Kenyon and Denison Lead Division III Poll

December 20, 2017 - The ballots are in and the votes counted in the latest CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Division III Poll.  The Kenyon College women and Denison University men gathered the most votes to lead their respective polls. 

The Kenyon women took over the Division III poll from Emory University. Even though Emory topped the last two polls, they remain only 8 points behind Kenyon.  The Denison men held on to their number one ranking from last month over both Kenyon and Emory.  The Kenyon men moved up one spot to number two.  The Lords and Emory men have been in the top three all season long.

The national leaders were naturally number one in the Central Region.  Carnegie Mellon led both the men's and women's Northeast South while Emory led both the men's and women's West-Midwest-South Region.  In the Northeast North Region the Williams women and MIT men led the way.

The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and and aim to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.  Releases are scheduled for: January 17 and February 7. 

www.cscaa.org/top25

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Division III Men

Division III Women

Rank Previous Team Points
1 2 Kenyon 248
2 1 Emory 240
3 6 Denison 230
4 4 Johns Hopkins 219
5 3 Williams 207
6 5 NYU 194
7 7 Chicago 187
8 8 MIT 182
9 10 WashU 179
10 8 Carnegie Mellon 163
10 13 Washington & Lee 143
12 16 Calvin 133
13 19 Pomona-Pitzer 118
14 NR Tufts 106
14 12 Amherst 104
16 22 Case Western Reserve 99
17 15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 97
18 14 Saint Thomas 93
19 21 RPI 54
20 20 Ursinus 51
21 18 Bates 42
21 24 SUNY Geneseo 40
23 11 Conn College 31
24 NR Trinity (TX) 30
25 23 Rowan 17
Rank Previous Team Points
1 1 Denison 272
2 3 Kenyon 261
3 2 Emory 257
4 4 MIT 242
5 5 Johns Hopkins 232
6 6 NYU 215
7 7 WashU 206
8 8 Chicago 203
9 9 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 177
10 13 Carnegie Mellon 160
11 10 Pomona-Pitzer 157
12 16 Amherst 156
13 11 Tufts 147
14 17 Calvin 127
15 15 Rowan 123
16 18 TCNJ 107
17 20 UW-Stevens Point 99
18 12 Williams 94
19 14 Carthage 76
20 NR Trinity (TX) 60
21 23 WPI 51
22 21 Coast Guard 46
23 NR Rose-Hulman 34
24 24 DePauw 23
25 22 Stevens 22

Also receiving votes:
Case Western Reserve (14), Gettysburg (8), Birmingham Southern (6)

Also receiving votes:
Hope (16), Middlebury (9), Mary Washington (8), Carthage (7), UW-La Crosse (2), Franklin (1)

Regional Rankings

Men

Women

Central

1 Kenyon
2 Denison
3 Chicago
4 Calvin
5 Case Western
6 Saint Thomas
7 Hope
8 Carthage
9 Franklin
10 UW-La Crosse


Northeast North

1 Williams
2 New York University
3 MIT
4 Tufts
5 Amherst
6 RPI
7 Bates
8 Conn College
9 Wheaton (MA)
10 Springfield


Northeast South

1 Carnegie Mellon
2 Ursinus
3 SUNY-Geneseo
4 Rowan
5 Rochester
6 Susquehanna
7 Gettysburg
8 Ithaca
9 Swathmore
10 Allegheny
 

West-Midwest-South

1 Emory
2 Johns Hopkins
3 Washington University (Mo)
4 Washington and Lee
5 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
6 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
7 Trinity University (TX)
8 Mary Washington
9 Birmingham Southern
10 Rhodes

Central

1 Denison
2 Kenyon
3 Chicago
4 Calvin
5 UW-Stevens Point
6 Carthage
7 Rose-Hulman
8 DePauw
9 Case Western
10 Wabash


Northeast North

1 MIT
2 NYU
3 Amherst
4 Tufts
5 Williams
6 U.S. Coast Guard Academy
7 WPI
8 RPI
9 Bates
10 Conn College


Northeast South

1 Carnegie Mellon
2 Rowan
3 TCNJ
4 Stevens
5 Gettysburg
6 SUNY-Geneseo
7 Grove City
8 Rochester
9 Swarthmore
10 Franklin & Marshall
 

West-Midwest-South

1 Emory
2 Johns Hopkins
3 Washington University (Mo)
4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
5 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
6 Trinity University (TX)
7 Birmingham Southern
8 Washington & Lee
9 Whitworth
10 Redlands
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Women's Poll Committee

Jake Taber, Albion (Chair); Will Bernhardt, Wittenberg; Dean Brownley, Centre; Jay Daniels, Kalmazoo; Beth DeLaRosby, Carthage; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Paul Hughes, Caltech; Charlie King, UW-La Crosse; Dani Korman, MIT; Kirk Kumbier, Allegheny; Meg Sisson, Pomona-Pitzer; Carlos Vega, Trinity (CT); Vanessa Williamson, Bates    

Men's Poll Committee

Sean Tedesco, USMMA (Chair); Justin Anderson, Frostburg State; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Jon Carlson, Gustavus; Karin Colby, Swarthmore; David Dow, Williams; Jean-Paul Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer; Kyle McNellis, NYU; Brent Noble, Wabash; Adam Schneider, TCNJ; Steve Webb, Occidental; Jason Weber, Chicago    .

About the CSCAA

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the oldest organization of college coaches in America -is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.

About TYR

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