The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has released the most recent Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll for women’s college golf. This is the first poll (originally released on Feb. 26) of the spring 2026 season.
Stanford remains the unanimous No. 1 in Div. I after winning their first two events of the spring at the Arizona Thunderbird Intercollegiate and the Bruin Wave Invitational. USC holds steady at No. 2 after winning the Alice and John Wallace Women’s Golf Classic. Texas A&M moves up to No. 3 after a runner-up finish at the Moon Golf Invitational. Oregon sits at No. 4 after finishing second at the Chevron Collegiate. Auburn is now No. 5 after winning the UCF Challenge and the Moon Golf Invitational.
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Div. I Mizuno WGCA coaches poll
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Stanford |
450 |
|
2 |
USC |
430 |
|
3 |
Texas A&M |
403 |
|
4 |
Oregon |
400 |
|
5 |
Auburn |
387 |
|
6 |
Arkansas |
344 |
|
7 |
Wake Forest |
337 |
|
8 |
Florida |
334 |
|
9 |
Texas |
286 |
|
10 |
Pepperdine |
284 |
|
11 |
UCLA |
238 |
|
12 |
Vanderbilt |
237 |
|
13 |
Duke |
226 |
|
14 |
North Carolina |
214 |
|
15 |
Mississippi State |
206 |
|
16 |
Mississippi |
202 |
|
17 |
Central Florida |
161 |
|
18 |
Baylor |
144 |
|
19 |
South Carolina |
119 |
|
20 |
Tennessee |
106 |
|
21 |
Northwestern |
96 |
|
22 |
Arizona State |
68 |
|
23 |
Arizona |
59 |
|
24 |
Florida State |
19 |
|
25 |
Oklahoma |
15 |
Other receiving votes: Missouri (15); Iowa State (14); Eastern Michigan (10); Kent State (6); SMU (3); Kansas State (2); Oklahoma State (2).
Div. II Mizuno WGCA coaches poll
Wingate holds on to the top spot in Division II after receiving 11 first-place votes and securing a win at the Battle at Hilton Head. Dallas Baptist received two first-place votes to remain at No. 2, following a win at the Women’s Rattler Invitational. Anderson is No. 3, Findlay is No. 4 and Grand Valley State is No. 5.
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Wingate |
323 |
|
2 |
Dallas Baptist |
311 |
|
3 |
Anderson |
295 |
|
4 |
Findlay |
289 |
|
5 |
Grand Valley State |
262 |
|
6 |
Texas at Tyler |
245 |
|
7 |
North Georgia |
239 |
|
8 |
Lander |
217 |
|
9 |
Lynn |
214 |
|
10 |
Flagler |
213 |
|
11 |
Nova Southeastern |
195 |
|
T12 |
Lee |
171 |
|
T12 |
Florida Southern |
171 |
|
14 |
Barry |
168 |
|
15 |
Cal State San Marcos |
151 |
|
16 |
Indianapolis |
141 |
|
17 |
Tampa |
120 |
|
18 |
St. Mary’s Texas |
111 |
|
19 |
Eckerd College |
71 |
|
20 |
Rollins College |
65 |
|
21 |
Saint Leo |
64 |
|
22 |
Erskine College |
52 |
|
23 |
Lincoln Memorial |
38 |
|
24 |
Midwestern State |
35 |
|
25 |
Ferris State |
21 |
Other receiving votes: Missouri – St. Louis (15); Colorado State Pueblo (11); West Texas A&M (6); Rogers State (4); West Florida (3); Central Missouri (3); Point Loma Nazarene (1).
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Div. III Mizuno WGCA coaches poll
Emory received 17 first-place votes to claim the No. 1 spot, after a fifth-place finish at the Space Coast Classic presented by MoonGolf. Carnegie Mellon received three first-place votes to come in closely behind at No. 2, following a runner-up finish at the Centre College Classic. New York University received one first-place vote, holding steady at No. 3. Pomona-Pitzer climbs to No. 4, after winning their first two events in the Spring (West Coast Classic and SCIAC #1). Williams College sits at No. 5 in the poll.
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Emory |
520 |
|
2 |
Carnegie Mellon |
502 |
|
3 |
New York |
457 |
|
4 |
Pomona-Pitzer |
442 |
|
5 |
Williams College |
426 |
|
6 |
Washington in St. Louis |
424 |
|
7 |
Amherst College |
394 |
|
8 |
Wellesley College |
348 |
|
9 |
Wesleyan |
341 |
|
10 |
Randolph-Macon College |
325 |
|
11 |
Washington and Lee |
285 |
|
12 |
Middlebury College |
276 |
|
13 |
Hamilton College |
257 |
|
14 |
Carleton College |
241 |
|
15 |
Redlands |
229 |
|
16 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges |
214 |
|
17 |
Bowdoin College |
194 |
|
18 |
Denison |
168 |
|
19 |
Trinity (Texas) |
155 |
|
20 |
Mary Hardin-Baylor |
145 |
|
21 |
Grinnell College |
137 |
|
22 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
78 |
|
23 |
Babson College |
75 |
|
24 |
Huntingdon College |
59 |
|
25 |
the South |
52 |
Others receiving votes: DePauw (20); Methodist (18); Piedmont (17); California Lutheran (15); Macalester College (5); Wisconsin-Stout (4); California-Santa Cruz (2)
NAIA Mizuno WGCA coaches poll
The top three in NAIA are unchanged, with Keiser the unanimous No. 1, Dalton State College at No. 2 and Marian University in the No. 3 spot.
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Keiser |
100 |
|
2 |
Dalton State College |
90 |
|
3 |
Marian |
78 |
|
4 |
SCAD Atlanta |
72 |
|
5 |
SCAD Savannah |
60 |
|
6 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
50 |
|
7 |
William Carey |
38 |
|
8 |
the Cumberlands |
29 |
|
9 |
Loyola |
20 |
|
10 |
Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical |
13 |
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.
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This article originally appeared on Golfweek: 2026 Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls have Stanford, Wingate, Emory at No. 1
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