The Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced Friday its latest Mizuno coaches polls, and there are some familiar names in the top spots.
Stanford remains the No. 1 team in Division I, with Wake Forest holding steady in second. LSU moved four spots up to third while South Carolina and Oregon round out the top five.
In Division II, Lynn moved into the top spot while Dallas Baptist dropped to No. 2. Emory remains No. 1 in Division III. In the NAIA poll, Dalton State received three first-place votes and is in the top spot while Oklahoma City, which has four first-place votes, drops to No. 2.
Here’s a look at the Mizuno WGCA polls for March 17:
Division I Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford (20) | 524 |
2 | Wake Forest (1) | 502 |
3 | LSU | 478 |
4 | South Carolina | 454 |
5 | Oregon | 439 |
T6 | Mississippi State | 392 |
T6 | San Jose State | 392 |
8 | Texas A&M | 391 |
9 | Texas | 358 |
10 | Auburn | 332 |
11 | Arizona State | 323 |
T12 | Florida State | 282 |
T12 | USC | 282 |
14 | Baylor | 270 |
15 | Arizona | 224 |
16 | Vanderbilt | 196 |
17 | Ole Miss | 175 |
18 | Virginia | 164 |
19 | Oklahoma State | 132 |
20 | UCF | 130 |
21 | Florida | 128 |
22 | Northwestern | 72 |
23 | Ohio State | 56 |
T24 | Iowa State | 32 |
T24 | SMU | 32 |
Others receiving votes: Pepperdine (29); Duke (22); UCLA (9); Kentucky (5)
Division II Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Lynn (13) | 397 |
2 | Dallas Baptist (2) | 385 |
3 | Nova Southeastern | 353 |
4 | Henderson State (1) | 351 |
5 | Anderson | 339 |
6 | Findlay | 322 |
7 | West Texas A&M | 308 |
8 | Rollins | 287 |
9 | Tampa | 252 |
10 | CSU San Marcos | 251 |
11 | Indianapolis | 242 |
12 | Lee | 241 |
13 | Flagler | 219 |
14 | Limestone | 194 |
15 | CSU Monterey Bay | 152 |
16 | Wingate | 136 |
17 | Lander | 117 |
T18 | Florida Southern | 107 |
T18 | Point Loma Nazarene | 107 |
20 | Oklahoma Christian | 91 |
21 | West Florida | 68 |
22 | Missouri-St. Louis | 54 |
23 | Barry | 53 |
24 | Texas at Tyler | 33 |
T25 | Arkansas Fort Smith | 32 |
T25 | Central Missouri | 32 |
Others receiving votes: Grand Valley State (29); Rogers State (16); Texas A&M International (7); CSU East Bay (6); St. Mary’s. Texas (6); Tiffin (6); CSU Los Angeles (3); Saint Leo (3); Augustana (1)
Division III Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Emory (12) | 300 |
2 | Redlands | 274 |
3 | George Fox | 268 |
4 | Washington St. Louis | 259 |
5 | Carnegie Mellon | 250 |
6 | Washington and Lee | 227 |
7 | Texas at Dallas | 209 |
8 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 206 |
9 | Methodist | 203 |
10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 201 |
11 | St. Catherine | 158 |
12 | Amherst College | 151 |
13 | Denison | 149 |
14 | Williams College | 135 |
T15 | Carleton College | 128 |
T15 | Illinois Wesleyan | 128 |
17 | Centre College | 124 |
18 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 101 |
19 | New York | 94 |
20 | Trinity (Texas) | 55 |
T21 | Bethel | 53 |
T21 | Christopher Newport | 53 |
23 | Oglethorpe | 46 |
24 | Grinnell | 35 |
25 | Wisconsin, Whitewater | 23 |
Others receiving votes: California Lutheran (13); Central College (12); Middlebury College (12); California Santa Cruz (11); Hamilton College (11); Sewanee (1); Wellesley College (1)
NAIA Mizuno WGCA poll
Rank | Team (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Dalton State (3) | 91 |
2 | Oklahoma City (4) | 90 |
3 | Keiser (3) | 89 |
4 | Southeastern | 56 |
5 | University of the Cumberlands | 53 |
6 | SCAD Savannah | 52 |
7 | Indiana Wesleyan | 45 |
8 | William Carey | 37 |
9 | Loyola-New Orleans | 16 |
10 | Taylor | 11 |
Others receiving votes: Cumberland (8); Milligan (1); Ottawa Arizona (1)