Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced its first rankings of the NCAA Division I college season.
The Arizona State men took the top spot, followed by Cal, Florida, NC State and Indiana.
For the women, defending champion Virginia took the top spot ahead of Texas, Louisville, NC State and Ohio State in the CSCAA rankings.
Here are the top 25:
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Division I Men
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Division I Women
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| Rank | Prev | Team | Points | Rank | Prev | Team | Points | |||
| 1 | NA | Arizona State | 299 | 1 | N/A | Virginia | 350 | |||
| 2 | NA | California | 289 | 2 | N/A | Texas | 336 | |||
| 3 | NA | Florida | 272 | 3 | N/A | Louisville | 313 | |||
| 4 | NA | NC State | 264 | 4 | N/A | NC State | 308 | |||
| 5 | NA | Indiana | 254 | 5 | N/A | Ohio State | 287 | |||
| 6 | NA | Tennessee | 234 | 6 | N/A | Tennessee | 276 | |||
| 7 | NA | Texas | 228 | 7 | N/A | Southern California | 256 | |||
| 8 | NA | Stanford | 210 | 7 | N/A | Florida | 256 | |||
| 9 | NA | Georgia | 199 | 9 | N/A | Indiana | 240 | |||
| 10 | NA | Auburn | 186 | 10 | N/A | Stanford | 235 | |||
| 11 | NA | Virginia Tech | 182 | 11 | N/A | California | 200 | |||
| 12 | NA | Louisville | 168 | 12 | N/A | Wisconsin | 192 | |||
| 13 | NA | Texas A&M | 161 | 13 | N/A | Georgia | 186 | |||
| 14 | NA | Ohio State | 148 | 14 | N/A | Michigan | 157 | |||
| 15 | NA | Virginia | 129 | 15 | N/A | Duke | 145 | |||
| 16 | NA | Southern California | 121 | 16 | N/A | North Carolina | 132 | |||
| 17 | NA | Notre Dame | 100 | 17 | N/A | Virginia Tech | 127 | |||
| 18 | NA | Michigan | 86 | 18 | N/A | Auburn | 122 | |||
| 19 | NA | Alabama | 84 | 19 | N/A | Kentucky | 106 | |||
| 20 | NA | Missouri | 75 | 20 | N/A | Alabama | 75 | |||
| 21 | NA | Harvard | 41 | 21 | N/A | Arizona State | 64 | |||
| 22 | NA | Wisconsin | 38 | 22 | N/A | Northwestern | 63 | |||
| 23 | NA | Georgia Tech | 36 | 23 | N/A | UCLA | 40 | |||
| 24 | NA | Florida State | 29 | 24 | N/A | Minnesota | 32 | |||
| 25 | NA | Kentucky | 14 | 25 | N/A | Texas A&M | 20 | |||
| Also receiving CSCAA votes | Also receiving CSCAA votes | |||||||||
| Princeton (13), Arizona (12), Minnesota (11), UNLV (8), Southern Methodist (5), UNC-Wilmington (2), North Carolina (2) | Louisiana State (14), Arizona (5), Akron (4), South Carolina (2), Purdue (2), Missouri (1), Miami (FL) (1) | |||||||||
LSU receiving votes or “honorable mention” after a loss to the University of Utah 157-132 the week before this ranking and now Arkansas this week shows the lack of reality in the SEC or just arrogance?