It was just over three months ago that Wake Forest defeated USC to capture its first women’s national title at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale.
Now, it’s time to tee it up for a new season of college golf.
With that, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association has announced the 2023-24 Preseason Golfweek/Mizuno WGCA coaches polls.
This year, it’s Stanford that will start in the No. 1 spot with Wake Forest not far behind. Check out the full lists of all the preseason coaches polls for Div. I, Div. II, Div. III and NAIA.
These polls will be updated roughly once per month during the season.
In Div. I, Stanford, the 2022 national champion, opens the season at No. 1. The Cardinal received 11 first-place votes. Defending champ Wake Forest garnered six votes and is No. 2. Texas A&M is No. 3, LSU is No. 4 and USC rounds out the top five.
| Rank | University (first-place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Stanford (11) | 500 |
| 2 | Wake Forest (6) | 483 |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 450 |
| 4 | LSU(3) | 428 |
| 5 | USC (1) | 392 |
| 6 | Mississippi State | 385 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 375 |
| 8 | Texas | 355 |
| 9 | Auburn | 314 |
| 10 | Florida State | 312 |
| 11 | Oregon | 292 |
| 12 | Baylor | 263 |
| 13 | San Jose State | 257 |
| 14 | Arizona State | 250 |
| 15 | Pepperdine | 236 |
| 16 | Mississippi | 195 |
| 17 | Vanderbilt | 169 |
| 18 | Northwestern | 166 |
| 19 | Oklahoma State | 124 |
| 20 | SMU | 118 |
| T21 | Iowa State | 98 |
| T21 | Georgia | 98 |
| 23 | Virginia | 92 |
| 24 | Florida | 89 |
| 25 | Clemson | 72 |
| Others receiving votes: Duke (69); Central Florida (66); Ohio State (55); Arizona (40); UCLA (35); Cal(12); Kentucky (8); Texas Tech (7); Alabama (7); Arkansas (5); Michigan State (3); New Mexico (3); Kent State (1); North Carolina (1) | ||
Defending NCAA Div. II champion Dallas Baptist is No. 1 after receiving all but one first-place vote. Lynn is No. 2 with last year’s runner-up Nova Southeastern No. 3. West Texas A&M received a first-place vote and is No. 4 with Findlay starting the new season at No. 5.
| Rank | University (First-place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Dallas Baptist (15) | 399 |
| 2 | Lynn | 372 |
| 3 | Nova Southeastern | 351 |
| 4 | West Texas A&M (1) | 344 |
| 5 | Findlay | 342 |
| 6 | Henderson State | 319 |
| 7 | Anderson | 309 |
| 8 | Indianapolis | 290 |
| 9 | Tampa | 264 |
| 10 | California State San Marcos | 247 |
| 11 | Lee | 215 |
| 12 | Rollins College | 195 |
| 13 | Limestone | 187 |
| 14 | California State East Bay | 178 |
| 15 | Barry | 169 |
| 16 | Wingate | 146 |
| 17 | Grand Valley State | 112 |
| 18 | Flagler College | 103 |
| 19 | Oklahoma Christian | 84 |
| 20 | Lander | 72 |
| 21 | Point Loma Nazarene | 65 |
| 22 | Florida Southern College | 63 |
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