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Cameron Jourdan

Wake Forest, Nova Southeastern top first spring 2024 Mizuno WGCA coaches polls

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has announced the results of the most recent Mizuno WGCA Coaches polls.

These are the first polls of the 2024 spring season.

In Division I, Wake Forest opens the spring at No. 1 after receiving all but two first-place votes, while Stanford comes in at No. 2 with the remaining first-place votes. USC and Arkansas come in at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while South Carolina rounds out the top five.

Nova Southeastern claims the top spot in Division II with 10 first-place votes, while Dallas Baptist and Findlay each received one vote to open the season at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

Here’s a look at the complete Mizuno WGCA polls for Feb. 16.

Division I Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team Points
1 Wake Forest (20) 547
2 Stanford (2) 528
3 USC 482
4 Arkansas 481
5 South Carolina 459
6 UCLA 454
7 Texas 401
8 Oregon 394
9 Florida 391
10 LSU 362
11 Texas A&M 305
12 Ole Miss 288
13 Central Florida 281
14 Northwestern 262
15 Auburn 243
16 Duke 221
16 Clemson 186
18 San Jose State 167
19 California 123
T-20 Florida State 116
T-20 Arizona 116
22 Arizona State 111
23 North Carolina 76
24 Pepperdine 71
25 Virginia 41

Receiving votes: South Florida (17); Colorado State (10); Vanderbilt (8); Purdue (5); Georgia (2); Mississippi State (1); Houston (1)

Division II Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team Points
1 Nova Southeastern (10) 320
2 Dallas Baptist (1) 302
3 Findlay (1) 291
4 Indianapolis 272
5 Anderson (1) 267
6 Flagler 245
7 Central Missouri 240
8 Rollins 239
9 Lynn 237
10 St. Mary’s 213
11 West Texas A&M 200
12 Barry 172
13 Saint Leo 168
14 Lee 161
15 Henderson State 152
16 Cal-State San Marcos 131
16 Lander 115
18 Midwestern State 104
19 Wingate 97
20 Grand Valley State 78
21 North Georgia 70
22 Tampa 54
23 Oklahoma Christian 36
24 Southwestern Oklahoma State 32
25 Florida Southern 15

Receiving votes: Rogers State (8); Wayne State (4); Eckerd College (1); Texas A&M International (1)

Division III Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team Points
T-1 George Fox (6) 282
T-1 Pomona-Pitzer (2) 282
3 Carnegie Mellon (1) 277
4 Emory 262
5 Williams College (3) 253
6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 232
7 Redlands 218
8 Washington and Lee 201
9 St. Catherine 197
10 Amherst 170
11 Washington St. Louis 156
12 Illinois Wesleyan 153
13 Wellesley College 147
14 Texas-Dallas 135
15 Centre College 120
16 Carleton College 107
16 Hamilton College 103
18 Whitman College 90
19 Mary Hardin-Baylor 88
20 Grinnell College 85
21 Middlebury College 73
22 Rhodes College 51
23 Methodist 49
24 Sewanee 46
25 Trinity (Texas) 40

Receiving votes: Wisconsin-Whitewater (26); Denison (17); Christopher Newport (13); Bethel (8); Chapman (5); California Lutheran (4); Southwestern (3); Wisconsin-La Crosse (3); Gustavus Adolphus College (2); Lynchburg (2)

NAIA Mizuno WGCA poll

Rank Team Points
1 British Columbia (7) 70
2 Keiser 63
3 Oklahoma City 56
4 SCAD Savannah 47
5 Dalton State 44
6 Texas Wesleyan 34
7 Truett McConnell 29
8 Ottawa-Arizona 17
9 William Carey 11
10 Oregon Institude of Tech 10

Receiving votes: Indiana Wesleyan (2); Embry Riddle Aeronautical (1); Lindsey Wilson College (1)

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