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Stanford No. 1, Lynn moves up in March 17 Mizuno WGCA coaches polls

Stanford No. 1, Lynn moves up in March 17 Mizuno WGCA coaches polls

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced Friday its latest Mizuno coaches polls, and there are some familiar names in the top spots.

Stanford remains the No. 1 team in Division I, with Wake Forest holding steady in second. LSU moved four spots up to third while South Carolina and Oregon round out the top five.

In Division II, Lynn moved into the top spot while Dallas Baptist dropped to No. 2. Emory remains No. 1 in Division III. In the NAIA poll, Dalton State received three first-place votes and is in the top spot while Oklahoma City, which has four first-place votes, drops to No. 2.

Here’s a look at the Mizuno WGCA polls for March 17:

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Stanford (20) 524
2 Wake Forest (1) 502
3 LSU 478
4 South Carolina 454
5 Oregon 439
T6 Mississippi State 392
T6 San Jose State 392
8 Texas A&M 391
9 Texas 358
10 Auburn 332
11 Arizona State 323
T12 Florida State 282
T12 USC 282
14 Baylor 270
15 Arizona 224
16 Vanderbilt 196
17 Ole Miss 175
18 Virginia 164
19 Oklahoma State 132
20 UCF 130
21 Florida 128
22 Northwestern 72
23 Ohio State 56
T24 Iowa State 32
T24 SMU 32

Others receiving votes: Pepperdine (29); Duke (22); UCLA (9); Kentucky (5)

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Lynn (13) 397
2 Dallas Baptist (2) 385
3 Nova Southeastern 353
4 Henderson State (1) 351
5 Anderson 339
6 Findlay 322
7 West Texas A&M 308
8 Rollins 287
9 Tampa 252
10 CSU San Marcos 251
11 Indianapolis 242
12 Lee 241
13 Flagler 219
14 Limestone 194
15 CSU Monterey Bay 152
16 Wingate 136
17 Lander 117
T18 Florida Southern 107
T18 Point Loma Nazarene 107
20 Oklahoma Christian 91
21 West Florida 68
22 Missouri-St. Louis 54
23 Barry 53
24 Texas at Tyler 33
T25 Arkansas Fort Smith 32
T25 Central Missouri 32

Others receiving votes: Grand Valley State (29); Rogers State (16); Texas A&M International (7); CSU East Bay (6); St. Mary’s. Texas (6); Tiffin (6); CSU Los Angeles (3); Saint Leo (3); Augustana (1)

Rank Team (First-place votes) Points
1 Emory (12) 300
2 Redlands 274
3 George Fox 268
4 Washington St. Louis 259
5 Carnegie Mellon 250
6 Washington and Lee 227
7 Texas at Dallas 209
8 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 206
9 Methodist 203
10 Pomona-Pitzer 201
11 St. Catherine 158
12 Amherst College 151
13 Denison 149
14 Williams College 135
T15

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