Impressive finishes at the Miami (OH) Invitational propelled the Denison men’s and Emory women’s swimming and diving teams to the top of the CollegeSwimming.com Dual Meet Rankings. The Emory women, defending national champions, displaced previously top-ranked Kenyon while Denison strengthened their hold on the top spot. The Ranking uses and objective scoring system to measure a dual-meet strength and is not indicative of a team’s finish at the NCAA Championships.

The Emory women (5-4) jumped ahead of Kenyon to take the top spot. The ranking is of little consequence for a team that suffered an even bigger loss when Freshman Madeline Brown passed away December 20th. The Kenyon (4-2) put the wraps on 2006 with a trio of dual meet victories and victory at the Nike Cup. UW-Stevens Point (2-1) slipped a spot to third despite a crushing 217-26 victory over UW-Oshkosh. Denison, following a third-place finish at the Miami Invitational, moved up to fourth while Wittenberg (5-1) solidified its top five ranking. Hope, Carnegie Mellon, Wheaton (MA), UC Santa Cruz and Johns Hopkins round out the top ten.

The Denison men (6-1) closed out their fall campaign with dominating performance at the Miami (OH) Invitational. The Big Red currently hold the nation’s fastest times in five individual events and four of the five relays. Emory (3-3) moved up two spots to second following their fourth place finish at the Miami Invitational. The Eagles only losses have come at the hands of Division I programs, Defending national champion Kenyon College (2-4), slipped a spot to third. The Lords said goodbye to 2006 with a second-place finish at the Nike Cup. Wabash (6-0),moved up a spot to fourth which they share with Rowan (3-2). UW-Stevens Point, UC-Santa Cruz, and DePauw were tied for sixth with Carnegie Mellon and Olivet completing 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).

Men's Division III Rankings				Women's Division III Rankings
1	Denison	175.3		1	Emory	164.0
2	Emory	160.3		2	Kenyon	161.1
3	Kenyon	157.3		3	UW-Stevens Point	157.0
4	Wabash	156.0		4	Denison	148.0
4	Rowan	156.0		5	Wittenberg	147.0
6	UW-Stevens Point	155.0		6	Hope College	142.0
6	UC Santa Cruz	155.0		7	Carnegie Mellon	141.0
6	De Pauw	155.0		8	Wheaton (MA)	139.0
9	Carnegie Mellon	152.0		9	UC Santa Cruz	137.0
10	Olivet College	149.0		10	Johns Hopkins	135.6
11	Grove City	148.0		11	De Pauw	135.0
12	Hope College	147.0		12	Rowan	135.0
13	Johns Hopkins	144.2		13	Rochester	135.0
14	Washington & Lee	141.0		14	Mary Washington	135.0
15	Rochester	138.0		15	Wheaton (IL)	134.0
16	Westminster College	137.0		16	SUNY-Geneseo	134.0
17	Alfred University	136.0		17	Washington & Jefferson	130.0
18	Wittenberg	135.0		18	Carleton	129.0
19	USMMA	134.0		19	Centre College	125.0
20	Wheaton (IL)	133.9		20	Westminster	124.0
21	Carthage	130.0		21	Luther	123.0
22	Chicago	130.0		22	Oberlin College	121.0
23	Case Western	127.0		23	Olivet College	120.0
24	SUNY-Geneseo	127.0		24	Whitworth	118.0
25	Mary Washington	126.0		25	Kalamazoo	117.0