WATERVILLE, Maine – The 2026 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Men's Golf Pre-Championship Coaches Poll results have been announced and the Husson University men's golf team has been projected to win the 2026 title, accumulating 62 points and six of eight first-place votes. Runner-up in the 2025 championship, the Eagles look to capture their fifth NAC championship in six years. Husson will also serve as the host of the 2026 championship. 

Defending champion SUNY Delhi sits second in the pre-championship poll, earning 58 points and the remaining two first-place votes. Lesley University and Maine Maritime Academy follow in third and fourth, with the Lynx collecting 42 points and the Mariners 35. SUNY Cobleskill rounds out the top five with 33 points.

UMaine-Presque Isle (33 points), UMaine-Farmington (16 points), and Vermont State University Johnson (8 points) placed sixth through eighth, respectively, in the coaches' poll. 

The 2026 NAC Championship will be played on Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10 at the Bangor Municipal Golf Course in Bangor, Maine. The winner of the 2026 NAC Championship will earn an automatic qualifier into the 2027 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship, which will be played at the Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia, hosted by Christopher Newport University.

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2026 NAC Men's Golf Pre-Championship Poll 
Team – Points (First-Place Votes) 

1. Husson University – 62 (6)

2. SUNY Delhi – 58 (2)

3. Lesley University – 42

4. Maine Maritime Academy – 35

5. SUNY Cobleskill – 34

6. UMaine-Presque Isle – 33

7. UMaine-Farmington – 16

8. VTSU Johnson – 8