The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has released the results of the latest Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll for women’s golf.
This is the second poll release for the 2022 spring season.
In Division I, Stanford remains No. 1 and collected all but two of the first-place votes. Fellow Pac-12 program Oregon is No. 2 and received the other two first-place votes. Wake Forest, South Carolina and San Jose State round out the top five.
Stanford has five wins and two seconds in seven outings this season. The last time out, the Cardinal finished runner-up to San Jose State in the Juli Inkster Invitational. San Jose State also got the better of Stanford earlier this spring in the Lamkin Invitational.
Arizona State, ranked eighth, hosts a loaded ASU/Ping Invitational starting Friday. The field includes Stanford, Oregon, Arizona, UCLA as well as Michigan, Baylor and Virginia, all ranked in this poll.
Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford (17) | 471 |
2 | Oregon (2) | 455 |
3 | Wake Forest | 430 |
4 | South Carolina | 409 |
5 | San Jose State | 397 |
6 | Oklahoma State | 385 |
7 | Virginia | 363 |
8 | Arizona State | 331 |
9 | Florida | 322 |
10 | USC | 284 |
11 | Texas | 282 |
12 | Michigan | 277 |
13 | Alabama | 276 |
14 | Florida State | 224 |
15 | UCLA | 190 |
16 | Arkansas | 182 |
T17 | LSU | 163 |
T17 | Texas A&M | 163 |
19 | Baylor | 120 |
20 | Auburn | 110 |
21 | Texas Tech | 104 |
22 | Ole Miss | 99 |
23 | Duke | 54 |
24 | Virginia Tech | 54 |
25 | Arizona | 27 |
Others Receiving Votes: TCU (1); UCF (1); Illinois (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 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.