Washington and Lee is Spring 2025’s First Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll No. 1
NORMAN, Okla. - Beginning their spring slate at the Port City Classic March 3-4, Washington and Lee topped their second straight and second-ever Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll on February 28. The Generals received 16 first-place votes and 447 points in the process.
Methodist (two first-place votes), Emory, Illinois Wesleyan, and Sewanee rounded out the top five, while Oglethorpe, Carnegie Mellon, Aurora, Lynchburg, and LeTourneau completed the top 10.
Trinity (TX) (30 to 15) and Redlands (25 to T-18) elevated seven or more spots from November 1.
See the rest of the top 25 below. Averett, Babson, La Verne, Nebraska Wesleyan, Piedmont, Pomona-Pitzer, Saint John's (MN), and Skidmore were others who received votes.
2024-25 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - February 28, 2025
|
Rank |
University |
Points |
Previous |
|
1 |
Washington and Lee (16) |
447 |
1 |
|
2 |
Methodist (2) |
432 |
2 |
|
3 |
Emory |
399 |
4 |
|
4 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
396 |
3 |
|
5 |
Sewanee |
373 |
5 |
|
6 |
Oglethorpe |
362 |
6 |
|
7 |
Carnegie Mellon |
313 |
7 |
|
8 |
Aurora |
311 |
11 |
|
9 |
Lynchburg |
300 |
9 |
|
10 |
LeTourneau |
299 |
8 |
|
11 |
Huntingdon |
278 |
10 |
|
12 |
Guilford |
249 |
13 |
|
13 |
Southwestern (TX) |
225 |
12 |
|
14 |
UW-Eau Claire |
205 |
15 |
|
15 |
Trinity (TX) |
188 |
RV |
|
16 |
Hampden-Sydney |
172 |
14 |
|
17 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
147 |
19 |
|
T-18 |
Berry |
120 |
18 |
|
T-18 |
Redlands |
120 |
25 |
|
20 |
Carleton |
105 |
16 |
|
21 |
Bethel (MN) |
96 |
20 |
|
22 |
Rochester |
89 |
17 |
|
23 |
Gustavus Adolphus |
65 |
22 |
|
24 |
Kenyon |
59 |
21 |
|
25 |
Gettysburg |
35 |
23 |
Others Receiving Votes: Averett (28), Babson (21), La Verne (7), Nebraska Wesleyan (5), Piedmont (1), Pomona-Pitzer (1), Saint John's (MN) (1), Skidmore (1).