

Illinois Wesleyan was ranked No. 1 for eight polls in a row but this time around, it’s Guilford’s turn at the top. The Greensboro, North Carolina, college won the Jekyll Island Collegiate on Sunday in Georgia, and saw James Mishoe take medalist honors in the event, his fifth collegiate title.

Methodist got four first-place votes and finds itself ranked second. Huntingdon, Emory and Illinois Wesleyan make up the rest of the top five.

Division III

Rank University (First-place votes) Points Previous
1 Guilford (12) 417 8
2 Methodist (4) 40 5
3 Huntingdon 399 T-2
4 Emory 371 T-2
5 Illinois Wesleyan (1) 350 1
6 Piedmont 321 7
7 Greensboro 292 T-11
8 Carnegie Mellon 263 4
9 Hampden-Sydney 228 6
10 Trinity University (TX) 210 NR
11 Washington & Lee 207 T-18
12 Oglethorpe 185 16
13 Averett 177 NR
14 Christopher Newport 174 NR
15 Mary Hardin-Baylor 154 T-11
16 Pfeiffer 128 NR
17 McMurry 121 NR
18 LaGrange 118 NR
19 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 85 10
20 St. Thomas (MN) 84 9
21 Wittenberg 79 T-14
22 Gustavus Adolphus 75 13
23 Concordia University (TX) 71 NR
24 Redlands 62 21
25 University of Texas-Dallas 57 NR

Dropped From Ranking: Aurora Univ. (25); Hardin-Simmons (20); Nebraska Wesleyan, (24); New York Univ. (17); Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, (23); Saint Johns (MN) (22); Southwestern (TX) (T-18); Wisconsin-Eau Claire (T-14).

Others receiving votes: Rhodes, 56; Wisconsin Eau-Claire, 46; New York Univ. 39; Webster, 38; LeTourneau, 37; Saint Johns (MN), 34; MacMurray, 31; Southwestern (TX), 24; Rochester, 23; Sewanee: The Univ. of the South, 21; Kenyon College, 20; Denison Univ., 18; Calvin, 17; Hardin-Simmons, 17; Babson, 16; DePauw, 13; North Carolina Wesleyan, 8; Franklin, 6; Millikin Univ. 6; Skidmore, 6; Transylvania, 4; Whitworth, 4; Willamette, 4; Aurora Univ., 3; Berry College, 3; California Lutheran, 3; Williams, 3; McDaniel, 2; Allegheny, 1; Wabash College, 1.

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