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. 

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.