The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has released its preseason polls for the 2024-25 season.
The Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls are headlined by Div. I, which is topped by the defending national champion Stanford Cardinal.
Stanford is a unanimous No. 1 with former Pac-12 rival USC starting in the No. 2 spot. NCAA runner-up UCLA will start third, with South Carolina and Texas tied for fourth.
In the wake of the latest round of college realignment, there are 10 SEC teams in the top 25. The breakdown:
- SEC (10) – South Carolina, Texas, Auburn, Arkansas, Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Florida.
- ACC (6) – Stanford, Wake Forest, Florida State, Duke, Clemson, Virginia.
- Big Ten (5) – USC, UCLA, Oregon, Northwestern, Michigan State.
- Big 12 (2) – Arizona State, Arizona.
Div. I Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Stanford (31) | 775 |
| 2 | USC | 692 |
| 3 | UCLA | 671 |
| T4 | South Carolina | 599 |
| T4 | Texas | 599 |
| 6 | Auburn | 565 |
| 7 | Wake Forest | 544 |
| 8 | Arkansas | 528 |
| 9 | Texas A&M | 480 |
| 10 | Oregon | 470 |
| 11 | Northwestern | 448 |
| 12 | Arizona State | 428 |
| 13 | LSU | 414 |
| 14 | Florida State | 356 |
| 15 | Duke | 349 |
| 16 | Mississippi State | 254 |
| 17 | Arizona | 247 |
| 18 | Clemson | 222 |
| 19 | Vanderbilt | 221 |
| 20 | Virginia | 204 |
| 21 | Ole Miss | 199 |
| 22 | Florida | 198 |
| 23 | Michigan State | 139 |
| 24 | Pepperdine | 134 |
| 25 | San Jose State | 47 |
| Others receiving votes: Central Florida (39); North Carolina (36); Georgia (34); Southern Methodist University (29); California (26); Oregon State (20); Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (17); Kansas (17); Missouri State (14); Oklahoma State (13); Purdue (13); Georgia Southern (10); Ohio State (7); Baylor (6); Kansas State (5); Eastern Michigan (3); Alabama (3) | ||
Dallas Baptist opens the season atop the Division II rankings after receiving eight first-place votes, followed by Flagler College at No. 2 with three votes. Findlay received one first-place vote to claim the No. 3 spot, while West Texas A&M and Anderson come in at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.
Dallas Baptist golf. (Photo: Dallas Baptist golf)
Div. II Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Dallas Baptist (8) | 430 |
| 2 | Flagler College (3) | 409 |
| 3 | Findlay (1) | 396 |
| 4 | West Texas A&M | 382 |
| 5 | Anderson | 363 |
| 6 | St. Mary’s (Texas) (1) | 336 |
| 7 | Nova Southeastern | 332 |
| 8 | Lynn (2) | 330 |
| 9 | Indianapolis (3) | 302 |
| 10 | Rollins College | 243 |
| 11 | Saint Leo | 234 |
| T12 | California State San Marcos | 231 |
| T12 | Lee | 231 |
| 14 | Henderson State | 227 |
| 15 | Barry | 196 |
| 16 | Central Missouri | 193 |
| 17 | Grand Valley State | 139 |
| 18 | Wingate | 113 |
| 19 | Lander | 104 |
| 20 | Midwestern State | 102 |
| 21 | Florida Southern College | 86 |
| 22 | California State East Bay | 63 |
| 23 | Southwestern Oklahoma State | 50 |
| 24 | California State Monterey Bay | 48 |
| 25 | Rogers State | 46 |
| Others receiving votes: North Georgia (44); Tampa (35); Texas at Tyler (35); Augustana (South Dakota) (29); Ashland (23); Missouri-St. Louis (21); West Florida (19); California State Los Angeles (18); Lenoir Rhyne (14); Davenport (8); Eckerd College (6); Central Oklahoma (5); Northeastern State (3); Lincoln Memorial (1); Palm Beach Atlantic (1); Texas A&M International (1); Nebraska at Kearney (1) | ||
In Division III, the defending NCAA champs Carnegie Mellon claims the top spot after receiving all but two first-place votes, while Emory and Pomona-Pitzer come in at a tie for the No. 2 spot. George Fox opens the season at No. 4, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rounds out the top five.
Div. III Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon (17) | 473 |
| T2 | Emory | 439 |
| T2 | Pomona-Pitzer (1) | 439 |
| 4 | George Fox | 407 |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 393 |
| 6 | Williams College | 363 |
| 7 | University of Redlands | 328 |
| 8 | Illinois Wesleyan | 326 |
| 9 | St. Catherine | 313 |
| 10 | Washington University in St. Louis | 282 |
| 11 | Amherst College | 239 |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 236 |
| 13 | Washington and Lee | 215 |
| 14 | Trinity (Texas) | 184 |
| 15 | Centre College | 177 |
| 16 | Carleton College | 170 |
| T17 | Methodist (1) | 151 |
| T17 | New York University | 151 |
| 19 | Mary Hardin-Baylor | 136 |
| 20 | Denison University | 135 |
| 21 | Hamilton College | 93 |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 91 |
| 23 | Grinnell College | 83 |
| 24 | Rhodes College | 75 |
| 25 | Randolph-Macon College | 48 |
| Others receiving votes: Chapman (47); Sewanee: The University of the South (35); Adrian College (20); Trinity College (20); Saint Mary’s College (17); Wisconsin Whitewater (16); Central College (14); Oglethorpe (11); Ohio Northern (10); Christopher Newport (8); Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (7); Whitman College (6); California Lutheran (5); Calvin (3); California Santa Cruz (3); LeTourneau (2); Macalester College (2); Hardin-Simmons (1); Trine (1) | ||
In NAIA, last year’s champs, Keiser, opens the season as the unanimous No. 1, followed by runner-up Oklahoma City and SCAD Savannah at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
NAIA Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Keiser (10) | 100 |
| 2 | Oklahoma City | 83 |
| 3 | SCAD Savannah | 72 |
| 4 | British Columbia | 71 |
| 5 | Texas Wesleyan | 60 |
| 6 | William Carey | 48 |
| 7 | Dalton State College | 40 |
| 8 | Lindsey Wilson College | 33 |
| 9 | Embry Riddle Aeronautical | 14 |
| 10 | Loyola New Orleans | 8 |
| Others receiving votes: Indiana Wesleyan (7); SCAD Atlanta (6); Truett McConnell (6); Ottawa University – Arizona (2) | ||
The next Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll will be released on Friday, Oct. 4.
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.