The final regular season Mizuno WGCA coaches polls for women’s golf have been released and there’s no surprise Stanford is the top team in Div. I.
The Cardinal received nine first-place votes but so did Wake Forest, which checks in at No. 2. Stanford’s has just a one-point lead in overall points, 441 to 440. LSU is No. 3, South Carolina is No. 4 and Mississippi State checks in at No. 5.
This is the fourth and final coaches poll for the 2023 spring campaign by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Stanford (9) | 441 |
2 | Wake Forest (9) | 440 |
3 | LSU | 415 |
4 | South Carolina | 384 |
5 | Mississippi State | 373 |
6 | Texas A&M | 369 |
7 | Auburn | 341 |
8 | Oregon | 327 |
9 | San Jose State | 288 |
10 | Arizona State | 281 |
11 | Texas | 259 |
12 | Baylor | 255 |
13 | USC | 248 |
14 | Florida State | 219 |
15 | Northwestern | 218 |
16 | Mississippi | 177 |
17 | Vanderbilt | 158 |
18 | Pepperdine | 135 |
19 | Iowa State | 118 |
20 | Central Florida | 101 |
21 | Florida | 98 |
22 | Oklahoma State | 77 |
23 | Ohio State | 36 |
24 | Clemson | 34 |
25 | Virginia | 28 |
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Methodist (27); Duke (1); Arizona (1); Kentucky (1) |
Lynn continues to hold the top spot after receiving all but one first-place vote in Div. II.
Dallas Baptist remains No. 2 while collecting the last first-place vote. Findlay is No. 3, Nova Southeastern is up one spot to No. 4 and Anderson is down two to No. 5.
Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
1 | Lynn (13) | 349 |
2 | Dallas Baptist (1) | 334 |
3 | Findlay | 310 |
4 | Nova Southeastern | 304 |
5 | Anderson | 298 |
6 | Henderson State | 290 |
7 | West Texas A&M | 266 |
8 | Rollins College | 245 |
9 | California State San Marcos | 237 |
10 | Indianapolis | 224 |
11 | Tampa | 207 |
12 | Lee | 204 |
13 | Point Loma Nazarene | 173 |
14 | Wingate | 153 |
15 | Limestone | 152 |
16 | Flagler College | 130 |
17 | California State East Bay | 122 |
18 | Barry | 108 |
19 | Florida Southern College | 94 |
20 | Lander | 91 |
21 | Central Missouri | 64 |
22 | Oklahoma Christian | 59 |
23 | Texas at Tyler | 50 |
24 | West Florida | 36 |
25 | Missouri-St. Louis | 30 |
Others receiving votes: California State Monterey Bay (8); Tiffin (4); St. Mary’s (Texas) (3); Eckerd College (1); Grand Valley State (1); Rogers State (1); Saint Leo (1); Texas A&M International (1) |
Emory kept its hold on the No. 1 spot in Div. III, receiving 12 first-place votes.
Redlands is No. 2 spot with the remaining three votes. Nos. 3 through 5 are Washington…
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