Another sign college golf is close? The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has released the results of the 2021-22 Preseason WGCA Coaches Poll.
At the Division I level, Stanford has coaches’ full attention as the Cardinal prepare to return reigning NCAA individual champion Rachel Heck as well as bring in world No. 1 amateur Rose Zhang. Stanford garnered 17 first-place votes and landed at the top of the poll.
Duke follows with two first-place votes and Ole Miss, the defending champion, also received two first-place votes but landed in sixth.
Wake Forest, LSU and Oklahoma State fall in between.
Take a look at the full poll below.
| Rank | University (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1 | Stanford University (17) | 513 |
| 2 | Duke University (2) | 489 |
| 3 | Wake Forest University | 435 |
| T4 | Louisiana State University | 423 |
| T4 | Oklahoma State University | 423 |
| 6 | University of Mississippi (2) | 420 |
| 7 | Florida State University | 360 |
| 8 | Arizona State University | 351 |
| 9 | University of Texas | 350 |
| 10 | University of South Carolina | 338 |
| 11 | University of Southern California | 336 |
| 12 | Auburn University | 317 |
| 13 | University of Arizona | 266 |
| 14 | University of Oregon | 234 |
| 15 | Baylor University | 224 |
| 16 | University of California, Los Angeles | 196 |
| 17 | University of Virginia | 179 |
| 18 | University of Arkansas | 172 |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 156 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech | 127 |
| 21 | University of Florida | 70 |
| 22 | Vanderbilt University | 64 |
| 23 | University of Kentucky | 58 |
| 24 | University of Michigan | 58 |
| 25 | Kent State University | 57 |
Others Receiving Votes: University of Alabama (55); Michigan State University (42); University of Maryland (35); Northwestern University (18); University of Houston (11); Texas Tech University (10); University of Oklahoma (9); Mississippi State University (6); University of Miami (6); Texas A&M University (5); University of Tennessee (5); Pepperdine University (4); The University of Tulsa (1); University of Central Florida (1); University of Illinois (1)
