Miami Women, Navy Men Lead Mid-Majors

A pair of familiar teams lead the CSCAA / CollegeSwimming.com Division I Mid-Major Rankings.  The Navy men, following a 10-0 fall campaign remain atop the rankings while the Miami (Oh) women edged Boston University for the top spot.

Newcomer to the poll, Cal Davis jumped into the #2 position as Eastern Michigan moved past MAC foe Missouri State to claim the #3 ranking with Denver sandwiched in-between at #4.  Boston University made the biggest jump in the poll, moving from 16th to 6th.  They were the lone American East conference representative.  The Mid-American and Sun Belt Conferences both placed two teams in the top ten.

On the women's side, the Miami-Ohio University women moved ahead of Boston which fell to second.  The Redhawks finish the fall semester at 5-3 in duals and a win at the Miami Invitational.  Towson University also dropped one spot to third.  Oakland (4) and Wisconsin-Milwaukee (5) made the biggest moves, jumping up nine and fifteen spots respectively.  The Mid-American Conference led all conferences with three teams placed among the top ten.

The Mid-Major teams were also earning the respect of Division I as a whole.  The Navy and UC-Davis men both earned votes in the CSCAA Division I Poll where they occupied the 34th and 35th spots.  Additionally, the women's teams of UCSB, Toledo, Miami, Towson,  William and Mary and Western Kentucky all earned enough votes to rank in the top 50 of the women's poll.

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Women’s Poll				Men’s Poll
1	Miami Ohio	246.6		1	Navy	242.8
2	Boston University	243.1		2	Cal Davis	234.4
3	Towson	234.1		3	Eastern Michigan	230.5
4	Oakland	234		4	Denver	227.4
5	Wisconsin Milwaukee	233.5		5	Missouri State	224.4
6	Florida Gulf Coast	232.8		6	Boston University	223.3
7	Western Kentucky	231.7		7	Cleveland State	222.5
8	Eastern Michigan	231.4		8	Western Kentucky	222
9	Denver	231.4		9	UNC Wilmington	221.8
10	Navy	231.1		10	U Mass	220.6
11	North Texas	227.6		11	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	217.9
12	UNC Wilmington	226.4		12	New Orleans	217.3
13	Buffalo	226.5		13	Oakland	216.4
14	Missouri State	224.5		14	Cal Santa Barbara	216.1
15	Cal Davis	222.4		14	UMBC	213.8
16	Illinois State	221.6		16	La Salle	213.6
17	William and Mary	221		17	Delaware	211.8
18	Delaware	220.2		18	Southern Illinois	210.8
19	UMBC	220.1		19	Buffalo	209.9
20	Bucknell	219.1		20	St. Bonaventure	209.3
21	U Mass	217.5		21	Bucknell	206.7
22	Cal Poly	216.1		22	William and Mary	206.1
23	Toledo	214.1		23	Miami Ohio	206.1
24	Southern Illinois	213.8		24	Loyola (Maryland)	201.6
25	New Mexico State	213.8		25	Duquesne	200.7
Also Receiving Votes: Davidson, La Salle, Cleveland State, Marist, San Diego State, Marist, Duquesne, New Orleans, South Dakota State, Binghamton, Loyola, Dartmouth,Towson, Saint Francis (PA), Drexel, Centenary, Niagara, Evansville				Also Receiving Votes: Marist, Binghamton, Cal Poly, Niagara, Cal Bakersfield, Dartmouth, Evansville, Drexel, Davidson, Centenary, South Dakota State, Vermont