No. 1 Duke
Fresh off a four-tournament winning streak, including its sixth consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championship, the Blue Devils are led by No. 4 Candy Hannemann.
No. 3 Auburn
The Tigers finished third in the Southeast Conference championships, led by No. 5 Celeste Troche, who finished fifth at the conference championships.
No. 6 Georgia
The Bulldogs became SEC champs this season for the fourth time in the last five years. They are led by No. 14 Summer Sirmons and Reilley Rankin, who finished third at the conference championships.
No. 11 Pepperdine
The Waves boast three All-West Coast Conference selections – No. 11 Lindsey Wright, No. 12 Katherine Hull and Lisa Chang – and finished second in the WCC championships.
No. 16 Wake Forest
The Demon Deacons finished second at the ACC championships, only three strokes behind Duke. They rallied back from 21 strokes behind to nearly catch the Blue Devils.
No. 21 Vanderbilt
Coming off a disappointing eighth place finish at the SEC championships, the Commodores are led by No. 57 Nicki Cutler.