The College Swimming Coaches Association of America announces the first CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll for Divisions II and III. The defending NCAA Champions are the early favorites among NCAA Division II & III Swimming & Diving Teams. Stock photo via Mike Lewis/Ola Vista Photography
November 11, 2016 – Norfolk, VA – The College Swimming Coaches Association of America announces the first CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Poll for Divisions II and III. The defending NCAA Champions are the early favorites among NCAA Division II & III Swimming & Diving Teams. Emory University and Kenyon College led the Division III women’s and men’s standings respectively while Queens University of Charlotte was the unanimous choice for both Division II men and women.
In addition to the national poll, the CSCAA also announced its first Division III regional rankings of the early 2015-16 season. Among the regional rankings there were three sweeps among men’s and women’s teams. In the West-Midwest-South Region, Emory took the top spots while Kenyon and New York University swept their respective Central and Northeast-North Regions. The only split was in the Northeast-South region where Carnegie Mellon topped the women’s poll and TCNJ was voted number one among men’s teams.
The CSCAA Division II and III Poll Committees will produce in-season rankings of the 25 best performing NCAA Swimming and Diving teams in rank order at the time of each poll. The poll is not designed to predict the results of the NCAA Championship, but rather which teams would win head-to-head against other teams in the country. Ranking are based on performances that have taken place since the previous poll and include invites as well as dual meets. The committee does not consider teams that have not yet competed in the current college season.
Division III
Pos
Men’s Teams
Pts
Pos
Women’s Teams
Pts
1.
Kenyon
293
1.
Emory
300
2.
Emory
191
2.
Kenyon
285
3.
New York
180
3.
Denison
279
4.
Denison
177
4.
Chicago
257
5.
Washington (Mo)
174
5.
New York
240
6.
Johns Hopkins
157
6.
Johns Hopkins
236
7.
Chicago
147
7.
Washington (Mo)
223
8.
MIT
146
8.
MIT
218
9.
TCNJ
138
9.
Pomona-Pitzer
180
10.
C-M-S
130
10.
DePauw
172
11.
Rose-Hulman
122
11.
Carnegie Mellon
167
12.
Calvin
117
12.
Keene State
164
13.
Stevens Institute
95
13.
Wheaton (IL)
144
14.
Keene State
91
14.
Hope
122
15.
Carnegie Mellon
72
15.
Kalamazoo
102
16.
Case Western
69
16.
Stevens Institute
96
17.
Wabash College
67
16.
Mary Washington
96
17.
Pomona-Pitzer
67
18.
Rochester
92
19.
DePauw
59
19.
Case Western
86
20.
Rowan
56
20.
Washington & Lee
70
21.
Worcester Polytechnic
49
21.
Worcester Polytechnic
64
22.
Whitworth
46
22.
C-M-S
52
23.
Albion
33
23.
Springfield
49
24.
Swarthmore
32
24.
Calvin
45
25.
Hartwick
19
25.
Ursinus
36
Also Receiving Votes
Hartwick 21, Ursinus 12, Ohio Northern 10, Washington (MD) 4, Rochester 2, Carthage 2, Washington & Lee 1, Saint Olaf 1
Gustavus Adolphus 32, Washington (MD) 21, SUNY-Geneseo 11, Whitworth 5, Trinity (TX) 3, Wellesley 3, Gettysburg 2, Rensselaer 2, Ithaca 1, Saint Olaf 1
Indianapolis 18, Bloomsburg 15, Fresno Pacific 11, Alaska-Fairbanks 11, Limestone 7, Findlay 5, William Jewell 4, Saint Leo 3
Poll Committees
Division II
Ron Allen, Colorado Mesa University; Kyle Almoney, Millersville University; Andy Boyce, Grand Valley State University; Doug Grooms, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Jimi Kiner, University of Tampa; Tim Quill, Southern Connecticut State University; Patrick Snively, Fairmont State University, Jimmy Tierney, McKendree University;
Division III
Noah Beck, SUNY-Geneseo; Kellen Beckwith, Denison University; Brad Bowser, Rowan University; Dean Bromley, Centre College; Jon Carlson, Gustavus Adolphus College; Karin Colby, Swarthmore College; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall University; Beth DeLaRosby, Carthage College; Scott Felix, Union College (NY); Kami Gardner, Washington & Lee University; JP Gowdy, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges; Erin Hurley, Grinnell College; Dani Korman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Doug Milliken, Case-Western Reserve University; Dale Rothenberger, Hartwick; Peter Solomon, Wesleyan University; Jake Taber, Albion College; Jason Weber, University of Chicago; John Westkott, US Coast Guard Academy;; Emily Wylam, University of Rochester
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