CSCAA Releases Division III Swim & Dive Polls

November 11, 2016 – Norfolk, VA – The College Swimming Coaches Association of America announces the first CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll for Divisions II and III. The defending NCAA Champions are the early favorites among NCAA Division II & III Swimming & Diving Teams. Emory University and Kenyon College led the Division III women’s and men’s standings respectively while Queens University of Charlotte was the unanimous choice for both Division II men and women.

In addition to the national poll, the CSCAA also announced its first Division III regional rankings of the early 2015-16 season.   Among the regional rankings there were three sweeps among men’s and women’s teams.  In the West-Midwest-South Region, Emory took the top spots while Kenyon and New York University swept their respective Central and Northeast-North Regions.  The only split was in the Northeast-South region where Carnegie Mellon topped the women’s poll and TCNJ was voted number one among men’s teams.

The CSCAA Division II and III Poll Committees will produce in-season rankings of the 25 best performing NCAA Swimming and Diving teams in rank order at the time of each poll.  The poll is not designed to predict the results of the NCAA Championship, but rather which teams would win head-to-head against other teams in the country. Ranking are based on performances that have taken place since the previous poll and include invites as well as dual meets.  The committee does not consider teams that have not yet competed in the current college season.

Division III Pos Men’s Teams Pts Pos Women’s Teams Pts 1. Kenyon 293 1. Emory 300 2. Emory 191 2. Kenyon 285 3. New York 180 3. Denison 279 4. Denison 177 4. Chicago 257 5. Washington (Mo) 174 5. New York 240 6. Johns Hopkins 157 6. Johns Hopkins 236 7. Chicago 147 7. Washington (Mo) 223 8. MIT 146 8. MIT 218 9. TCNJ 138 9. Pomona-Pitzer 180 10. C-M-S 130 10. DePauw 172 11. Rose-Hulman 122 11. Carnegie Mellon 167 12. Calvin 117 12. Keene State 164 13. Stevens Institute 95 13. Wheaton (IL) 144 14. Keene State 91 14. Hope 122 15. Carnegie Mellon 72 15. Kalamazoo 102 16. Case Western 69 16. Stevens Institute 96 17. Wabash College 67 16. Mary Washington 96 17. Pomona-Pitzer 67 18. Rochester 92 19. DePauw 59 19. Case Western 86 20. Rowan 56 20. Washington & Lee 70 21. Worcester Polytechnic 49 21. Worcester Polytechnic 64 22. Whitworth 46 22. C-M-S 52 23. Albion 33 23. Springfield 49 24. Swarthmore 32 24. Calvin 45 25. Hartwick 19 25. Ursinus 36 Also Receiving Votes Hartwick 21, Ursinus 12, Ohio Northern 10, Washington (MD) 4, Rochester 2, Carthage 2, Washington & Lee 1, Saint Olaf 1 Gustavus Adolphus 32, Washington (MD) 21, SUNY-Geneseo 11,  Whitworth 5, Trinity (TX) 3, Wellesley 3, Gettysburg 2, Rensselaer 2, Ithaca 1, Saint Olaf 1

