FOR the second-straight year the Princeton University women’s swimming and diving team, champions of the Ivy League, have been crowned the CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Dual Meet Champions. On the men’s side, the United States Naval Academy, winners of the Patriot League, claimed their third title and since the 2008-09 season. Princeton’s men’s team, champions of the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons, finished second behind the Midshipmen. For the women, Towson moved ahead of previously-top-ranked Miami-OH for second. In addition to topping the Mid-Major rankings, Princeton and Navy also caught the attention of voters. Both teams garnered votes in the CSCAA/TYR Division I Dual-Meet Poll. Navy would have finished 27th and Princeton 34th in the final men’s and women’s polls.
Women’s conference leaders included Denver University (Sun Belt - 4th overall), Miami (Mid-American - 3rd), UC-Davis (MPSF – 8th), Oakland (Summit – 10th), San Jose State (WAC – 11th) , Navy (Patriot – 18th), Boston University (America East – 19th), Richmond (Atlantic-10 – 21st) and UW-Milwaukee (Horizon). On the men’s side, the following teams led their respective conferences: Denver (Sun Belt – 4th overall), Bakersfield (C-USA – 3rd), Oakland (Summit – 8th), Eastern Michigan (MAC – 9th), Cleveland State (Horizon – 10th), UNC-Wilmington (CAA – 11th) Cal Poly (Pac 10 – 12th), Massachusetts (A-10 – 14th), and Boston University (America East – 15th).
The Mid-Major rankings use an objective point system to compare teams’ relative strength in a traditional dual meet lineup as submitted by participating teams. The ranking is available to those institutions that a) are not members of a BCS conference or Mountain West Conference, or b) provide fewer than one-half of the allowable scholarships under the NCAA rules. Teams must have submitted entries in at least two polling periods to be eligible for the final ranking.
| Final 2010-11 Poll - March 15, 2011 | ||||||||
| Women's Rankings | Men's Rankings | |||||||
| Rank | Prev | Team | Points | Rank | Prev | Team | Points | |
| 1 | 2 | Princeton | 263.7 | 1 | 1 | U.S. Naval Academy | 261.7 | |
| 2 | 11 | Towson | 261.5 | 2 | 3 | Princeton | 258.2 | |
| 3 | 1 | Miami (Ohio) | 257.9 | 3 | 4 | CSU-Bakersfield | 255.8 | |
| 4 | 25 | James Madison | 257.5 | 4 | 6 | Denver | 249.9 | |
| 5 | 3 | Harvard | 257.2 | 5 | 8 | Western Kentucky | 248.9 | |
| 6 | 26 | Toledo | 255.8 | 6 | 24 | Harvard | 248.7 | |
| 7 | 4 | Denver | 253.9 | 7 | 11 | Columbia | 248.2 | |
| 8 | 22 | UC-Davis | 253.8 | 8 | 2 | Oakland | 248.1 | |
| 9 | 8 | Western Kentucky | 253.2 | 9 | 29 | Eastern Michigan | 247.5 | |
| 10 | 5 | Oakland | 252.7 | 10 | 5 | Cleveland State | 240.9 | |
| 11 | 7 | San Jose State | 252.0 | 11 | 21 | UNC-Wilmington | 238.5 | |
| 12 | 29 | Eastern Michigan | 250.9 | 12 | 18 | Cal Poly | 238.1 | |
| 13 | 13 | Florida Gulf Coast | 248.7 | 13 | 16 | Delaware | 237.9 | |
| 14 | 16 | UNC-Wilmington | 248.4 | 14 | 14 | Massachusetts | 237.9 | |
| 15 | 12 | Dartmouth | 247.6 | 15 | 27 | Dartmouth | 237.7 | |
| 16 | 18 | New Mexico State | 246.8 | 16 | 17 | Boston University | 237.6 | |
| 17 | 9 | Cal Poly | 246.7 | 17 | 9 | U.S. Military Academy | 237.2 | |
| 18 | 6 | U.S. Naval Academy | 245.8 | 18 | 7 | UMBC | 237.0 | |
| 19 | 10 | Boston University | 245.4 | 19 | 12 | UW-Milwaukee | 236.7 | |
| 20 | 15 | North Texas | 243.4 | 20 | 13 | UC-Santa Barbara | 235.0 | |
| 21 | 41 | Richmond | 242.6 | 21 | 20 | Cornell | 232.8 | |
| 22 | 14 | UC-Santa Barbara | 242.3 | 22 | 15 | Missouri State | 232.1 | |
| 23 | 30 | Cornell | 242.3 | 23 | 22 | Saint Bonaventure | 230.6 | |
| 24 | 19 | UW-Milwaukee | 242.1 | 24 | 35 | Davidson | 228.1 | |
| 25 | 24 | New Hampshire | 241.7 | 25 | 23 | Bucknell | 226.1 | |
| Also Receiving Votes: | Also Receiving Votes: | |||||||
| Davidson 241.7, UMBC 240.9, Fordham 238.8, Cleveland State 238.6, William and Mary 238.4, Missouri State 236.8, Delaware 236.0, San Diego 235.5, Florida International 234.4, Fresno State 234.1, Bucknell 231.9, Wright State 230.3, Illinois State 230.0, Vermont 227.7, Marist 226.8, Binghamton 226.3, Georgia Southern 225.2, Massachusetts 225.1, Evansville 221.3, Tulane 220.6, St. Francis 219.9, La Salle 219.3, South Dakota State 219.0, Southern Illinois 218.5, Pacific 217.6, Army 215.9, Rider 215.7, Xavier 209.7, George Washington 209.6, South Dakota 203.8, Niagara 200.8, Drexel 198.8, Loyola 198.7, St. Bonaventure 198.5, South Dakota 196.3, Siena 194.6, Boston College 192.3, Mount Saint Mary 188.2, Northern Iowa 182.6 | Southern Illinois 225.4, Binghamton 224.9, William and Mary 222.6, Rider 219.0, La Salle 218.8, Pacific 214.9, Marist 213.6, Fordham 212.2, South Dakota State 212.1, Xavier 208.2, Drexel 206.6, Niagara 204.9, George Washington 202.9, Loyola 201.8, Evansville 199.8, Towson 196.0, Boston College 185.2, Eastern Illinois 184.0, South Dakota 182.6, | |||||||