Division 1
Oh what a difference a week makes. As we outlined in the last poll release, the past week-plus, and the next week-plus, will have a ton of major dual-meets that are going to put a serious shakeup into the rankings, and we saw the first evidence of that with the release of today’s rankings.
On the men’s side, Cal vaulted into the top position after dominating #2 Arizona this past weekend. The #2 Stanford Cardinal moved up a slot by pulling off the same feat a day earlier. They were also helped by impressive early returns from Austin Staab in his comeback to college swimming. The biggest move was #3 Auburn jumping up from sixth in the previous poll. This was by way of a hugely surprising, upset victory over then-number one Texas, who are the defending National Champs. The voters were relatively confident that those were the top three teams in some order, but were nearly split on first place votes. #1 Cal got seven, #2 Stanford got six, and #3 Auburn got seven. As usual, it seems that Auburn has polarized the swimming community. A large group thinks that they are the best dual meet team in the country by now, but them still sitting in third means that there is a large portion of the country that had them outside of the top three.
Arizona had the biggest slide amongst the top teams, as they fell all the way down to #6. With all of the losses that they took after last season, they might have been a little too highly rated at second in a dual meet poll, but will still be tough in March. The aforementioned Longhorns slid all the way back to No. 4 after the loss to Auburn and a win over Georgia. The #9 Georgia men, despite losing two of their three meets since the last poll (against #4 Texas and #7 Tennessee) still impressed enough voters with their win over #13 Indiana to jump two spots.
Florida held tight as teams moved around them. The #5 Gators lost a tough dual loss against Auburn, but have been bolstered by the addition of impressive butterflier Marcin Cieslak. The #8 USC men, who are one of the few top teams that haven’t swum elite competition yet this semester, slid back from seventh. #11 Ohio State slid back even further as voters get the chance to mentally evaluate their extremely impressive December times. And rounding out the top ten is Virginia, who moved back among the elite teams after knocking off #9 North Carolina in a dual meet.
On the women’s side, the #1Stanford Cardinal increased their stranglehold on the top spot in the latest voting. They increased their margin from 26 to 45 in just a few weeks, thanks to a totally dominant performance over #7 Arizona. Georgia held steady in second, with six first-place votes. #3 USC is starting to build steam (including with our readers) in the National Championship race and jumped up a spot in the rankings to capture top honors in three voters’ minds. The Cal women stayed put in fourth with a solid (second-day) win over #7 Arizona. And then there’s #5 Auburn, who reaped the rewards of an 66-point shellacking of then-number-three Texas, and a solid 30 point win over then-number-six Florida. They jumped seven spots, and landed just ahead of the #6 Longhorns. Texas also lost to Georgia on the same roadtrip, though by a much smaller margin.
The Florida women, who are the defending National Champions, slid two spots to No. 8 after they lost to Auburn as well. Texas A&M dropped one spot to ninth after walking-over unranked LSU, and #10 Tennessee stayed put after a 177-123 loss to Georgia.
Big meets to watch between now and the Conference Championships include (#7M/#3W) USC’s brutal weekend double a when they face both #1’s on the road in the same weekend: (#2M/#1W) Stanford and (#1M/#4W) Cal. The #9 Georgia men and the #16 Alabama men’s dual might get overlooked a little, but it’s definitely on our radar as a great test for the up-and-coming Crimson Tide. The upcoming Big Ten Quad Meets are always good for some interesting results in the blustery North. Also don’t miss two of the biggest rivalry series’ in college sports, as the #11 Ohio State men head to Ann Arbor to challenge the #13 Michigan men, and the #4 Texas Longhorns and #19 Texas A&M Aggies face-off next weekend in the Lone Star Showdown.
