NCAA Div. I: Auburn Tops First Men’s and Women’s Polls

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., October 29. THE University of Auburn Tigers Swimming and Diving teams have pounced atop the first dual meet swimming poll of the season.

The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has released its first Division I poll of the 2003-4 NCAA Swimming and Diving season today and Auburn scored all first place votes from the pollsters in both the men’s and women’s rankings.

The Tigers won their first dual NCAA championships in 2003 winning both the men’s and women’s meets in a rare 1-1 punch led by their Head Coaches David Marsh and Kim Brackin. It was one of the few times in history that both men’s and women’s teams from the same university won dual championships in the same year and the only time in recent history that a university with a combined program under the same head coach has won.

The CSCAA dual meet poll is conducted every two weeks throughout the collegiate season and indicates the strength of the top collegiate dual meet teams and not necessarily their predicted finish at the NCAA Championships.

The next poll will take place in two weeks on Nov. 11, 2003 (results on Nov. 13, 2003) with the final poll of the season on March 8, 2003 when a national dual meet champion will be crowned by the CSCAA.

College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA)
Division I Swimming and Diving Team
Dual Meet Rankings for Oct. 29, 2003

Rank MEN’S DIV. I RANKING
( )- indicates #1 votes Oct. 29, 2003

1 Auburn (8) 200
2 Stanford 188
3 Texas 186
4 California 177
5 Southern Cal 164
6 Florida 158
7 Michigan 156
8 Minnesota 132
9 Virginia 129
10 Georgia 125
10 Wisconsin 125
12 Tennessee 108
13 Hawaii 101
14 Arizona 97
15 Texas A&M 89
16 Arizona State 86
17 Pittsburgh 64
18 Brigham Young 50
19 Florida State 40
20 Harvard 39
21 Indiana 35
22 Northwestern 32
23 Princeton 27
24 North Carolina 24
25 Washington 22

Others receiving votes
SMU 10
Alabama 10
Purdue 8
Penn State 7

Rank WOMEN’S DIV. I RANKING
( )- indicates #1 votes Oct. 29, 2003

1 Auburn (8) 200
2 Florida 191
3 Georgia 182
4 Stanford 177
5 Southern Cal 169
6 Texas 161
7 Arizona 146
8 SMU 145
9 California 139
10 Penn State 126
11 UCLA 121
12 Wisconsin 107
13 Arizona State 105
14 Indiana 96
15 North Carolina 82
16 Michigan 79
17 Texas A&M 68
17 Virginia 68
19 Notre Dame 66
20 Florida State 39
21 Maryland 38
22 Washington 26
23 Missouri 23
24 Tennessee 19
25 Hawaii 14

Others receiving votes
Rutgers 5
Alabama 3
Minnesota 3
Pittsburgh 1

(Courtesy College Swimming Coaches Association of America)

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