Courtesy: CSCAA
December 15, 2023 – Lewisburg, PA – The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released the November edition of the Division III Top 25 dual meet poll. The Kenyon Men and Denison Women are the top ranked dual meet teams in the country following the completion of the majority of mid-season invitationals. Both the Kenyon Men and Denison Women were ranked second in last month’s poll.
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.
On the men’s side, the Kenyon Owls (500 points) took every first-place vote to jump second place Emory (479 points). NYU (461) jumped up two spots to crack the top three, while Chicago (439) and Tufts (421) round out the top five. The poll saw the most significant movement up the rankings from Tufts – 17 to 5 and MIT – 14 to 7. Other moves of note include TCNJ from 16 to 13 and Hope from 20 to 16. UW-Eau Claire – 21, Gettysburg – 22, UW-Stevens Point and Rowan make their season debuts in the top 25. Overall, 28 programs received votes.
For the women, Denison was unanimously chosen as the top team with 425 points. Kenyon (408) moves up into 2nd, while Emory (390) appears at 3rd. NYU (374) moves up one spot to 4th and MIT (353) rounds out the top 5. WashU – 14 and UW Eau-Claire – 22 made this month’s most significant leaps, each moving up three spots. Middlebury – 20 and Rhodes – 25 both make their season debut in the top 25. In all, 28 teams received votes.
*It is important to note, some programs had their first competitions of the year in the time between polls.
You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25
Each committee includes 17 representatives from the four Division III Regions. The women and men committee chairs are Jake Taber (Hope) and Sean Tedesco (USMMA).
The remaining polls are scheduled for release on: January 26, February 9 and Friday March 1. Dates are subject to adjustment.
Division III Men
Rk | Prv | Team | Points |
1 | 2 | Kenyon | 500 |
2 | 1 | Emory | 479 |
3 | 5 | NYU | 461 |
4 | 3 | Chicago | 439 |
5 | 17 | Tufts | 421 |
6 | 6 | Denison | 391 |
7 | 14 | MIT | 386 |
8 | 4 | Calvin | 352 |
9 | 11 | Carnegie Mellon | 349 |
10 | 8 | WashU | 320 |
11 | 7 | Pomona-Pitzer | 301 |
12 | 9 | Johns Hopkins | 280 |
13 | 16 | TCNJ | 260 |
14 | 10 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 236 |
15 | 12 | Case Western Reserve | 224 |
16 | 20 | Hope | 197 |
17 | 15 | Williams | 184 |
18 | 13 | RIT | 156 |
19 | 18 | SUNY Geneseo | 134 |
20 | 22 | Trinity (TX) | 130 |
21 | NR | UW-Eau Claire | 92 |
22 | NR | Gettysburg | 81 |
23 | 19 | Swarthmore | 55 |
24 | NR | UW-Stevens Point | 33 |
25 | NR | Rowan | 22 |
Also Receiving Votes
Amherst (12), Colby (4), Caltech (1)
Division III Women
Rk | Prv | Team | Points |
1 | 2 | Denison | 425 |
2 | 3 | Kenyon | 408 |
3 | 1 | Emory | 390 |
4 | 5 | NYU | 374 |
5 | 6 | MIT | 353 |
6 | 7 | Chicago | 343 |
7 | 4 | Williams | 324 |
8 | 9 | Tufts | 303 |
9 | 10 | Pomona-Pitzer | 292 |
10 | 8 | Johns Hopkins | 273 |
11 | 12 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 251 |
12 | 11 | Hope | 241 |
13 | 13 | Case Western Reserve | 215 |
14 | 17 | WashU | 210 |
15 | 16 | Trinity U | 180 |
16 | 14 | Swarthmore | 174 |
17 | 15 | Carnegie Mellon | 151 |
18 | 20 | Calvin | 137 |
19 | 22 | Gettysburg | 121 |
20 | NR | Middlebury | 92 |
21 | 23 | SUNY Geneseo | 82 |
22 | 25 | UW-Eau Claire | 67 |
23 | 21 | Bates | 54 |
24 | 19 | Bowdoin | 36 |
25 | NR | Rhodes | 17 |
Also Receiving Votes
RIT (5), Amherst (4), Depauw (1)
Women’s Poll Committee
Chris Brown, Scranton; Greg Brown, Gettysburg; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Puget Sound; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Brad Dunn, Lynchburg; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Logan LaBerge, Kalamazoo; Rich Munson, Drew; Shannon O’Brien, RPI; Brooke Plotz, Carleton; Cathleen Pruden, Trinity (TX); Annie Ryder, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Meg Sisson-French, MIT; Jake Taber, Hope (National Chair); Jason Weber, Chicago; Mark Yankovich, Widener.
Men’s Poll Committee
Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Phil Baratela, RIT. Andy Brabson, Cal Tech; Peter Casares, Bates; Jennifer Cournoyer, Norwich; Keith Crawford, Rose-Hulman; Sam Davy, Swarthmore; Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseo; David Dow, TCNJ; Astrid Escobar, Berry; Dan Forsythe, Amherst; Jim Halliburton, Washington-St. Louis; Rob Harrington, Wooster; Sarah James, Southwestern; Connor Rumpit, NYU; Pat Smith, Westminster; Brent Summers, Willamette; Sean Tedesco, USMMA (National Chair); Jason Weber, Chicago; Seth Weidmann, Carthage.
UAAs will be epic this February, featuring 3 of the top 4 ranked teams on the men’s side, and 3 of the top 6 on the women’s side.
Based on midseason times, the relays will be close!
The men’s 100 breast could feature Emory’s Jacob Meyer & Henri Bonnault, Chicago’s Garret Clasen, and NYU’s Derek Maas, all in the middle of the pool at finals, in a potential preview of NCAA finals!
The polls are meaningless at this point. Even based on conference meet results, swimming well at NCAAs is the key. Midseason meets are so misleading with home teams usually having a lot more swimmers scoring than they can have at conference meets and NCAAs. These polls are for entertainment only.
MIT at 7th is some disrespect. IMO they’re above Denison. Also Hope just continues to have the most overrated men’s team ever. Like come on now the entire team’s top ranked swim this season is a 4:37 500 Free.
MIT definitely deserves to be higher, but these polls are always hilariously off.
the polls are weird, but the college swimming rankings based on either dual or championship has a roughly similar appearance to the top of this list. swapping a few around, but the top teams are all there.
Lots of moving around here at the top of the CSCAA polls. On the men’s side, the committee really held that loss to Denison against Emory. Looks like a similar story with the women too.
Does the committee realize that Emory’s loss to Denison was at Denison’s own invitational? Emory only brought half of their team (even before the sickness).
Why did Emory only bring half their team to a mid season meet?
They always do. The other half goes to a different meet (SCAD Invitational), but they would have scored at this meet as well.
Right, you would think that would factor into their voting. Can’t discount the advantage of having your whole roster to pull from at a home meet, as well as the fact that Emory was a bit roster deficient after their sickness. But, CSCAA gonna CSCAA. The polls are never really accurate until NCAAs.
Kenyon and Denison hosted their own midseason meets so they both had more swimmers scoring than they could at championship meets.
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