Latest NCAA Division I – Top 25 Teams: Auburn Tops women’s List, Auburn and Stanford Tied for Men’s #1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 30. THE Tiger is roaring today, with the release of the latest update to the College Swim Coaches (CSCAA) poll for the top 25 teams for men and women. The Auburn Tiger, that is.
Auburn maintained its #1 position in the women's poll, this time a unanimous first-place choice by all the coaches voting. It also jumped from second to a tie for first with Stanford in the men's poll.
Women's Poll
There was little change in the top 25 teams from the last poll two weeks ago. Auburn, Florida and Georgia remained in the top three spots — how's that for SEC power?
USC and SMU moved up a spot to fourth and fifth, respectively, while Arizona jumped all the way from tenth to sixth. Meanwhile, Stanford plummeted from forth to seventh.
Texas dropped to eighth, Cal remained in ninth and Wisconsin fell from eigth to tenth.
The biggest jump of all was made by Alabama, which was unranked two weeks ago, without receiving a single vote, and now stands in the #20 spot.
Men's Poll
The big news was the tie between Stanford and Auburn on the top of the men's poll.
Cal, Michigan and Texas maintained their 3-4-5 positions, respectively.
Minnesota moved from a tie with USC for seventh into the #6 spot, USC remained seventh and Florida fell from sixth to eighth.
Virginia and Wisconsin rounded out the top 10, occupying the ssame 9 and 10 position as they did two weeks ago.
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WOMEN
1 Auburn 200 (8)
2 Florida 189
3 Georgia 187
4 Southern Cal 176
5 SMU 163
6 Arizona 159
7 Stanford 145
8 Texas 144
9 California 141
10 Wisconsin 136
11 North Carolina 120
12 UCLA 109
13 Virginia 105
14 Arizona State 96
15 Maryland 90
16 Penn State 75
17 Indiana 73
18 Michigan 59
19 Notre Dame 56
20 Alabama 43
21 Purdue 42
22 Missouri 34
23 Texas A&M 21
24 Washington 19
25 Florida State 14
** FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS
Others Recieving Votes:
Northwestern
Rutgers
MEN
1 Auburn 196 (4)
1 Stanford 196 (4)
3 California 183
4 Michigan 173
5 Texas 170
6 Minnesota 155
7 Southern Cal 152
8 Florida 147
9 Virginia 128
10 Wisconsin 127
11 Georgia 125
12 Tennessee 119
13 Arizona State 101
14 Alabama 99
15 Arizona 83
16 Texas A&M 66
17 Penn State 64
18 Purdue 59
19 Pittsburgh 50
20 Brigham Young 44
21 Harvard 43
22 Hawaii 40
23 North Carolina 33
24 Florida State 29
25 Indiana 11
** FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS
Others Recieving Votes:
Washington