The Women’s Golf Coaches Association released the second Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll of the Spring 2026 season, updating the national rankings across Division I, Division II, Division III, and NAIA women’s golf.
The poll reflects recent tournament results and voting from coaches across collegiate golf.
Division I
Stanford remains the unanimous No 1 team with 400 points and all 16 first place votes. USC holds the No 2 position after wins at the GameAbove Golf Invitational and the Dr Donnis Thompson Invitational. Texas A and M stays No 3 following a runner up finish at GameAbove.
Florida moves to No 4 after winning the Gators Invitational, while Auburn is No 5 following a win at the Old Barnwell Derby Match Play and a top five finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.
Division I Top 25
1 Stanford University 400
2 University of Southern California 382
3 Texas A and M University 366
4 University of Florida 351
5 Auburn University 325
6 University of Texas 324
7 University of Oregon 309
8 University of Arkansas 287
9 Wake Forest University 256
10 Pepperdine University 250
11 Duke University 240
12 University of North Carolina 223
13 University of Central Florida 215
14 University of California Los Angeles 182
15 Vanderbilt University 166
16 Mississippi State University 147
17 University of Mississippi 140
18 Florida State University 135
19 University of Tennessee 118
20 Northwestern University 101
21 University of Arizona 77
22 Arizona State University 51
23 University of South Carolina 46
24 Baylor University 27
T25 Eastern Michigan University 15
T25 University of Missouri 15
Division II
Wingate holds the No 1 position with 422 points and 15 first place votes after winning the Jerry Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate. Dallas Baptist remains No 2 following a win at the Patriot Invitational.
Findlay moves to No 3 after a win at the Findlay Spring Invitational and a third place finish at Jerry Surratt. Anderson is No 4 after a top five finish at the Patriot Invitational, and Texas at Tyler is No 5 following a win at the Emerald Coast Collegiate and a fourth place finish at the Patriot Invitational.
Division II Top 25
1 Wingate University 422
2 Dallas Baptist University 409
3 University of Findlay 382
4 Anderson University 371
5 University of Texas at Tyler 366
6 Lynn University 314
7 Barry University 312
8 Lander University 303
9 Lee University 272
10 Nova Southeastern University 258
11 Cal State San Marcos 251
12 Grand Valley State University 230
13 Flagler College 216
14 University of North Georgia 211
15 Florida Southern College 205
16 University of Tampa 196
17 St Mary’s University Texas 158
18 University of Indianapolis 133
19 Rollins College 120
20 Eckerd College 101
21 Erskine College 81
22 Saint Leo University 72
23 Lincoln Memorial University 46
24 Midwestern State University 28
25 University of West Florida 23
Division III
Carnegie Mellon moves into the No 1 position with 494 points and 14 first place votes after winning the Savannah Invitational. Emory is No 2 with six first place votes following a tie for second at the same event. New York University remains No 3.
Pomona Pitzer holds the No 4 spot after winning the CLU Regals Invitational, and Washington University in St Louis moves into No 5 after tying for second at the Savannah Invitational.
Division III Top 25
1 Carnegie Mellon University 494
2 Emory University 484
3 New York University 440
4 Pomona Pitzer 429
5 Washington University in St Louis 417
6 Williams College 409
7 Claremont Mudd Scripps Colleges 362
T8 Amherst College 341
T8 Randolph Macon College 341
10 University of Redlands 316
11 Washington and Lee University 297
12 Wellesley College 258
13 Middlebury College 240
14 Hamilton College 226
15 Carleton College 212
16 Denison University 192
17 Bowdoin College 178
18 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 173
19 Trinity University, Texas 159
20 Grinnell College 141
21 Huntingdon College 127
22 Babson College 62
23 Illinois Wesleyan University 55
24 George Fox University 49
25 University of the South 38
NAIA
Keiser remains the unanimous No 1 with 100 points and all 10 first place votes after winning the Kona Ice Keiser Cup. Dalton State holds the No 2 position after a runner up finish at the Currahee Club Invitational.
SCAD Savannah moves to No 3 after a win at the Currahee Club Invitational and a fifth place finish at the Oldfield Intercollegiate. Marian is No 4, followed by SCAD Atlanta at No 5.
NAIA Top 10
1 Keiser University 100
2 Dalton State College 90
3 SCAD Savannah 77
4 Marian University 70
5 SCAD Atlanta 63
6 Loyola University 46
7 William Carey University 43
8 Indiana Wesleyan University 31
9 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Arizona 16
10 University of the Cumberlands 10
The second spring rankings reflect continued movement across all divisions as teams build toward conference championships and postseason play.
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