Stanford, Dallas Baptist, Carnegie Mellon, and Keiser have topped the latest 2024 Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls for the 2024-25 women’s college golf season. These polls mark the second of the fall 2024 season. The Women’s Golf Coaches Association releases its polls approximately every four weeks. Stanford maintains its position at the top of the Div. I ranking, receiving all but two first-place votes. South Carolina received the other two votes and now sits at No. 2. USC dropped from 2nd to 3rd place, while Texas remains at No. 4. UCLA rounds out the top five in the poll.
**Division I Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll**
1. Stanford (21) 572
2. South Carolina (2) 515
3. USC 514
4. Texas 482
5. UCLA 432
6. Auburn 423
7. Wake Forest 415
8. Arizona State 406
9. Arkansas 379
10. Northwestern 346
11. Oregon 331
12. LSU 294
13. Arizona 287
14. Florida State 271
15. Texas A&M 238
16. Duke University 235
17. Mississippi State 205
18. Vanderbilt 183
19. Mississippi 177
20. Virginia 161
21. Florida 129
22. Clemson 114
23. Pepperdine 63
23. North Carolina 63
25. Michigan State 54
Others receiving votes: Houston (26), California (24), Kansas (18), Central Florida (17), Georgia Southern (16), Arkansas at Little Rock (16), San Jose State (11), Virginia Tech (10), Baylor (8), Ohio State (6), SMU (6), TCU (5), Alabama (5), Oklahoma State (4), Georgia (4), Kansas State (3), Kentucky (2), Tennessee (2), Campbell (1), Texas Tech (1), Washington (1)
**Division II Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll**
1. Dallas Baptist (8) 410
2. Findlay (7) 400
3. West Texas A&M (1) 363
4. Flagler College 361
5. Anderson 318
6. St. Mary’s (Texas) 313
7. Wingate (1) 273
8. Saint Leo 255
9. California State San Marcos 239
10. Lee 231
11. Nova Southeastern 228
12. Lynn 223
13. Texas at Tyler 211
14. Rollins College 183
15. Central Missouri 181
16. Missouri-St. Louis 151
17. Grand Valley State 147
18. Barry 119
19. Henderson State 114
20. North Georgia 103
21. Lander 95
22. Rogers State 84
23. Midwestern State 66
24. Florida Southern College 57
25. Indianapolis 52
Others receiving votes: California State Los Angeles (38), Augustana (South Dakota) (37), West Florida (37), California State East Bay (32), Tampa (28), Tiffin (26), Lincoln Memorial (22), Ashland (20), Southwestern Oklahoma State (19), California State Monterey Bay (14), Tusculum (14), Colorado State Pueblo (12), Harding (8), Ferris State (7), West Georgia (6), Nebraska at Kearney (5), Sioux Falls (4), Minnesota State Mankato (3), Point Loma Nazarene (3), Simon Fraser (3), Hawaii at Hilo (3), Eckerd College (2), Colorado Christian (1), Lenoir Rhyne (1), Oklahoma Baptist (1), Palm Beach Atlantic (1), Arkansas Fort Smith (1)
**Division III Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll**
1. Carnegie Mellon (7) 525
2. Emory (10) 523
3. Pomona-Pitzer (3) 508
4. George Fox (2) 459
5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 431
6. Williams College 401
7. Washington University in St. Louis 397
8. St. Catherine 371
9. Wellesley College 344
10. Illinois Wesleyan 327
11. University of Redlands 319
12. Centre College 276
13. Amherst College 273
14. Washington and Lee University 264
15. New York 246
16. Trinity (Texas) 218
17. Mary Hardin-Baylor 193
18. Carleton College 173
19. Methodist 135
20. Denison 133
21. Grinnell College 108
22. Randolph-Macon College 90
23. Hamilton College 83
24. Middlebury College 61
25. California Lutheran 49
Others receiving votes: Rhodes College (47), Bowdoin College (35), Aurora (18), Chapman (17), Sewanee: The University of the South (17), Babson College (16), Wesleyan (15), Whitman College (15), California Santa Cruz (13), Christopher Newport (8), Piedmont College (7), Saint Mary’s College (7), Bethel (5), Occidental College (5), Macalester College (4), Mississippi University for Women (4), Wisconsin Whitewater (4), Manchester (3), Gustavus Adolphus College (1), Huntingdon College (1), Trine (1)
**NAIA Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll**
1. Keiser (9) 99
T2. SCAD Savannah 79
T2. British Columbia (1) 79
3. Oklahoma City 58
4. Texas Wesleyan 54
5. Dalton State College 47
6. Lindsey Wilson College 42
7. William Carey 22
8. SCAD Atlanta 18
9. Embry Riddle Aeronautical 10
Others receiving votes: Milligan (7), Lewis-Clark State College (6), Truett McConnell (6), Loyola New Orleans (5), Pikeville (5), Cumberland (2), Indiana Wesleyan (2), Ottawa University – Arizona (1)
About the Women’s Golf Coaches Association:
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization that represents women’s collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was established to promote college golf for women in alignment with the educational mission and the finest traditions of intercollegiate competition. Currently, the WGCA has over 750 members across the United States and is focused on educating, promoting, and recognizing both its coaches and the student-athletes they guide.
