The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released the February edition of the Division I Top 25 dual meet poll. The Arizona State men and the University of Virginia women continue to be voted as the top teams in Division I.
The committee, consisting of Division I coaches, assesses and ranks the nation’s top 25 dual meet teams. Their evaluation takes into account head-to-head dual meet outcomes, performances since the last rankings, season-long performances, dual meet records, roster changes (such as injuries), and data from the SwimCloud Simulator. It’s important to note that the poll’s objective is not to predict the top finishers in a championship meet format.
In the men’s rankings, Arizona State (350), Cal (326), NC State (322), and Florida (311) all held strong on their positions in the top 5. Indiana breaks into the top five with 297 points, jumping Stanford (283) after strong showings against top 25 teams Louisville (14th) and Wisconsin (21st). In what was a relatively quiet stretch since our last poll, there was not much movement up or down the top 25, and only Harvard at 22 makes their debut after a breakout performance at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton annual Tri-Meet. Thirty teams received votes in this month’s poll.
On the women’s side, the top-ranked Cavaliers (375) continued to set the standard in Division I after being unanimously chosen as the top team. The Texas women (360) collected every second-place vote, while Florida (345) held off a surging Southern California (330), which moved up 3 spots after knocking off both fifth-ranked Stanford and seventh-ranked Cal in one of the most exciting meets of the year. The aforementioned Southern Cal, from seventh to fourth, and Indiana, ninth to sixth, saw the poll’s biggest movement, jumping three spots each. There were no new teams in the February edition of the poll, and 27 teams received votes.
You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25
Each committee includes ten representatives from the Power Five leagues and five at-large programs. The committee chairs for women and men are Naya Higashijima (NMU) and Bill Roberts (Navy), respectively.
The final 2023-2024 dual meet poll is set to release on Thursday, March 7, 2024.
CSCAA Division I Men
| RK | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Arizona State | 350 |
| 2 | 3 | California | 326 |
| 3 | 3 | NC State | 322 |
| 4 | 4 | Florida | 311 |
| 5 | 6 | Indiana | 297 |
| 6 | 5 | Stanford | 283 |
| 7 | 7 | Georgia | 258 |
| 8 | 8 | Texas A&M | 244 |
| 9 | 9 | Texas | 242 |
| 10 | 10 | Auburn | 218 |
| 11 | 12 | Notre Dame | 197 |
| 11 | 11 | Tennessee | 197 |
| 13 | 14 | Ohio State | 177 |
| 14 | 15 | Louisville | 171 |
| 15 | 13 | Virginia Tech | 169 |
| 16 | 16 | Florida State | 133 |
| 17 | 17 | Southern California | 132 |
| 18 | 18 | Michigan | 103 |
| 19 | 19 | Alabama | 98 |
| 20 | 20 | Virginia | 78 |
| 21 | 22 | Wisconsin | 62 |
| 22 | NR | Harvard | 54 |
| 23 | 21 | Arizona | 39 |
| 24 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 38 |
| 25 | 24 | Princeton | 19 |
Also Receiving Votes: Minnesota (14), Southern Methodist (9), Northwestern (6), Brigham Young (2). Navy (1)
CSCAA Division I Women
| RK | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Virginia | 375 |
| 2 | 2 | Texas | 360 |
| 3 | 3 | Florida | 345 |
| 4 | 7 | Southern California | 330 |
| 5 | 4 | Stanford | 313 |
| 6 | 9 | Indiana | 293 |
| 7 | 5 | California | 288 |
| 8 | 6 | Ohio State | 274 |
| 9 | 8 | Louisville | 250 |
| 10 | 10 | NC State | 244 |
| 11 | 11 | Texas A&M | 222 |
| 12 | 12 | Tennessee | 210 |
| 13 | 13 | Georgia | 199 |
| 14 | 14 | Wisconsin | 181 |
| 15 | 15 | Auburn | 163 |
| 16 | 16 | Michigan | 152 |
| 17 | 18 | Alabama | 127 |
| 18 | 19 | North Carolina | 107 |
| 19 | 17 | Duke | 93 |
| 20 | 23 | Virginia Tech | 83 |
| 21 | 20 | Arizona State | 76 |
| 22 | 24 | Princeton | 73 |
| 23 | 22 | Minnesota | 52 |
| 24 | 21 | South Carolina | 44 |
| 25 | 25 | Louisiana State | 11 |
Also Receiving Votes: UCLA (9), Florida State (1)
CSCAA Women’s Poll Committee
Jerry Champer, Georgia; Ashley Dell, Illinois-Chicago; Ryan Evan, Kansas; Naya Higashijima, New Mexico (Chair); Jeana Kempe, Illinois; Nathan Lavery, Drexel; Brody Lewis, Utah; Alice McCall, TCU; Ellie Monobe, Pepperdine; Kristen Murslack, Florida; Maddy Olson, Minnesota; Pete Richardson, USC; Milana Socha, Dartmouth; Albert Subirats, Virginia Tech; Roman Willetts, Pittsburgh.
