Stanford, Lynn, Emory women’s golf headline final regular season Mizuno WGCA coaches polls

May 5, 2023

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The final regular season Mizuno WGCA coaches polls for women’s golf have been released and there’s no surprise Stanford is the top team in Div. I.

The Cardinal received nine first-place votes but so did Wake Forest, which checks in at No. 2. Stanford’s has just a one-point lead in overall points, 441 to 440. LSU is No. 3, South Carolina is No. 4 and Mississippi State checks in at No. 5.

This is the fourth and final coaches poll for the 2023 spring campaign by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association.

Rank	University (First-place votes)	Points
1	Stanford (9)	441
2	Wake Forest (9)	440
3	LSU	415
4	South Carolina	384
5	Mississippi State	373
6	Texas A&M	369
7	Auburn	341
8	Oregon	327
9	San Jose State	288
10	Arizona State	281
11	Texas	259
12	Baylor	255
13	USC	248
14	Florida State	219
15	Northwestern	218
16	Mississippi	177
17	Vanderbilt	158
18	Pepperdine	135
19	Iowa State	118
20	Central Florida	101
21	Florida	98
22	Oklahoma State	77
23	Ohio State	36
24	Clemson	34
25	Virginia	28
Others Receiving Votes: Southern Methodist (27); Duke (1); Arizona (1); Kentucky (1)

Lynn University women’s golf

Lynn continues to hold the top spot after receiving all but one first-place vote in Div. II.

Dallas Baptist remains No. 2 while collecting the last first-place vote. Findlay is No. 3, Nova Southeastern is up one spot to No. 4 and Anderson is down two to No. 5.

Rank	University (First-place votes)	Points
1	Lynn (13)	349
2	Dallas Baptist (1)	334
3	Findlay	310
4	Nova Southeastern	304
5	Anderson	298
6	Henderson State	290
7	West Texas A&M	266
8	Rollins College	245
9	California State San Marcos	237
10	Indianapolis	224
11	Tampa	207
12	Lee	204
13	Point Loma Nazarene	173
14	Wingate	153
15	Limestone	152
16	Flagler College	130
17	California State East Bay	122
18	Barry	108
19	Florida Southern College	94
20	Lander	91
21	Central Missouri	64
22	Oklahoma Christian	59
23	Texas at Tyler	50
24	West Florida	36
25	Missouri-St. Louis	30
Others receiving votes: California State Monterey Bay (8); Tiffin (4); St. Mary’s (Texas) (3); Eckerd College (1); Grand Valley State (1); Rogers State (1); Saint Leo (1); Texas A&M International (1)

Emory kept its hold on the No. 1 spot in Div. III, receiving 12 first-place votes.

Redlands is No. 2 spot with the remaining three votes. Nos. 3 through 5 are Washington University in St. Louis, George Fox and Carnegie Mellon.

Rank	University (First-place votes)	Points
1	Emory (9)	318
2	Redlands (3)	305
3	Washington University in St. Louis	291
4	George Fox	277
5	Carnegie Mellon	270
6	Pomona-Pitzer	269
7	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (1)	254
8	Washington and Lee	221
9	St. Catherine	214
10	Methodist	206
11	Texas at Dallas	200
12	Centre College	179
13	Williams College	170
14	Amherst College	167
15	Illinois Wesleyan	163
16	Denison	129
17	New York University	117
18	Sewanee: The University of the South	88
19	Trinity (Texas)	78
20	Rhodes College	74
21	Mary Hardin-Baylor	68
22	Oglethorpe	56
23	Wisconsin – Whitewater	39
24	California Lutheran	18
25	UC-Santa Cruz	15
Others receiving votes: Grinnell College (12); Bethel (9); Carleton College (8); Christopher Newport (3); Middlebury College (2); Wisconsin-La Crosse (2); Adrian College (1); Hamilton College (1); Rose Hulman of Technology (1)

Dalton State College remains the unanimous No. 1, with Keiser and Oklahoma City holding steady at Nos. 2 and No. 3.

Rank	University (First-place votes)	Points
1	Dalton State College (9)	90
2	Keiser	80
3	Oklahoma City	73
4	SCAD Savannah	61
5	William Carey	51
6	Southeastern	42
7	University of the Cumberlands	34
8	Indiana Wesleyan	28
9	Milligan	14
10	Taylor	13
Others receiving vVotes: Loyola New Orleans (7); Cumberland (1); William Penn (1)