Stanford takes top spot in Mizuno WGCA coaches poll for March 15

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has announced the results of the latest Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll. This is the second poll of the 2024 spring season.

In Division I, Stanford jumped to the top spot after receiving 15 first-place votes, while Wake Forest, the defending national champion, dropped to No. 2 with three votes. UCLA received one first-place vote to climb three spots to No. 3, and South Carolina moved up one spot to No. 4. Rounding out the top five is LSU after jumping five spots.

Dallas Baptist claims the top spot in Division II after receiving nine first-place votes.

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Here’s a look at the complete Mizuno WGCA coaches polls for March 15.

Division I

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Stanford (15) 471
2 Wake Forest (3) 445
3 UCLA (1) 437
4 South Carolina 416
5 LSU 407
6 Arkansas 372
7 USC 361
8 Texas 335
9 Northwestern 309
10 Auburn 297
11 Florida 249
12 Ole Miss 248
13 Oregon 243
14 Arizona 238
15 Arizona State 192
16 Pepperdine 187
17 Texas A&M 182
18 Clemson 168
19 Duke 137
20 Central Florida 104
21 Florida State 101
22 Vanderbilt 72
23 Virginia 71
24 SMU 59
25 San Jose State 22

Receiving votes: North Carolina (13); Purdue (10); USF (10); Georgia (9); Washington (5); Houston (2); Michigan State (1); Mississippi State (1); California (1)

Division II

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Dallas Baptist (9) 294
2 Nova Southeastern (2) 284
3 Flagler College 270
4 Findlay 265
5 Anderson (1) 256
6 Indianapolis 232
7 West Texas A&M 225
8 Rollins 214
9 Lynn 213
10 St. Mary’s (Texas) 176
11 Central Missouri 173
12 Henderson State 154
13 Barry 152
14 Lee 146
15 Saint Leo 142
16 Midwestern State 119
17 CSU San Marcos 114
18 Wingate 108
19 Lander 83
20 Grand Valley State 61
21 Tampa 56
22 Oklahoma Christian 50
23 North Georgia 47
24 Florida Southern 23
25 Southwestern Oklahoma State 20

Receiving votes: CSU East Bay (11); CSU Monterey Bay (7); Rogers State (4); Eckerd College (1)

Division III

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Carnegie Mellon (4) 335
2 Pomona-Pitzer (3) 326
3 Williams College (5) 315
4 George Fox (2) 308
5 Emory 295
6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 290
7 Redlands 286
8 Washington St. Louis 232
9 St. Catherine 229
10 Washington and Lee 227
11 Amherst 194
T-12 Illinois Wesleyan 184
T-12 Wellesley 184
14 Texas at Dallas 166
15 Trinity (Texas) 155
16 Centre 139
17 Carleton 116
18 Hamilton 113
19 Mary Hardin-Baylor 110
20 Grinnell 83
21 Rhodes 72
22 Middlebury 55
23 Methodist 53
24 Sewanee: University of the South 33
25 Chapman 19

Receiving votes: Wisconsin, Whitewater (10); Denison (9); Gustavus Adolphus College (4); Whitman College (4); Huntingdon College (3); Lynchburg (1)

NAIA

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 British Columbia (8) 80
2 Keiser 71
3 Oklahoma City 65
4 SCAD Savannah 55
5 Dalton State College 49
6 Texas Wedleyan 39
7 William Carey 32
8 Embry Riddle Aeronautical 20
9 Truett McConnell 19
10 Ottawa-Arizona 5

Receiving votes: Loyola University New Orleans (3); Lewis-Clark State College (1); Oregon Institute of Technology (1)

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