Posted Thursday, April 13, 2006 Guilford Remains On Top of GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll NORMAN, Okla. ? The seventh through 11th positions - Emory, Nebraska Wesleyan, Saint Johns (Minn.), Gustavus Adolphus and La Grange - remained unchanged. Greensboro made the biggest jump of the week - up five rungs to No. 12 - followed by Redlands, Texas Lutheran and Allegheny to close out the top 15. Rhodes dropped a slot to 16th while Skidmore fell three spots of its own to No. 17. California Lutheran rose three rungs to 18th, ahead of Ohio Wesleyan, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Central, DePauw and Transylvania. Illinois Wesleyan and Saint Thomas tied for 24th to round out this week?s poll. Franklin and New York dropped from the rankings. The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at Division III institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of America. The next GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released May 4.
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GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Guilford (12) | 391 | 1 |
| 2 | Methodist (1) | 372 | 2 |
| 3 | Oglethorpe (1) | 363 | 3 |
| 4 | Huntingdon (2) | 338 | 4 |
| 5 | Otterbein | 332 | 6 |
| 6 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 299 | 5 |
| 7 | Emory | 280 | 7 |
| 8 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 275 | 8 |
| 9 | Saint John's (Minn.) | 255 | 9 |
| 10 | Gustavus Adolphus | 202 | 10 |
| 11 | La Grange | 200 | 11 |
| 12 | Greensboro | 185 | 17 |
| 13 | Redlands | 167 | 13 |
| 14 | Texas Lutheran | 163 | 12 |
| 15 | Allegheny | 144 | 16 |
| 16 | Rhodes | 140 | 15 |
| 17 | Skidmore | 130 | 14 |
| 18 | California Lutheran | 121 | 21 |
| 19 | Ohio Wesleyan | 117 | 19 |
| 20 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 102 | 18 |
| 21 | Central | 89 | 89 |
| 22 | DePauw | 48 | 24 |
| 23 | Transylvania | 45 | NR |
| T24 | Illinois Wesleyan | 39 | NR |
| T24 | Saint Thomas | 39 | 23 |
Dropped from Rankings: Franklin, New York
Others Receiving Votes: Christopher Newport 32, Bridgewater 29, Washington & Jefferson 29, Washington & Lee 29, McMurray 28, Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 21, New York 21, St. John Fisher 19, Williams 18, LaVerne 17, Rochester 16, Salem State 14, Carnegie-Mellon 13, Millikin 13, Franklin 12, Hardin-Simmons 12, Wesley 11, Baldwin-Wallace 10, Hope 8, Averett 5, Trinity University 2, Hamilton 1, Olivet 1, Pomona-Pitzer 1, University of the South 1, Wartburg 1