April 10, 2026, 11:58 a.m. ET
The Women’s Golf Coaches Association has announced the results of the most recent Mizuno WGCA coaches polls. These are the third polls of the spring 2026 season. In Div. I and Div. II, the top teams are holding steady while there’s a new No. 1 in Div. III.
Mizuno WGCA women’s golf coaches poll – Div. I
Stanford is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest poll. The Cardinal earned another win – at theCharles Schwab Women’s Collegiate Invitational – since the last poll. USC is No. 2, Texas A&M stays No. 3, with Florida at No. 4 and Oregon moving into the No. 5 spot.
RankTeamVotes (first-place votes)1Stanford475 (19)2USC4563Texas A&M4264Florida4235Oregon3936Texas3877Arkansas3638Auburn3429Wake Forest32410Pepperdine30011Duke28512North Carolina26113Vanderbilt22314UCLA21415Central Florida21216Florida State17317Mississippi State16818Tennessee15919Arizona State11920Mississippi10721South Carolina7822Baylor7623Iowa State6424Oklahoma State6025Oklahoma25
Other receiving votes: Eastern Michigan (19); Houston (12); SMU (10); Arizona (9); Missouri (7); Kent State (4); Virginia (1).
Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!Mizuno WGCA women’s golf coaches poll – Div. II
Wingate is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Div. II poll, coming off the heels of a win at the 2026 Grand Harbor Classic and a fourth-place finish at the 2026 Carolina Challenge Cup. Dallas Baptist is No. 2, and Anderson slides up to the No. 3 spot.
RankTeamVotes (first-place votes)1Wingate475 (19)2Dallas Baptist4563Anderson4274Findlay4235Lander3926Texas – Tyler3817Nova Southeastern3678Lynn3399Barry31610Lee30711North Georgia27712Cal State San Marcos25913Florida Southern College24414Tampa23915Flagler College20616St. Mary’s Texas19917Rollins College16218Grand Valley State15619Indianapolis13420Saint Leo11221Erskine College8722Eckerd College6523Lincoln Memorial5124Midwestern State4825West Florida30
Other receiving votes: Colorado State-Pueblo (9); Palm Beach Atlantic (6); West Texas A&M (6); California State-Los Angeles (2).
Mizuno WGCA women’s golf coaches poll – Div. III
Emory is the new No. 1 in the Div. III poll after a second-place finish in the 2026 Georgia State Invitational. NYU is also moving up, into the No. 2 spot after consecutive wins. Carnegie Mellon is No. 3.
RankTeamVotes (first-place votes)1Emory539 (15)2New York University528 (6)3Carnegie Mellon514 (1)4Pomona‑Pitzer4515Williams College4326Washington University in St. Louis4297Amherst College4258Washington and Lee3879Claremont‑Mudd‑Scripps Colleges37810Randolph‑Macon College34511Redlands32312Hamilton College28113Middlebury College26614Mary Hardin‑Baylor25115Wellesley College24816Carleton College21917Bowdoin College205T18Trinity176T18Denison17620Grinnell College15221Illinois Wesleyan11822Babson College8223University of the South6224Huntingdon College5725UC-Santa Cruz35
Other receiving votes: George Fox (31); Wisconsin-Stout (25); California Lutheran (7); DePauw (4); Macalester College (3); Lynchburg (1).
Mizuno WGCA women’s golf coaches poll – NAIA
Keiser remains the unanimous No. 1, followed by No. 2 Dalton State with Marian moving to No. 3.
RankTeamVotes (first-place votes)1Keiser100 (10)2Dalton State College903Marian784SCAD Savannah715SCAD Atlanta586William Carey537Loyola388Indiana Wesleyan299Embry‑Riddle1510the Cumberlands12
Other receiving votes: Pikeville (3); Texas Wesleyan (3).
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.