Men’s Poll Committee
Jim Bolster, Columbia; Jason Calanog, Texas A&M; Dan Carrington, Penn State; Courtney Hart, Georgia Tech; Alicia Hicken-Franklin, Denver; Sam Iida, Arizona State; Mike Joyce, Minnesota; Jessica Livesy, Old Dominion; Laura McGlaughlin, Villanova; Trevor Maida, Louisville; Pete Richardson, USC; Bill Roberts, Navy (Chair); Neal Studd, Florida State; Dr. Rick West, West Virginia.
Division II Men’s Poll Committee
Ben Evans, Wingate; Tony Hernandez, Missouri-St. Louis; Brehan Kelley, Clarion; Julianne Kurke-Lehner, Rollins; Trevor Loomis, Oklahoma Christian; Andrew Makepeace, Augustana; Brent Noble (Chair), Indianapolis; Sean Peters, Wayne State; Andy Robins, Florida Southern; Scott Serio, Henderson State, Ben Young, Carson-Newman.
Division II Women’s Poll Committee
Evan Anthony, Millersville; Matthew Gearing, Catawba; Betsy Graham, UTPB; Jeff Hegle, St. Cloud State; Jimi Kiner, Tampa; Phil Kraus, Western Florida; Erc Murray, Grand Valley State; Shane Pelton, Cal St. East Bay; Doug Schranck, Drury; Chris Villa, Indiana-PA (Chair); Matt Williams, Northern Michigan.
CSCAA Division II Men
| RK | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Indianapolis | 273 |
| 2 | 2 | Drury | 266 |
| 3 | 3 | Tampa | 253 |
| 4 | 4 | Grand Valley | 239 |
| 5 | 6 | McKendree | 228 |
| 6 | 5 | Colorado Mesa | 224 |
| 7 | 7 | Wingate | 191 |
| 8 | 7 | Northern Michigan | 187 |
| 8 | 9 | Findlay | 187 |
| 10 | 11 | West Chester | 166 |
| 11 | 10 | Lewis | 164 |
| 12 | 16 | Nova Southeastern | 150 |
| 13 | 12 | Henderson State | 149 |
| 14 | 13 | Oklahoma Christian | 136 |
| 14 | 14 | Florida Southern | 126 |
| 16 | 17 | Simon Fraser | 110 |
| 17 | 14 | Saint Cloud | 98 |
| 18 | 17 | Saginaw Valley State | 92 |
| 19 | 20 | Wayne State | 66 |
| 20 | 19 | Florida Tech | 61 |
| 21 | 22 | Rollins | 60 |
| 22 | 21 | Ouachita Baptist | 40 |
| 23 | 22 | Mines | 39 |
| 24 | NR | Delta State | 25 |
| 25 | 24 | Missouri S&T | 18 |
Also Receiving Votes
Catawba (12), PennWest Clarion (8), UMSL (7)
CSCAA Division II Women
| RK | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Colorado Mesa | 271 |
| 2 | 2 | Drury | 268 |
| 3 | 3 | Nova Southeastern | 253 |
| 4 | 4 | Indianapolis | 242 |
| 5 | 5 | Tampa | 231 |
| 6 | 6 | Grand Valley | 220 |
| 7 | 8 | West Florida | 206 |
| 8 | 9 | Wingate | 189 |
| 9 | 7 | Northern Michigan | 184 |
| 10 | 11 | West Chester | 180 |
| 11 | 12 | Delta State | 170 |
| 12 | 10 | McKendree | 158 |
| 13 | 13 | Findlay | 141 |
| 14 | 14 | Wayne State | 133 |
| 15 | 16 | Cal State East Bay | 122 |
| 16 | 15 | Augustana (SD) | 110 |
| 17 | 18 | Mines | 92 |
| 18 | 19 | Davenport | 87 |
| 19 | 20 | Carson-Newman | 75 |
| 20 | 17 | Simon Fraser | 72 |
| 21 | 21 | Oklahoma Christian | 54 |
| 22 | 23 | Catawba | 30 |
| 22 | 22 | Lynn | 30 |
| 24 | 24 | Azusa Pacific | 23 |
| 25 | 25 | UMSL | 17 |
Also Receiving Votes
Catawba (12), PennWest Clarion (8), UMSL (7)
Each committee includes representatives from the four Division III Regions. The women and men committee chairs are Jake Taber (Hope) and Sean Tedesco (USMMA).
