Stanford women's golf starts No. 1 in Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll for 2024-25

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has released its preseason polls for the 2024-25 season.

The Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls are headlined by Div. I, which is topped by the defending national champion Stanford Cardinal.

Stanford is a unanimous No. 1 with former Pac-12 rival USC starting in the No. 2 spot. NCAA runner-up UCLA will start third, with South Carolina and Texas tied for fourth.

In the wake of the latest round of college realignment, there are 10 SEC teams in the top 25. The breakdown:

• SEC (10) – South Carolina, Texas, Auburn, Arkansas, Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Florida.
• ACC (6) – Stanford, Wake Forest, Florida State, Duke, Clemson, Virginia.
• Big Ten (5) – USC, UCLA, Oregon, Northwestern, Michigan State.
• Big 12 (2) – Arizona State, Arizona.

Div. I Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First-place votes) Points

1 Stanford (31) 775

2 USC 692

3 UCLA 671

T4 South Carolina 599

T4 Texas 599

6 Auburn 565

7 Wake Forest 544

8 Arkansas 528

9 Texas A&M 480

10 Oregon 470

11 Northwestern 448

12 Arizona State 428

13 LSU 414

14 Florida State 356

15 Duke 349

16 Mississippi State 254

17 Arizona 247

18 Clemson 222

19 Vanderbilt 221

20 Virginia 204

21 Ole Miss 199

22 Florida 198

23 Michigan State 139

24 Pepperdine 134

25 San Jose State 47

Others receiving votes: Central Florida (39); North Carolina (36); Georgia (34); Southern Methodist University (29); California (26); Oregon State (20); Texas A&M – Corpus Christi (17); Kansas (17); Missouri State (14); Oklahoma State (13); Purdue (13); Georgia Southern (10); Ohio State (7); Baylor (6); Kansas State (5); Eastern Michigan (3); Alabama (3)

Dallas Baptist opens the season atop the Division II rankings after receiving eight first-place votes, followed by Flagler College at No. 2 with three votes. Findlay received one first-place vote to claim the No. 3 spot, while West Texas A&M and Anderson come in at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

Div. II Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First-place votes) Points

1 Dallas Baptist (8) 430

2 Flagler College (3) 409

3 Findlay (1) 396

4 West Texas A&M 382

5 Anderson 363

6 St. Mary’s (Texas) (1) 336

7 Nova Southeastern 332

8 Lynn (2) 330

9 Indianapolis (3) 302

10 Rollins College 243

11 Saint Leo 234

T12 California State San Marcos 231

T12 Lee 231

14 Henderson State 227

15 Barry 196

16 Central Missouri 193

17 Grand Valley State 139

18 Wingate 113

19 Lander 104

20 Midwestern State 102

21 Florida Southern College 86

22 California State East Bay 63

23 Southwestern Oklahoma State 50

24 California State Monterey Bay 48

25 Rogers State 46

Others receiving votes: North Georgia (44); Tampa (35); Texas at Tyler (35); Augustana (South Dakota) (29); Ashland (23); Missouri-St. Louis (21); West Florida (19); California State Los Angeles (18); Lenoir Rhyne (14); Davenport (8); Eckerd College (6); Central Oklahoma (5); Northeastern State (3); Lincoln Memorial (1); Palm Beach Atlantic (1); Texas A&M International (1); Nebraska at Kearney (1)

In Division III, the defending NCAA champs Carnegie Mellon claims the top spot after receiving all but two first-place votes, while Emory and Pomona-Pitzer come in at a tie for the No. 2 spot. George Fox opens the season at No. 4, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rounds out the top five.

Div. III Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First-place votes) Points

1 Carnegie Mellon (17) 473

T2 Emory 439

T2 Pomona-Pitzer (1) 439

4 George Fox 407

5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 393

6 Williams College 363

7 University of Redlands 328

8 Illinois Wesleyan 326

9 St. Catherine 313

10 Washington University in St. Louis 282

11 Amherst College 239

12 Wellesley College 236

13 Washington and Lee 215

14 Trinity (Texas) 184

15 Centre College 177

16 Carleton College 170

T17 Methodist (1) 151

T17 New York University 151

19 Mary Hardin-Baylor 136

20 Denison University 135

21 Hamilton College 93

22 Middlebury College 91

23 Grinnell College 83

24 Rhodes College 75

25 Randolph-Macon College 48

Others receiving votes: Chapman (47); Sewanee: The University of the South (35); Adrian College (20); Trinity College (20); Saint Mary’s College (17); Wisconsin Whitewater (16); Central College (14); Oglethorpe (11); Ohio Northern (10); Christopher Newport (8); Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (7); Whitman College (6); California Lutheran (5); Calvin (3); California Santa Cruz (3); LeTourneau (2); Macalester College (2); Hardin-Simmons (1); Trine (1)

In NAIA, last year’s champs, Keiser, opens the season as the unanimous No. 1, followed by runner-up Oklahoma City and SCAD Savannah at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

NAIA Preseason Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll

Rank University (First Place Votes) Points

1 Keiser (10) 100

2 Oklahoma City 83

3 SCAD Savannah 72

4 British Columbia 71

5 Texas Wesleyan 60

6 William Carey 48

7 Dalton State College 40

8 Lindsey Wilson College 33

9 Embry Riddle Aeronautical 14

10 Loyola New Orleans 8

Others receiving votes: Indiana Wesleyan (7); SCAD Atlanta (6); Truett McConnell (6); Ottawa University – Arizona (2)

The next Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll will be released on Friday, Oct. 4.

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