EVANSTON, Illinois, January 26. THE top two men's teams took a hit in the latest TYR/CSCAA Division I Dual Meet Poll following a weekend of losses. California moved to the top spot with a win over previously second-ranked Arizona. The Golden Bears just edged Pac 10 rival Stanford for the top spot garnering seven of twenty first-place votes. The Cardinal was on top of six voter's while Auburn garnered the final seven first-place votes following wins over previously top-ranked Texas and fifth-ranked Florida.
On the women's side Stanford retained the top spot after defeating Arizona 178-114. The Cardinal collected twenty-three of thirty-two first place votes. Georgia had six first place votes following wins over Texas and Tennessee while Southern California received the final three first-place votes. In all, 62 women's and 51 men's teams garnered votes from members of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The next poll will be released February 17, 2010.
Division II
While there were new number-two teams, the Drury University men's and women's swimming and diving teams retained their top spots in the latest TYR / CSCAA Division II College Swimming Poll. On the men's side Missouri Science & Tech moved past Grand Valley State into the number two spot while the UC-San Diego women moved past Ashland University for the number two spot. Overall, 41 men's and 41 women's teams earned votes from members of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The next poll will be released February 12, 2011.
Division III
The Emory University women took back the top spot in the latest TYR /CSCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Poll. The defending NCAA Champion Eagles edged Kenyon College for the number-one ranking it held at the start of the year. On the men's side, Kenyon College maintained its previous ranking.
Carnegie Mellon's men jumped into the top ten for the first time this season while SUNY-Geneseo and Gustavus Adolphus made their first appearance in the women's polls. Forty-nine men's and forty-six women's teams received votes from members of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The next poll will be released February 12, 2011.
Men's Division I Rankings Rank Prev Men Points 1 4 California (7) 439 2 3 Stanford (6) 428 3 6 Auburn (7) 423 4 1 Texas 419 5 5 Florida 416 6 2 Arizona 401 7 10 Tennessee 330 8 7 Southern Cal 327 9 11 Georgia 316 10 14 Virginia 297 11 8 Ohio State 289 12 9 North Carolina 277 13 12 Indiana 269 13 13 Michigan 257 15 15 Minnesota 223 16 17 Alabama 179 17 16 UNLV 151 18 19 Louisville 140 19 20 Texas A&M 133 20 18 Florida State 129 21 22 Louisiana State 82 22 23 South Carolina 69 23 21 Purdue 63 24 23 Iowa 39 25 NR Navy 34
Also Receiving Votes:
Princeton 33, Georgia Tech 27, Kentucky 26, Southern Methodist 24, UC-Santa Barbara 16, Harvard 16, Texas Christian 15, Wisconsin 15, Virginia Tech 13, Notre Dame 12, Arizona State 9, Missouri 9, Pennsylvania 9, Cincinnati 8, Penn State 8, Michigan State 7, Oakland 6, California State-Bakersfield 5, Clemson 4, Northwestern 4, East Carolina 3, Hawaii 3, Army 3, Wyoming 2, Denver 1, Pittsburgh 1
Women's Division I Rankings Rank Prev Women Points 1 1 Stanford (23) 791 2 2 Georgia (6) 746 3 4 Southern Cal (3)709 4 4 California 680 5 12 Auburn 618 6 3 Texas 614 7 7 Arizona 585 8 6 Florida 547 9 8 Texas A&M 518 10 10 Tennessee 508 11 9 Virginia 506 12 11 North Carolina 442 13 13 Minnesota 374 14 14 Indiana 326 15 15 Michigan 320 16 17 Louisville 293 17 16 Wisconsin 250 18 18 Ohio State 214 19 20 Purdue 193 20 19 Arkansas 165 21 22 UCLA 159 22 21 Southern Methodist129 23 23 Louisiana State 107 24 24 San Diego State 59 25 NR Penn State 39 25 NR Arizona State 39
Also Receiving Votes:
Florida State 38, Missouri 35, Alabama 32, Notre Dame 23, Princeton 19, Miami (Florida) 17, Virginia Tech 16, Maryland 15, Harvard 14, Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 12, Utah 11, Wyoming 11, Oregon State 9, Miami University (Ohio) 8, Nevada, UNLV 8, Northwestern 8, Ohio 8, Yale 8, Florida Gulf Coast 7, Kansas 6, Nebraska 6, Towson 6, Brigham Young 5, Duke 4, Northern Arizona 4, San Jose State 4, South Carolina 4, Iowa 3, Toledo 3, Denver 2, Buffalo 1, East Carolina 1, Nevada 1, UNC-Wilmington 1, Villanova 1
