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Texas and Virginia Continue Reign Over CSCAA Polls

Once again, the University of Texas men’s team and the University of Virginia women’s team have topped the CSCAA’s polls for the NCAA Division I top 25 teams. This is the second-to-last poll of the season.

The Longhorns won every single vote for first place, just like they did in January. The Cavaliers also scored their fifth consecutive first-place ranking. Both teams have 350 points in the polls.

Since the last poll, Texas wowed with a 1:23.00 200 medley relay, the fastest dual meet time ever. In late January, the UVA women’s team broke five pool records, and Gretchen Walsh swam an unofficial American record in the 50 back.

Texas is prepping for the Big 12 Championships beginning February 23, while Virginia is gearing up for the ACC Championships beginning February 15.

The CSCAA rankings are based on dual meet strength, and CSCAA member coaches and select media participate in the poll.

Courtesy: CSCAA

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released the February edition of Division I Top 25 poll. The committee, comprised of Division I coaches and select media outlets, ranks the top 25 teams in the nation based on dual meet strength.  The University of Texas men and University of Virginia women continue their strong hold as the top dual meet team in the country.

On the mens side, the Longhorns (350 points) took every first-place vote to maintain their place at the top of the poll. NC State (331) moved up into second. California (325) slide into third. Indiana (305) and Florida (299) flip-flopped positions this month, landing at fourth and fifth, respectively.  Northwestern (17) made their way into the rankings at 25th and overall, twenty-nine men’s teams received votes.

Without dispute, the UVA women (350) held on to their first-place ranking for the fifth consecutive poll.  The Texas women (336) kept the second position, a spot they have owned since November. Tennessee (309) jumped three spots to third. NC State (307) climbed into fourth and Stanford (305) rounds out the top five. Virginia Tech (37), Florida State (27), South Carolina (19) and Duke (19) are in the Top 25 this month. Twenty-nine teams earned votes.

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

The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and select media. Each committee includes nine representatives from the Power Five leagues, five at-large programs, and two media members. The women and men committee chairs are Naya Higashijima (SMU) and Bill Roberts (Navy). The final poll is scheduled for March 10.

Division I Men

Rk Prv Team Points
1 1 Texas 350
2 3 NC State 331
3 2 California 325
4 5 Indiana 305
5 4 Florida 299
6 11 Stanford 268
7 6 Arizona State 260
8 13 Virginia Tech 235
9 14 Ohio State 231
10 9 Louisville 222
11 8 Southern California 211
12 12 Georgia 207
13 7 Michigan 203
14 10 Missouri 171
15 18 Virginia 149
16 15 Auburn 143
17 16 Tennessee 115
18 22 Harvard 110
19 17 Alabama 101
20 20 Arizona 91
21 19 Florida State 76
22 21 Georgia Tech 42
23 23 Texas A&M 28
24 24 Wisconsin 25
25 NR Northwestern 17

Also Receiving Votes

Purdue (14), Notre Dame (12), South Carolina (5), UNLV (4)

Division I Women

Rk Prv Team Points
1 1 Virginia 350
2 2 Texas 336
2 6 Tennessee 309
4 5 NC State 307
5 4 Stanford 305
6 9 Ohio State 266
7 11 Louisville 255
8 7 California 253
9 3 Michigan 252
10 8 Alabama 236
11 10 Southern California 207
12 12 Georgia 183
13 14 Kentucky 175
14 15 Wisconsin 167
15 13 Indiana 165
16 17 Northwestern 148
17 16 Florida 128
18 19 Auburn 111
19 18 Missouri 94
20 21 Minnesota 85
21 24 North Carolina 64
22 NR Virginia Tech 37
23 20 Notre Dame 29
24 NR Florida State 27
25 NR South Carolina 19
25 NR Duke 19

Also Receiving Votes
Arizona (11), Arizona State (10), Texas A&M (2)

Women’s Poll Committee

Jen Betz, Kansas; Niko Fantakis, Brown; Naya Higashijima, Southern Methodist (Chair); Andrew Hodgson, Northwestern; Lars Jorgensen, Kentucky; Nathan Lavery, Drexel; Ben Loorz, UNVL; Sergio Lopez, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Maccoll, Rutgers; Lea Maurer, Southern California; Jeana Kempe, South Carolina; Jos Smith, Utah; Mike Stephens, Boston College; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.

Men’s Poll Committee

Steve Barnes, Penn State; Jason Calanog, Texas A&M; Jerry Champer, Georgia; Matt Crispino, Princeton; Daniel Dozier, West Virginia; John Hargis, Pittsburgh; Jessica Livsey, Old Dominion; Craig Nisgor, Seattle; Bill Roberts (Chair), Navy; Dan Schemmel, Stanford; Rachel Stratton Mills, Arizona State; Neal Studd, Florida State; Trevor Maida, Wisconsin; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.

About the CSCAA

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the first organization of college coaches in America -is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.

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kbizzy
2 years ago

It looks like there are some errors in the rankings you listed (at least for the men). According to the CSCAA website many of the previous weeks rankings you listed aren’t right and you have NC State and Cal both at 2nd whereas NC state is solely 2nd.

Swammer
Reply to  Braden Keith
2 years ago

Then why do they have different points listed if they’re tied?

kbizzy
Reply to  Braden Keith
2 years ago

Nope, I’m looking right at February.
Braden, a lot of the ‘previous rankings are wrong for example:
Ohio state’s previous should be 14 and not 9th
ASU previous 6 and not 7
Virginia Tech previous 13 and not 8.
there are many more wrong but those are just some of rankings that seem to be reportedly wrong

smartswimmom
Reply to  kbizzy
2 years ago

nc state being 2nd in general is funny

Big Mac #1
2 years ago

What did you rank, Braden? Is the process as rigid as d3?

James Beam
2 years ago

If Cal men only had divers….

MeSoShammy
Reply to  James Beam
2 years ago

It’s a teeter-totter. More divers means less swimmers. Make it swimming-only and UT would, well, have more swimmers. Net-net bro.

James Beam
Reply to  MeSoShammy
2 years ago

I agree to a point, but aren’t divers counted as .50, so if you have 2 divers that can score points in 3 events each, that’s 1 swimmer in 6 events, which you can’t do.

diver
Reply to  James Beam
2 years ago

A swimmer can swim in 7 events

Sam B
2 years ago

I red “pools” instead of “polls”, as if they took over aquatic facilities. Watching too much news lately

Triclyde
Reply to  Sam B
2 years ago

I read red and not read.

Sam B
Reply to  Triclyde
2 years ago

apparently I can’t right

Nice one
2 years ago

This pic is actually a real good one (they don’t all have to be).

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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