The defending NCAA Division III Champions began the 2013-14 season
right where they left off from last year. The Emory women and
Kenyon men top the first 2013-14 Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com
Division III Top 25. The ranking accounts for teams' top
performances over the preceding month and is the only objective
ranking of college swimming for NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA,
and NJCAA.
Emory led the way on the women's side following its win
over 25th-ranked Birmingham Southern College. Kenyon's
ladies ranked second following a loss to Division I Ohio
State University while New York University ranked
third.
The top two teams swapped places in the men's ranking.
The Lords led the way over Emory while NYU again ranked
third.
This year's rankings utilize a new point system based on a
1,100 point scale. The new scale uses NCAA time
standards and a percentile ranking of all college times over
the past four years. (Read More at our Point FAQ.
The Endless Pools / CollegeSwimming.com Top 25 rank teams
based on their top performances over the preceding month.
|
Points |
Standard |
1100 |
US Open Record
|
1000
|
Division I - A Standard
|
980 |
Division I - 2014 Predicted Qualifying
Time
|
950 |
Division I - B Standard |
920
|
Division II/III -
2014 Predicted Qualifying Time |
900 |
Division
II/III - B Standard
|
|
Division III - Women
Pos |
Team |
@ Meet |
Points |
1 |
Emory |
Birmingham
Southern vs. Emory |
666.2 |
2 |
Kenyon |
Ohio
State vs. Kenyon |
623.9 |
3 |
New
York University |
Canisius
vs. Brandeis, NYU, Rochester |
500.3 |
4 |
Washington
(Mo) |
Show-Me-State
Invitational |
481.3 |
5 |
Carnegie
Mellon |
Carnegie
Mellon vs. Case Western |
480.4 |
6 |
CMS |
UC-San
Diego vs. Claremont Mudd Scripps |
455.6 |
7 |
De
Pauw |
Indiana
Intercollegiates |
449.9 |
8 |
Rochester |
Canisius
vs. Brandeis, NYU, Rochester |
446.7 |
9 |
UW-Whitewater |
Carthage
vs. UW-Whitewater |
406.7 |
10 |
Keene
State |
Keene
State vs. Bridgewater, Roger Williams |
399.6 |
11 |
Mary
Washington |
Mary
Washington vs. Washington & Lee |
397.0 |
12 |
Washington
& Lee |
Mary
Washington vs. Washington & Lee |
392.6 |
13 |
Gettysburg
College |
Gettysburg
vs. Messiah, Susquehanna |
377.2 |
14 |
Carthage |
Carthage
vs. UW-Whitewater |
365.2 |
15 |
Calvin
College |
Calvin
vs. Grand Valley, Hillsdale |
356.4 |
16 |
Ursinus
College |
Ursinus
vs. Dickinson |
328.0 |
17 |
Case
Western |
Carnegie
Mellon vs. Case Western |
304.2 |
18 |
TCNJ |
TCNJ
vs. Ramapo of New Jersey |
285.2 |
19 |
Pacific
Lutheran University |
Pacific
Lutheran vs. Idaho |
280.3 |
20 |
Ohio
Northern University |
Ohio
Northern vs. John Carroll |
264.7 |
21 |
Susquehanna
University |
Gettysburg
vs. Messiah, Susquehanna |
260.2 |
22 |
Catholic
University |
American
vs. Catholic, GWU, Loyola (MD) |
250.8 |
23 |
Centre
College |
Washington
& Lee vs. Centre |
245.8 |
24 |
Dickinson
College |
Ursinus
vs. Dickinson |
242.8 |
25 |
Birmingham
Southern |
Birmingham
Southern vs. Emory |
239.7 |
26. Redlands 237.6, 27. Hartwick 234.2, 28. Whittier 232.7, 29.
Rowan 229.9, 30. UW-Eau Claire 222.8, 31. Messiah 221, 32. McDaniel
219.4, 33. UC Santa Cruz 217.3, 34. Colorado 208.4, 35. Montclair
State 207.7, 36. Rensselaer 207.4, 37. Roger Williams 205, 38.
Scranton 202.7, 39. Misericordia 201.9, 40. Sewanee 201.8, 41.
Kalamazoo 181.9, 42. Mount Union 180.4, 43. RIT 180.2, 44. Albright
179.1, 45. Saint Marys (MD) 169.9, 46. Franklin 164.6, 47.
SUNY-Cortland 157.2, 48. Westminster 155, 49. Transylvania 151.4,
50. Albion 140.3
Division III - Men
26. Centre 254.2, 27. Westminster 254.1, 28. Susquehanna 252.9, 29.
UC Santa Cruz 252.6, 30. Dickinson 241.3, 31. Birmingham Southern
229.8, 32. Ramapo 227.4, 33. Pacific Lutheran 224.4, 34. Mount Union
219.7, 35. Albion 219.3, 36. Sewanee 208.2, 37. Wheaton MA 205.2,
38. Kalamazoo 205.2, 39. Scranton 200.2, 40. RIT 189.2, 41. Brandeis
185.9, 42. Ohio Wesleyan 180, 43. Albright 173, 44. Babson 173, 45.
Fredonia State 171.1, 46. La Verne 166.1, 47. Roger Williams 157.9,
48. Montclair State 157.6, 49. John Carroll 156.7, 50. Olivet 155.7
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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