Heading into the Conference Championship season, there was little change at the top of the CollegeSwimming.com Division II Dual Meet Rankings.  The University of California-San Diego women and University of North Dakota men remain in the top spots.  For UCSD, it is a familiar spot.  The Triton’s men’s and women’s teams were the Division II Dual-Meet National Champions.  The Fighting Sioux men finished second The CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Rankings uses and objective scoring system to measure a team’s dual-meet strength.

In the women's rankings, the top three remained the same with North Dakota a point behind San Diego and Wayne State sitting third.  North Central Conference rivals Saint Cloud (4th) and South Dakota (5th) swapped spots.   Delta State and Grand Valley are tied for 6th while West Chester and Truman occupy the 8th and 9th place spots before three teams - Ashland, Minnesota State, and Minnesota State-Mankato were in a tie for tenth.

On the men's side, the top five were unchanged though St. Cloud moved into a tie for 5th with Grand Valley State.  Ouachita Baptist, Henderson State, Delta State and Ashland rounded out the top ten.
 
The CollegeSwimming.com rankings are based on each team's best dual meet lineup as judged and submitted by participating teams. Rankings are announced four times throughout the season and entries are due on November 14 (Pre-Invite), December 20 (Post-Invite), February 6 (Pre-Conference) , and March 6 (post-conference).

Women's Team Rankings				Men's Team Rankings
1.	UC San Diego	166		1.	North Dakota	179
2.	North Dakota	165		2.	UC San Diego	169
3.	Wayne State	163		2.	West Chester	169
4.	St. Cloud State	160		4.	Wayne State	165
5.	South Dakota	159		5.	Grand Valley State	163
6.	Delta State	157		5.	St. Cloud State	163
6.	Grand Valley State	157		7.	Ouachita Baptist	161
8.	West Chester	154		8.	Henderson State	154
9.	Truman State	147		9.	Delta State	152
10.	Ashland	144		10.	Ashland	150
10.	Minnesota State	144		11.	Indianapolis	147
10.	Minnesota State-Moorhead	144		12.	Missouri-Rolla	145
13.	Ouachita Baptist	141		13.	Truman State	140
14.	Tampa	141		13.	Seattle	138
14.	Shippensburg	136		15.	Shippensburg	137
16.	Indianapolis	136		15.	Tampa	137
16.	Seattle	134		17.	Colorado School of Mines	136
18.	C.W. Post	131		18.	Wingate	131
19.	Bentley	129		19.	South Dakota	130
20.	Bloomsburg	129		20.	Lewis	129
20.	Indiana Univ of PA	127		21.	Minnesota State	122
22.	Wingate	125		22.	Bentley	120
23.	California Univ PA	125		23.	Edinboro	116
23.	Edinboro	122		24.	Rollins	114
25.	Bridgeport	122		25.	Indiana Univ of PA	98
Others: Limeston, St. Leo, Henderson State, Lewis, Northern Michigan, Colorado School of Mines, Millersville, Rollins, Catawba, Bryant, Mars Hill, Pfeiffer, Incarnate Word				Others: St. Leo, Catawba, Pfeiffer, Limeston, Bryant