CSCAA Poll Remains Largely Unchanged

While there's controversy atop the Bowl Championship Series rankings, there's little acrimony among the pollsters in Division I swimming.  The CSCAA released their poll and not only was there no change among the top spots, there was no change at all in the women's top twenty-five. 

The lack of change owes largely to the lack of dual meets, with few warranting major shifts in the national rankings. While the women offered little change, the men's ranking saw only minor shifts: Stanford and Arizona traded places, with the Cardinal jumping to #2 behind Texas and the Wildcats dropping to third. Penn State showed the biggest gain, moving from the #19 to the #16 spot while Southern Cal fell four places, from 16th to 20th.

This year’s poll will be published eight times and the champions will be crowned on February 27, 2008. Pollsters representing eight conferences along with two at-large voters have the task of ranking the top dual meet teams in the nation bi-weekly throughout the season. Additionally, the group of pollsters is completely different for the men’s and women’s rankings. This poll should not be confused with the results of the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving championships that will take place in March.

The next poll results will be released on December 13, 2007.

Mens Teams 1 Texas 300.00 2 Stanford 288.00 3 Arizona 281.00 4 Michigan 271.00 5 Florida 260.00 6 Tennessee 250.00 7 Indiana 237.00 8 Auburn 228.00 9 Georgia 220.00 10 Minnesota 212.00 11 California 201.00 12 Purdue 188.00 13 Ohio State 179.00 14 Virginia 174.00 15 North Carolina 159.00 16 Penn State 141.00 17 Texas A&M 136.00 18 Northwestern 132.00 19 Missouri 117.00 20 Southern California 108.00 21 Louisiana State 92.00 22 Notre Dame 90.00 23 Brigham Young 64.00 24 SMU 56.00 25 Hawaii 54.0

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Womens Teams 1 Georgia 296.00 2 Auburn 291.00 3 Stanford 276.00 4 Arizona 272.00 5 California 260.00 6 Texas A&M 255.00 7 Florida 240.00 8 Tennessee 228.00 9 Minnesota 222.00 10 North Carolina 209.00 11 Penn State 197.00 12 SMU 187.00 13 Michigan 180.00 14 UCLA 166.00 15 Virginia 164.00 16 Texas 151.00 17 Arizona State 138.00 18 Missouri 133.00 19 Wisconsin 123.00 20 Florida State 106.00 21 Southern California 103.00 22 Indiana 89.00 23 Virginia Tech 79.00 24 Louisiana State 69.00 25 Washington 63.00