The Collegiate Swim Coaches’ Association of American (CSCAA) has released its February 23rd coaches’ poll, the first after last week’s major round of conference championship events.
The surprises continue to come from the pollsters, who dropped Harvard from #4 to #18, despite not having swum a meet since the last rankings. Other former top 25 teams from within the Ivy League, Princeton and Yale, dropped out of the top 25 completely.
Meanwhile, the Georgia moved up from #8 to #3 in the latest poll, meanwhile jumping Florida: who fell from #1 to #4 even after winning the SEC Championship.
Of the three teams that they fell behind, Texas beat TCU in a dual, Cal beat Stanford handily, and Georgia finished behind the Gators at the SEC Championships.
This allowed the Texas men to jump back up to #1, where they’ve been for much of the season, and where we have them in our latest SwimSwam power rankings.
The full release and rankings, from the CSCAA, is below.
CSCAA NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Team Rankings Supported by TYR
The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division I Team Rankings are compiled by CSCAA-member coaches and one media member. This is the final men’s ranking of the 2014-15 season.
The CSCAA DI Poll Committee will produce in-season rankings of the 25 best performing NCAA Division I 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.
CSCAA NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Ranking as ofFebruary 23, 2015
- Texas
- California
- Georgia
- Florida
- Michigan
- Auburn
- North Carolina State
- Ohio State
- Indiana
- Louisville
- Southern California
- Stanford
- Arizona
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia Tech
- Harvard
- Wisconsin
- Utah
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Alabama
- Penn State
- Virginia
Also receiving votes: Florida State, Princeton, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Yale
Wow… NC State is trash? come on, give them some credit. Why do you think so highly of Stanford? Stanford only scored 42 more points than NC state last year at NCAA’s. 45 of Stanford’s points came from Ipsen. You take away Ipsen and NC State was the better SWIM team last year at NCAAs.
Given the prestigious pull that Stanford has compared to NC state, you gotta give NC State some credit. If youre gonna say NC State is trash, then so is Stanford based on last years results at NCAA’s.
SC and Stanford are 11 and 12 :/ how can that be?! NC state is trash, Ohio state is trash, Indiana is trash, and Louisville… really? hell in my opinion SC will be giving Michigan a run for its money, maybe even Florida >:)
Wow… NC State is trash? come on, give them some credit. Why do you think so highly of Stanford? Stanford only scored 42 more points than NC state last year at NCAA’s. 45 of Stanford’s points came from Ipsen. You take away Ipsen and NC State was the better SWIM team last year at NCAAs.
Given the prestigious pull that Stanford has compared to NC state, you gotta give NC State some credit. If youre gonna say NC State is trash, then so is Stanford based on last years results at NCAA’s.
I am an IU fan and think you have them a little high, especially considering Alabama and Tennessee’s performance in the SEC Championships. Now, if IU really performs in Big Ten’s this weekend, OK…..
i agree with this poll pretty much but think USC should be a little higher….i have no connections with USC