Wake Forest, Dallas Baptist, Emory, Keiser lead latest WGCA coaches polls

The second Women’s Golf Coaches Association coaches polls for the 2026 fall campaign are out and Wake Forest is the top team in Div. I. The Demon Deacons collected 13 of the 17 first-place votes to retain its spot atop the poll.

Wake Forest finished fourth at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational. USC, Auburn, Virginia and Stanford round out the top 5.

WGCA Div. I coaches poll for Oct. 23, 2026

Rank

University

First-place votes

Points

1

Wake Forest

13

417

2

USC

1

398

3

Auburn

1

392

4

Virginia

—

370

5

Stanford

2

339

6

Oregon

—

328

T-7

South Carolina

—

323

T-7

Duke

—

323

9

Florida

—

255

10

Tennessee

—

253

11

Mississippi

—

246

12

Texas

—

243

13

UCLA

—

240

14

Miami

—

225

15

Texas A&M

—

194

16

Arizona State

—

170

17

Florida State

—

132

18

Mississippi State

—

122

19

Iowa State

—

112

20

Alabama

—

101

21

Arkansas

—

94

22

Princeton

—

82

23

Purdue

—

47

24

Virginia Tech

—

29

T-25

Kansas

—

23

T-25

Oklahoma State

—

23

Other receiving votes: Kentucky