November 15, 2024 - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has released the November edition of the Division III Top 25 dual meet poll. Emory University claims the top spot in both polls.

The committee, consisting of Division III coaches, assesses and ranks the nation's top 25 dual meet teams. Their evaluation takes into account head-to-head dual meet outcomes, performances since the last rankings, season-long performances, dual meet records, roster changes (such as injuries), and data from the SwimCloud Simulator. It's important to note that the poll's objective is not to predict the top finishers in a championship meet format.

The Emory Eagles (425) topped the men's poll for the second consecutive month to kick off the year. Chicago (408) held steady at number two, while Denison (384) climbed five spots to enter the top three. NYU (380) came in fourth, and Calvin (358) made a notable leap from eleventh to round out the top five. Other major movers include Pomona-Pitzer, up six spots to ninth, with Case Western and SUNY Geneseo each rising four spots to 12th and 18th, respectively. This month's poll saw votes cast for a total of twenty-eight teams.

In the women's poll, Emory (399) and Kenyon (380) swapped places but retained the top two spots. MIT (372) moved up into third, while NYU (348) and Denison (338) complete the top five. WashU (241) made the biggest leap, climbing five spots to 11th, while Rhodes (72) rose three spots to 21st. Washington and Lee also made their season debut in the top 25. Overall, twenty-seven teams received votes this month.


*Dual meet records are sourced from each institution's website.

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

The upcoming poll release dates are as follows:
Friday, December 20, 2024
Friday, January 24, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025.

Each committee includes representatives from the four Division III regions. The women’s and men’s committee chairs are Jake Taber (Hope) and Sean Tedesco (USMMA), respectively.

Also Receiving Votes:

Colby (12), Bates (6), Swarthmore (5)

Also Receiving Votes:

Middlebury (7), Hamilton (3)

Women's Poll Committee

Chris Brown (Scranton), Greg Brown (Gettysburg), Brad Burnham (Bowdoin), Jay Daniels (Puget Sound), Meg French (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), John Geissinger (Hamilton), Logan LaBerge (Kalamazoo), Richard Munson (Drew), Shannon O’Brien (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Cathleen Pruden (Trinity University (Texas)), Annie Ryder (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire), Jake Taber (Hope), Jason Weber (Chicago), Jason Willman (Chapman), Mark Yankovich (Widener), 

Men's Poll Committee

Justin Anderson (Mary Washington), Andy Brabson (Caltech), Peter Casares (Bates), Keith Crawford (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), Dave Dow (The College of New Jersey), Sam Davy (Swarthmore College), Paul Dotterweich (SUNY Geneseo), James Halliburton (Washington University in St. Louis), Rob Harrington (Wooster), Mabel Fowler (Trinity University (Texas)), Phil Baretela (Rochester Institute of Technology),Connor Rumpit (New York University), Eric Mojock (Mount Union), Nick Smith (Brandeis), Sean Tedesco (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy), Jason Weber (Chicago).