Huntingdon New Number One Team in Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches' Poll
NEW YORK, NY?The third Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches? Poll of the fall season has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, NIKE Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). Huntingdon is the new number one team, earning five of the 13 first-place votes. The Hawks were victorious at the Greensboro Invitational in September and have a 30-1 record thus far in 2008-09. Rounding out the top-five are Methodist (No. 2), Saint John?s (Minn.) (No. 3), Oglethorpe (No. 4) and Illinois Wesleyan (No. 5). Guilford (No. 6) and UT-Tyler (No. 10) cracked the top-10, after being ranked 11th and 12th, respectively, in the previous coaches? poll. UT-Dallas (No. 18), Greensboro College (T-19), Central (No. 21), Linfield (No. 24) and Wisconsin-Stout (No. 25) all moved into the top-25. Visit Golf World Senior Writer Ryan Herrington?s ?Campus Insider? blog to find out the latest on collegiate golf: http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.
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Division III - October 15, 2008 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Huntingdon (5) | 309 | 5 |
| 2 | Methodist (2) | 304 | 2 |
| 3 | Saint John's (Minn.) (4) | 280 | 1 |
| 4 | Oglethorpe | 275 | 4 |
| 5 | Illinois Wesleyan (1) | 249 | 10 |
| 6 | Guilford | 242 | 11 |
| 7 | Skidmore | 238 | 6 |
| 8 | Redlands | 220 | 3 |
| 9 | Ohio Wesleyan (1) | 201 | 8 |
| 10 | UT-Tyler | 192 | 12 |
| 11 | Rhodes | 158 | 13 |
| 12 | Emory | 145 | 9 |
| 13 | LaVerne | 141 | 7 |
| 14 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 122 | T16 |
| 15 | Texas Lutheran | 106 | 18 |
| 16 | La Grange | 95 | 20 |
| 17 | Centre | 82 | 23 |
| 18 | UT-Dallas | 76 | NR |
| T19 | Greensboro College | 68 | NR |
| T19 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 68 | 14 |
| 21 | Central | 58 | NR |
| 22 | Allegheny | 58 | 21 |
| 23 | Wesley | 49 | T16 |
| 24 | Linfield | 48 | NR |
| 25 | Wisconsin-Stout | 47 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Transylvania, 38; Olivet, 32; St. John Fisher, 30; Carthage, 26; Gustavus Adolphus, 26; Salem State, 22; Christopher Newport, 21; Bridgewater, 19; McMurry, 19; NYU, 17; Trinity,17; Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 16; Carnegie Mellon, 14; Franklin & Marshall, 13; Rochester, 11; Southwestern, 11; Washington & Lee, 10; Luther, 8; Piedmont, 8; Williams, 8; DePauw, 6; Otterbein, 4; Mount Union, 2; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 1; Wisconsin Lutheran, 1.
Dropped from Ranking: Bethel (Minn.) (#25), Gustavus Adolphus (#19), St. John Fisher (#15), Transylvania (#22), Washington & Lee (#24).