Hawks Claim Top Spot in Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches’ Poll for September 25, 2026
NORMAN, Okla. – With victories in their first two tournaments of 2026-27, Huntingdon is No. 1 for the sixth time in the last seven Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches’ Polls dating back to October 31, 2025. The Hawks, winners of the Gate City Invite by four strokes on September 15 and the NCAA DIII Fall Preview at Kingsmill Resort by two strokes on September 22, received 11 first-place votes and 394 points on September 25.
Kenyon, Emory, previous-No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (five first-place votes), and Illinois Wesleyan rounded out the top five. Carnegie Mellon, Sewanee, Methodist, Aurora, and Oglethorpe completed the top 10.
See the rest of the top 25 below. No. T-21 John Carroll and No. 24 Shenandoah entered for the first time in 2026-27 after not being ranked in the preseason poll on September 4.
21 others also received votes. The third 2026-27 Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches’ Poll will be released on Friday, October 16.
2026-27 Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll - September 25
|
RANK |
UNIVERSITY (FIRST-PLACE VOTES) |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
|
1 |
Huntingdon (11) |
394 |
2 |
|
2 |
Kenyon |
361 |
9 |
|
3 |
Emory |
353 |
6 |
|
4 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (5) |
343 |
1 |
|
5 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
341 |
4 |
|
6 |
Carnegie Mellon |
336 |
3 |
|
7 |
Sewanee |
288 |
7 |
|
8 |
Methodist |
286 |
5 |
|
9 |
Aurora |
269 |
10 |
|
10 |
Oglethorpe |
253 |
12 |
|
11 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
225 |
11 |
|
12 |
Washington and Lee |
220 |
8 |
|
13 |
Trinity (TX) |
171 |
15 |
|
14 |
Transylvania |
143 |
16 |
|
15 |
Southwestern (TX) |
135 |
19 |
|
16 |
LeTourneau |
134 |
13 |
|
17 |
Piedmont |
117 |
14 |
|
18 |
Rochester |
89 |
17 |
|
19 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
77 |
25 |
|
20 |
Babson |
62 |
20 |
|
T-21 |
John Carroll |
57 |
RV |
|
T-21 |
Willamette |
57 |
18 |
|
23 |
Guilford |
54 |
22 |
|
24 |
Shenandoah |
51 |
NR |
|
25 |
Lynchburg |
50 |
21 |
Dropped Out: Gustavus Adolphus (No. T-23; RV), Whitman (No. T-23; RV).
Receiving Votes (Points): Bethel (MN) (49), Whitman (47), UW-Eau Claire (42), Greensboro (34), Dubuque (26), Gustavus Adolphus (25), Redlands (17), Carleton (15), Gettysburg (14), Hampden-Sydney (12), Trinity (CT) (12), Wittenberg (12), UW-Stout (8), Amherst (6), Linfield (6), Franklin & Marshall (5), Tufts (5), Berry (3), Rhodes (3), NYU (1), Williams (1).
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