COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., November 28. AUBURN University, double-defending women’s and defending men’s NCAA champions, continue to maintain an iron lock on the dual meet standings. The latest rankings, released on Wednesday, kept the Tigers unanimously in the top spot, where they have resided since the first poll this season was released.<\/p>\n
There were only a few changes in the rankings since the previous poll on November 12, the most significant of which was USC’s precipitous drop from fifth to tenth in the men’s rankings and from fifth to seventh in the women’s.<\/p>\n
In the men’s poll, Northwestern and Arizona State showed the biggest improvement, with the Wildcats leap-frogging from 20th to 16th, and the Sun Devils jumping from 16 to the number 13 spot. Iowa, previously unranked, moved into the 23rd position.<\/p>\n
Michigan, which moved up from eighth to sixth, and Arizona, which improved from 10th to eighth, also showed impressive strength.<\/p>\n
Moving in the opposite direction was Washington, which fell to 19th after vaulting to the #14 spot a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n
The most significant change in the women’s rankings took place just below the top level, as Georgia took over the runner-up spot, dropping Florida to #3. The SEC now owns the top three places while Pac-10 teams are ranked fourth (Stanford), sixth (Arizona), seventh (USC), eighth (Cal) and tenth (UCLA).<\/p>\n
Two teams improved two places: Texas A&M, which went from a tie for 17th to 15th and Missouri, which improved from 22nd to 20th. Indiana, tied for 13th two weeks ago, is now 12th.<\/p>\n
Heading south were Washington (21st to a tie for 24th), ASU (13th to 16th) and Notre Dame (19th to 21st).<\/p>\n
The next poll will take place in two weeks on Dec. 9, 2003 and will continue throughout the season. The final poll of the season will take place on March 8, 2003 when a national dual meet champion will be crowned by the CSCAA.<\/p>\n
Division I Swimming and Diving:
\nDual Meet Rankings for Nov. 26, 2003<\/p>\n
MEN’S DIV. I RANKING
\n( )- indicates #1 votes<\/p>\n
Nov. 26, 2003<\/p>\n
1 Auburn (8) 200
\n2 Texas 191
\n3 Stanford 185
\n4 California 176
\n5 Florida 168
\n6 Michigan 152
\n7 Georgia 151
\n8 Arizona 140
\n9 Minnesota 135
\n10 Southern Cal 133
\n11 Virginia 117
\n12 Tennessee 110
\n13 Arizona State 108
\n14 Wisconsin 100
\n15 Texas A&M 86
\n16 Northwestern 81
\n17 Pittsburgh 77
\n18 Hawaii 60
\n19 Washington 52
\n20 Brigham Young 49
\n21 North Carolina 40
\n22 Kentucky 26
\n22 Iowa 26
\n24 Florida State 18
\n25 Indiana 12<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes
\nClemson 8
\nVirginia Tech 1<\/p>\n
WOMEN’S DIV. I RANKING<\/p>\n
( )- indicates #1 votes<\/p>\n
Nov. 26, 2003<\/p>\n
1 Auburn (8) 200
\n2 Georgia 191
\n3 Florida 184
\n4 Stanford 177
\n5 Texas 167
\n6 Arizona 158
\n7 Southern Cal 151
\n8 California 138
\n9 SMU 137
\n10 UCLA 131
\n11 Wisconsin 120
\n12 Indiana 111
\n13 Penn State 103
\n14 North Carolina 92
\n15 Texas A&M 91
\n16 Arizona State 81
\n17 Michigan 71
\n18 Virginia 59
\n19 Florida State 53
\n20 Maryland 47
\n21 Notre Dame 39
\n22 Missouri 24
\n23 Hawaii 23
\n24 Minnesota 12
\n24 Washington 12<\/p>\n
Others receiving votes
\nKansas 8
\nPittsburgh 8
\nClemson 2
\nPurdue 2
\nTennessee 2
\nPrinceton 1<\/p>\n
(Courtesy College Swimming Coaches Association of America)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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