GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford College’s men’s golf team took first place in the second NCAA Division III Golf World/Nike Golf and Golf Coaches Association of America Coaches’ Poll of the season, released Thursday. The Quakers earned 15 of the 19 first-place votes to move from fourth to the top spot. Illinois Wesleyan University ranks second, followed by Methodist University in third with one first-place vote. The University of Texas at Tyler and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges round out the top five.
Guilford is also ranked first in the Nov. 2 Golfstat.com NCAA Division III Relative Rankings. The Quakers are in front of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and the University of Redlands in those ratings.
The Quakers earned their top rankings thanks to victories at the Golfweek Fall Invitational and the O’Briant-Jensen Memorial, along with a second-place effort at the Gordin Division III Preview. Guilford currently has three players ranked among the top 50 Division III players according to Golfstat.com’s Head-to-Head Player Standings, including top-ranked Noah Ratner (Asheville, N.C./Asheville), who won three of four events this fall. Ratner has also received ODAC Player of the Week three times this season.
Nov. 7 Golf World/Nike Division III Coaches’ Poll
Rank School (First-place votes) Points Last
1. Guilford (15) 452 4
2. Illinois Wesleyan 408 5
3. Methodist (1) 402 2
4. UT-Tyler 390 7
5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 363 16
6. Oglethorpe 337 11
7. Christopher Newport 324 20
8. Redlands 304 10
9. St. John’s (Minn.) (1) 285 3
10. Huntingdon 278 6
Transylvania 278 12