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Washington & Lee is Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll New No. 1

NORMAN, Okla. - For the first time in the last 11 Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Polls, there is a new top-ranked team. After gaining the program’s first No. 1 ranking on October 16 via Scoreboard powered by Clippd, Washington & Lee received their first-ever Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll No. 1 on November 1. The Generals, who broke multiple team records while winning the Golfweek October Classic on October 15, received 10 first-place votes and 274 points in the process.

Methodist (one first-place vote), Illinois Wesleyan, Emory, and Sewanee rounded out the top five, while Oglethorpe, Carnegie Mellon, LeTourneau, Lynchburg, and Huntingdon completed the top 10. 

Southwestern (TX) (33 to 12), Guilford (29 to 13), and Sewanee (T-21 to 5) elevated 16 or more spots from October 11. 

See the rest of the top 25 below. Averett, Saint John's (MN), Nebraska Wesleyan, Wittenberg, Trinity (TX), Rhodes, Pomona-Pitzer, and John Carroll were others who received votes.

2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - November 1

Rank

University

Points

Previous

 

1

Washington & Lee (10)

274

6

 

2

Methodist (1)

262

1

 

3

Illinois Wesleyan

237

4

 

4

Emory

232

2

 

5

Sewanee

231

T-21

 

6

Oglethorpe

217

5

 

7

Carnegie Mellon

200

3

 

8

LeTourneau

199

13

 

9

Lynchburg

184

10

 

10

Huntingdon

172

7

 

11

Aurora

159

T-11

 

12

Southwestern (TX)

152

RV

 

13

Guilford

141

RV

 

14

Hampden-Sydney

120

17

 

15

Wisconsin-Eau Claire

114

20

 

16

Carleton

83

23

 

17

Rochester

81

25

 

18

Berry

79

19

 

19

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

78

8

 

20

Bethel (MN)

70

15

 

21

Kenyon

66

T-11

 

22

Gustavus Adolphus

55

RV

 

23

Gettysburg

48

RV

 

24

Babson

22

16

 

25

Redlands

21

9

 

Others Receiving Votes: Averett (19), Saint John's (MN) (18), Nebraska Wesleyan (14), Wittenberg (13), Trinity (TX) (6), Rhodes (4), Pomona-Pitzer (3), John Carroll (1).