Golfweek/Mizuno WGCA 2023-24 women’s college golf preseason coaches polls


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
23 West Florida 62
24 Missouri-St. Louis 61
25 Central Missouri 59
Others receiving votes: Texas at Tyler (48); St. Mary’s (Texas) (30); Nebraska at Kearney (21); Augustana (19); Saint Leo (18); Eckerd College (17); Wayne State (15); Tiffin (14); North Georgia (4); California State Monterey Bay (2); Carson-Newman (1); Midwestern State (1); Texas A&M International (1); Central Oklahoma (1)

 

In Div. III, defending national champion George Fox, based in Newberg, Oregon, claimed the top spot after receiving all but two first-place votes. NCAA runner-up Washington University in St. Louis is No. 2. Emory received one vote to take the No. 3 spot. Redlands is No. 4 and Pomona Pitzer is No. 5.

Rank University (First-place votes) Points
1 George Fox (11) 321
2 Washington University in St. Louis 292
3 Emory (1) 291
4 Redlands 272
5 Pomona-Pitzer 258
6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 257
7 Carnegie Mellon (1) 246
8 St. Catherine 218
9 Washington and Lee 212
10 Methodist 203
11 Williams College 191
12 Amherst College 190
13 Centre College 185
14 Illinois Wesleyan 169
15 Texas at Dallas 154
16 New York 123
17 Denison 99
18 Sewanee: The University of the South 80
19 Trinity (Texas) 74
20 Rhodes College 67
21 Carleton College 56
22 Mary Hardin-Baylor 47
23 Bethel 45
24 Wisconsin, Whitewater 31
25 Middlebury College 30
Others receiving votes: California Lutheran (27); Adrian College (11); Lynchburg (11); Gustavus Adolphus College (9); York College of Pennsylvania (9); Hamilton College (8); Oglethorpe (7); California Santa Cruz (6); Christopher Newport (5); Otterbein (5); Randolph-Macon College (5); Grinnell College (4); Wellesley College (4); Bowdoin College (2); Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (1)

 

In NAIA, last year’s NCAA runner-up Keiser is No. 1 after receiving one first-place vote. Dalton State College is No. 2 with two votes, while Oklahoma City rounds out the top-three.

Rank University (First-place votes) Points
1 Keiser (1) 71
2 Dalton State College (2) 69
3 Oklahoma City 57
4 British Columbia (5) 50
5 SCAD Savannah 47
6 William Carey 45
7 Southeastern 36
8 University of the Cumberlands 23
9 Indiana Wesleyan 19
10 Milligan 12
Others receiving votes: Taylor (6); Cumberland (3); Loyola New Orleans (1); Ottawa – Arizona (1)

 

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 700 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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