NORMAN, Okla. – Defending Division III champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps earned 14 of 19 first-place votes to top the Bushnell Golfweek Preseason Coaches Poll.
Methodist ranked second with one first-place vote. Huntingdon appeared on two first-place ballots and was No. 3. Fourth-ranked Oglethorpe also tallied a first-place vote. Wittenberg was No. 5 and followed by St. Thomas (MN), Rhodes, Washington & Lee, Otterbein and Berry.
No. 22 Concordia (TX) received the remaining first-place vote.
Bushnell Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - Preseason
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points | NCAA Finals Finish |
| 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (14) | 463 | Champion |
| 2 | Methodist (1) | 434 | T5 |
| 3 | Huntingdon (2) | 426 | 2 |
| 4 | Oglethorpe (1) | 401 | 8 |
| 5 | Wittenberg | 391 | T3 |
| 6 | St. Thomas (MN) | 367 | T5 |
| 7 | Rhodes | 314 | 9 |
| 8 | Washington & Lee | 307 | T3 |
| 9 | Otterbein | 274 | 7 |
| 10 | Berry | 244 | Missed Cut |
| 11 | Illinois Wesleyan | 240 | 11 |
| 12 | Emory | 236 | Missed Cut |
| 13 | LaGrange | 217 | 14 |
| 14 | California Lutheran | 173 | DNQ |
| 15 | Franklin & Marshall | 168 | T12 |
| T16 | Redlands | 166 | DNQ |
| T16 | UT Tyler | 166 | Missed Cut |
| 18 | St. John Fisher | 163 | 10 |
| 19 | Guilford | 115 | DNQ |
| 20 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 107 | DNQ |
| 21 | Transylvania | 85 | T12 |
| 22 | Concordia (TX) (1) | 83 | Missed Cut |
| 23 | Spalding | 67 | 15 |
| 24 | Saint John's (MN) | 66 | DNQ |
| 25 | Greensboro | 57 | DNQ |
| Others Receiving Votes: Gustavus Adolphus, 56; Allegheny, 54; Centre, 39; Bethel (MN), 37; Middlebury, 26; Rochester, 26; Carnegie Mellon, 25; La Verne, 23; Western New England, 23; Christopher Newport, 21; Willamette, 19; Southwestern (TX), 17; Skidmore, 11; Hope, 10; Babson, 8; Rhode Island College, 8; Whitworth, 6; Trinity (CT), 5; Schreiner, 5; Trinity (TX), 4; McDaniel, 3; Texas Lutheran, 3; Virginia Wesleyan, 3; Augsburg, 2; Carthage, 2; Chapman, 2; Piedmont, 2; Kenyon, 1; Millikin, 1; Occidental, 1; Pacific Lutheran, 1; Rutgers-Camden, 1. | |||