The Women’s Golf Coaches Association released the latest Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll, 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, with stability at the top of Division I and Division II and a new No 1 in Division III.
Division I
Stanford remains the unanimous No 1 team with 475 points and all 19 first place votes following a win at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational. USC holds the No 2 position, while Texas A and M stays No 3. Florida is No 4 and Oregon moves into the No 5 spot.
Texas sits at No 6, followed by Arkansas at No 7 and Auburn at No 8. Wake Forest is No 9 and Pepperdine rounds out the top 10.
Division I Top 25
1 Stanford University 475
2 University of Southern California 456
3 Texas A and M University 426
4 University of Florida 423
5 University of Oregon 393
6 University of Texas 387
7 University of Arkansas 363
8 Auburn University 342
9 Wake Forest University 324
10 Pepperdine University 300
11 Duke University 285
12 University of North Carolina 261
13 Vanderbilt University 223
14 University of California, Los Angeles 214
15 University of Central Florida 212
16 Florida State University 173
17 Mississippi State University 168
18 University of Tennessee 159
19 Arizona State University 119
20 University of Mississippi 107
21 University of South Carolina 78
22 Baylor University 76
23 Iowa State University 64
24 Oklahoma State University 60
25 University of Oklahoma 25
Division II
Wingate remains the unanimous No 1 team with 475 points and all 19 first-place votes after a win at the Grand Harbor Classic and a fourth-place finish at the Carolina Challenge Cup.
Dallas Baptist holds the No 2 position, while Anderson moves to No 3. Findlay is No 4, and Lander rounds out the top five.
Division II Top 25
1 Wingate University 475
2 Dallas Baptist University 456
3 Anderson University 427
4 University of Findlay 423
5 Lander University 392
6 University of Texas at Tyler 381
7 Nova Southeastern University 367
8 Lynn University 339
9 Barry University 316
10 Lee University 307
11 University of North Georgia 277
12 Cal State San Marcos 259
13 Florida Southern College 244
14 University of Tampa 239
15 Flagler College 206
16 St Mary’s University, Texas 199
17 Rollins College 162
18 Grand Valley State University 156
19 University of Indianapolis 134
20 Saint Leo University 112
21 Erskine College 87
22 Eckerd College 65
23 Lincoln Memorial University 51
24 Midwestern State University 48
25 University of West Florida 30
Division III
Emory moves into the No 1 position with 539 points and 15 first-place votes following a second-place finish at the Georgia State Invitational.
New York University rises to No 2 after consecutive wins, while Carnegie Mellon is No 3. Pomona Pitzer and Williams complete the top five.
Division III Top 25
1 Emory University 539
2 New York University 528
3 Carnegie Mellon University 514
4 Pomona Pitzer 451
5 Williams College 432
6 Washington University in St Louis 429
7 Amherst College 425
8 Washington and Lee University 387
9 Claremont Mudd Scripps Colleges 378
10 Randolph Macon College 345
11 University of Redlands 323
12 Hamilton College 281
13 Middlebury College 266
14 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 251
15 Wellesley College 248
16 Carleton College 219
17 Bowdoin College 205
T18 Trinity University 176
T18 Denison University 176
20 Grinnell College 152
21 Illinois Wesleyan University 118
22 Babson College 82
23 University of the South 62
24 Huntingdon College 57
25 University of California, Santa Cruz 35
NAIA
Keiser remains the unanimous No 1 team with 100 points and all 10 first place votes. Dalton State is No 2, while Marian moves into the No 3 position.
SCAD Savannah is No 4 and SCAD Atlanta rounds out the top five.
NAIA Top 10
1 Keiser University 100
2 Dalton State College 90
3 Marian University 78
4 SCAD Savannah 71
5 SCAD Atlanta 58
6 William Carey University 53
7 Loyola University 38
8 Indiana Wesleyan University 29
9 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 15
10 University of the Cumberlands 12
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