By Phillip Whitten<\/p>\n
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., November 13. THE Auburn University men's and women's swim teams repeated as unanimous choices for the top spot in the latest College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) polls, released last night.<\/p>\n
The defending NCAA champs garnered all eight of the first-place votes in both the men's and women's polls. However, below the top rung, there was some shuffling of teams, particularly among the men. <\/p>\n
Men's Rankings<\/b>
\nTexas moved into the #2 spot from #3, switching places with Stanford, by the slimmest of margins — one point.<\/p>\n
The Georgia Bulldogs made the biggest move among the top 10, vaulting from tenth place to 7th. Michigan dropped from seventh to eighth, while Minnesota fell from eighth to ninth. Virginia rounds out the elite 10 teams, improving from 11th to tenth.<\/p>\n
By far the most impressive improvement was scored by Washington — a team that barely survived the ax just two years ago. The Huskies leaped from 25th place two weeks ago all the way to a tie for 14th. Texas A&M improved from 15th to 13th.<\/p>\n
Making their first appearance this year in the top 25 are Kentucky (21) and Clemson (25). <\/p>\n
Dropping out of the top 25 are the two Ivy League powers, Harvard and Princeton.<\/p>\n
Women's Rankings<\/b>
\nThere was far less movement over the past fortnight among the women. The top nine teams retained their places, with Florida ranking second, Georgia third, Stanford fourth and USC fifth. Wisconsin improved two places to grab the 10th spot, trading places with Penn State.<\/p>\n
Virginia, Washington and Hawaii each moved up one notch: The Cavs from 18th to a tie for 17th, the Huskies from 22nd to 21st, and the Rainbows from 25th to 24th.<\/p>\n
Tennessee, 24th two weeks ago, fell out of the top 25, while Minnesota, unranked in the previous poll, took the 25th spot.<\/p>\n
\nMEN\u2019S DIVISION I RANKINGS<\/b>
\n1 Auburn (8) 200
\n2 Texas 186
\n3 Stanford 185
\n4 California 181
\n5 Southern Cal 168
\n6 Florida 152
\n7 Georgia 151
\n8 Michigan 150
\n9 Minnesota 131
\n10 Arizona 120
\n11 Virginia 119
\n12 Tennessee 111
\n13 Texas A&M 97
\n14 Washington 84
\n14 Wisconsin 84
\n16 Arizona State 81
\n17 Hawaii 73
\n18 Pittsburgh 63
\n19 Brigham Young 59
\n20 Northwestern 51
\n21 Kentucky 29
\n21 North Carolina 29
\n23 Florida State 26
\n24 Indiana 20
\n25 Clemson 14<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes
\n Harvard 13
\n Princeton 6
\n Iowa 2
\n SMU 1<\/p>\n
\nWOMEN\u2019S DIVISION I RANKINGS
\n1 Auburn (8) 200
\n2 Florida 191
\n3 Georgia 185
\n4 Stanford 176
\n5 Southern Cal 168
\n6 Texas 160
\n7 Arizona 152
\n8 SMU 141
\n9 California 139
\n10 Wisconsin 126
\n11 UCLA 121
\n12 Penn State 108
\n13 Arizona State 102
\n13 Indiana 102
\n15 North Carolina 88
\n16 Michigan 73
\n17 Texas A&M 69
\n17 Virginia 69
\n19 Notre Dame 56
\n20 Florida State 51
\n21 Washington 35
\n22 Maryland 32
\n23 Missouri 24
\n24 Hawaii 11
\n25 Minnesota 9<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes
\n Tennessee 7
\n Alabama 1<\/p>\n
(Courtesy College Swimming Coaches Association of America)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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