Poll Date: January 26, 2011 | ||||||||
Men’s Rankings | Women’s Rankings | |||||||
Rank | Prev | Men | Points | Rank | Prev | Women | Points | |
1 | 4 | California (7) | 439 | 1 | 1 | Stanford (23) | 791 | |
2 | 3 | Stanford (6) | 428 | 2 | 2 | Georgia (6) | 746 | |
3 | 6 | Auburn (7) | 423 | 3 | 4 | Southern California (3) | 709 | |
4 | 1 | Texas | 419 | 4 | 4 | California | 680 | |
5 | 5 | Florida | 416 | 5 | 12 | Auburn | 618 | |
6 | 2 | Arizona | 401 | 6 | 3 | Texas | 614 | |
7 | 10 | Tennessee | 330 | 7 | 7 | Arizona | 585 | |
8 | 7 | Southern California | 327 | 8 | 6 | Florida | 547 | |
9 | 11 | Georgia | 316 | 9 | 8 | Texas A&M | 518 | |
10 | 14 | Virginia | 297 | 10 | 10 | Tennessee | 508 | |
11 | 8 | Ohio State | 289 | 11 | 9 | Virginia | 506 | |
12 | 9 | North Carolina | 277 | 12 | 11 | North Carolina | 442 | |
13 | 12 | Indiana | 269 | 13 | 13 | Minnesota | 374 | |
13 | 13 | Michigan | 257 | 14 | 14 | Indiana | 326 | |
15 | 15 | Minnesota | 223 | 15 | 15 | Michigan | 320 | |
16 | 17 | Alabama | 179 | 16 | 17 | Louisville | 293 | |
17 | 16 | UNLV | 151 | 17 | 16 | Wisconsin | 250 | |
18 | 19 | Louisville | 140 | 18 | 18 | Ohio State | 214 | |
19 | 20 | Texas A&M | 133 | 19 | 20 | Purdue | 193 | |
20 | 18 | Florida State | 129 | 20 | 19 | Arkansas | 165 | |
21 | 22 | Louisiana State | 82 | 21 | 22 | UCLA | 159 | |
22 | 23 | South Carolina | 69 | 22 | 21 | Southern Methodist | 129 | |
23 | 21 | Purdue | 63 | 23 | 23 | Louisiana State | 107 | |
24 | 23 | Iowa | 39 | 24 | 24 | San Diego State | 59 | |
25 | NR | Navy | 34 | 25 | NR | Penn State | 39 | |
25 | NR | Arizona State | 39 | |||||
Also Receiving Votes: | Also Receiving Votes: | |||||||
Princeton 33, Georgia Tech 27, Kentucky 26, Southern Methodist 24, UC-Santa Barbara 16, Harvard 16, Texas Christian 15, Wisconsin 15, Virginia Tech 13, Notre Dame 12, Arizona State 9, Missouri 9, Pennsylvania 9, Cincinnati 8, Penn State 8, Michigan State 7, Oakland 6, California State-Bakersfield 5, Clemson 4, Northwestern 4, East Carolina 3, Hawaii 3, Army 3, Wyoming 2, Denver 1, Pittsburgh 1 | Florida State 38, Missouri 35, Alabama 32, Notre Dame 23, Princeton 19, Miami (Florida) 17, Virginia Tech 16, Maryland 15, Harvard 14, Georgia Tech 13, Kentucky 12, Utah 11, Wyoming 11, Oregon State 9, Miami University (Ohio) 8, Nevada, UNLV 8, Northwestern 8, Ohio 8, Yale 8, Florida Gulf Coast 7, Kansas 6, Nebraska 6, Towson 6, Brigham Young 5, Duke 4, Northern Arizona 4, San Jose State 4, South Carolina 4, Iowa 3, Toledo 3, Denver 2, Buffalo 1, East Carolina 1, Nevada 1, UNC-Wilmington 1, Villanova 1 |
Division 2
Poll Date: January 12, 2011 | ||||||||
Men’s Rankings | Women’s Rankings | |||||||
Rank | Prev | Team | Points | Rank | Prev | Team | Points | |
1 | 1 | Drury (10) | 274 | 1 | 1 | Drury University (10) | 273 | |
2 | 4 | Missouri Science & Technology | 240 | 2 | 3 | UC-San Diego | 252 | |
3 | 2 | Grand Valley State | 237 | 3 | 2 | Ashland University (1) | 234 | |
4 | 5 | Ashland | 226 | 4 | 5 | Grand Valley State | 217 | |
5 | 6 | Wayne State | 221 | 5 | 6 | Clarion University | 208 | |
6 | 3 | UC-San Diego | 206 | 6 | 4 | Incarnate Word the | 206 | |
7 | 7 | Incarnate Word | 199 | 7 | 8 | Wayne State (Michigan) | 203 | |
8 | 8 | Grand Canyon | 190 | 8 | 9 | Ouachita Baptist University | 170 | |
9 | 10 | Henderson State | 179 | 9 | 7 | California University (PA) | 159 | |
10 | 15 | Ouachita Baptist | 160 | 10 | 12 | Henderson State | 158 | |
11 | 13 | Wingate | 152 | 11 | 15 | Tampa | 144 | |
12 | 14 | Tampa | 144 | 12 | 10 | West Chester University | 139 | |
13 | 17 | Florida Southern | 138 | 13 | 11 | Indianapolis | 138 | |
14 | 11 | West Chester | 133 | 14 | 16 | Grand Canyon University | 134 | |
15 | 12 | Bridgeport | 128 | 15 | 13 | Wingate University | 111 | |
16 | 16 | Indianapolis | 118 | 16 | 21 | Florida Southern College | 108 | |
