LOS ANGELES -- Cal State LA's women's golf team received some encouraging news on Friday when the official NCAA Division II West Region rankings were released.

The Golden Eagles, who are trying to reach the NCAA Tournament for a third straight year, were ranked No. 6 in the rankings released by the NCAA Golf Championships Committee. That matches the highest regional ranking for the Golden Eagles, who finished in a tie for sixth at the regionals last season, just one spot out of the fifth-place finish they needed to advance to nationals. Cal State LA led after the first of three rounds last year.

The California Collegiate Athletic Association has four teams in the rankings, with Cal State San Marcos at No. 3, Cal State LA at No. 6, Cal State Monterey Bay at No. 11 and Cal State East Bay at No. 14.

The West Region consists of programs from the CCAA, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, the Lone Star Conference, the Pacific West Conference and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

There will be 18 teams that qualify for the West Regional. All five conferences have automatic qualifying bids and all five award their automatic bid to the winner of the conference tournament. The next 13 spots will be awarded via at-large bids, by ranking, to complete the field.

Dallas Baptist is ranked first in the region and followed by the University of Texas at Tyler, Cal State San Marcos, St. Mary's (Texas), Midwestern State, Cal State LA, Point Loma, West Texas A&M, Simon Fraser, Colorado State-Pueblo, Cal State Monterey Bay, Texas A&M International, Angelo State, Cal State East Bay, Lubbock Christian, Western Washington, Westmont, Dominican, Westminster (Utah) and Colorado Christian. 

The Golden Eagles have had seven top-four finishes in their eight tournaments so far in 2025-26 with a pair of runner-up finishes and four top-three finishes.

Cal State LA has two tournaments remaining. The Golden Eagles will compete at the RJGA Palm Valley Classic in Arizona on April 3-4 before the CCAA Championships in Stockton on April 20-22.

The NCAA West Regionals will be held at the Pueblo Country Club in Pueblo, Colorado. The Golden Eagles finished second in a 21-team field on that course in October.