The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has released its first Mizuno WGCA rankings for the spring, and there are some familiar names on top. These are the first of four rankings coming in the spring.
Stanford opens the new year as the top-ranked team in Div. I, though Wake Forest is close behind. The Cardinal got 14 first-place votes while the Demon Deacons received the remaining five.
In Div. II, Dallas Baptist University claims the top spot with eight first-place votes, while Lynn University received the remaining seven votes to open the season at No. 2.
Emory University opens the season as the unanimous No. 1 in Div. III, and Oklahoma City and Dalton State are tied for first in the NAIA poll.
Here’s a look at the Mizuno WGCA polls for Feb. 24
Division I Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford (14) | 468 |
2 | Wake Forest (5) | 458 |
3 | Oregon | 440 |
4 | South Carolina | 404 |
5 | San Jose State | 400 |
6 | Mississippi State | 368 |
7 | LSU | 360 |
8 | Texas | 326 |
9 | Baylor | 320 |
10 | Texas A&M | 305 |
11 | Arizona State | 272 |
12 | Florida State | 266 |
13 | USC | 254 |
14 | Virginia | 239 |
15 | Auburn | 213 |
16 | Arizona | 198 |
17 | Ole Miss | 166 |
18 | Vanderbilt | 144 |
19 | Oklahoma State | 138 |
20 | California | 98 |
21 | Northwestern | 82 |
22 | Kentucky | 58 |
23 | UCF | 53 |
24 | Pepperdine | 40 |
T25 | Duke | 25 |
T25 | Ohio State | 25 |
Receiving votes: Arkansas (22); Texas Tech (9); California (6); Kent State (4); Florida (4); N.C. State (3); SMU (2); Houston (2); College of Charleston (1); Iowa State (1); Michigan (1)
Division II Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Dallas Baptist (8) | 392 |
2 | Lynn (7) | 380 |
3 | Nova Southeastern | 349 |
4 | Henderson State | 344 |
5 | West Texas A&M | 328 |
6 | Anderson | 325 |
7 | Findlay | 315 |
8 | Indianapolis | 269 |
9 | Rollins College | 265 |
10 | Tampa | 248 |
11 | Lee | 221 |
12 | Flagler College | 218 |
13 | Limestone | 208 |
14 | CSU-San Marcos | 178 |
15 | Wingate | 171 |
16 | Florida Southern College | 146 |
17 | Lander | 136 |
18 | Oklahoma Christian | 121 |
19 | Missouri-St. Louis | 103 |
20 | Grand Valley State | 93 |
21 | Central Missouri | 78 |
22 | Texas at Tyler | 74 |
23 | Barry | 53 |
24 | West Florida | 46 |
25 | Rogers State | 43 |
Receiving votes: Saint Leo (26); St. Mary-Texas (18); Midwestern State (15); CSU-Monterey Bay (13); CSU-East Bay (9); Colorado Christian (9); Tiffin (3); Lenoir Rhyne (2); Augustana South Dakota (1).
Division III Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Emory (15) | 375 |
2 | Redlands | 355 |
3 | Washington University in St. Louis | 342 |
4 | George Fox | 327 |
5 | Washington and Lee | 300 |
6 | Carnegie Mellon | 294 |
7 | Methodist | 282 |
8 | Texas at Dallas | 275 |
9 | St. Catherine | 227 |
10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 226 |
11 | Amherst College | 223 |
12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 217 |
13 | Williams College | 188 |
14 | Carleton College | 182 |
15 | Centre College | 151 |
T16 | Bethel | 150 |
T16 | Illinois Wesleyan | 150 |
18 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 149 |
19 | Denison | 106 |
20 | New York | 98 |
21 | California Lutheran | 53 |
22 | Trinity (Texas) | 45 |
23 | Grinnell College | 44 |
24 | Oglethorpe | 39 |
25 | Christopher Newport | 19 |
Receiving votes: Middlebury (13); Rhodes College (13); Wisconsin Whitewater (13); Hamilton College (7); California Santa Cruz (7) Sewanee (3); Central College (1); Wellesley College (1).
NAIA Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
T1 | Oklahoma City (7) | 79 |
T1 | Dalton State (1) | 79 |
3 | Southeastern (1) | 72 |
4 | Keiser | 48 |
5 | Indiana Wesleyan | 44 |
6 | SCAD Savannah | 38 |
7 | Loyola New Orleans | 35 |
8 | University of the Cumberlands | 34 |
9 | Cumberland | 28 |
10 | William Carey | 25 |
Receiving votes: Ottawa-Arizona (5); Taylor (5); Milligan (1); Truett McConnell (1); William Penn (1).