Division III – Regional Rankings Northeast North Women’s Teams Men’s Teams 1 New York University 1 New York University 2 MIT 2 MIT 3 Keene State 3 Keene State 4 WPI 4 WPI 5 Springfield 5 Hartwick 6 Wellesley 6 Coast Guard 7 RPI 7 RPI 8 Wheaton College (MA) 8 Wheaton (MA) 9 Roger Williams 9 Springfield 10 Hartwick 10 Union Northeast-South Women’s Teams Men’s Teams 1 Carnegie Mellon 1 TCNJ 2 Stevens 2 Stevens 3 Rochester 3 Carnegie Mellon 4 Ursinus 4 Rowan 5 Geneseo 5 Swarthmore 6 Gettysburg 6 Rochester 7 Ithaca 7 Westminster 8 Franklin & Marshall 8 Gettysburg 9 Grove City 9 Geneseo 10 Messiah 10 Widener Central Women’s Teams Men’s Teams 1 Kenyon 1 Kenyon 2 Denison 2 Denison 3 Chicago 3 Chicago 4 Wheaton (IL) 4 Rose-Hulman 5 DePauw 5 Calvin 6 Hope 6 Case Western 7 Kalamazoo 7 Wabash 8 Case Western 8 DePauw 9 Calvin 9 Albion 10 Gustavus Adolphus 10 UW-Stevens Point West-Midwest-South Women’s Teams Men’s Teams 1 Emory 1 Emory 2 Washington Univ (Mo) 2 Johns Hopkins 3 Johns Hopkins 3 Washington Univ (Mo) 4 Pomona-Pitzer 4 C-M-S 5 Mary Washington 5 Pomona-Pitzer 6 Washington & Lee 6 Whitworth 7 C-M-S 7 Washington College (MD) 8 Whitworth 8 Washington & Lee 9 Trinity (TX) 9 Mary Wahington 10 Luther 10 Trinity (TX)

Division II Pos Men Pts Pos Women Team 1. Queens (NC) 200 1. Queens (NC) 200 2. Florida Southern 191 2. Drury 180 3. Nova Southeastern 180 3. UC San Diego 179 4. Lindenwood 177 4. Nova Southeast 168 5. Grand Valley 174 5. Wingate 167 6. Drury 157 6. Grand Valley 166 7. UC San Diego 147 7. Delta State 136 8. Delta State 146 8. West Florida 133 9. Tampa 138 9. California Baptist 126 10. Wingate 130 9. Florida Southern 126 11. California Baptist 122 11. Simon Fraser 125 12. Saint Leo 117 12. Truman State 119 13. Indianapolis 95 12. Lindenwood 119 14. Bridgeport 91 14. Tampa 92 15. West Chester 72 15. Colorado Mesa 61 16. Missouri S&T 69 16. LIU-Post 53 17. Simon Fraser 67 17. Wayne State 52 18. Lewis 67 18. Bridgeport 48 19. Northern Michigan 59 19. West Chester 46 20. Colorado Mesa 56 20. Minnesota-Mankato 46 21. Limestone 49 21. Northern Michigan 39 22. Saint Cloud 24 22. Saint Cloud 38 23. Wayne State 23 23. Carson-Newman 27 24. Truman State 11 24. CSU-East Bay 24 25. Bloomsburg 10 25. Colorado Mines 22 Also Receiving Votes Colorado Mines 8, Fresno Pacific 5, Oklahoma Baptist 4, Florida Tech 4, Clarion 3, Saginaw 3, Carson-Newman 1 Indianapolis 18, Bloomsburg 15, Fresno Pacific 11, Alaska-Fairbanks 11, Limestone 7, Findlay 5, William Jewell 4, Saint Leo 3

Poll Committees

Division II

Ron Allen, Colorado Mesa University; Kyle Almoney, Millersville University; Andy Boyce, Grand Valley State University; Doug Grooms, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Jimi Kiner, University of Tampa; Tim Quill, Southern Connecticut State University; Patrick Snively, Fairmont State University, Jimmy Tierney, McKendree University;

Division III

Noah Beck, SUNY-Geneseo; Kellen Beckwith, Denison University; Brad Bowser, Rowan University; Dean Bromley, Centre College; Jon Carlson, Gustavus Adolphus College; Karin Colby, Swarthmore College; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall University; Beth DeLaRosby, Carthage College; Scott Felix, Union College (NY); Kami Gardner, Washington & Lee University; JP Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges; Erin Hurley, Grinnell College; Dani Korman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Doug Milliken, Case-Western Reserve University; Dale Rothenberger, Hartwick; Peter Solomon, Wesleyan University; Jake Taber, Albion College; Jason Weber, University of Chicago; John Westkott, US Coast Guard Academy;; Emily Wylam, University of Rochester

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