There was a shake-up in this week's Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com Top 25 courtesy the Southeastern Conference Championships. The University of Georgia women and University of Florida men topped the weekly rankings following their SEC titles in College Station, TX . The rankings account for team performances swum over the past month.The SEC, Big Ten and ACC all named their women's champions last week and not surprisingly, those three were the only conferences represented in the top ten. After Georgia, Texas A&M and Florida rounded out the top three followed by Big Ten Champion Minnesota, Auburn, ACC Champion Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Penn State and North Carolina.
On the men's side, both the Big Ten and ACC were idle leaving the SEC to dominate the top ten. Following Florida were Georgia, Auburn, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Missouri and Louisiana State. Texas and Michigan, previously ranked first and second dropped seven spots and were followed by Alabama.
Pac-12 and Big XII powers California, Southern California, Stanford and Texas all remained in the top-25 on the basis of their previous meets. Those teams plus Arizona will all get their chance to move up at their respective championships.
On the men's side Texas and Michigan will look to return to the top five at this weekend's Big XII and Big Ten Championships. Stanford, California, USC and Arizona will have to wait two weeks until the Pac 12 Championships.
The Endless Pools / CollegeSwimming.com is the only objective ranking of college swimming for NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and NJCAA. The ranking accounts for teams' top performances over the preceding month
Division I - Women
Division I - Men
Methodology
The Endless Pools / CollegeSwimming.com is the only objective ranking of college swimming for NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and NJCAA. For each meet a individual are ranked according to their percentile. These are then compiled into a team score. (There is a minimum of 27 swims necessary to calculate a team score). The Endless Pools / CollegeSwimming.com Top 25 takes the best team performance over a four-week period.
Each team's specific performance data can be found by clicking on the "Top Swims" link from the meet results.
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