PITTSBURGH, PA, December 3. THERE was very little movement in the rankings of the Top 25 Dual Meet Teams in the country in the latest poll released by the College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA). <\/p>\n
The Wyoming men finally made it into the top 25 ranking after hanging just outside of the Top 25 for several weeks. On the women\u2019s side of things, the movement of the Top 25 teams was fairly stable with no newcomers to the list of top dual meet teams.<\/p>\n
As teams settle into the midst of their collegiate schedules, many teams will be attending the US Open this weekend in San Antonio, Texas or at a number of invitationals across the country, including the Texas Invitational in Austin where many teams are expected to rest to make time standards for the NCAA \u201cMarch Mania\u201d, college swimming\u2019s version of \u201cMarch Madness\u201d.<\/p>\n
The fifth dual meet poll is scheduled for publication on Dec. 14, just prior to teams taking a break from their classroom schedules for the Holidays. <\/p>\n
The CSCAA Dual Meet Poll is an indication of a team\u2019s ability to win dual meets during the season and is not a predictor of any team\u2019s end-of-the-season placement at the NCAA Championships- although for most of the ranked teams there is a high correlation between their dual meet strength and the school\u2019s ability to score at the Championship meets in March.<\/p>\n
There will be nine (9) dual meet polls this year produced every two to three weeks throughout the college swimming season, which is one of the NCAA\u2019s longest continuous seasons of any of the NCAA sponsored sports. The swimming season begins in September and ends in late March for most of the NCAA schools that sponsor the sport.<\/p>\n
This season\u2019s NCAA Championships will take place March 17-18-19, 2005 at Purdue University in Indiana for the women. The men\u2019s championship will take place the following week March 24-25-26, 2005 at the University of Minnesota. The College Swimming Coaches\u2019 Association (CSCAA) has sponsored the dual meet poll for 20 plus years now. The CSCAA dual meet Champions will be crowned at the conclusion of the dual meet season in early March, 2005<\/p>\n
College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA)
\nDivision I Swimming and Diving Team
\nDual Meet Rankings for the 2004-5 Season, Dec. 2, 2004<\/p>\n
Rank MEN\u2019S DIV. I
\nRANKING
\n( )- indicates #1 votes
\nDec.2, 2004<\/p>\n
1 Auburn 198 (7)
\n2 Southern Cal 192
\n3 Florida 186 (1)
\n4 Stanford 176
\n5 Arizona 166
\n6 California 158
\n7 Minnesota 156
\n8 Texas 143
\n9 Michigan 132
\n10 Virginia 130
\n11 Tennessee 118
\n12 Kentucky 115
\n13 Indiana 102
\n14 North Carolina 96
\n15 Northwestern 90
\n16 Georgia 77
\n17 Purdue 71
\n18 Hawai\u2019i 69
\n19 Texas A&M 53
\n20 Wisconsin 52
\n21 Notre Dame 28
\n22 BYU 25
\n23 Pittsburgh 21
\n24 Florida State 12
\n25 Alabama 8
\n25 Wyoming 8
\nOthers receiving votes 11
\nWashington 6
\nHarvard 2<\/p>\n
Rank WOMEN\u2019S DIV. I
\nRANKING
\n( )- indicates #1 votes
\nDec. 2, 2004<\/p>\n
1 Georgia 200 (8)
\n2 Auburn 192
\n3 Florida 184
\n4 Texas 171
\n5 Arizona 169
\n6 SMU 158
\n6 Stanford 158
\n8 California 140
\n8 Texas A&M 140
\n10 UCLA 123
\n11 Wisconsin 122
\n12 Maryland 114
\n13 Michigan 99
\n13 Virginia 99
\n15 North Carolina 86
\n16 Penn State 81
\n17 Southern Cal 72
\n18 Arizona State 63
\n19 Hawai\u2019i 57
\n20 Purdue 44
\n21 Notre Dame 33
\n22 Florida State 29
\n23 Indiana 22
\n24 Tennessee 19
\n25 Washington 9
\nOthers receiving votes
\nSouth Carolina 8
\nNorthwestern 1
\nVirginia Tech 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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