The final poll is scheduled for release on: Friday, March 10. Dates are subject to adjustment.
CSCAA Division III Men
| Rk | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kenyon | 475 |
| 2 | 2 | Emory | 456 |
| 3 | 3 | Chicago | 437 |
| 4 | 13 | Tufts | 409 |
| 5 | 5 | Denison | 407 |
| 6 | 6 | Carnegie Mellon | 373 |
| 7 | 9 | Calvin | 348 |
| 7 | 10 | NYU | 348 |
| 9 | 7 | Johns Hopkins | 327 |
| 10 | 4 | MIT | 313 |
| 11 | 8 | Williams | 283 |
| 12 | 12 | TCNJ | 266 |
| 13 | 15 | Case Western Reserve | 242 |
| 14 | 11 | WashU | 231 |
| 15 | 15 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 212 |
| 16 | 14 | Pomona-Pitzer | 193 |
| 17 | NR | Amherst | 168 |
| 18 | 23 | Conn College | 148 |
| 19 | 16 | RIT | 137 |
| 20 | 20 | SUNY Geneseo | 117 |
| 21 | NR | Swarthmore | 94 |
| 22 | 21 | Rowan | 75 |
| 23 | 25 | Colby | 52 |
| 24 | NR | Ithaca | 37 |
| 25 | 22 | Merchant Marine Academy | 18 |
Also Receiving Votes
Hope (8), Grinnell (1).
CSCAA Division III Women
| Rk | Prv | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Denison | 398 |
| 2 | 2 | Emory | 378 |
| 3 | 3 | Kenyon | 376 |
| 4 | 6 | Williams | 352 |
| 5 | 5 | MIT | 336 |
| 6 | 4 | NYU | 317 |
| 7 | 7 | Chicago | 306 |
| 8 | 9 | Johns Hopkins | 284 |
| 9 | 8 | Tufts | 269 |
| 10 | 10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 262 |
| 11 | 11 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 242 |
| 12 | 12 | Hope | 224 |
| 13 | 13 | Case Western Reserve | 208 |
| 14 | 14 | WashU | 179 |
| 15 | 15 | Calvin | 168 |
| 16 | 16 | Swarthmore | 164 |
| 17 | 18 | Carnegie Mellon | 137 |
| 18 | 17 | Trinity U | 129 |
| 19 | 20 | Middlebury | 119 |
| 20 | 19 | Gettysburg | 97 |
| 21 | 22 | Bates | 70 |
| 22 | 21 | SUNY Geneseo | 64 |
| 23 | 24 | Franklin | 42 |
| 24 | 23 | Rhodes | 41 |
| 25 | NR | UW-Eau Claire | 20 |
Also Receiving Votes
Colby (10), Bowdoin (5), RPI (2), Amherst (1).
Women’s Poll Committee
Chris Brown, Scranton; Greg Brown, Gettysburg; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Puget Sound; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Brad Dunn, Lynchburg; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Logan LaBerge, Kalamazoo; Rich Munson, Drew; Shannon O’Brien, RPI; Brooke Plotz, Carleton; Cathleen Pruden, Trinity (TX); Annie Ryder, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Meg Sisson-French, MIT; Jake Taber, Hope (National Chair); Jason Weber, Chicago; Mark Yankovich, Widener.
CSCAA Men’s Poll Committee
Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Phil Baratela, RIT. Andy Brabson, Cal Tech; Peter Casares, Bates; Jennifer Cournoyer, Norwich; Keith Crawford, Rose-Hulman; Sam Davy, Swarthmore; Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseo; David Dow, TCNJ; Astrid Escobar, Berry; Dan Forsythe, Amherst; Jim Halliburton, Washington-St. Louis; Rob Harrington, Wooster; Sarah James, Southwestern; Connor Rumpit, NYU; Pat Smith, Westminster; Brent Summers, Willamette; Sean Tedesco, USMMA (National Chair); Jason Weber, Chicago; Seth Weidmann, Carthage.