PHOENIX, Arizona, December 16. There was no change at the top of the latest TYR / CSCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Polls. The defending men's NCAA Champion University of Texas maintained their top spot while Stanford University continued to lead the women's poll.
The USC men made the biggest gain, moving up six spots while Louisville and the Ohio State University moved up three spaces in the women's poll. In all, 68 women's and 56 men's teams garnered votes from members of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The next poll will be released January 17, 2010.
Division I Men's poll
Current rank Previous rank School Points 1 1 Texas 769 2 5 Arizona 720 3 2 Stanford 705 4 2 California 691 5 4 Florida 691 6 7 Auburn 605 7 8 Ohio State 557 8 6 Michigan 555 9 14 Southern Cal 515 10 11 Virginia 507 11 12 Georgia 460 12 9 North Carolina 432 13 12 Minnesota 410 14 10 Indiana 396 15 15 Tennessee 289 16 18 UNLV 281 17 16 Alabama 256 18 19 Louisville 250 19 20 Florida State 240 20 17 Texas A&M 186 21 21 Purdue 138 22 NR Iowa 121 23 22 Louisiana State 120 24 24 South Carolina 45 25 25 Princeton 40
Also Receiving Votes:
Missouri 38, Virginia Tech 36, Navy 35, UCSB 34, CS-Bakersfield 28, Cal Poly 24, Texas Christian 20, Kentucky 18, Southern Methodist 18, Arizona State 17, Harvard 16, Wisconsin 16, Georgia Tech 15, Maryland 15, Oakland 12, Air Force 12, Hawaii 11, Michigan State 11, Penn 11, Buffalo 9, Howard 9, Northwestern 9, Notre Dame 7, Pacific 7, Penn State 5, Southern Illinois 3, Cleveland State 2, Denver 1, Illinois-Chicago 1, UNC-Wilmington 1, Pittsburgh 1
Division I Women's poll
Current rank Previous rank Team Points 1 1 Stanford 1043 2 2 Georgia 991 3 3 Texas 893 4 5 California 890 5 6 Southern Cal 874 6 4 Florida 873 7 7 Arizona 846 8 8 Texas A&M 754 9 9 Virginia 657 10 10 Auburn 655 11 12 North Carolina 588 12 11 Tennessee 553 13 14 Minnesota 551 14 15 Indiana 479 15 13 Michigan 402 16 16 Wisconsin 349 17 20 Louisville 317 18 21 Ohio State 223 19 NR Purdue 207 20 18 Southern Methodist201 21 22 Louisiana State 195 22 24 UCLA 192 23 23 San Diego State 157 24 17 Arkansas 156 25 NR Florida State 154
Also Receiving Votes:
Arizona State 98, Arkansas 83, Notre Dame 61, Missouri 57, Virginia Tech 51, Kentucky 47, Alabama 46, Maryland 42, Penn State 29, UW-Milwaukee 24, Cal Poly 21, Princeton 18, Ball State 16, Harvard 15, Houston 13, Navy 12, Yale 11, Miami-OH 10, Ohio 10, UW-Green Bay 10, Kansas 9, Pittsburgh 9, San Jose State 8, Oregon State 6, South Carolina 6, Florida Gulf Coast 5, IUPUI 5, Northwestern 5, Towson 5, Brigham Young 4, Bucknell 4, UC-Santa Barbara 4, George Mason 4, Miami-FL 4, Boise State 3, NC State 3, Pennsylvania 3, Toledo 3, Iowa 2, Villanova 2, East Carolina 1, UNC-Wilmington 1, Western Kentucky 1
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