NORMAN, Okla. — The Lincoln Memorial University men's golf team continued its climb in the latest Bushnell/Golfweek DII Coaches' Poll, moving up to No. 3 after recording two more top-three finishes in October. The Railsplitters have climbed from No. 8 in the preseason poll to No. 4 in the second poll and now to No. 3. 

The Railsplitters are coming off third-place finishes at the Hurricane Invitational and the 2026 Copperhead Championship. They also earned a team victory at the 2026 South/Southeast Regional Preview and finished second at the Lake Lanier Collegiate Classic. Throughout the fall season, the Railsplitters have consistently faced top-ranked competition and continued to deliver strong results.

Florida Southern College remains atop the rankings with 15 first-place votes. Georgia Southwestern State University moved from No. 6 to No. 2 and received one first-place vote after finishing second in two consecutive tournaments.

Nova Southeastern University follows the Railsplitters at No. 4, climbing from No. 8 after winning the Hurricane Invitational ahead of Lincoln Memorial, Georgia Southwestern and Florida Southern. Nova Southeastern then finished second at the Copperhead Championship, behind Florida Southern. The University of Central Pklahoma rounds out the top five after moving up from No. 10.

The University of North Georgia, ranked No. 7, and USC Aiken, ranked No. 8, each received a first-place vote despite falling from No. 2 and No. 7, respectively. 

New to the rankings are No. 9 Palm Beach Atlantic, No. 11 Oklahoma Christian, No. 14 Rollins, No. 16 Wstern Washington, No. 18 Arkansas Tech, No. 20 Midwestern State, No. 21 Central Missouri and No. 23 Washburn.

Lincoln Memorial is now the only South Atlantic Conference team in the rankings after Wingate, Catawba and Anderson (S.C.) dropped out.

The Railsplitters return to action Oct. 26-27 at the Golfweek Fripp Island to Bermuda Invite.

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2026-27 Bushnell/Golfweek DII Coaches' Poll - October 16 

Dropped Out: Wingate (No. 11; RV), Chico State (No. 16; RV), Flagler (No. 17; RV), Catawba (No. 19; RV), West Texas A&M (No. 21; RV), Colorado Mesa (No. 23; RV), Anderson (SC) (No. 24; RV), CSU Pueblo (No. 25; RV). 

Receiving Votes (Points): Flagler (53), Lander (49), Catawba (46), UTPB (43), CSU Monterey Bay (36), Wingate (36), Valdosta State (33), Chico State (27), Carson-Newman (26), Wayne State (MI) (23), St. Mary's (TX) (18), DBU (17), Menlo (17), Belmont Abbey (16), Coker (16), Lenoir-Rhyne (15), Tampa (15), Missouri S&T (11), Georgia College (10), Cal State East Bay (7), Eckerd (7), West Texas A&M (5), Colorado Mesa (3), CSU Pueblo (3), Newberry (3), Pittsburg State (2), Anderson (SC) (1), Ashland (1), CSUSM (1), Erskine (1).

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