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Arizona State Men, Virginia Women Maintain Top Spots In CSCAA January Dual Meet Ranks

The Arizona State University men and University of Virginia women remain the top-ranked teams in the nation by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as the organization has released its dual meet rankings for the month of January.

Both squads maintain their #1 position from December, with January’s ranks marking the first time the top spot hasn’t changed hands month-to-month.

After UVA led the women and Cal topped the men in the opening edition in October (as defending national champions), the Texas Longhorns claimed the #1 ranking on both sides in November before the Cavaliers reclaimed the top spot for the women and Arizona State moved to #1 for the first time in December.

The CSCAA notably does not factor in how a team might fare in a championship meet format, exclusively looking at dual meet strength, and uses head-to-head results as a top consideration.

Over the last month, there haven’t been a ton of dual meets with schools off for the holidays and then diving into winter training camps shortly thereafter.

The ASU men, for example, will race for the first time since November’s Wolfpack Invite on Friday, hosting Stanford, while the UVA women have only raced once in the last two months, putting on a dominant display last weekend against Virginia Tech (winning 207-91). The Cavaliers will race again this weekend in a two-day tri-meet with NC State and North Carolina.

The Sun Devils and Cavaliers both received 17 of 18 first-place votes, with the Cal men and Texas women earning one apiece.

WOMEN’S RANKINGS

Rank Prev Team Points
1 1 Virginia (17) 449
2 2 Texas (1) 432
2 3 Stanford 411
4 4 NC State 388
5 5 Ohio State 387
6 7 Louisville 354
7 8 Florida 337
8 6 Alabama 323
9 12 Indiana 299
10 10 Southern California 285
11 11 California 268
12 14 Tennessee 247
13 19 Auburn 230
14 20 Kentucky 217
15 9 Georgia 200
16 13 Michigan 191
17 16 Wisconsin 163
18 17 North Carolina 153
19 15 Texas A&M 130
20 22 Duke 103
21 18 Arkansas 82
22 25 Louisiana State 54
23 NR Virginia Tech 40
24 NR UCLA 37
25 23 Minnesota 34

Also receiving votes: Northwestern (30), South Carolina (5), Missouri (1)

The lack of dual meets resulted in there not being too many significant shakeups in the women’s ranks, though the Alabama women did drop from sixth to eighth after news that Morgan Scott and Cora Dupre will both be absent for the rest of the season. The Crimson Tide also dropped duals to both Texas (213.5-139.5) and Ohio State (220-133) last weekend.

The Indiana women jumped up into the top 10, moving up three spots into ninth after a dominant 208.5-91.5 win over Michigan.

Another notable change came from the Georgia women, who fell 166-134 to Kentucky in mid-December and thus plummet from ninth to 15th, while the Wildcats climb up from 20th to 14th.

MEN’S RANKINGS

Rank Prev Team Points
1 1 Arizona State (17) 449
2 3 California (1) 432
3 4 Florida 411
4 5 NC State 386
T-5 2 Texas 363
T-5 13 Ohio State 363
7 7 Indiana 346
8 6 Tennessee 342
9 9 Auburn 301
10 8 Texas A&M 272
11 10 Georgia 264
12 12 Stanford 249
13 19 Virginia Tech 234
14 11 Virginia 223
15 14 Alabama 212
16 16 Florida State 165
T-17 15 Michigan 154
T-17 18 Louisville 154
19 17 Arizona 144
20 20 Southern California 99
21 21 Georgia Tech 77
T-22 23 Notre Dame 68
T-22 22 Missouri 68
24 24 Wisconsin 41
25 25 Minnesota 23

Also receiving votes: Princeton (4), SMU (3), North Carolina (2), Columbia (1)

The Texas men dropped a 189-164 dual to Ohio State last weekend in a tri-meet with Alabama, which resulted in a big shakeup in the men’s top 10.

The Longhorns fell from second down into a tie for fifth with the Buckeyes, who moved up eight spots after sitting in 13th last month.

The Virginia Tech men defeated the Cavaliers 162-138 on Saturday, which pushed the Hokies up six spots into 13th, while UVA slides three spots into 14th.

THE COMMITTEES

Each Division I committee includes representatives from each Power Five conference, along with seven at-large voters from mid-major programs. You can find the full lists below:

Women’s Poll Committee

  • Ashley Dell, Illinois-Chicago
  • Naya Higashijima, Southern Methodist (Chair)
  • Andrew Hodgson, Northwestern
  • Lars Jorgensen, Kentucky
  • Jeana Kempe, Illinois
  • Nathan Lavery, Drexel
  • Chris Lindauer, Notre Dame
  • Ben Loorz, UNLV
  • Bret Lundgaard, Princeton
  • Lea Maurer, Southern California
  • Alice McCall, TCU
  • Jaclyn Rosen, UCSB
  • Jos Smith, Utah
  • Milana Socha, Dartmouth
  • Albert Subirats, Virginia Tech
  • Roman Willets, Alabama
  • SwimSwam
  • Swimming World

Men’s Poll Committee

  • Jim Bolster, Columbia
  • Abby Brethauer, Princeton
  • Jason Calanog, Texas A&M
  • Jerry Champer, Georgia
  • Alicia Hicken-Franklin, Denver
  • Mike Joyce, Minnesota
  • Jessica Livsey, Old Dominion
  • Laura McGlaughlin, Villanova
  • Trevor Maida, Wisconsin
  • Samantha Pitter, Pittsburgh
  • Bill Roberts, Navy (Chair)
  • Dan Schemmel, Stanford
  • Shari Skabelund, BYU
  • Rachel Stratton-Mills, Arizona State
  • Neal Studd, Florida State
  • Dr. Rick West, West Virginia
  • SwimSwam
  • Swimming World

You can find the full CSCAA release here.

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Brian
1 year ago

This seems like the weirdest most arbitrary poll. A dual meet ranking doesn’t seem to be that important, especially one that is done by votes. It would seem that enough times are in the database that they could have an objective score rather than a subjective rank.

Femboy Twink
1 year ago

wtf her arms are way bigger than mine

Swordle
Reply to  Femboy Twink
1 year ago

Better start working those arm days

#strongandpowerful

James Beam
1 year ago

This is just for dual meets. I seriously doubt that OSU men will be in the top 5 at NCAA’s. No offense to OSU, they just don’t have enough front-liners to score a lot of points at NCAA’s. They have plenty of depth, but that won’t help at NCAA’s, or even Big10’s (still be a fight between IU/OSU for the title)

Andrew
Reply to  James Beam
1 year ago

ohio state actually has a very well suited roster for dual meets, i would agree with you on that

Andrew
1 year ago

Ohio State men tied with Texas men for 5th lmaooooooo

Ghost
1 year ago

ASU men #1 and women didn’t make the list at all! Is that the biggest discrepancy between a mens ‘s and women’s teams? And coached by the same staff!

Swordle
Reply to  Ghost
1 year ago

“Coached by the same staff” is a very loose sentence to be used here

HOO love
1 year ago

hoos!!!

Hoo
Reply to  HOO love
1 year ago

HOO do you love?!

HOO love
Reply to  Hoo
1 year ago

all swimmers & divers at the university of virginia!!!

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James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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