Denison, Williams Lead Division III into 2014

Denison University started the new year by taking on a pair of Division I foes and the results elevated the Big Red women back to the top of the Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com Men's Division III Top 25.  The Williams men took the top spot of the men's ranking despite a 127-115 final-relay setback at the hands of NESCAC rival Amherst. 

After Denison, the women's rankings were dominated by the NESCAC.  Four teams - WIlliams (2nd), Amherst (3rd), Connecticut (6th) and Bates (7th) landed in the top ten.  The UAA's Washington University and Chicago ranked fourth and fifth with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, DePauw and Pomona-Pitzer rounding out the top ten.

On the men's side, Denison ranked second behind Williams.  MIT, Amherst, Johns Hopkins, DePauw, WashU, Chicago, TCNJ and Connecticut landed in the top ten.

The ranking accounts for teams' top performances over the preceding month and is the only objective ranking of swimming for NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, NAIA, and NJCAA.  The  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 times over the past four years.  (Read More at our Point FAQ.) 

Division III - Women

Pos	Team	@ Meet	Points
1	Denison	Denison vs. Ohio	713.0
2	Williams	Amherst vs. Williams	710.1
3	Amherst	Amherst vs. Williams	579.6
4	Washington (Mo)	Washington University Invitational	558.4
5	Chicago	University of Chicago Invitational	536.9
6	Connecticut College	Connecticut College vs. Southern Connecticut	525.8
7	Bates	Bates vs. Middlebury	491.4
8	C-M-S	La Verne vs. CMS	490.7
9	De Pauw	Washington University Invitational	489.7
10	Pomona-Pitzer	Pomona vs. Cal Tech, Occidental	476.6
11	MIT	MIT vs. Coast Guard	469.5
12	Gustavus Adolphus	Carleton vs. Gustavus Adolphus	461.3
13	Middlebury	Middlebury vs. Springfield	456.2
14	UW-Whitewater	University of Chicago Invitational	404.9
15	Calvin	Calvin Invitational	386.4
16	Carthage	Lewis vs. Carthage	380.3
17	Springfield	Middlebury vs. Springfield	380.0
18	Wheaton (IL)	Wheaton (IL) vs. Hope, Kalamazoo, Lake Forest	372.7
19	Ithaca	SUNY Fredonia vs. Ithaca & Nazareth	369.3
20	Saint Olaf	Macalester vs. Augsburg, Saint Olaf	354.8
21	Whitworth	Whitworth vs. Seattle	341.0
22	Grove City	Grove City vs. Washington & Jefferson	340.2
23	UC Santa Cruz	Cal Lutheran Invitational	336.2
24	Hope	Wheaton (IL) vs. Hope, Kalamazoo, Lake Forest	335.0
25	Luther	Luther Invitational	334.1

26 Wooster 323.6,  27 Rhodes 304.3,  28 Mary Washington 301.5,  29 Carleton 300.6,  30 Trinity (CT) 297.9,  31 Westminster 296.6,  32 Ohio Northern 296.4,  33 SUNY-Cortland 295.3,  34 Albion 294.5,  35 Kalamazoo 285.8,  36 Hartwick 284.6,  37 Union (NY) 280.9,  38 Saint Benedict (MN) 277.5,  39 Franklin 268.6,  40 Mount Holyoke 266.0,  41 Centre 264.9,  42 Birmingham Southern 260.9,  43 Albright 260.6,  44 Hamilton 255.6,  45 Susquehanna 255.3,  46 Alma 248.1,  47 Occidental 243.0,  48 Lawrence 233.2,  49 Whittier 225.3,  50 Grinnell 223.1

Division III - Men

Pos	Team	@ Meet	Points
1	Williams	Amherst vs. Williams	626.2
2	Denison	Denison vs. Eastern Michigan	607.3
3	MIT	MIT vs. Coast Guard	584.4
4	Amherst	Amherst vs. Williams	579.3
5	Johns Hopkins	Johns Hopkins vs. West Chester, TCNJ	541.6
6	De Pauw	Washington University Invitational	519.4
7	Washington (Mo)	Washington University Invitational	503.4
8	Chicago	University of Chicago Invitational	496.0
9	TCNJ	Johns Hopkins vs. West Chester, TCNJ	483.4
10	Connecticut College	Connecticut College vs. Southern Connecticut	482.2
11	Saint Olaf	Macalester vs. Augsburg, Saint Olaf	473.3
12	C-M-S	La Verne vs. CMS	465.8
13	Calvin	Calvin Invitational	421.9
14	Pomona-Pitzer	Pomona vs. Cal Tech, Occidental	404.3
15	Ohio Northern	Calvin Invitational	378.5
16	Lake Forest	Wheaton (IL) vs. Hope, Kalamazoo, Lake Forest	377.2
17	Bates	Bates vs. Middlebury	359.1
18	Rose-Hulman	Washington University Invitational	358.2
19	Middlebury	Bates vs. Middlebury	354.7
20	Albion	Calvin Invitational	351.1
21	UW-Whitewater	University of Chicago Invitational	347.9
22	Wabash	Indianapolis vs. Hillsdale, Wabash	345.5
23	Carthage	Lewis vs. Carthage	343.1
24	Merchant Marine	Catholic vs. USMMA	334.5
25	Hope	Wheaton (IL) vs. Hope, Kalamazoo, Lake Forest	334.5

26 Augustana 334.4,  27 Union (NY) 330.2,  28 Hartwick 327.3,  29 Coast Guard 325.0,  30 Whitworth 320.3,  31 Carleton 311.3,  32 Saint Johns 307.1,  33 Gustavus Adolphus 302.1,  34 Kalamazoo 301.0,  35 Franklin 299.0,  36 Berry 298.7,  37 Wheaton (IL) 297.2,  38 Grove City 294.5,  39 Birmingham Southern 278.2,  40 Centre 275.3,  41 Mary Washington 273.3,  42 Ohio Wesleyan 269.6,  43 Wheaton (MA) 263.4,  44 Susquehanna 256.7,  45 Westminster 256.0,  46 Albright 251.3,  47 UC Santa Cruz 241.5,  48 Trinity (CT) 239.0,  49 Hamilton 235.4,  50 Whittier 235.4