﻿{"id":629573,"date":"2025-12-20T11:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=629573"},"modified":"2025-12-20T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T18:52:34","slug":"denison-jumps-to-no-1-in-cscaa-division-iii-mens-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/denison-jumps-to-no-1-in-cscaa-division-iii-mens-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Denison Jumps to No. 1 in CSCAA Division III Men\u2019s Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Denison Jumps to No. 1 in CSCAA Division III Men\u2019s Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a tale of two polls in the latest CSCAA Division III dual meet polls, <a href=\"https:\/\/cscaa.org\/emory-women-denison-men-lead-december-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released on Friday<\/a>. On the men\u2019s side, Denison rose to the No. 1 spot in a poll full of upheaval, while the women\u2019s poll retains the top five without change, led by Emory.<\/p>\n<p>Denison (4-0) rose from No. 3 to No. 1 this week. It rose above a muddle behind it with plenty of big movers. New York University flew up from eighth to the No. 2 spot. Emory, last months\u2019 No. 1, fell two spots to tree, as did No. 2 University of Chicago to the fourth spot. MIT is up five spots to No. 7.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/ncaa-division-iii-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCAA Division III Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Case Western, falling from seventh to 11th, is the big drop. Salisbury, who leads three newcomers this month, launched into the 16th spot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSdd9PLCdMU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSdd9PLCdMU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Swimming World Magazine (@swimmingworldmag)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s poll is much tamer. Emory (2-1) retains the top spot. NYU (4-1) is the solid No. 2, one point behind. Kenyon, Denison and MIT round out the top five in the same spot as the November rankings. The top 12 teams all remain the same month-to-month, the biggest move coming via Claremont-Mudd-Scripps\u2019 move from No. 18 to 13th.<\/p>\n<h4>CSCAA Division III Men\u2019s Poll<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rk (Prv) Team, Pts, Record<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1 (3) Denison, 425, 4-0<\/li>\n<li>2 (8) NYU, 405, 4-1<\/li>\n<li>3 (1) Emory, 392, 1-2<\/li>\n<li>4 (2) Chicago, 375, 4-0<\/li>\n<li>5 (4) Carnegie Mellon, 358, 4-0<\/li>\n<li>6 (5) Kenyon, 339, 3-4<\/li>\n<li>7 (12) MIT, 324, 2-1<\/li>\n<li>8 (6) WashU, 306, 1-1<\/li>\n<li>9 (9) Pomona-Pitzer, 288, 7-1<\/li>\n<li>10 (10) Calvin, 272, 1-2<\/li>\n<li>11 (7) Case Western Reserve, 246, 4-1<\/li>\n<li>12 (16) Tufts, 244, 3-1<\/li>\n<li>13 (14) TCNJ, 223, 2-2<\/li>\n<li>14 (15) Johns Hopkins, 198, 4-1<\/li>\n<li>15 (18) SUNY Geneseo, 183, 7-0<\/li>\n<li>16 (NR) Salisbury, 169, 3-2<\/li>\n<li>17 (11) Hope, 145, 0&#8211;0<\/li>\n<li>18 (17) Williams, 138, 5-0<\/li>\n<li>19 (13) UC Santa Cruz, 110, 1-0<\/li>\n<li>20 (22) Gettysburg, 107, 4-2<\/li>\n<li>21 (NR) Connecticut College, 78, 3-0<\/li>\n<li>22 (NR) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 60, 1-2<\/li>\n<li>23 (23) John Carroll, 39, 1-3<\/li>\n<li>24 (24) RIT, 34, 2-1<\/li>\n<li>25 (19) Trinity (TX) 32, 3-1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Also Receiving Votes:<\/strong> Bates 21, Grinnell 6, Hamilton 4, Colby 2, Ithaca 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>CSCAA Division III Women\u2019s Poll<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rk (Prv) Team, Pts, Record<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1 (1) Emory, 363, 2-1<\/li>\n<li>2 (2) NYU, 362, 4-1<\/li>\n<li>3 (3) Kenyon, 355, 5-2<\/li>\n<li>4 (4) Denison, 330, 2-1<\/li>\n<li>5 (5) MIT, 313, 2-2<\/li>\n<li>6 (7) Chicago, 300, 4-0<\/li>\n<li>7 (6) Pomona-Pitzer, 287, 9-0<\/li>\n<li>8 (8) Williams, 270, 5-0<\/li>\n<li>9 (10) Tufts, 253, 3-1<\/li>\n<li>10 (9) Hope, 228, 0-0<\/li>\n<li>11 (12) WashU, 222, 0-2<\/li>\n<li>12 (11) Carnegie Mellon, 208, 3-0<\/li>\n<li>13 (18) Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 195, 1-4<\/li>\n<li>14 (17) Calvin, 177, 1-2<\/li>\n<li>15 (13) Swarthmore, 172, 6-0<\/li>\n<li>16 (19) Colby, 144, 3-0<\/li>\n<li>17 (14) Case Western Reserve, 139, 4-1<\/li>\n<li>18 (22) Gettysburg, 108, 5-2<\/li>\n<li>19 (14) Johns Hopkins, 97, 5-1<\/li>\n<li>20 (16) Amherst, 90, 2-1<\/li>\n<li>21 (24) SUNY Geneseo, 80, 7-0<\/li>\n<li>22 (NR) Salisbury, 58, 3-2<\/li>\n<li>23 (21) Middlebury, 52, 1-1<\/li>\n<li>24 (20) Trinity U, 49, 2-1<\/li>\n<li>25 (NR) Ithaca, 17, 6-1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Also Receiving Votes<\/strong>: RPI 2, Washington and Lee 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denison Jumps to No. 1 in CSCAA Division III Men\u2019s Poll It\u2019s a tale of two polls in the latest CSCAA Division III dual meet polls, released on Friday. 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