Texas Holds On To Top Spot in January 22nd, 2015 CSCAA Poll

In their first dual meet rankings of 2015, the Texas Longhorn men remain in the #1 position, unifying themselves with SwimSwam’s separate power rankings.

The Longhorn men did what they needed to hold that spot after beating #6 Auburn by 21 points and #2 Georgia by 16 points in back-to-back dual meets over three days.

They have one more big test, as Arizona (and SMU) will come to Austin for a two-day dual on January 30th and 31st.

After that top spot, the CSCAA’s rankings differ wildly from SwimSwam’s. Georgia has jumped up a spot to #2, Cal falls to #3, and Louisville rises to #4 since the CSCAA’s last publication. The biggest slide came from Florida, who fell from #4 to #7, despite having only one meet since the last CSCAA poll (a 173-126 trouncing of Florida State on the road).

The Gators have a big matchup against Auburn on Saturday that should give them a chance to preview the upcoming SEC Championships.

Below is the rankings and explanation, courtesy of the CSCAA.

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.  The rankings will be released on a weekly basis throughout the 2014-15 season, alternating weeks between a men’s and women’s team ranking.

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. Ranking are based on performances that have taken place since the previous poll and include invites as well as dual meets.

CSCAA NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Ranking as of January, 22 2014

  1. Texas
  2. Georgia
  3. California
  4. Louisville
  5. Michigan
  6. Auburn
  7. Florida
  8. North Carolina State
  9. Indiana
  10. Stanford
  11. Tennessee
  12. Ohio State
  13. Missouri
  14. Arizona
  15. Virginia Tech
  16. Texas A&M
  17. Wisconsin
  18. Southern California
  19. Iowa
  20. North Carolina
  21. Utah
  22. Florida State
  23. Minnesota
  24. Alabama
  25. Harvard

Also receiving votes: Georgia Tech, Penn State, Virginia, Yale

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Kim
9 years ago

Lol Arizona at 14! What a joke

Korn
9 years ago

Since Tenn has combined programs, both seem like they have slid down some?!? Same with Michigan. A coincidence? Don’t think so! Marsh at Auburn is the only one to run a combined truly successful. All the men’s teams that have won since AU are separate: michigan, Texas and Cal

korn
Reply to  Braden Keith
9 years ago

what place were the women before they combined? 3rd at ncaa’s….what place were they last year?
the best the men did was the first year they combined i think and then got worse …they do have some studs this year….we will see.
but other than Marsh and AZ once a while ago, combined programs don’t do as well…considering there aren’t that many separate programs any more.

SwimmingWiseMan
9 years ago

I’m not sure that Georgia is the same team they were a “couple of years ago”? With the rocking freshman class the vols don’t stand a chance, but we will see. SECs will tell it all.

weekend meet
9 years ago

georgia will be in for a tough one this weekend
tennesse beat them pretty easily couple of years ago at UT
and they will be ready to beat the dawgs tomorrow –
upset alert

weirdo
Reply to  weekend meet
9 years ago

agree, tennessee will give them a good fight but either way the meet goes, let’s see what happens at SEC’s and NCAA’s when it counts. the last couple years, tenn men have been good in dual meets but have fallen on their face at the end of the year. depends on your priorities i guess.

notrockytop
Reply to  weekend meet
9 years ago

Lol maybe next time Tennessee

Sparkle
9 years ago

Wow who would have ever thought Georgia would be #2 in this poll a few years ago? Their men’s program has come a long way in a short time

TheTroubleWithX
Reply to  Sparkle
9 years ago

If Texas has one of the best butterfly groups of all-time (or least in recent history), then Georgia certainly has one of the best IM groups of all-time.

Andrew Majeske
9 years ago

Did this poll take the Austin Pro Series meet into account?

DaRomo
9 years ago

Hook ’em! \m/

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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