Stanford, Dallas Baptist, Carnegie Mellon and Keiser top the latest 2024 Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls for the 2024-25 womens college golf season.
These are the second polls of the fall 2024 season. The Women’s Golf Coaches Association releases its polls about every four weeks.
Stanford remains atop of the Div. I ranking after getting all but two first-place votes. South Carolina got the other two and is the new No. 2 in this poll. USC drops from 2 to 3, while Texas remains No. 4. UCLA is the fifth team in this poll.
Division I Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford (21) | 572 |
2 | South Carolina (2) | 515 |
3 | USC | 514 |
4 | Texas | 482 |
5 | UCLA | 432 |
6 | Auburn | 423 |
7 | Wake Forest | 415 |
8 | Arizona State | 406 |
9 | Arkansas | 379 |
10 | Northwestern | 346 |
11 | Oregon | 331 |
12 | LSU | 294 |
13 | Arizona | 287 |
14 | Florida State | 271 |
15 | Texas A&M | 238 |
16 | Duke University | 235 |
17 | Mississippi State | 205 |
18 | Vanderbilt | 183 |
19 | Mississippi | 177 |
20 | Virginia | 161 |
21 | Florida | 129 |
22 | Clemson | 114 |
T23 | Pepperdine | 63 |
T23 | North Carolina | 63 |
25 | Michigan State | 54 |
Others receiving votes: Houston (26); California (24); Kansas (18); Central Florida (17); Georgia Southern (16); Arkansas at Little Rock (16); San Jose State (11); Virginia Tech (10); Baylor (8); Ohio State (6); SMU (6); TCU (5); Alabama (5); Oklahoma State (4); Georgia (4); Kansas State (3); Kentucky (2); Tennessee (2); Campbell (1); Texas Tech (1); Washington (1) |
Division II Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Dallas Baptist (8) | 410 |
2 | Findlay (7) | 400 |
3 | West Texas A&M (1) | 363 |
4 | Flagler College | 361 |
5 | Anderson | 318 |
6 | St. Mary’s (Texas) | 313 |
7 | Wingate (1) | 273 |
8 | Saint Leo | 255 |
9 | California State San Marcos | 239 |
10 | Lee | 231 |
11 | Nova Southeastern | 228 |
12 | Lynn | 223 |
13 | Texas at Tyler | 211 |
14 | Rollins College | 183 |
15 | Central Missouri | 181 |
16 | Missouri-St. Louis | 151 |
17 | Grand Valley State | 147 |
18 | Barry | 119 |
19 | Henderson State | 114 |
20 | North Georgia | 103 |
21 | Lander | 95 |
22 | Rogers State | 84 |
23 | Midwestern State | 66 |
24 | Florida Southern College | 57 |
25 | Indianapolis | 52 |
Others receiving votes: California State Los Angeles (38); Augustana (South Dakota) (37); West Florida (37); California State East Bay (32); Tampa (28); Tiffin (26); Lincoln Memorial (22); Ashland (20); Southwestern Oklahoma State (19); California State Monterey Bay (14); Tusculum (14); Colorado State Pueblo (12); Harding (8); Ferris State (7); West Georgia (6); Nebraska at Kearney (5); Sioux Falls (4); Minnesota State Mankato (3); Point Loma Nazarene (3); Simon Fraser (3); Hawaii at Hilo (3); Eckerd College (2); Colorado Christian (1); Lenoir Rhyne (1); Oklahoma Baptist (1); Palm Beach Atlantic (1); Arkansas Fort Smith (1) |
Div. III Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Carnegie Mellon (7) | 525 |
2 | Emory (10) | 523 |
3 | Pomona-Pitzer (3) | 508 |
4 | George Fox (2) | 459 |
5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 431 |
6 | Williams College | 401 |
7 | Washington University in St. Louis | 397 |
8 | St. Catherine | 371 |
9 | Wellesley College | 344 |
10 | Illinois Wesleyan | 327 |
11 | University of Redlands | 319 |
12 | Centre College | 276 |
13 | Amherst College | 273 |
14 | Washington and Lee University | 264 |
15 | New York | 246 |
16 | Trinity (Texas) | 218 |
17 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 193 |
18 | Carleton College | 173 |
19 | Methodist | 135 |
20 | Denison | 133 |
21 | Grinnell College | 108 |
22 | Randolph-Macon College | 90 |
23 | Hamilton College | 83 |
24 | Middlebury College | 61 |
25 | California Lutheran | 49 |
Others receiving votes: Rhodes College (47); Bowdoin College (35); Aurora (18); Chapman (17); Sewanee: The University of the South (17); Babson College (16); Wesleyan (15); Whitman College (15); California Santa Cruz (13); Christopher Newport (8); Piedmont College (7); Saint Mary’s College (7); Bethel (5); Occidental College (5); Macalester College (4); Mississippi University for Women (4); Wisconsin Whitewater (4); Manchester (3); Gustavus Adolphus College (1); Huntingdon College (1); Trine (1) |
NAIA Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Keiser (9) | 99 |
T2 | SCAD Savannah | 79 |
T2 | British Columbia (1) | 79 |
3 | Oklahoma City | 58 |
4 | Texas Wesleyan | 54 |
5 | Dalton State College | 47 |
6 | Lindsey Wilson College | 42 |
7 | William Carey | 22 |
8 | SCAD Atlanta | 18 |
9 | Embry Riddle Aeronautical | 10 |
Others receiving votes: Milligan (7); Lewis-Clark State College (6); Truett McConnell (6); Loyola New Orleans (5); Pikeville (5); Cumberland (2); Indiana Wesleyan (2); Ottawa University – Arizona (1) |
About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.