NEW YORK, NY - Led by fourth-ranked Oglethorpe
University, the SCAC has three schools ranked in the initial spring
Golf World/NIKE Golf Division III Coaches' Poll.
In addition to Oglethorpe, Rhodes College is ranked 10th and Centre
College is 17th.
Southwestern University, Trinity University and DePauw University
all received votes - meaning 67 percent of the league's eligible
men's teams are receiving votes in the Coaches' Poll.
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Division III - February 18, 2009 |
| Rank | University (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Huntingdon (15) | 423 | 1 |
| 2 | Methodist (1) | 407 | 2 |
| 3 | Skidmore | 374 | 3 |
| 4 | Oglethorpe | 346 | 5 |
| 5 | Saint John's (Minn.) | 329 | 6 |
| 6 | Illinois Wesleyan | 326 | 4 |
| 7 | Guilford | 318 | 7 |
| 8 | UT-Tyler | 282 | 8 |
| 9 | Ohio Wesleyan | 245 | 9 |
| 10 | Rhodes | 230 | 11 |
| 11 | Redlands (1) | 222 | 10 |
| 12 | Texas Lutheran | 210 | 12 |
| 13 | LaVerne | 205 | 14 |
| 14 | Emory | 202 | 13 |
| 15 | Linfield | 130 | 17 |
| 16 | UT-Dallas | 124 | 15 |
| 17 | Centre | 122 | 16 |
| 18 | Carthage | 103 | 20 |
| 19 | Greensboro College | 101 | 19 |
| 20 | La Grange | 94 | 18 |
| 21 | Central | 72 | 22 |
| 22 | Wisconsin-Stout | 70 | 23 |
| 23 | John Carroll | 66 | 24 |
| 24 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 60 | 21 |
| 25 | Trinity College | 47 | NR |
Others Receiving
Votes:
Gustavus Adolphus, 39; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 34; Nebraska
Wesleyan, 33; Franklin & Marshall, 32; Olivet, 24; Washington
& Lee, 20; Allegheny, 19; McMurry, 17; Rochester, 17;
Transylvania, 17; California Lutheran, 16; Salem State, 15;
Bridgewater, 13; Christopher Newport, 13; Husson, 12; Middlebury,
10; Otterbein, 10; Hardin-Simmons, 9; Southwestern,
9; Carnegie-Mellon, 8' Hope, 8; NYU, 7; Nichols, 6; Saint
Thomas, 6; St. John Fisher, 5; Trinity University,
4; DePauw, 3; Whitworth, 3; Millikan, 2;
Pomona-Pitzer, 2; Mount Union, 1; Williams, 1; Wisconsin-Eau
Claire, 1; Wittenberg, 1.