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Texas was second, just ahead of Stanford. The Cardinal had edged the Longhorns to second place at NCAAs last year.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee was fourth, with California fifth. A total of 35 teams hailing from six conferences received votes. The top 10 in the preseason poll are the same 10 schools that finished in the top 10 at NCAAs last year, with the biggest seeding difference being Indiana in ninth this year after finishing fourth last season in Federal Way, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, Texas took home every first-place vote to tally 400 points. Indiana is second, followed by Arizona State in third. California, which finished second last year and has finished in the top two every year since 2010, was voted fourth in a tie with Florida. The biggest drop among the top 10 is Virginia Tech, which finished 10th at NCAAs last year and was voted 17th.<\/p>\n<h4>CSCAA Division I Men Poll<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Texas, 400<\/li>\n<li>2 Indiana, 360<\/li>\n<li>3 Arizona State, 354<\/li>\n<li>T-4 Florida, 352<\/li>\n<li>T-4 California, 352<\/li>\n<li>6 Tennessee, 310<\/li>\n<li>7 NC State, 299<\/li>\n<li>8 Stanford, 293<\/li>\n<li>9 Georgia, 279<\/li>\n<li>10 Michigan, 263<\/li>\n<li>11 Ohio State, 222<\/li>\n<li>12 Louisville, 220<\/li>\n<li>13 Virginia, 214<\/li>\n<li>14 Louisiana State, 173<\/li>\n<li>15 Southern California, 156<\/li>\n<li>16 Alabama, 152<\/li>\n<li>17 Virginia Tech, 145<\/li>\n<li>18 Florida State, 123<\/li>\n<li>19 North Carolina, 112<\/li>\n<li>20 Auburn, 106<\/li>\n<li>21 Kentucky, 90<\/li>\n<li>22 Wisconsin, 71<\/li>\n<li>23 Texas A&amp;M, 68<\/li>\n<li>24 Minnesota, 30<\/li>\n<li>25 Notre Dame, 18<\/li>\n<li><strong>Also Receiving Votes:<\/strong> Arizona 13, Yale 11, Harvard 4, Army 3, SMU 3, Princeton 2, Penn State 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>CSCAA Division I Women\u2019s Poll<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Virginia, 424<\/li>\n<li>2 Texas, 397<\/li>\n<li>3 Stanford, 393<\/li>\n<li>4 Tennessee, 364<\/li>\n<li>5 California, 360<\/li>\n<li>6 Florida, 329<\/li>\n<li>7 Louisville, 315<\/li>\n<li>8 NC State, 293<\/li>\n<li>9 Indiana, 292<\/li>\n<li>10 Michigan, 289<\/li>\n<li>11 Ohio State, 271<\/li>\n<li>T-12 Georgia, 230<\/li>\n<li>T-12 Southern California, 230<\/li>\n<li>14 North Carolina, 201<\/li>\n<li>15 Wisconsin, 177<\/li>\n<li>16 Alabama, 174<\/li>\n<li>17 South Carolina, 160<\/li>\n<li>18 Arizona State, 110<\/li>\n<li>19 Duke, 101<\/li>\n<li>20 Auburn, 97<\/li>\n<li>21 Louisiana State, 85<\/li>\n<li>22 Princeton, 54<\/li>\n<li>23 UCLA, 44<\/li>\n<li>24 Minnesota, 34<\/li>\n<li>25 Texas A&amp;M, 31<\/li>\n<li><strong>Also Receiving Votes<\/strong>: Pitt 18, Florida State 11, Virginia Tech 10, Miami (Fla.) 9, Notre Dame 6, Purdue 6, Northwestern 4, Missouri 3, Arizona 2, Miami (Ohio) 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reigning National Champs Virginia, Texas Atop Opening CSCAA Polls Reigning NCAA champions Virginia and Texas are atop the opening CSCAA dual-meet polls released on Thursday. 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