Avidasports Performance Rankings - December 12, 2010

After the busiest weekend of the season, a light collegiate schedule has enabled some new teams to see make appearances in the latest Avidasports Performance Ratings.  The weekly rankings account for each team's performances and improvement rates over the past weekend.   Full rankings are available to registered users.

California Polytechnic's women and the Navy Midshipmen topped the Division I rankings.  Navy was, on average, the fastest of the six men's teams competeing while the Iowa women were the highest-ranked for their swims against cross-state rival Iowa State.    The Cal Poly women led all teams in their rate of improvement over their season-best times while the Army men bettered their times at a rate that was higher than the rest of Division I.

The University of Bridgeport and CW Post/Long Island University squared off last week and those two teams topped the Division II rankings.  The Bridgeport women swept both the improvement and performance metrics.  On the men's side the teams shared the top spot despite Bridgeport easily topping CW Post.  CW Post benefited from a small that showed good improvements over the weekend.

The Redlands College swept the top spot in Division III.  At the FINIS Collegiate Invite, both men and women posted the nation's top times, while the men's team also enjoyed the highest rate of improvement over season-best times.  UC-Santa Cruz is ranked second for both men and women.  The Banana Slugs ranked second in women's performance and men's improvement.

The Avidasports Performance Index rates teams on two equally-weighted metrics - a team's rate of improvement over their season-best times and their overall ranking among other NCAA programs.  The past weekend was the most significant of the 2010-11 collegiate season.  Over 36,000 races were swum across slightly more than 100 collegiate meets.  Of those swims, a remarkable 341 of 551 teams exceeded their season best times.

	Division I - Men	Improvement		Percentile		Avg
1	Navy	101.3%	(2)	23.9	(1)	1.5
2	Cal Poly	101.1%	(3)	41.7	(2)	2.5
2	Army	101.8%	(1)	49.2	(4)	2.5
4	UNLV	99.4%	(5)	43.2	(3)	4.0
5	Farleigh Dickinson	100.2%	(4)	100.0	(6)	5.0
6	Maine	99.3%	(6)	90.4	(5)	5.5
	Division I - Women	Improvement		Percentile		Avg
1	Cal Poly	101.3%	(1)	47.6	(4)	2.5
2	New Mexico State	101.2%	(2)	67.0	(6)	4.0
3	Iowa State	100.3%	(6)	47.6	(3)	4.5
4	Navy	100.0%	(8)	46.7	(2)	5.0
5	Iowa	99.6%	(10)	37.0	(1)	5.5
6	Army	100.6%	(3)	70.3	(9)	6.0
7	CSU-Bakersfield	100.5%	(4)	75.9	(10)	7.0
8	Siena	100.3%	(5)	86.0	(13)	9.0
9	UNLV	98.4%	(15)	52.8	(5)	10.0
10	Vermont	99.5%	(11)	79.8	(11)	11.0
	Division II - Men	Improvement		Percentile		Avg
1	CW Post University	100.7%	(2)	67.6	(1)	1.5
1	Bridgeport, University of	100.8%	(1)	75.4	(2)	1.5
3	Adelphi	99.8%	(3)	90.4	(4)	3.5
3	Gannon	97.7%	(4)	90.3	(3)	3.5
	Division II - Women	Improvement		Percentile		Avg
1	Bridgeport	100.6%	(1)	72.1	(1)	1.0
2	CW Post	100.4%	(2)	80.0	(2)	2.0
3	Gannon	97.4%	(5)	93.9	(3)	4.0
3	Millersville	98.0%	(4)	96.0	(4)	4.0
5	Adelphi	100.0%	(3)	98.6	(6)	4.5
6	Northern State	97.4%	(6)	97.2	(5)	5.5
	Division III - Women	Improvement		Percentile		Avg
1	Redlands	102.4%	(3)	76.0	(1)	2.0
2	UC-Santa Cruz	101.9%	(4)	88.1	(2)	3.0
3	Bates	100.3%	(7)	90.8	(3)	5.0
4	SUNY-Cortland	101.4%	(5)	95.2	(7)	6.0
5	California Lutheran	102.5%	(2)	97.3	(13)	7.5
5	Chatham	103.0%	(1)	97.7	(14)	7.5
7	La Verne	100.8%	(6)	97.1	(11)	8.5
8	Fredonia State	99.6%	(15)	95.4	(8)	11.5
8	Grove City	99.4%	(17)	94.5	(6)	11.5
8	Rowan	99.2%	(19)	91.3	(4)	11.5
	Division III - Men	Improvement		Percentile		Avg
1	Redlands	103.3%	(1)	56.2	(1)	1.0
2	UC-Santa Cruz	102.8%	(2)	92.1	(6)	4.0
3	California Lutheran	101.9%	(4)	91.9	(5)	4.5
4	Rowan	99.6%	(9)	81.9	(2)	5.5
4	USMMA	99.9%	(7)	89.9	(4)	5.5
6	Bates	100.5%	(6)	92.7	(7)	6.5
7	SUNY-Cortland	101.6%	(5)	92.9	(9)	7.0
8	La Verne	102.0%	(3)	96.9	(12)	7.5
9	Westminster	98.3%	(15)	87.2	(3)	9.0
10	Augustana	99.2%	(10)	97.1	(13)	11.5
10	Grove City	99.0%	(12)	96.2	(11)	11.5

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