CSCAA Final Division I Poll: Texas Men, Virginia Women Close Season With Top Ranks

On the men’s side, the Longhorns (350 points) took every first-place vote to maintain their place at the top of the poll. NC State (336), California (322) and Indiana (301) retained their positions at second, third and fourth, respectively. Stanford (294) broke into the top five, up one spot from last month.  There were no newcomers this month. Princeton was the only additional team to receive votes.

For the women, the first place Cavaliers collected 13 top votes and 349 points.  Stanford (331) jumped 3 spots to second and took the remaining first-place vote.  Texas (316) moved to third. NC State (313) is fourth and Tennessee (297) fifth.  Texas A&M (49) climbed into the rankings this month at 22^nd. In all, twenty-nine teams earned votes.

You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25

The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and select media. Each committee includes nine representatives from the Power Five leagues, five at-large programs, and two media members. The women and men committee chairs are Naya Higashijima (SMU) and Bill Roberts (Navy). This was the final poll of the season.

CSCAA Women’s Poll Committee

Jen Betz, Kansas; Niko Fantakis, Brown; Naya Higashijima, Southern Methodist (Chair); Andrew Hodgson, Northwestern; Lars Jorgensen, Kentucky; Nathan Lavery, Drexel; Ben Loorz, UNVL; Sergio Lopez, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Maccoll, Rutgers; Lea Maurer, Southern California; Jeana Kempe, South Carolina; Jos Smith, Utah; Mike Stephens, Boston College; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.

CSCAA Men’s Poll Committee

Steve Barnes, Penn State; Jason Calanog, Texas A&M; Jerry Champer, Georgia; Matt Crispino, Princeton; Daniel Dozier, West Virginia; John Hargis, Pittsburgh; Jessica Livsey, Old Dominion; Craig Nisgor, Seattle; Bill Roberts (Chair), Navy; Dan Schemmel, Stanford; Rachel Stratton Mills, Arizona State; Neal Studd, Florida State; Trevor Maida, Wisconsin; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.