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Cameron Jourdan

Stanford, Lynn women’s golf hold steady atop Mizuno WGCA coaches polls for April 7

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced its third Mizuno WGCA coaches poll in college women’s golf.

Stanford remains atop the Division I rankings, receiving 16 first-place votes, while Wake Forest received four votes to hold steady at No. 2. LSU and South Carolina remain at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, respectively, while Mississippi State moves up one spot to round out the top five.

In Division II, Lynn University continues to hold the top spot after receiving all but one first-place vote. Emory University remains the unanimous No. 1 in Division III, and in NAIA, Dalton State College remains No. 1 after receiving all nine first-place votes.

Here’s a complete look at the latest Mizuno WGCA coaches polls.

Division I Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Stanford (16) 496
2 Wake Forest (4) 484
3 LSU 456
4 South Carolina 439
5 Mississippi State 404
6 Oregon 372
7 San Jose State 371
8 Texas 348
9 Arizona State 330
10 Auburn 321
11 Texas A&M 293
12 Florida State 290
13 Baylor 265
14 Northwestern 243
15 Ole Miss 227
16 USC 219
17 Iowa State 193
18 UCF 146
19 Vanderbilt 137
20 Florida 122
21 Virginia 96
22 Arizona 65
23 Oklahoma State 63
24 Ohio State 28
25 Pepperdine 27

Others receiving votes: North Texas (18); SMU (17); Clemson (15); UCLA (8); Kentucky (6); Georgia (1)

Division II Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Lynn (13) 324
2 Dallas Baptist 311
T3 Anderson 277
T3 Findlay 277
5 Nova Southeastern 270
6 Henderson State (1) 269
7 West Texas A&M 244
8 CSU-San Marcos 228
9 Tampa 220
10 Rollins College 214
11 Indianapolis 201
12 Lee 180
13 Limestone 165
14 Point Loma Nazarene 151
15 Wingate 122
16 Flagler College 115
17 CSU-East Bay 114
18 Lander 101
19 Barry 95
20 Oklahoma Christian 82
21 Florida Southern College 69
22 Texas at Tyler 62
23 West Florida 42
24 CSU-Monterey Bay 18
25 Central Missouri 17

Others receiving votes: Saint Leo (15); Missouri-St. Louis (15); Arkansas Fort Smith (9); Colorado Christian (8); Augustana (South Dakota) (3); Tiffin (3); CSU-Los Angeles (2); Eckerd College (1); Grand Valley State (1)

Division III Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Emory (14) 350
2 Redlands 331
3 Washington in St. Louis 314
4 George Fox 304
5 Carnegie Mellon 300
6 Pomona-Pitzer 277
7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 256
8 Washington and Lee 246
9 Methodist 241
10 Texas at Dallas 232
11 Centre College 192
12 Williams College 182
T13 Amherst College 179
T13 St. Catherine 179
15 Illinois Wesleyan 176
16 Denison 140
17 New York 137
18 Mary Hardin-Baylor 102
19 Sewanee: The University of the South 93
20 Trinity (Texas) 76
21 Oglethorpe 68
22 Grinnell College 42
23 Rhodes College 36
24 California Lutheran 34
25 Christopher Newport 28

Others receiving votes: Bethel(8); Concordia-Texas (7); Wisconsin, Whitewater (7); UC-Santa Cruz (6); Saint Mary’s (IN) (4); Carleton (2); Hamilton (1)

NAIA Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Dalton State College (9) 90
2 Keiser 80
3 Oklahoma City 68
4 SCAD Savannah 56
5 Southeastern 51
6 William Carey 40
T7 Indiana Wesleyan 36
T7 University of the Cumberlands 36
9 Taylor 20
10 Milligan 10

Others receiving votes: Loyola-New Orleans (3); Cumberland (2); Truett McConnell (2); Ottawa – Arizona (1)

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