Kenyon & Emory Remain First in February Swim/Dive Polls

The Emory men and Keyon women remain first in the latest CSCAA Top 25 Dual Meet Poll for Division III.

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released its Division III Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll today. The Emory University men and Kenyon College women remain at the top of the polls.  

Emory tallied ten first-place votes and 296 total points, keeping them in first.  Kenyon (286 points) took the remaining top votes and moved up two spots to second.  Johns Hopkins (272) is third. Chicago (267) and MIT (249) climbed one place each to round out the top five.  Bates (50), Bowdoin (24), and Swarthmore (16) made their way into the rankings this month at 22nd, 24th and 25th, respectively. In all, twenty-seven men's teams received votes.

The Kenyon women were the unanimous favorite among the committee,  earning the maximum of 300 points. Emory (285), Denison (279) and Johns Hopkins (262) remain 2nd, 3rd and 4th - the same positions as January. NYU (254) jumped one spot, putting them back in the top five this month. UC Santa Cruz (24) entered the poll this month at 24th. Thirty-one women's teams received votes.  

You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25

The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and select media. The committee ranks the top 25 teams in the nation based on dual meet strength. 

The men's committee chair is Sean Tedesco (USMMA). Regional chairs include: Brad Bowser (Rowan, Northeast South), Paul Bennett (WPI, Northeast North), Brent Summers (Willamette, Midwest South) and Keith Crawford (Rose Hulman, Central).

The women's committee chair is Jake Taber (Hope). Regional chairs include: Ben Delia (Franklin & Marshall, Northeast South), Brad Burnham (Bowdoin, Northeast North), Jon Duncan (Southwestern, Midwest South) and Justin Zook (St. Kates, Central).  

The final poll is scheduled for release on March 4. 

Division III Men

Rk Prv Team Points
1 1 Emory 296
2 4 Kenyon 286
2 3 Johns Hopkins 272
4 5 Chicago 267
5 6 MIT 249
6 2 Denison 242
7 8 NYU 222
8 10 Carnegie Mellon 214
9 12 Pomona-Pitzer 207
10 11 Williams 192
11 13 Tufts 176
12 7 WashU 168
13 9 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 146
14 19 Rowan 138
15 14 Calvin 135
16 15 TCNJ 133
17 22 Amherst 105
18 16 Franklin & Marshall 94
19 21 SUNY Geneseo 81
20 17 Case Western Reserve 74
21 18 Hope 63
22 NR Bates 50
23 24 Caltech 32
24 NR Bowdoin 24
25 NR Swarthmore 16

Also Receiving Votes

UW-Stevens Point (13), SUNY Brockport (5)

Division III Women

Rk Prv Team Points
1 1 Kenyon 300
2 2 Emory 285
3 3 Denison 279
4 4 Johns Hopkins 262
5 6 NYU 254
6 5 Tufts 235
7 7 Chicago 222
8 9 MIT 214
9 8 Pomona-Pitzer 210
10 10 Williams 199
11 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 174
12 12 WashU 160
13 13 Bates 153
14 14 Carnegie Mellon 148
15 15 Saint Kate's 144
16 16 Hope 115
17 17 Trinity (TX) 95
18 18 Wheaton (MA) 93
19 20 Case Western Reserve 88
20 19 Swarthmore 76
21 21 Amherst 63
22 23 SUNY Geneseo 33
23 24 Calvin 32
24 NR UC Santa Cruz 24
25 22 Washington & Lee 15

Also Receiving Votes

Albion(13), Bowdoin (7), Colby (3), Gettysburg (2), Franklin & Marshall (1), DePauw (1)

Men’s Regional Rankings:

Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Chicago 3. Denison 4. Calvin 5. Case Western 6. Hope 7. UW-Stevens Point 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. UW-Eau Claire 10. Carthage
Northeast-North: 1. MIT 2. New York University 3. Williams 4. Tufts 5. Amherst 6. Bates 7. Bowdoin 8. Colby 9. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 10. U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Rowan 3. TCNJ 4. Franklin & Marshall 5. SUNY-Geneseo 6. Swarthmore 7. Gettysburg 8. RIT 9. Ithaca 10. Stevens
West Midwest: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 4. Washington University (MO) 5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 6. California Institute of Technology 7. California Lutheran 8. UC-Santa Cruz 9. Whitworth 10. Birmingham Southern

Women’s Regional Rankings:

Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Saint Catherine 5. Hope 6. Case Western 7. Calvin 8. Albion 9. DePauw 10. Wooster
Northeast-North: 1.New York University 2. Tufts 3. MIT 4. Williams 5. Bates 6. Wheaton College (MA) 7. Amherst 8. Bowdoin 9. Colby 10. WPI
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Swarthmore 3. SUNY-Geneseo 4. Gettysburg 5. Franklin & Marshall 6. Ursinus 7. Rowan 8. TCNJ 9. Drew 10. Rochester
West Midwest: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5. Washington University 6. Trinity University (TX) 7. UC-Santa Cruz 8. Washington & Lee 9. Mary Washington 10. Rhodes

Men's Poll Committee

Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Erica Belcher, NYU; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Peter Casares, Bates; Jennifer Cournoyer, Norwich; Keith Crawford, Rose Hulman; Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseo; David Dow, TCNJ; Rob Harrington, Wooster; Gwynn Harrison, Bridgewater; Sarah James, Southwestern; Michael Kroll, Buffalo State; Pat Smith, Westminster; Brent Summers, Willamette; Sean Tedesco, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Jason Weber, Chicago; Seth Weidmann, Carthage; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.

Women's Poll Committee

Greg Brown, Gettysburg; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Kalamazoo; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Paul Flinchbauch, Berry; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Katie McArdle, Dickinson; Chris Mhyre, Puget Sound; Shannon O'Brien, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Anne Ryder, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Meg Sisson French, MIT; Jake Taber, Hope; Mike Tubb, Susquehanna; Jason Weber, Chicago; Toby Wilcox, Birmingham Southern; Justin Zook, St. Kate's; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.

About the CSCAA

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the first 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.