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Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll: Stanford is 1, Mississippi State is 3

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Stanford is still on top, Wake Forest keeps drawing closer, but it’s Mississippi State making the biggest move in the Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll this week.

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association released its latest Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll, the third of the 2022-23 season, and the Cardinal remain on top in Division I with 12 first-place votes. Wake Forest is close behind at No. 2 with the remaining nine votes. Three weeks ago, Stanford garnered 19 of the 22 first-place votes.

Mississippi State, in the “others receiving votes” category last time, has vaulted to No. 3 in this poll after winning a second consecutive tournament, the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. The Bulldogs also won the Mason Rudolph Championship at the end of September. MSU next hosts The Ally, a two-day event which starts Monday.

Fellow SEC programs South Carolina and Texas A&M check in at Nos 4 and 5.

Rank University (first-pace votes) Points
1 Stanford (12) 516
2 Wake Forest (9) 512
3 Mississippi State 465
4 South Carolina 450
5 Texas A&M 447
6 Oregon 414
7 Mississippi 392
8 Texas 362
9 Duke 357
10 Virginia 332
11 USC 302
12 Arizona State 280
13 Arizona 256
14 Arkansas 233
15 Florida State 205
16 Florida 200
17 LSU 185
18 UCLA 174
19 San Jose State 158
20 Oklahoma State 136
21 Kent State 82
22 Vanderbilt 81
23 Auburn 58
24 Central Florida 53
25 Clemson 32
Others receiving votes: Southern Mississippi (27); Kentucky (25); Nebraska (17); California (13); TCU (11); North Carolina (11); Houston (10); Texas Tech (6); New Mexico (6); Miami (4); Michigan (4); Baylor (2); Pepperdine (2); SMU (2); Tulsa (2); Michigan State (1)

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 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.

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