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Emory tops Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll’s for Oct. 28

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With top-three finishes in four of their five fall tournaments thus far, including wins at the Piedmont Invitational and Golfweek D-III Invitational, Emory is the Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll’s top-ranked team for Oct. 28. The Eagles received all 18 first-place votes for their first No. 1 ranking of 2022-23.

Methodist, Wittenberg (moved up seven spots from No. 10 to No. 3), Piedmont, and Christopher Newport round out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Redlands, who jumped 12 spots up from No. 19 to No. 7, Willamette (moved up 10 spots to No. 8), Washington & Lee, and Illinois Wesleyan complete the top 10.

California Lutheran (No. 19) and East Texas Baptist (No. 25) made their first appearances in the top 25 in 2022-23, while five others who received votes on September 30 are in.

Babson, Berry, Kenyon, Hamilton, Rhodes, Rochester, Gettysburg, Skidmore, Occidental, Dallas, Lynchburg, Averett, Denison, Trinity, Chapman, NYU and Whitman were others receiving votes in this poll.

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points Previous
1 Emory (18) 450 2
2 Methodist 429 1
3 Wittenberg 378 10
4 Piedmont 357 6
5 Christopher Newport 343 5
6 Carnegie Mellon 334 4
7 Redlands 330 19
8 Willamette 318 18
9 Washington & Lee 300 13
10 Illinois Wesleyan 288 9
11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 275 7
12 Oglethorpe 247 11
13 Guilford 202 8
14 LeTourneau 189 NR
15 Pomona-Pitzer 174 NR
16 Texas-Dallas 156 NR
17 Greensboro 142 14
18 Huntingdon 129 3
19 California Lutheran 119 NR
20 Saint Johns 107 21
21 Trinity 82 NR
22 Sewanee 81 12
23 Aurora 71 NR
24 RPI 59 24
25 East Texas Baptist 35 NR

Others receiving votes: Babson (31); Berry (28); Kenyon (25); Hamilton (24); Rhodes (24); Rochester (24); Gettysburg (23); Skidmore (18); Occidental (16); Dallas (13); Lynchburg (11); Averett (7); Denison (6); Trinity (CT) (5); Chapman (2); NYU (2); Whitman (1).

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