{"id":446554,"date":"2020-09-17T09:35:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=446554"},"modified":"2021-03-09T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:46:01","slug":"ranking-the-top-ncaa-division-i-mens-swimmers-for-2020-21-from-1-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ranking-the-top-ncaa-division-i-mens-swimmers-for-2020-21-from-1-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Top NCAA Division I Men’s Swimmers For 2020-21 From 1-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a new college season approaches (hopefully),\u00a0Swimming World\u00a0<\/em>wanted to unveil its preseason top 25 Division I men\u2019s swimmers ahead of the 2020-21 campaign, after launching our women’s list last week<\/a>. This season is unlike any other we have ever had, as many questions still loom over the fate of the campaign as the coronavirus pandemic still remains at large in many parts of the United States. Some conferences have delayed the start of fall sports, with the status of the winter season still up in the air.<\/p>\n

This has caused uncertainty for some athletes like Harvard’s\u00a0Dean Farris<\/strong>, who was set to return for his senior year but is currently not enrolled at Harvard this semester and is expected to return to the team when a season is announced, but for now is not listed on the Crimson’s roster.<\/p>\n

Some incoming freshmen, like Stanford’s\u00a0Andrei Minakov<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0have deferred their enrollment in order to stay home and train safely in the comfort of their hometowns ahead of the Olympic Games. Arizona State has redshirted its entire team for this season, and some schools will not even compete this entire fall semester.<\/p>\n

But with all of those uncertainties aside, we have put together our top returning swimmers this year, assuming there will be a championship meet in the spring.<\/p>\n