Men's Division II Rankings Rank Prev Team Points 1 1 Drury (10) 274 2 4 Missouri Sci-Tech240 3 2 Grand Valley State237 4 5 Ashland 226 5 6 Wayne State 221 6 3 UC-San Diego 206 7 7 Incarnate Word 199 8 8 Grand Canyon 190 9 10 Henderson State 179 10 15 Ouachita Baptist160 11 13 Wingate 152 12 14 Tampa 144 13 17 Florida Southern138 14 11 West Chester 133 15 12 Bridgeport 128 16 16 Indianapolis 118 17 19 Clarion 99 18 9 Nova Southeastern90 19 18 Queens (NC) 86 20 20 Lewis 60 21 21 Southern Conn. 49 22 NR Saint Leo (1) 43 23 22 Limestone 37 24 23 Shippensburg 31 25 25 Colo. School of Mines17
Also Receiving Votes:
Delta State 16, West Virginia Wesleyan 16, Bloomsburg 15, Mars Hill 12, Saint Cloud State 8, Rollins 7, Davis and Elkins 6, Indiana (PA) 5, Adams State 4, Wheeling Jesuit 4, Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Lindenwood 2, Truman State 2, Minnesota State-Mankato 1, Notre Dame (Ohio) 1, Texas-Permian Basin 1
Women's Division II Rankings Rank Prev Team Points 1 1 Drury (10) 273 2 3 UC-San Diego 252 3 2 Ashland (1) 234 4 5 Grand Valley State 217 5 6 Clarion University 208 6 4 Incarnate Word the 206 7 8 Wayne State (Michigan) 203 8 9 Ouachita Baptist 170 9 7 California Univ. (PA) 159 10 12 Henderson State 158 11 15 Tampa 144 12 10 West Chester University 139 13 11 Indianapolis 138 14 16 Grand Canyon University 134 15 13 Wingate University 111 16 21 Florida Southern 108 17 18 Indiana University (PA) 96 18 17 Bridgeport 94 19 14 Truman State 76 20 22 Shippensburg University 56 21 19 C.W. Post / Long Island 54 22 23 Saint Cloud State 49 23 20 Nebraska at Omaha 45 24 NR Nova Southeastern 32 25 NR Wheeling Jesuit 27
Also Receiving Votes:
Texas-Permian Basin 26, Saint Leo 25, Lock Haven 24, Southern Connecticut State 19, Converse 16, Minnesota State-Mankato 12, Bloomsburg 11, Alaska Fairbanks 8, Delta State 8, Edinboro 7, Catawba 6, Le Moyne 5, Hillsdale 4, Rollins 3, Mars Hill 2, Queens University of Charlotte (NC) 1
Men's Rankings Rank Prev Team Points 1 1 Kenyon (16) 400 2 2 Emory 382 3 3 Denison 367 4 6 Johns Hopkins 328 5 4 M. I. T. 315 6 5 Kalamazoo 294 7 7 Williams 279 8 9 Amherst 269 9 8 Stevens Inst. 251 10 13 Carnegie Mellon 225 11 12 TCNJ 215 12 10 UW-Stevens Point198 13 11 Washington (Mo.)193 14 14 Hope 164 15 15 Grove City 152 16 16 Tufts 120 17 21 Chicago 117 18 19 Saint Olaf 100 19 18 DePauw 99 20 17 Whitworth 97 21 22 Carthage 66 21 20 Middlebury 66 23 24 Redlands 64 24 23 Washington/Lee 63 25 25 Olivet 36
Also Receiving Votes:
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 31, Puget Sound 26, Coast Guard 25, Franklin & Marshall 23, Allegheny 19, Penn State-Behrend 18, Westminster 17, Baldwin-Wallace 14, UC-Santa Cruz 14, Case Western 13, Wooster 13, Wabash 12, Washington & Jefferson 12, Connecticut 10, Keene State 10, New York 10, Merchant Marine 7, SUNY-Cortland 5, SUNY-Geneseo 4, Gustavus Adolphus 3, Saint Thomas 3, Springfield 3, Calvin 2, California Lutheran 1
Women's Rankings Rank Prev Team Points 1 2 Emory (10) 298 2 1 Kenyon (2) 287 3 3 Denison 277 4 4 Williams 255 5 6 Johns Hopkins 210 6 7 M. I. T. 204 7 9 C-M-S 195 8 5 Amherst 192 9 8 Stevens Inst. 187 10 10 UW-Stevens Point161 11 12 Washington (Mo.)157 12 15 Chicago 137 13 11 Carthage 136 14 13 Carnegie Mellon 129 15 14 Grove City 128 16 16 Hope 93 17 17 Kalamazoo 83 18 23 Springfield 68 19 19 UW-La Crosse 65 20 21 Middlebury 59 21 18 TCNJ 57 22 22 Wheaton (IL) 46 23 NR SUNY-Geneseo 45 24 NR Gustavus Adolphus42 25 20 Keene State 37
Also Receiving Votes:
Mary Washington 33, Ithaca 31, Case Western 27, UC-Santa Cruz 24, Whitworth 24, Calvin 23, Luther 15, Puget Sound 13, Washington & Lee 11, Connecticut 10, SUNY-New Paltz 10, California Lutheran 9, Centre 9, DePauw 8, Saint Olaf 7, Washington and Jefferson 6, Carleton 5, Trinity (TX) 3, Coast Guard 2, Wooster 2
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