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Mizuno WGCA coaches polls: Final release for fall 2024 season

Megha Ganne of the Stanford women's golf team.
Megha Ganne of the Stanford women's golf team.

The Women's Golf Coaches Association released its final coaches polls for the Fall 2024 season.

In Div. I, Stanford once again sits atop the rankings. The Cardinal are a unanimous No. 1. Arkansas, USC, South Carolina and Texas round out the top five.

Stanford is undefeated this season so far, winning The Big Match against rival Cal and the Molly Intercollegiate Invitational. The Cardinal then went 3-0 at the NB3 Matchplay at Twin Warriors in New Mexico before tying for first in the Stanford Intercollegiate. They also won the Nanea Invitational in Hawaii.

Div. I Mizuno WGCA coaches poll

Rank

University (First-place votes)

Points

1

Stanford (21)

525

2

Arkansas

494

3

USC

474

4

South Carolina

472

5

Texas

418

6

Oregon

413

7

Arizona State

407

8

Arizona

376

9

Northwestern

368

10

Mississippi State

328

11

Virginia

301

12

Florida State

290

13

North Carolina

275

14

Wake Forest

264

15

Vanderbilt

233

16

LSU

212

17

Texas A&M

178

18

Duke

177

19

Mississippi

158

20

Auburn

139

21

Michigan State

82

22

Oklahoma State

75

23

TCU

51

24

Kansas

43

25

Houston

35

Others receiving votes: Florida (13); UCLA (9); Oklahoma (5); Kansas State (3); California (3); Baylor (1); Clemson (1); Ohio State (1); UNLV (1)

Div. II Mizuno WGCA coaches poll

Anderson is the unanimous No. 1 while Findlay and Wingate are tied for the No. 2 spot. Flagler College moves up one spot to No. 4, while Dallas Baptist rounds out the top five.

Rank

University (First-place votes)

Points

1

Anderson (17)

425

T2

Findlay

391

T2

Wingate

391

4

Flagler College

377

5

Dallas Baptist

370

6

California State San Marcos

323

7

Lynn

307

8

St. Mary's (Texas)

287

9

Grand Valley State

283

10

Saint Leo

262

11

North Georgia

252

12

Lee

243

13

West Texas A&M

233

14

Central Missouri

193

15

Texas at Tyler

174

16

Missouri-St. Louis

164

17

Rollins College

151

18

Rogers State

128

19

Nova Southeastern

121

20

Lander

101

21

Palm Beach Atlantic

97

22

Simon Fraser

67

23

Barry

52

24

West Florida

45

25

Tampa

27

Others receiving votes: Lincoln Memorial (19); Midwestern State (16); Henderson State (6); Tiffin (6); Ferris State (4); Harding (4); California State Los Angeles (3); Eckerd College (2); Florida Southern College (1)

Div. III Mizuno WGCA coaches poll

In Div, III, Emory remains at the top after receiving 14 first-place votes. Carnegie Mellon and Washington in St. Louis each received two first-place votes to hold steady at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, while Pomona-Pitzer continues to hold the No. 4 spot. Wellesley College jumps two spots to enter the top five.

Rank

University (First-place votes)

Points

1

Emory (14)

442

2

Carnegie Mellon (2)

428

3

Washington University in St. Louis (2)

417

4

Pomona-Pitzer

380

5

Wellesley College

368

6

Williams College

367

7

George Fox

343

8

St. Catherine

310

9

New York University

304

10

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

263

11

Amherst College

248

12

Centre College

226

13

Illinois Wesleyan

212

14

Babson College

195

15

Randolph-Macon College

194

16

Hamilton College

188

17

Washington and Lee

183

18

Denison

159

19

Christopher Newport

103

20

Redlands

98

21

Bowdoin College

78

22

Middlebury College

77

T23

Methodist

52

T23

Trinity (Texas)

52

25

Carleton College

42

Others receiving votes: California Lutheran (30); Rhodes College (30); Mary Hardin-Baylor (21); Grinnell College (20); Saint Mary's College (6); California Santa Cruz (6); Bethel (4); Macalester College (4)

NAIA Mizuno coaches poll

Keiser is the unanimous No. 1 in NAIA, while SCAD Savannah and Lindsey Wilson College each move up one spot to come in at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

Rank

University (First-place votes)

Points

1

Keiser (10)

100

2

SCAD Savannah

89

3

Lindsey Wilson College

81

4

Marian (IN)

70

5

Texas Wesleyan

55

6

Dalton State College

50

7

SCAD Atlanta

41

8

Milligan

28

9

Oklahoma City

24

10

William Carey

9

Others receiving votes: Truett McConnell (2); Taylor (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 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Mizuno WGCA coaches polls: Final release for fall 2024 season