Stanford women’s golf starts No. 1 in Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll for 2024-25

Stanford, Dallas Baptist, Carnegie Mellon and Keiser are in the No. 1 spots in the preseason polls.

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.

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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.