Wake Forest, Nova Southeastern top first spring 2024 Mizuno WGCA coaches polls

February 16, 2024

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The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has announced the results of the most recent Mizuno WGCA Coaches polls.

These are the first polls of the 2024 spring season.

In Division I, Wake Forest opens the spring at No. 1 after receiving all but two first-place votes, while Stanford comes in at No. 2 with the remaining first-place votes. USC and Arkansas come in at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while South Carolina rounds out the top five.

Nova Southeastern claims the top spot in Division II with 10 first-place votes, while Dallas Baptist and Findlay each received one vote to open the season at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

Here’s a look at the complete Mizuno WGCA polls for Feb. 16.

Rank	Team	Points
1	Wake Forest (20)	547
2	Stanford (2)	528
3	USC	482
4	Arkansas	481
5	South Carolina	459
6	UCLA	454
7	Texas	401
8	Oregon	394
9	Florida	391
10	LSU	362
11	Texas A&M	305
12	Ole Miss	288
13	Central Florida	281
14	Northwestern	262
15	Auburn	243
16	Duke	221
16	Clemson	186
18	San Jose State	167
19	California	123
T-20	Florida State	116
T-20	Arizona	116
22	Arizona State	111
23	North Carolina	76
24	Pepperdine	71
25	Virginia	41

Receiving votes: South Florida (17); Colorado State (10); Vanderbilt (8); Purdue (5); Georgia (2); Mississippi State (1); Houston (1)

Rank	Team	Points
1	Nova Southeastern (10)	320
2	Dallas Baptist (1)	302
3	Findlay (1)	291
4	Indianapolis	272
5	Anderson (1)	267
6	Flagler	245
7	Central Missouri	240
8	Rollins	239
9	Lynn	237
10	St. Mary’s	213
11	West Texas A&M	200
12	Barry	172
13	Saint Leo	168
14	Lee	161
15	Henderson State	152
16	Cal-State San Marcos	131
16	Lander	115
18	Midwestern State	104
19	Wingate	97
20	Grand Valley State	78
21	North Georgia	70
22	Tampa	54
23	Oklahoma Christian	36
24	Southwestern Oklahoma State	32
25	Florida Southern	15

Receiving votes: Rogers State (8); Wayne State (4); Eckerd College (1); Texas A&M International (1)

Rank	Team	Points
T-1	George Fox (6)	282
T-1	Pomona-Pitzer (2)	282
3	Carnegie Mellon (1)	277
4	Emory	262
5	Williams College (3)	253
6	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	232
7	Redlands	218
8	Washington and Lee	201
9	St. Catherine	197
10	Amherst	170
11	Washington St. Louis	156
12	Illinois Wesleyan	153
13	Wellesley College	147
14	Texas-Dallas	135
15	Centre College	120
16	Carleton College	107
16	Hamilton College	103
18	Whitman College	90
19	Mary Hardin-Baylor	88
20	Grinnell College	85
21	Middlebury College	73
22	Rhodes College	51
23	Methodist	49
24	Sewanee	46
25	Trinity (Texas)	40

Receiving votes: Wisconsin-Whitewater (26); Denison (17); Christopher Newport (13); Bethel (8); Chapman (5); California Lutheran (4); Southwestern (3); Wisconsin-La Crosse (3); Gustavus Adolphus College (2); Lynchburg (2)

Rank	Team	Points
1	British Columbia (7)	70
2	Keiser	63
3	Oklahoma City	56
4	SCAD Savannah	47
5	Dalton State	44
6	Texas Wesleyan	34
7	Truett McConnell	29
8	Ottawa-Arizona	17
9	William Carey	11
10	Oregon Institude of Tech	10