12/15/09
The University of Texas leads the latest CSCAA / CollegeSwimming.com Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Poll.
The Longhorns captured sixteen of thirty-six first-place votes to maintain the top spot. The Pac 10 conference claimed the next four poll positions with Stanford University, California, and Arizona capturing six, one, and nine first-place votes respectively.
Auburn University, the defending NCAA Champion collected the final four first-place votes to rank fifth.
The latest poll represented the biggest shake-up in recent history with nineteen teams moving up or down from the November 17th ranking. The poll was also the most diverse with a record forty-five teams garnering points. The poll ranks teams’ in dual meet competition.
The next dual meet poll will be released January 6, 2010.
Founded in 1922, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, Inc. (CSCAA), is the oldest coaches association in the United States of America.
| No. | Team | Previous | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas (16) | 1 | 849 |
| 2 | Stanford (6) | 2 | 833 |
| 3 | California (1) | 3 | 829 |
| 4 | Arizona (9) | 6 | 803 |
| 5 | Auburn (4) | 5 | 751 |
| 6 | Florida | 4 | 707 |
| 7 | Michigan | 7 | 664 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 11 | 530 |
| 9 | Virginia | 8 | 525 |
| 10 | Georgia | 9 | 519 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 10 | 478 |
| 12 | Onio State | 14 | 465 |
| 13 | Southern Cal | 12 | 353 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 13 | 331 |
| 15 | Florida State | 20 | 314 |
| 16 | Louisville | 17 | 267 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 19 | 260 |
| 18 | Louisiana State | 15 | 249 |
| 19 | Purdue | 16 | 183 |
| 20 | Indiana | 18 | 171 |
| 21 | Alabama | 21 | 143 |
| 22 | Texas A&M | 24 | 106 |
| 23 | UNLV | 24 | 102 |
| 24 | Hawaii | NR | 52 |
| 25 | Virginia Tech | 23 | 51 |
Also Receiving Votes:
West Virginia 45, Penn State 39, Missouri 35, Southern Methodist 33, Princeton 27, Iowa 25, Georgia Tech 24, Harvard 17, Notre Dame 13, Navy 11, UC-Davis 10, Wisconsin 9, South Carolina 9, Yale 6, Brigham Young 5, Maryland 5, Denver 4, Clemson 3, Pennsylvania 1, Pittsburgh 1
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