Methodist Remains Unanimous Number One
Posted April 4, 2007
Methodist Remains Unanimous Number One
NEW YORK, NY?The third Golf World/Nike Golf Division III Coaches? Poll has been released, combining the resources of Golf World magazine, Nike Golf and the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The complete results, including results from Divisions I, II and the NAIA, will appear in the April 6 issue of Golf World.
Methodist is again the unanimous No.1 team, earning all twelve first-place votes. The Monarchs won the Jekyll Island Invitational last week and finished second at the Camp LeJeune Intercollegiate this weekend.
Rounding out the top five are: Guilford (No.2); Huntingdon (No.3); Oglethorpe (No.4); Saint Johns's (Minn.) (Minn.) (No.5).
| Golf World/NIKE Golf Coaches Poll Top 25 Division III - April 4, 2007 |
| Rank | University | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Methodist (12) | 300 | 1 |
| 2 | Guilford | 276 | 3 |
| 3 | Huntingdon | 275 | 2 |
| 4 | Oglethorpe | 255 | 5 |
| 5 | Saint John's (Minn.) | 224 | 6 |
| 6 | Rhodes | 217 | 7 |
| 7 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 198 | 16 |
| 8 | Emory | 194 | 4 |
| 9 | LaGrange | 182 | 10 |
| 10 | Skidmore | 178 | 8 |
| 11 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 173 | 9 |
| T12 | La Verne | 143 | 13 |
| T12 | McMurry | 143 | 11 |
| 14 | Illinois Wesleyan | 137 | 17 |
| 15 | Gustavus Adolphus | 124 | T14 |
| 16 | Transylvania | 121 | 12 |
| 17 | Allegheny | 103 | 18 |
| 18 | Central (Iowa) | 86 | 20 |
| T19 | Ohio Wesleyan | 76 | T14 |
| T19 | Texas Lutheran | 76 | 21 |
| 21 | Otterbein | 63 | 22 |
| 22 | St. John Fisher | 56 | 23 |
| 23 | Washington & Lee | 55 | 19 |
| 24 | Hope | 47 | NR |
| 25 | Washington & Jefferson | 40 | NR |
Dropped from Rankings: Mary Hardin-Baylor (#24), Whitworth (#25)
Others Receiving Votes: Redlands 39, Mary Hardin-Baylor 36, Rochester 15, DePauw 14, Olivet 14, Maryville 13, Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 7, Whitworth 7, Linfield 5, Christopher Newport 4, Trinity University 2, Augsburg 1, Baldwin-Wallace 1