Georgia Women, Cal Men Voted Dual-Meet Titlists

PITTSBURGH, Penn., March 11. ALTHOUGH the upcoming NCAA Championships will determine the official titlists of Division I swimming, the College Swimming Coaches Association has named Georgia (women) and California (men) as its national dual-meet champs.

The dual-meet rankings are determined by a voting panel and were released on nine occasions during the year. Georgia shuffled between the first and second slot during the season while Cal didn't take the top position until the end of the dual-meet campaign.

Georgia's women finished the season with a 9-0 record and earned a number of impressive victories, including decisions of Auburn, Florida and Texas – the second through fourth-ranked squads.

"We had a terrific dual meet season on both sides of the ledger," said Georgia coach Jack Bauerle. "I am proud of our ladies finishing the season undefeated, especially with the schedule we faced.”

Cal earned its No. 1 ranking after closing out the season with a victory over Stanford in what might have been the fastest dual meet in collegiate history. The Golden Bears went 9-0 and had wins over Michigan, Arizona and Southern California.

FINAL RANKINGS
MEN

1 California (Pac 10) 195 (5)
2 Auburn (SEC) 192 (3)
3 Stanford (Pac 10) 184
4 Florida (SEC) 181
5 Michigan (Big 10) 167
6 Minnesota (Big 10) 161
7 Texas (Big 12) 152
8 Arizona (Pac 10) 144
9 Southern Cal (Pac 10) 135
10 Virginia (ACC) 126
11 Georgia (SEC) 121
12 Kentucky (SEC) 114
13 Indiana (Big 10) 104
14 Northwestern (Big 10) 96
15 Purdue (Big 10) 88
16 Texas A&M (Big 12) 79
17 Tennessee (SEC) 63
18 Wisconsin (Big 10) 61
19 Hawai’i (NIC) 53
20 North Carolina (ACC) 39
21 Notre Dame (Big East) 34
22 Florida State (ACC) 29
23 BYU (Mt. West) 28
24 Harvard (Ivy) 19
25 Ohio State (Big 10) 13
Others receiving votes
SMU (NIC) 9
Alabama (SEC) 8
Georgia Tech (ACC) 4
Arizona State (Pac 10) 1

WOMEN

1 Georgia (SEC) 200 (8)
2 Auburn (SEC) 192
3 Florida (SEC) 184
4 Texas (Big 12) 176
5 Stanford (Pac 10) 168
6 Arizona (Pac 10) 159
7 SMU (WAC) 150
8 Wisconsin (Big 10) 143
9 Texas A&M (Big 12) 135
10 UCLA (Pac 10) 125
11 California (Pac 10) 124
12 Maryland (ACC) 113
13 Virginia (ACC) 101
14 Penn State (Big 10) 99
15 Arizona State (Pac 10) 88
16 North Carolina (ACC) 75
17 Michigan (Big 10) 70
18 Indiana (Big 10) 60
19 Hawai’i (WAC) 59
20 Florida State (ACC) 41
21 Washington (Pac 10) 32
22 Tennessee (SEC) 27
23 Minnesota (Big 10) 23
24 Purdue (Big 10) 20
25 Northwestern (Big 10) 15
Others receiving votes
Notre Dame (Big East) 7
Southern Cal (Pac 10) 6

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