CSCAA Division I Polls: Virginia Women, Cal Men Earn Top Rankings

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The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released the first edition of the 2022-23 Division I Top 25 Dual Meet Rankings. The committee, comprised of Division I coaches and select media outlets, ranks the top 25 teams in the nation based on dual meet strength. The poll does not aim to predict top finishers in a championship meet format. The University of California men and University of Virginia women enter the season as the top dual meet teams in the country.

On the men’s side, the California Golden Bears (444 points) tallied sixteen first-place votes while the second-ranked Texas Longhorns (433) took the two remaining first-place votes. Florida (412), NC State (392) and Arizona State (379) round out the top 5. Of the top 25 teams, eighteen appeared on all ballots. A total of thirty one men’s teams earned at least one vote.

For the women, the Virginia Cavaliers (450) were the unanimously selected as the top team. Stanford ranked second (427). Texas (406) took third, but just one point ahead of the NC State Wolfpack (405). Ohio State (372) ranked fifth. Of the top 25 teams, twenty teams appeared on all ballots. A total of thirty women’s teams earned at least one vote.

You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25

Division I Men

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	NR	California	444
2	NR	Texas	433
3	NR	Florida	412
4	NR	NC State	392
5	NR	Arizona State	379
6	NR	Stanford	348
7	NR	Georgia	339
8	NR	Indiana	331
9	NR	Virginia	291
10	NR	Louisville	286
11	NR	Virginia Tech	266
12	NR	Ohio State	247
13	NR	Tennessee	232
14	NR	Texas A&M	216
15	NR	Alabama	191
16	NR	Michigan	168
17	NR	Southern California	161
18	NR	Missouri	136
19	NR	Auburn	132
20	NR	Wisconsin	106
21	NR	Florida State	72
22	NR	Texas Christian	60
23	NR	North Carolina	42
24	NR	Northwestern	41
25	NR	Minnesota	40

Also Receiving Votes

Notre Dame (36); Army / West Point (17); Louisiana State (15); Harvard (6); Princeton (6); Arizona (5)

Division I Women

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	NR	Virginia	450
2	NR	Stanford	427
2	NR	Texas	406
4	NR	NC State	405
5	NR	Ohio State	372
6	NR	Alabama	342
7	NR	Tennessee	332
8	NR	Southern California	322
9	NR	California	321
10	NR	Louisville	308
11	NR	Florida	243
12	NR	Kentucky	235
13	NR	Indiana	233
14	NR	Michigan	229
15	NR	Georgia	212
16	NR	Wisconsin	201
17	NR	North Carolina	154
18	NR	Northwestern	140
19	NR	Arkansas	108
20	NR	UCLA	94
21	NR	Auburn	75
22	NR	Texas A&M	60
23	NR	South Carolina	47
24	NR	Virginia Tech	41
25	NR	Minnesota	31

Also Receiving Votes
Duke (30); Akron (21); Louisiana State (6), UNC Wilmington (3); Missouri (2)

CSCAA Top 25 Committees

Each Division I committee includes representatives from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC as well as seven at-large voters from Division 1 Mid-Major programs. The committee chair for the women is Naya Higashijima (SMU) while Bill Roberts (Navy) chairs the men’s committee.

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CSCAA Women’s Poll Committee

Ashley Dell, Illinois-Chicago; Naya Higashijima, Southern Methodist (Chair); Andrew Hodgson, Northwestern; Lars Jorgensen, Kentucky; Jeana Kempe, Illinois; Nathan Lavery, Drexel; Chris Lindauer, Notre Dame; Ben Loorz, UNLV; Bret Lundgaard, Princeton; Lea Maurer, Southern California; Alice McCall, TCU; Jaclyn Rosen; UCSB, Jos Smith, Utah; Milana Socha, Dartmouth; Albert Subirats, Virginia Tech; Roman Willets, Alabama; SwimSwam; Swimming World.

CSCAA Men’s Poll Committee

Jim Bolster, Columbia; Abby Brethauer, Princeton; Jason Calanog, Texas A&M; Jerry Champer, Georgia; Alicia Hicken-Franklin, Denver; Mike Joyce, Minnesota; Jessica Livsey, Old Dominion; Laura McGlaughlin, Villanova; Trevor Maida, Wisconsin; Samantha Pitter, Pittsburgh; Bill Roberts, Navy (Chair); Dan Schemmel, Stanford; Shari Skabelund, BYU; Rachel Stratton-Mills, Arizona State; Neal Studd, Florida State; Dr. Rick West, West Virginia; SwimSwam; Swimming World.

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