Cal Men Jump to Top Spot in CSCAA D1 Poll; Stanford Women Stay There

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

In the latest set of the CSCAA Division I college swimming and diving polls, the California men have moved up to the number one spot after posting quick times at the recent Georgia Invite, while Stanford’s women remain at the top following impressive efforts at Ohio State Invite.

Coach Dave Durden’s Golden Bears, previously ranked no. 6, saw Ryan Murphy post the top times in the country in both backstroke events, and they also got impressive efforts from freshman Michael Jensen in the freestyle races. The Bears also posted the top times nationally in multiple relays as their sprint depth showed through.

Texas moved up to second in the men’s poll, while NC State, previously ranked no. 1, fell to third. Stanford moved up from 19th to fourth, and Indiana rounded out the top five.

For the women, Greg Meehan’s Stanford Cardinal maintained its stranglehold on the top spot. Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel and Ella Eastin all posted times that rank first nationally at Ohio State. Cal and Georgia actually tied for second, but the Bears maintain the no. 2 spot after edging Georgia in the team race at the Georgia Invite this past weekend. Virginia and Texas round out the top five.

Division I Women

Rank	Prev	Team	Points
1	1	Stanford	221
2	2	California	212
3	10	Georgia	212
4	5	Virginia	190
5	3	Texas	176
6	4	Michigan	171
7	7	Texas A&M	162
8	8	Southern Cal	160
9	6	NC State	158
10	24	Arizona	153
11	9	Louisville	133
12	14	Missouri	123
13	12	Indiana	110
14	13	Wisconsin	106
15	11	Auburn	106
16	21	Minnesota	79
17	15	Tennessee	75
18	18	Kentucky	68
19	16	North Carolina	63
20	19	Ohio State	56
21	17	Florida	55
22	22	UCLA	48
23	20	Duke	26
24		Florida State	19
25		Louisiana State	11

Also Receiving Votes:
Denver 4, Alabama 5, Notre Dame3

Division I Men

Rank	Prev	Team	Points
1	6	California	250
2	5	Texas	239
3	1	NC State	222
4	19	Stanford	217
5	8	Indiana	217
6	2	Missouri	202
7	13	Georgia	185
8	3	Louisville	182
9	4	Alabama	168
10	7	Florida	159
11	24	Arizona	138
12	17	Auburn	118
13	10	Michigan	118
14	11	Louisiana State	116
15		Virginia	109
16	17	Southern Cal	107
17	9	Arizona State	91
18		Florida State	89
19	12	Ohio State	88
20		Wisconsin	59
21	14	Notre Dame	45
22	15	Texas A&M	40
23		Harvard	31
24		Denver	25
25	15	Georgia Tech	20

Also Receiving Votes:
South Carolina 8, Penn 5, Minnesota 2

The next poll will be released Jan. 18, 2017.

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