NORMAN, Okla. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's golf team clocked in at No. 8 in the most recent edition of the Golf Coaches Association of America Bushnell/Golfweek DIII Coaches Poll, announced by the organization Friday morning, March 27. 

IWU has played in one tournament in its spring campaign, placing seventh at the Jekyll Island Intercollegiate Invitational. Sophomore Pablo Castro (Palatine, Ill.-Palatine) led the Titans with a third-place finish, carding a 12-under par score of 204 for the tournament. Castro's three-day total was the lowest of his career and the second-lowest in program history. 

The winners of the Jekyll Island Intercollegiate, Huntingdon, remained at No. 1 with 375 points and all 15 first-place votes. Washington and Lee rose to second with 354 points, while Carnegie Mellon stayed steady in third with 334 points. Emory (304) and Sewanee (303) rounded out the top-five teams. IWU moved from the sixth-spot in the previous poll to the eighth position with 275 points.

The Titans return home to host the IWU Invite Friday-Saturday, April 3-4, at Weibring Golf Course and Ironwood Golf Course in Normal, Ill. 


2025-26 Bushnell/Golfweek Division III Coaches Poll - March 27
 

Rank	University	Points	Previous
1	Huntingdon (15)	375	1
2	Washington and Lee	354	4
3	Carnegie Mellon	334	3
4	Emory	304	2
5	Sewanee	303	8
6	Methodist	299	9
7	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	289	11
8	Illinois Wesleyan	275	6
9	Mary Hardin-Baylor	242	5
10	Kenyon	220	16
11	Aurora	219	10
12	Southwestern (TX)	197	13
13	Piedmont	196	19
14	Oglethorpe	182	7
15	Willamette	145	15
16	Trinity (TX)	132	18
17	Gustavus Adolphus	125	14
18	Lynchburg	110	RV
19	Rochester	105	12
20	Babson	87	RV
21	Transylvania	84	20
22	Wittenberg	71	17
23	Pomona-Pitzer	63	RV
24	Whitman	29	21
25	Carleton	25	22

Others Receiving Votes: LeTourneau (23), Gettysburg (15), Guilford (12), Hampden-Sydney (12), Berry (11), Bethel (MN) (10), Greensboro (8), Rhodes (7), Redlands (6), Skidmore (3), UW-Eau Claire (2), McDaniel (1).