The Women's Golf Coaches Association has released the second Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls for the spring 2025 season.
In Div. I, Stanford garnered all first-place votes and remains atop the rankings with Arkansas and Oregon holding their positions at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. South Carolina is up a spot to No. 4, while USC rounds out the top five.
Anderson University is the unanimous No. 1 in Div. II, Carnegie Mellon slides into the top spot in Div. III, and the NAIA has the top three staying put, with Keiser the unanimous No. 1.The next Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls will be released on Friday, April 11.
Mizuno WGCA Div. I Coaches Poll
| Pos. | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Stanford (26) | 650 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 612 |
| 3 | Oregon | 598 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 568 |
| 5 | USC | 552 |
| 6 | Texas | 514 |
| 7 | Florida State | 506 |
| 8 | Arizona State | 463 |
| 9 | Wake Forest | 443 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 399 |
| 11 | LSU | 375 |
| 12 | Northwestern | 371 |
| 13 | Virginia | 339 |
| 14 | Mississippi | 310 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 285 |
| 16 | TCU | 253 |
| 17 | Texas A&M | 217 |
| 18 | Auburn | 203 |
| 19 | Mississippi State | 197 |
| 20 | Arizona | 169 |
| 21 | Kansas | 139 |
| 22 | Duke | 106 |
| 23 | Michigan State | 70 |
| 24 | Houston | 48 |
| 25 | Ohio State | 42 |
Others receiving votes: Florida (10); UCLA (6); Oklahoma State (2); Georgia Southern (1); Iowa State (1); California (1)
Mizuno WGCA Div. II Coaches Poll
| Pos. | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Anderson (16) | 400 |
| 2 | Wingate | 376 |
| 3 | Flagler College | 369 |
| 4 | Dallas Baptist | 349 |
| 5 | Findlay | 340 |
| 6 | California State San Marcos | 306 |
| T7 | Lynn | 289 |
| T7 | Nova Southeastern | 289 |
| 9 | St. Mary's (Texas) | 268 |
| 10 | West Texas A&M | 239 |
| 11 | Grand Valley State | 235 |
| 12 | Lee | 233 |
| 13 | Tampa | 193 |
| 14 | Texas at Tyler | 182 |
| 15 | Rollins College | 173 |
| 16 | North Georgia | 167 |
| 17 | Saint Leo | 129 |
| 18 | Missouri-St. Louis | 112 |
| 19 | Palm Beach Atlantic | 102 |
| 20 | Central Missouri | 98 |
| 21 | Lander | 76 |
| 22 | West Florida | 64 |
| 23 | Simon Fraser iversity | 47 |
| 24 | Rogers State | 32 |
| 25 | Lincoln Memorial | 26 |
Others receiving votes: Florida Southern College (25); California State Los Angeles (16); Henderson State (14); California State East Bay (11); Harding (11); Biola (10); Midwestern State (7); Ashland (6); Tiffin (5); Indianapolis (1)
Mizuno WGCA Div. III Coaches Poll
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon (18) | 590 |
| 2 | Emory (3) | 568 |
| 3 | Washington University in St. Louis | 544 |
| 4 | George Fox (3) | 538 |
| 5 | Pomona-Pitzer | 470 |
| T6 | Wellesley College | 466 |
| T6 | Williams College | 466 |
| 8 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 461 |
| 9 | New York University | 396 |
| 10 | St. Catherine | 373 |
| 11 | Amherst College | 344 |
| 12 | Randolph-Macon College | 289 |
| 13 | Babson College | 276 |
| 14 | Washington and Lee | 274 |
| 15 | Hamilton College | 259 |
| 16 | Centre College | 252 |
| 17 | Illinois Wesleyan | 219 |
| 18 | Denison | 201 |
| 19 | University of Redlands | 175 |
| 20 | Trinity (Texas) | 162 |
| 21 | Bowdoin College | 113 |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 93 |
| 23 | Methodist | 66 |
| 24 | Christopher Newport | 64 |
| 25 | Grinnell College | 49 |
Others receiving votes: Rhodes College (27); Carleton College (26); California Lutheran (11); Sewanee: The University of the South (9); Mary Hardin-Baylor (7); Wisconsin-Stout (6); Bethel (3); Huntingdon College (3)
Mizuno WGCA NAIA Coaches Poll
| Pos. | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Keiser (9) | 90 |
| 2 | SCAD Savannah | 81 |
| 3 | Lindsey Wilson College | 72 |
| 4 | Marian (IN) | 63 |
| 5 | Texas Wesleyan | 50 |
| 6 | Dalton State College | 49 |
| 7 | Oklahoma City | 35 |
| 8 | SCAD Atlanta | 26 |
| 9 | Milligan | 19 |
| 10 | Embry Riddle Aeronautical | 9 |
Others receiving votes: Truett McConnell (1)
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.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Mizuno WGCA Coaches Polls: Stanford, Anderson, Carnegie Mellon, Keiser
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