Defending National Champion Monarchs are No. 1 in Preseason 2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll
NORMAN, Okla. - Winners of six tournaments and the program’s unprecedented 15th national championship under GCAA Hall of Fame coach Steve Conley a season ago, Methodist tops the first Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll of 2025-26. The Monarchs received 15 first-place votes and 418 points on August 29 for the preseason poll.
Washington and Lee (one first-place vote), Emory, Illinois Wesleyan, and Sewanee rounded out the top five, while Oglethorpe, Huntingdon, Lynchburg, Carnegie Mellon (one first-place vote), and Aurora completed the top 10.
See the rest of the top 25 below. 17 others received votes.
2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - Preseason
|
Rank |
University |
Points |
|
1 |
Methodist (15) |
418 |
|
2 |
Washington and Lee (1) |
387 |
|
3 |
Emory |
386 |
|
4 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
363 |
|
5 |
Sewanee |
329 |
|
6 |
Oglethorpe |
325 |
|
7 |
Huntingdon |
316 |
|
8 |
Lynchburg |
281 |
|
9 |
Carnegie Mellon (1) |
280 |
|
10 |
Aurora |
248 |
|
11 |
Trinity (TX) |
201 |
|
12 |
Kenyon |
196 |
|
13 |
LeTourneau |
188 |
|
14 |
Redlands |
178 |
|
T-15 |
Gettysburg |
174 |
|
T-15 |
Guilford |
174 |
|
17 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
138 |
|
18 |
Southwestern (TX) |
118 |
|
19 |
Hampden-Sydney |
115 |
|
20 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
107 |
|
21 |
Rochester |
96 |
|
22 |
Babson |
76 |
|
23 |
Berry |
71 |
|
24 |
Gustavus Adolphus |
53 |
|
25 |
Willamette |
40 |
Others Receiving Votes: UW-Eau Claire (33), Wittenberg (30), Amherst (27), Mary Hardin-Baylor (26), Carleton (25), Saint John's (MN) (21), Greensboro (19), John Carroll (17), Skidmore (16), Bethel (MN) (10), RPI (10), Averett (8), Rhodes (7), Trinity (CT) (7), Piedmont (2), Cal Lutheran (1), Mount St. Joseph (1).