Navy Men, Boston Women Lead Mid-Major Ranks

Boston University’s women’s and the Naval Academy’s men’s swimming and diving programs sit atop the first CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA Mid-Major Division I Poll. Navy is no stranger to the top spot, having captured the past two Mid-Major men’s titles. It is Boston’s first time in the number one spot. The Terrier women are off to a great start with a 6-0 record in duals this season. They edged Towson show led the ranking throughout most of the 2008-09 year. Towson finishes the pre-invite portion of the season with an 8-1 dual record falling just last weekend to Maryland ending their unbeaten streak.

Rounding out the women’s top five are Miami-Ohio (5-3), Western Kentucky (3-1-1) and Florida Gulf Coast University (7-3). The top ten is made up of schools representing seven conferences with the MAC, Sunbelt and CAA each having 2 teams included.

On the men’s side Navy starts their fall season 7-0 in dual meets. Missouri State claims the second spot with a 3-1 dual record in addition to a win over in-state rival Mizzou at the Show-me-Showdown.

Rounding out the top five are Western Kentucky, Eastern Michigan and UNC-Wilmington. Among the top ten men’s teams, six conferences are represented with the MAC and Sunbelt leading the way with 3 each placed in the top 10.

The Mid-Major poll is available to those institutions that a) are not members of a BCS conference, Mountain West Conference, or Western Athletic Conference; or b) provide fewer than one-half of the allowable scholarships under the NCAA rules. This Poll is inclusive of all results to date prior to mid season invitationals. The next poll will be released on December 23rd.

Men's Poll				Women's Poll
1	Navy	224.1		1	Boston University	234.9
2	Missouri State	216.6		2	Towson	234.1
3	Western Kentucky	216.3		3	Miami Ohio	232.0
4	Eastern Michigan	216.0		4	Western Kentucky	227.6
5	UNC-Wilmington	215.7		5	Florida Gulf Coast	224.4
6	Denver	215.0		6	Eastern Michigan	224.1
7	Cleveland State	214.0		7	Navy	224.1
8	Southern Illinois	210.8		8	UNC – Wilmington	222.2
9	New Orleans	210.7		9	Missouri State	217.5
10	Boston University	209.8		10	Denver	216.7
11	Delaware	208.1		11	Cal Poly	216.1
12	UMBC	206.4		12	Oakland	215.9
13	Miami Ohio	206.1		13	William and Mary	215.0
14	UW – Milwaukee	205.7		14	Delaware	214.4
15	Oakland	204.5		15	North Texas	214.2
16	Bucknell	200.8		16	Toledo	214.1
17	William and Mary	198.1		17	Southern Illinois	213.8
18	Cal Poly	198.0		18	New Mexico State	213.8
19	Binghamton	197.6		19	UW – Milwaukee	213.5
20	Cal State Bakersfield	197.2		20	Davidson	213.4
21	Loyola (Maryland)	195.3		21	Illinois State	213.1
22	Dartmouth	191.6		22	Bucknell	213.0
23	Evansville	187.8		23	UMBC	210.9
24	Drexel	187.8		24	Cleveland State	210.6
25	Davidson	187.2		25	San Diego	207.9
Also Receiving Votes: Centenary, South Dakota, Niagara, Vermont				Also Receiving Votes South Dakota State, New Orleans, Binghamton, Dartmouth, Saint Francis, Loyola, Drexel, Centenary, Niagara, Evansville.