The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released its Division III Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll today. Emory University takes first on the men side while Kenyon College remains the top women's team.  

Emory men tallied ten of the possible 15 first-place votes and 367 total points, moving them into first.  Denison (360 points) takes the 5 remaining top votes and climbs two positions to second.   Johns Hopkins (342) is third.  Kenyon (341) moves to fourth after holding first last month. Chicago (312) retains their position at fifth on the men's side.  In all, thirty-one men's teams received votes.

The women's top five rankings remain unchanged from the November poll. Kenyon earned 372 points and collected 12 top votes. Emory owns the remaining first-place votes and is second with 360 points.  Denison (348), Johns Hopkins (326) and NYU (318) are third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Twenty-eight women's teams received votes. 

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 remaining polls are scheduled for release on January 19, and February 9 and March 4.

Men’s Regional Rankings:

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

Women’s Regional Rankings:

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

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.

Men'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.