Wayne State, Grand Valley State Lead Division II Ranking

While the economy of the auto state may be down, its swimming fortunes are up. The Wayne State University men and Grand Valley State University women lead the November 25 CSCAA/CollegeSwimming.com Dual Meet Rankings.

Wayne State earned the top spot after sweeping three top-fifteen opponents (#6 Ashland, #12 Indianapolis #15 Truman State) at the start of the month. The Warriors are 6-2 on the season with their only two setbacks coming from Division I opponents.

Grand Valley State is also perfect against Division II opponents, with wins over #14 Ashland University, #21 Lewis University, and Hillsdale College. The Lakers’ sole loss came at the hands of Michigan State.

The two programs rankings are reversed when it comes to second-place with Wayne State occupying second on the women’s side and GVSU on the men’s. The two programs will battle head-to-head on January 9, 2009.

After the top two, it’s a host of Minnesota schools. Saint Cloud State and Minnesota State-Mankato occupy the third and fourth slots in both polls with Henderson State’s men and Minnesota State-Moorhead’s women rounding out the top five.

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 – November (Pre-Invite), December (Post-Invite), February (Pre-Conference), and March (Post-Conference.

 

Men’s Division II				Women’s Division II
1	Wayne State	170.3		1	Grand Valley State	166.5
2	Grand Valley State	164.3		2	Wayne State	165.5
3	St. Cloud State Univ.	160.4		3	St. Cloud State Univ.	162.8
4	MSU-Mankato	154.6		4	MSU-Mankato	157.8
5	Henderson State Univ.	150.3		5	MSU-Moorhead	152.0
6	Ashland University	148.9		6	U. of Incarnate Word	148.4
7	Ouachita Baptist Univ.	148.8		7	Ouachita Baptist Univ.	147.8
8	U. of Incarnate Word	147.5		8	Univ. of Indianapolis	145.5
9	Missouri S & T	139.3		9	Henderson State Univ.	145.4
10	Bentley College	138.7		10	Truman State	142.0
11	Wingate University	135.7		11	Bentley College	139.9
12	Univ. of Indianapolis	135.0		12	Northern Michigan	137.4
13	University of Tampa	134.8		13	University of Tampa	135.0
14	Lewis University	131.1		14	Ashland University	133.4
15	Truman State	123.9		15	Wingate University	133.2
16	Catawba College	119.2		16	C.W. Post	132.6
17	Rollins College	117.4		17	Edinboro University	131.2
18	Edinboro University	114.1		18	California of PA	127.7
19	Saint Leo University	109.9		19	Indiana-PA	127.7
20	College of St. Rose	109.2		20	College of St. Rose	126.9
21	IUP	98.2		21	Lewis University	123.3
				22	Rollins College	121.1
				23	Univ. of Bridgeport	120.9
				24	Saint Leo University	120.2
				25	Millersville University	119.8