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Hawks Continue as No. 1 in April 17, 2026 Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll

NORMAN, Okla. – With victories in five of their last six tournaments, including the Capital City Classic by five strokes on April 7 against nine other top-25 teams, Huntingdon is No. 1 for the fourth consecutive Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll. The Hawks received all 16 first-place votes and 400 points on April 17.

Carnegie Mellon, Methodist, Washington and Lee, and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rounded out the top five, while Sewanee, Emory, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Illinois Wesleyan, and Kenyon completed the top 10.

See the rest of the top 25 below. 12 others received votes. The final Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll of the 2025-26 season will be released on May 8.

2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - April 17

Rank

University

Points

Previous

1

Huntingdon (16)

400

1

2

Carnegie Mellon

383

3

3

Methodist

363

6

4

Washington and Lee

344

2

5

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

327

7

6

Sewanee

322

5

7

Emory

299

4

8

Mary Hardin-Baylor

288

9

9

Illinois Wesleyan

286

8

10

Kenyon

253

10

11

Aurora

230

11

12

Oglethorpe

213

14

13

Piedmont

201

13

14

Trinity (TX)

175

16

15

LeTourneau

163

RV

16

Southwestern (TX)

162

12

17

Lynchburg

125

18

18

Rochester

124

19

19

Willamette

101

15

20

Babson

96

20

21

Whitman

92

24

22

Transylvania

72

21

23

Gustavus Adolphus

63

17

24

Wittenberg

31

22

25

Pomona-Pitzer

27

23

Others Receiving Votes: Bridgewater (17), Dubuque (8), Gettysburg (7), NYU (6), Linfield (5), Amherst (3), Hampden-Sydney (2), McDaniel (2), Drew (1), Greensboro (1), Guilford (1), Skidmore (1).