Men's Golf Releases (2004-05) - Golf Poll - March - Guilford College
- METHODIST CONTINUES HOLD ON GCAA/BRIDGESTONE COACHES POLL GUILFORD STAYS IN SECOND
NORMAN, OK (3/4/05) -- Methodist continues its hold on the top spot in the Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll. The Monarchs earned eight first-place votes to stay No. 1. Guilford - who finished the fall ranked second - remained one spot behind Methodist. Guilford defeated top-ranked Methodist by 13 strokes at the Pine Needles/Pfeiffer Intercollegiate earlier this week.
Positions three through five also say no change as Redlands, Oglethorpe and Saint John's held serve. Redlands and Saint John's each received one first-place vote. Emory jumped up two spots to sixth while Gustavus Adolphus climbed three places behind two first-place ballots. Nebraska Wesleyan, Otterbein and Central held eighth through No. 10.
Greensboro and Huntingdon - who earned the final first-place tally - each moved up one position to Nos. 11 and 12, respectively. Texas Lutheran fell two places to No. 13. Ohio Wesleyan, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, LaVerne stayed in spots 14-16. Mary Hardin-Baylor, California Lutheran, La Grange and McMurray round out the top 20.
Skidmore was tied at No. 21 for the second straight poll - this time with Denison. Rhodes - who was tied with Skidmore at No. 21 in the final fall poll - fell to No. 23 and is followed by Saint Thomas and Hardin-Simmons.
The GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll is voted on by a panel of head coaches at
Division III institutions. All are members of the Golf Coaches Association of
America. The next Division III GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll will be released
March 25.
GCAA/Bridgestone Coaches Poll Top 25
Division III - March 4, 2005
| Rank | University | (First-Place Votes) | Points | Prev. |
| 1 | Methodist | (8) | 319 | 1 |
| 2 | Guilford | 287 | 2 | |
| 3 | Redlands | (1) | 273 | 3 |
| 4 | Oglethorpe | 263 | 4 | |
| 5 | Saint John's | (1) | 257 | 5 |
| 6 | Emory | 227 | 8 | |
| 7 | Gustavus Adolphus | (2) | 212 | 10 |
| 8 | Nebraska Wesleyan | 210 | 6 | |
| 9 | Otterbein | 202 | 7 | |
| 10 | Central | 159 | 9 | |
| 11 | Greensboro | 154 | 12 | |
| 12 | Huntingdon | (1) | 147 | 13 |
| 13 | Texas Lutheran | 132 | 11 | |
| 14 | Ohio Wesleyan | 128 | 14 | |
| 15 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 125 | 15 | |
| 16 | LaVerne | 115 | 16 | |
| 17 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 83 | 23 | |
| 18 | California Lutheran | 79 | 25 | |
| 19 | La Grange | 70 | 20 | |
| 20 | McMurray | 68 | 19 | |
| T21 | Denison | 67 | 17 | |
| T21 | Skidmore | 67 | T21 | |
| 23 | Rhodes | 55 | T21 | |
| 24 | Saint Thomas | 51 | 18 | |
| 25 | Hardin-Simmons | 50 | 24 |
Dropped From Rankings: none
Others Receiving Votes: Randolph Macon 48, Franklin 27, St. John Fisher
27, Hope 26, Olivet 20, New York 19, College of New Jersey 18, Claremont
McKenna-Mudd-Scripps 17, Hampden-Sydney 17, Illinois Wesleyan 15, Allegheny 15,
Muskingum 15, Wartburg 15, Willamette 15, LeTourneau 14, Wooster 14, Rochester
13, Washington & Lee 10, Averett 9, Pacific Lutheran 9, Williams 5, Luther 4,
Hamilton 3, Augustana 2, Southwestern 2, Trinity University 2, University of the
South 2, Wesley 2, Husson 1, Millikin 1, Wisconsin Lutheran 1