PHOENIX, Arizona, February 15. THE University of Georgia women's swimming and diving program accomplished enough during the past two weeks to earn the three first place votes they were missing in the last dual meet poll conducted by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Their victories over Alabama (186-109) and South Carolina (185-109) were impressive enough to make the Lady Bulldogs a unanimous number one this week. <\/p>\n
The biggest jump in this poll came from the Princeton Tigers. They have moved into the rankings at eighteenth after not previously having been in the top twenty-five. The men's poll has a new sheriff. After a tremendous victory over the then top ranked Texas Longhorns (200.5-152.5) the Arizona Wildcats are the new unanimous choice as the number one team in the CSCAA poll. Aside from the Wildcats, other notable rankings include the Southern Methodist Mustangs jumping two spots to nineteenth and the Arizona State Sun Devils moving to twenty-fifth after not being ranked in the previous poll.<\/p>\n
In other notes of significance, the Indiana men are ranked sixth which is their highest ranking since the days of legendary coach Doc Councilman. Additionally, this is the first poll in several years in which neither the men's or women's team from the University of Southern California is ranked.<\/p>\n
This year's poll will be published eight times and the champions will be crowned on February 27, 2008. Pollsters representing eight conferences along with two at-large voters have the task of ranking the top dual meet teams in the nation bi-weekly throughout the season. Additionally, the group of pollsters is completely different for the men's and women's rankings. This poll should not be confused with the results of the NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving championships that will take place in March.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to the CSCAA for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n
Women<\/b>
\nRank\tTeam\tRecord\tPoints\tPrevious
\n1\tGeorgia (10)\t10-0\t300\t1
\n2\tStanford\t6-1\t290\t2
\n3\tFlorida\t10-1\t276\t3
\n4\tArizona\t9-1\t269\t4
\n5\tAuburn\t6-1\t259\t5
\n6\tTexas A&M\t9-1\t256\t6
\n7\tTennessee\t5-3\t239\t7
\n8\tCalifornia\t5-1\t231\t8
\n9\tMinnesota\t7-1\t220\t9
\n10\tVirginia\t8-2\t209\t10
\n11\tMichigan\t6-1\t198\t11
\n12\tPenn State\t11-0\t184\t13
\n13\tNorth Carolina\t3-3\t183\t12
\n14\tSMU\t5-3\t170\t14
\n15\tUCLA\t5-3\t163\t15
\n16\tArizona State\t9-4\t139\t16
\n17\tLouisiana State\t8-3\t127\t18
\n18\tPrinceton\t8-0\t127\tNR
\n19\tTexas\t1-4\t126\t17
\n20\tWisconsin\t8-1\t116\t20
\n21\tIndiana\t2-5\t106\t19
\n22\tMissouri\t13-1\t87\t21
\n23\tFlorida State\t16-3\t83\t22
\n24\tVirginia Tech\t14-2\t74\t23 (tie)
\n25\tWashington\t10-4\t70\t23 (tie)
\nOTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Southern California 42, Arkansas 38, Kentucky 29, Northwestern 24, Kansas 13, Brigham Young 3
\nDROPPED FROM RANKINGS: None\t<\/p>\n
Men<\/b>
\nRank\tTeam\tRecord\tPoints\tPrevious
\n1\tArizona\t8-0\t300\t2
\n2\tTexas\t8-1\t290\t1
\n3\tStanford\t4-1\t277\t3
\n4\tMichigan\t10-1\t273\t4
\n5\tAuburn\t4-2\t260\t5
\n6\tIndiana\t5-3\t241\t7
\n7\tFlorida\t10-2\t238\t6
\n8\tTennessee\t7-2\t235\t9
\n9\tMinnesota\t6-1\t226\t8
\n10\tGeorgia\t6-2\t206\t10
\n11\tCalifornia\t5-1\t198\t11
\n12\tPurdue\t7-4\t193\t12
\n13\tOhio State\t10-1\t183\t13
\n14\tNorth Carolina\t6-2\t170\t14
\n15\tVirginia\t4-3\t159\t15
\n16\tPenn State\t8-4\t152\t16
\n17\tLouisiana State\t6-3\t138\t17
\n18\tNorthwestern\t7-6\t117\t18
\n19\tSMU\t6-2\t116\t21
\n20\tTexas A&M\t2-6\t115\t20
\n21\tMissouri\t11-2\t98\t19
\n22\tHarvard\t9-0\t94\t22
\n23\tLouisville\t5-2\t86\t23
\n24\tSanta Barbara\t9-1\t70\t24 (tie)
\n25\tArizona State\t3-5\t51\tNR
\nOTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Brigham Young 49, Southern California 44, Princeton 13, Virginia Tech 12, Clemson 11, Wisconsin 10, Notre Dame 9, Washington 9, Missouri State 5, Florida State 4
\nDROPPED FROM RANKINGS: Brigham Young (24, tie)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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