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The ballots are in and the votes counted for the First CSCAA / TYR Top 25 Division III Poll. The Emory University women’s team and Denison University men’s team gathered the most votes after the first few weeks of the 2017-2018 season.
The Emory women held their place at #1 while the Denison men moved up two places to top the men’s poll. The Denison men had wins against Kenyon and Xavier to move them forward.
The poll aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.
The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and scheduled for release December 20, January 17 and February 7.
Women (previous ranking):
- (1) Emory
- (3) Kenyon
- (2) Williams
- (8) John’s Hopkins
- (5) NYU
- (4) Denison
- (9) Chicago
- t(14) Carnegie Mellon
- t(6) MIT
- (7) Wash U
- (10) Connecticut College
- (11) Amherst
- (13) Washington & Lee
- (11) Saint Thomas
- t(16) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
- t(15) Middlebury
- (24) Calvin
- (16) Bates
- (19) Pomona-Pitzer
- (22) Ursinus
- (23) RPI
- (NR) Case Western Reserve
- (18) Ithaca
- t(25) Mary Washington
- t(NR) SUNY Geneseo
Men (previous ranking):
- (3) Denison
- (2) Emory
- (1) Kenyon
- (4) MIT
- (5) Johns Hopkins
- (7) NYU
- (6) Wash U
- (7) Chicago
- (13) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
- (20) Pomona Pitzer
- (10) Tufts
- (9) Williams
- (12) Carnegie Mellon
- (22) Carthage
- (11) Rowan
- (16) Amherst
- (NR) Calvin
- (15) TCNJ
- (23) Saint Thomas
- (NR) UW-Stevens Point
- (NR) Coast Guard
- (NR) Stevens
- (18) WPI
- (13) DePauw
- (24) Swarthmore
The above press release courtesy of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America
