EMU Men, Princeton Women Top Mid-Majors

The Princeton University women's swimming and diving team, and Eastern Michigan University men's swimming and diving team have been named champions of the 8th Annual CollegeSwimming.com/CSCAA Mid-Major Rankings. The two programs powered to the top of the rankings following their respective Ivy League and Mid-American Conference Championships.  Princeton broke Harvard's four-year run of Mid-Major titles while Eastern Michigan claimed its first crown since the 2003-04 season. 

Princeton moved into the top spot in the final dual-meet ranking.  The Tigers rolled to a perfect 7-0 record and an 18th place finish at the NCAA Championships.  Ohio University (11-2) finished second in the ranking which compares teams relative dual-meet strengths.  Towson University moved up to third in the rankings while previously top-ranked Harvard and second-ranked Miami-OH fell to fourth and fifth respectively.

On the men's side, Eastern Michigan posted a 6-2 record with their only losses coming to Big Ten powers Ohio State and Purdue.  For Peter Linn's crew it was their first Mid-Major title in six years.  The charge also knocked the US Naval Academy, winner of the previous two titles to second.  The Midshipmen were 13-1 on the year with their only setback coming to Virginia.  Denver University finished the year ranked third, just ahead of UC-Davis and UNC-Wilmington.  Both of those two teams were represented at last week's NCAA Division I Championships.

In all, forty-nine teams participated in the final rankings.  Though the lineup has changed, institutions eligible for the CollegeSwimming.com poll are 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 year's poll was coordinated by Randy Horner at the University of New Orleans.

CollegeSwimming.com / CSCAA Mid-Major Ranking | Complete Ranking

Men's Rankings			Women's Rankings
1	Eastern Michigan		1	Princeton
2	Navy		2	Ohio University
3	Denver		3	Towson
4	UC-Davis		4	Harvard
5	UNC – Wilmington		5	Miami Ohio
6	Western Kentucky		6	Eastern Michigan
7	CSU-Bakersfield		7	Navy
8	Buffalo		8	Buffalo
9	Cleveland State		9	Boston University
10	Delaware		10	Western Kentucky
11	Boston University		11	UNC – Wilmington
12	New Orleans		12	UC-Davis
13	Missouri State		13	Oakland
14	Massachusetts		14	Denver
15	Cornell		15	Florida Gulf Coast
16	Oakland		16	North Texas
17	UW – Milwaukee		17	Missouri State
18	Cal Poly		18	Bucknell
19	UMBC		19	UMBC
20	Southern Illinois		20	Delaware
21	Army		21	Cornell
22	Bucknell		22	New Hampshire
23	Davidson		23	Davidson
24	Binghamton		24	UW – Milwaukee
25	UC-Santa Barbara		25	Cal Poly
Also Receiving Votes			Also Receiving Votes
Marist, LaSalle, Duquesne, St. Bonaventure, William & Mary, Miami-OH, South Dakota State, Loyola (MD), Evansville, Niagara, Towson, Dartmouth, Drexel, Centenary, Vermont			Illinois State, Marist, San Diego, Southern Illinois, Massachusetts, William & Mary, Cleveland State, South Dakota State, New Orleans, Duquesne, Army, Binghamton, Evansville, Toledo, Vermont, New Mexico State, La Salle, Loyola (Md), Niagara, Dartmouth, Saint Francis (PA), Drexel, Centenary