Denison Men and Emory Women Top Division III Preseason Poll
October 17, 2018 - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) have released their first TYR Top 25 Dual Meet Swimming and Diving Poll of the 2018-19 season. The Denison men and Emory women claimed the number one spot.
On the women's side, Denison, Kenyon, Williams, and Johns Hopkins round out the top five spots. On the men's side Kenyon, Emory, Johns Hopkins and MIT complete the top five. In total, twenty-nine men's and thirty-eight women's teams earned votes.
The poll aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.
The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and the next polls are scheduled for release on November 14, December 12, January 30, and February 27.
Division III Women
| Rank |
Prev |
Team |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emory | 400 | |
| 2 | Denison | 382 | |
| 3 | Kenyon | 365 | |
| 4 | Williams | 351 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 342 | |
| 6 | MIT | 313 | |
| 7 | WashU | 287 | |
| 8 | NYU | 285 | |
| 9 | Amherst | 265 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon | 251 | |
| 11 | Chicago | 237 | |
| 12 | Pomona-Pitzer | 232 | |
| 13 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 193 | |
| 14 | Washington & Lee | 180 | |
| 15 | Tufts | 176 | |
| 16 | Calvin | 174 | |
| 17 | Ursinus | 130 | |
| 18 | Saint Thomas | 112 | |
| 19 | Bowdoin | 98 | |
| 20 | SUNY Geneseo | 97 | |
| 21 | Case Western Reserve | 83 | |
| 22 | Rowan | 55 | |
| 23 | Wheaton (MA) | 41 | |
| 24 | Bates | 31 | |
| 25 | Hope | 24 |
Also Receiving Votes:
Conn College (21), Swarthmore (18), Birmingham Southern (12), Occidental (11), Grove City (7), Centre (6), Ithaca (5), Gustavus (4), Susquehanna (2), Middlebury/Franklin (1)Division III Men
| Rank |
Prev |
Team |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denison | 250 | |
| 2 | Kenyon | 237 | |
| 3 | Emory | 231 | |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins | 216 | |
| 4 | MIT | 216 | |
| 6 | NYU | 196 | |
| 7 | Pomona-Pitzer | 184 | |
| 8 | Tufts | 175 | |
| 9 | Chicago | 173 | |
| 10 | WashU | 172 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon | 140 | |
| 12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 137 | |
| 13 | Rowan | 128 | |
| 14 | Williams | 124 | |
| 15 | Amherst | 105 | |
| 16 | Saint Thomas | 99 | |
| 17 | Calvin | 85 | |
| 18 | California Lutheran | 78 | |
| 19 | TCNJ | 77 | |
| 20 | Carthage | 58 | |
| 21 | Birmingham Southern | 53 | |
| 22 | Coast Guard | 30 | |
| 23 | Washington & Lee | 21 | |
| 23 | DePauw | 21 | |
| 25 | Stevens | 20 |
Also Receiving Votes:
Swarthmore (11), UW-Stevens Point (7), Albion/Whitworth (3)Regional Rankings
Central
| 1 | Denison |
| 2 | Kenyon |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 4 | Calvin |
| 5 | Saint Thomas |
| 6 | Case Western |
| 7 | Hope |
| 8 | Franklin |
| 9 | St. Olaf |
| 10 | Albion |
Northeast North
| 1 | Williams |
| 2 | MIT |
| 3 | NYU |
| 4 | Amherst |
| 5 | Tufts |
| 6 | Bowdoin |
| 7 | Wheaton College |
| 8 | Bates |
| 9 | Conn College |
| 10 | RPI |
Northeast South
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 2 | Ursinus |
| 3 | SUNY Geneseo |
| 4 | Rowan |
| 5 | Swarthmore |
| 6 | Susquehanna |
| 7 | Stevens |
| 8 | Ithaca |
| 9 | Gettysburg |
| 10 | Rochester |
West-Midwest-South
| 1 | Emory |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins |
| 3 | Washington University (Mo) |
| 4 | Pomona Pitzer Colleges |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 6 | Washington & Lee |
| 7 | Birmingham Southern |
| 8 | Mary Washington |
| 9 | Trinity |
| 10 | Occidental |
Central
| 1 | Denison |
| 2 | Kenyon |
| 3 | Chicago |
| 4 | Saint Thomas |
| 5 | Calvin |
| 6 | Carthage |
| 7 | DePauw |
| 8 | UW Stevens Point |
| 9 | Albion |
| 10 | Wheaton |
Northeast North
| 1 | MIT |
| 2 | NYU |
| 3 | Tufts |
| 4 | Williams |
| 5 | Amhert |
| 6 | U.S. Coast Guard Academy |
| 7 | RPI |
| 8 | Conn College |
| 9 | WPI |
| 10 | Bates |
Northeast South
| 1 | Carnegie Mellon |
| 2 | Rowan |
| 3 | TCNJ |
| 4 | Stevens |
| 5 | Swarthmore |
| 6 | Gettysburg |
| 7 | SUNY Geneseo |
| 8 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 9 | Westminster |
| 10 | Grove City |
West-Midwest-South
| 1 | Emory |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins |
| 3 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges |
| 4 | Washington University (Mo) |
| 5 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 6 | California Lutheran |
| 7 | Birmingham Southern |
| 8 | Washington and Lee |
| 9 | Whitworth |
| 10 | Trinity University (TX) |
Women's Poll Committee
Jake Taber, Hope (Chair); Dean Brownley, Centre; Jay Daniels, Kalmazoo; Beth DeLaRosby, Carthage; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Dani Korman, MIT; Meg French, Pomona-Pitzer; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Kalmazoo; Kyle Garase, Hope; Shannon O'Brien, Rensselaer Poly Tech; Bob Rueppel, Middlebury; Paul Waas, Catholic; Jason Weber Chicago; Scott Whitbeck, Nazareth, St. Kate's
Men's Poll Committee
Sean Tedesco, USMMA (Chair); Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Peter Casares, Bates; Karin Colby, Swarthmore; Keith Crawford, Rose-Hulman; David Dow, TCNJ; Matt Emmert, Roger Williams; Mark Fino, John Carrol; Jean-Paul Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer; Kyle Kimball, Linfield; Nate Parsley, Arcadia; Juliet Suess, CMS; 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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