The College Swim Coaches Association of America Division III Coaches Poll Committee is pleased to announce its Second Top 25 Coaches Poll of the 2011-2012 season. On the women’s side, the top five teams remained the same, with the Emory Eagles once again garnering the top spot in the poll. The Eagles are followed by Denison, Kenyon, Johns Hopkins, and Williams in the top five. For the men, Kenyon College was once again a unanimous selection for the top spot, with Denison, Emory, MIT, and Johns Hopkins rounding out the top five.
There were a lot of changes and several new additions to the women's poll at this, the half-way point of the season. The biggest jump came from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, who went from being unranked in the first poll, to earning the 16th position in this poll. New York University and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point also went from being unranked to earning the 19th and 25th spots this time around.
The men’s poll saw five new teams make their way into the rankings, with the biggest jump made by UW-Stevens Point, who went from unranked to 11th. Others achieving their first rankings of the year are New York University, University of Rochester, College of Staten Island, and Keene State College. The other notable jump in the rankings came from Ohio Northern University, who moved up nine spots to 16th.
| Women's Poll | Men's Poll | |
| 1. Emory University 2. Denison University 3. Kenyon College 4. Johns Hopkins University 5. Williams College 6. MIT 7. Amherst College 8. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9. University of Chicago 10. The College of New Jersey 11. Stevens Institute of Technology 12. Carnegie Mellon University 13. Grove City College 14. Washington University in St. Louis 15. Middlebury College 16. UW-La Crosse 17. Ithaca College 18. Tufts University 19. New York University 20. University of Rochester 21. Connecticut College 22. Springfield College 23. UW-Eau Claire 24. Calvin College 25. UW-Stevens Point | | 1. Kenyon College 2. Denison University 3. Emory University 4. MIT 5. Johns Hopkins University 6. Stevens Institute of Technology 7. The College of New Jersey 8. Williams College 9. University of Chicago 10. Amherst College 11. UW-Stevens Point 12. Case Western Reserve University 13. DePauw University 14. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15. Washington University in St. Louis 16. Ohio Northern University 17. Carnegie Mellon University 18. Hartwick College 19. Washington & Lee University 20. New York University 21. University of Rochester 22. College of Staten Island 23. US Coast Guard Academy 24. Keene State College 25. Connecticut College |
| Also Receiving Votes | Also Receiving Votes | |
| Keene State, Washington & Lee, Wheaton (IL), Gustavus Adolphus , Hartwick, SUNY-New Paltz, DePauw, Mary Washington, Whitworth, Gettysburg | Whitworth College, Kalamazoo College, Olivet College, University of Redlands, Gettysburg, Grove City, Mary Washington, Calvin, Ithaca |