17 | 19 | Clarion | 99 | 17 | 18 | Indiana University (PA) | 96 | |
18 | 9 | Nova Southeastern | 90 | 18 | 17 | Bridgeport | 94 | |
19 | 18 | Queens (NC) | 86 | 19 | 14 | Truman State | 76 | |
20 | 20 | Lewis | 60 | 20 | 22 | Shippensburg University | 56 | |
21 | 21 | Southern Connecticut State | 49 | 21 | 19 | C.W. Post / Long Island | 54 | |
22 | NR | Saint Leo (1) | 43 | 22 | 23 | Saint Cloud State | 49 | |
23 | 22 | Limestone | 37 | 23 | 20 | Nebraska at Omaha | 45 | |
24 | 23 | Shippensburg | 31 | 24 | NR | Nova Southeastern | 32 | |
25 | 25 | Colorado School of Mines | 17 | 25 | NR | Wheeling Jesuit University | 27 | |
Also Receiving Votes: | Also Receiving Votes: | |||||||
Delta State 16, West Virginia Wesleyan 16, Bloomsburg 15, Mars Hill 12, Saint Cloud State 8, Rollins 7, Davis and Elkins 6, Indiana (PA) 5, Adams State 4, Wheeling Jesuit 4, Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Lindenwood 2, Truman State 2, Minnesota State-Mankato 1, Notre Dame (Ohio) 1, Texas-Permian Basin 1 | Texas-Permian Basin 26, Saint Leo 25, Lock Haven 24, Southern Connecticut State 19, Converse 16, Minnesota State-Mankato 12, Bloomsburg 11, Alaska Fairbanks 8, Delta State 8, Edinboro 7, Catawba 6, Le Moyne 5, Hillsdale 4, Rollins 3, Mars Hill 2, Queens University of Ch |
Division 3
Poll Date: January 12, 2011 | ||||||||
Men’s Rankings | Women’s Rankings | |||||||
Rank | Prev | Team | Points | Rank | Prev | Team | Points | |
1 | 1 | Kenyon (16) | 400 | 1 | 2 | Emory (10) | 298 | |
2 | 2 | Emory | 382 | 2 | 1 | Kenyon (2) | 287 | |
3 | 3 | Denison | 367 | 3 | 3 | Denison | 277 | |
4 | 6 | Johns Hopkins | 328 | 4 | 4 | Williams | 255 | |
5 | 4 | M. I. T. | 315 | 5 | 6 | Johns Hopkins | 210 | |
6 | 5 | Kalamazoo | 294 | 6 | 7 | M. I. T. | 204 | |
7 | 7 | Williams | 279 | 7 | 9 | C-M-S | 195 | |
8 | 9 | Amherst | 269 | 8 | 5 | Amherst | 192 | |
9 | 8 | Stevens Institute | 251 | 9 | 8 | Stevens Institute | 187 | |
10 | 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 225 | 10 | 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 161 | |
11 | 12 | TCNJ | 215 | 11 | 12 | Washington (Missouri) | 157 | |
12 | 10 | UW-Stevens Point | 198 | 12 | 15 | Chicago | 137 | |
13 | 11 | Washington (Missouri) | 193 | 13 | 11 | Carthage | 136 | |
14 | 14 | Hope | 164 | 14 | 13 | Carnegie Mellon | 129 | |
15 | 15 | Grove City | 152 | 15 | 14 | Grove City | 128 | |
16 | 16 | Tufts | 120 | 16 | 16 | Hope | 93 | |
17 | 21 | Chicago | 117 | 17 | 17 | Kalamazoo | 83 | |
18 | 19 | Saint Olaf | 100 | 18 | 23 | Springfield | 68 | |
19 | 18 | DePauw | 99 | 19 | 19 | UW-La Crosse | 65 | |
20 | 17 | Whitworth | 97 | 20 | 21 | Middlebury | 59 | |
21 | 22 | Carthage | 66 | 21 | 18 | TCNJ | 57 | |
21 | 20 | Middlebury | 66 | 22 | 22 | Wheaton (IL) | 46 | |
23 | 24 | Redlands | 64 | 23 | NR | SUNY-Geneseo | 45 | |
24 | 23 | Washington and Lee | 63 | 24 | NR | Gustavus Adolphus | 42 | |
25 | 25 | Olivet | 36 | 25 | 20 | Keene State | 37 | |
Also Receiving Votes: | Also Receiving Votes: | |||||||
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 31, Puget Sound 26, Coast Guard 25, Franklin & Marshall 23, Allegheny 19, Penn State-Behrend 18, Westminster 17, Baldwin-Wallace 14, UC-Santa Cruz 14, Case Western 13, Wooster 13, Wabash 12, Washington & Jefferson 12, Connecticut 10, Keene State 10, New York 10, Merchant Marine 7, SUNY-Cortland 5, SUNY-Geneseo 4, Gustavus Adolphus 3, Saint Thomas 3, Springfield 3, Calvin 2, California Lutheran 1 | Mary Washington 33, Ithaca 31, Case Western 27, UC-Santa Cruz 24, Whitworth 24, Calvin 23, Luther 15, Puget Sound 13, Washington & Lee 11, Connecticut 10, SUNY-New Paltz 10, California Lutheran 9, Centre 9, DePauw 8, Saint Olaf 7, Washington and Jefferson 6, Carleton 5, Trinity (TX) 3, Coast Guard 2, Wooster 2 |