The four-time defending NCAA champion Virginia women maintained the top spot in the College Swimming & Diving Association of America (CSCAA) October NCAA polls released Thursday. On the men’s side, the Cal Golden Bears kept their grip firm on the number one spot from the preseason poll released in September.
The top six women’s team rankings remain unchanged from September. After winning the SMU Classic, which doesn’t figure into the team’s CSCAA record, Louisville has moved from ninth to seventh. Cal and USC have also moved inside the top 10, and the Georgia women have moved up three spots to edge ahead of Ohio State for the final spot in the top 10.
Three teams unranked in the preseason have made it into the October rankings: South Carolina, Miami (FL), and Missouri.
Women’s Rankings
| Rk | Prv Rk | Team | Points | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Virginia | 420 | 0-0 |
| 2 | 2 | Texas | 413 | 1-0 |
| 3 | 3 | Florida | 390 | 0-0 |
| 4 | 4 | Stanford | 371 | 0-0 |
| 5 | 5 | Tennessee | 361 | 0-0 |
| 6 | 6 | Indiana | 331 | 0-0 |
| 7 | 9 | Louisville | 323 | 0-0 |
| 8 | 8 | California | 302 | 1-0 |
| 9 | 8 | Southern California | 275 | 1-0 |
| 10 | 13 | Georgia | 269 | 2-0 |
| 11 | 10 | Ohio State | 259 | 0-0 |
| 12 | 11 | NC State | 248 | 0-0 |
| 13 | 19 | Louisiana State | 218 | 0-1 |
| 14 | 12 | Michigan | 214 | 0-0 |
| 15 | 14 | Wisconsin | 179 | 1-0 |
| 16 | 15 | Duke | 150 | 0-1 |
| 17 | NR | South Carolina | 147 | 1-1 |
| 18 | 21 | Arizona State | 131 | 4-0 |
| 19 | 17 | Auburn | 122 | 1-0 |
| 20 | 16 | Texas A&M | 114 | 0-0 |
| 21 | 18 | North Carolina | 92 | 0-0 |
| 22 | 20 | UCLA | 50 | 0-0 |
| 23 | 24 | Minnesota | 41 | 3-0 |
| 24 | NR | Miami (FL) | 36 | 1-0 |
| 25 | NR | Missouri | 35 | 1-0 |
Also Receiving Votes: Florida State (16), Princeton (6), Arkansas (6), Alabama (3), Georgia Tech (2), Northwestern (1)
The Cal Golden Bears amassed 393 points to keep ahead of the Texas Longhorns, Florida Gators, and Indiana Hoosiers who are all with 32 points of the top spot. After a convincing win against LSU in their first SEC dual meet, the Longhorns have moved ahead of the Gators, whose first dual meet is Oct. 18.
The top 10 teams remain the same from the pre-season poll, though Georgia and Tennessee have moved ahead of Stanford. After opening the season 2-0, Georgia Tech debuts at #17 after being unranked in the pre-season poll. The Harvard Crimson also made the rankings for the first time this season at #25.
Men’s Rankings
| Rk | Prv Rk | Team | Points | Record |
| 1 | 1 | California | 393 | 1-0 |
| 2 | 3 | Texas | 377 | 1-0 |
| 3 | 2 | Florida | 369 | 0-0 |
| 4 | 4 | Indiana | 361 | 0-0 |
| 5 | 5 | NC State | 332 | 0-0 |
| 6 | 6 | Arizona State | 326 | 0-0 |
| 7 | 8 | Georgia | 301 | 1-0 |
| 8 | 9 | Tennessee | 283 | 0-0 |
| 9 | 7 | Stanford | 279 | 0-0 |
| 10 | 10 | Virginia Tech | 255 | 2-0 |
| 11 | 11 | Louisville | 222 | 0-0 |
| 12 | 12 | Ohio State | 221 | 1-0 |
| 13 | 16 | Auburn | 196 | 1-0 |
| 14 | 12 | Texas A&M | 182 | 0-0 |
| 15 | 14 | Virginia | 181 | 0-0 |
| 16 | 15 | Michigan | 164 | 0-0 |
| 17 | NR | Georgia Tech | 122 | 2-0 |
| 18 | 22 | Minnesota | 118 | 2-0 |
| 19 | 23 | Louisiana State | 110 | 0-1 |
| 20 | 17 | Alabama | 98 | 1-0 |
| 21 | 21 | Southern California | 91 | 1-0 |
| 22 | 18 | Florida State | 72 | 0-1 |
| 23 | 20 | Wisconsin | 59 | 1-0 |
| 24 | 19 | SMU | 23 | 0-0 |
| 25 | NR | Harvard | 15 | 0-0 |
Also Receiving Votes: UNLV (12), Brigham Young (6), Kentucky (5), Army (5), George Washington (3)
Division I Women’s Poll Committee
Brooks Fail (Southern Cal), Bex Freebairn (Missouri), Jerry Champer (Georgia), Ashley Dell (Illinois-Chicago), Ryan Evans (Kansas), Naya Higashijima (New Mexico), Zach Hinsley (Miami (FL)), Maddy Olson (Minnesota), Pat Roman (Nebraska), Coleman Stewart (Duke), Leah Stancil (Louisiana State), Milana Socha (Dartmouth), Athena Spellman (Florida State), Graydon Tedder (Texas Christian), Nathan Lavery (Drexel) Brody Lewis (Utah).
Division I Men’s Poll Committee
Cauli Bedran (Wisconsin), Jim Bolster (Columbia), Patrick Callan (Auburn), Graham Carpenter (Ohio State), Alicia Franklin (Denver), Reed Fujan (Louisville), Josh Huger (California-Berkley), Michael Joyce (Minnesota), Caitlin Kolbus (Kentucky), Brody Lewis (Utah), Jessica Miller Livsey (Old Dominion), Corey Manley (Arizona State), Tamber McCallister (Brigham Young), Eric Posegay (Texas), Bill Roberts (U.S. Naval Academy), Neal Studd (Florida State).
2025 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships
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The primary objective for the University of Virginia is no longer winning the NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. That has become secondary. It’s a case of been there and done that. The primary objective is to obliterate the competition.
IU ranked 4th ? Should finish #1 or #2 or #3 or #5!
I am wondering where Penn fits in here with Matt Fallon, the likely favorite at NCAAs to win the 200 breast and also score in the 100.
The CSCAA polls are based on dual meets. Penn has a couple of really good swimmers at the top, and Fallon as you said should be top 30 at NCAAs by himself, but by nature of dual meet scoring, but they’d have a hard time beating Harvard. Harvard won by 52 last season.
This is a weird poll and feels like a formula could be used rather than people guessing. There is no dual meet between most of these teams so I am not sure what is really doing.
I like the SwimSwam poll much better and reflects where teams will finish the season in the meet that truly matters for their ranking.
As for the University of Virginia, it’s the march toward 610 team points at the 2025 NCAA DI Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.