PITTSBURGH, PA, January 14. ALL things were a-jumble in Division I Men\u2019s Swimming and Diving this last month as ranked team after ranked team was upset changing almost every spot in the top 25– solidifying the Top 25 men\u2019s rankings as a work in flux, reported Pittsburgh Head Coach Chuck Knoles Thursday on behalf of the CSCAA. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, on the women\u2019s side of the sport, steady team performances seemed to be the norm and the Top 25 rankings showed few changes.<\/p>\n
The Cardinal Men from Stanford made an impressive flight from fifth-place ranking in the last poll to land the number one spot in this, the sixth dual meet poll of the season. For the women, the Georgia Bulldogs settled into their loft at #1 over the women\u2019s dual meet team poll with solid performances throughout December and the season so far.<\/p>\n
The seventh dual meet poll is scheduled for publication on Jan. 27, as teams begin their annual \u201crivalry\u201d competitions across the nation. Just as the Thanksgiving week in November in football brings out the big-time rivalries in football, so too Division I Swimming and Diving \u201cgets into it\u201d in late January and February just two months out from the NCAA Championships with the best of cross-state and in-state match-ups.<\/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 \u201cMarch Mania\u201d, college swimming\u2019s version of \u201cMarch Madness\u201d 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, Jan. 13, 2005<\/p>\n
\t\tRank\tMEN\u2019S DIV. IRANKING( )- indicates #1 votes\tJan. 13, 2005
\n1\tStanford\t200 (8)
\n2\tFlorida\t190
\n3\tAuburn\t184
\n4\tCalifornia\t170
\n5\tArizona\t164
\n6\tSouthern Cal\t163
\n7\tMinnesota\t156
\n8\tMichigan\t149
\n9\tTexas\t136
\n10\tVirginia\t127
\n11\tKentucky\t118
\n12\tGeorgia\t108
\n13\tIndiana\t105
\n14\tNorthwestern\t96
\n15\tTennessee\t90
\n16\tPurdue\t78
\n17\tWisconsin\t67
\n18\tTexas A&M\t60
\n19\tNorth Carolina\t53
\n20\tBYU\t48
\n21\tNotre Dame\t36
\n22\tHawaii\t34
\n23\tFlorida State\t25
\n24\tOhio State\t11
\n24\tAlabama\t11
\n\tOthers receiving votes
\n\tPrinceton\t10
\n\tArizona State\t9
\n\tHarvard\t2<\/p>\n
Rank\tWOMEN\u2019S DIV. IRANKING( )- indicates #1 votes\tJan. 13, 2005
\n1\tGeorgia\t175 (7*)
\n2\tAuburn\t168
\n3\tFlorida\t159
\n4\tArizona\t156
\n5\tTexas\t146
\n6\tSMU\t141
\n7\tCalifornia\t133
\n8\tStanford\t124
\n9\tWisconsin\t118
\n10\tTexas A&M\t115
\n11\tUCLA\t104
\n12\tMaryland\t96
\n13\tMichigan\t89
\n14\tPenn State\t83
\n15\tNorth Carolina\t74
\n15\tVirginia\t74
\n17\tArizona State\t64
\n18\tSouthern Cal\t56
\n19\tPurdue\t46
\n20\tHawai\u2019i\t45
\n21\tFlorida State\t28
\n21\tNotre Dame\t28
\n23\tNorthwestern\t20
\n24\tIndiana\t8
\n24\tWashington\t8
\n\tOthers receiving votes
\n\tMinnesota\t7
\n\tTennessee\t6
\nLast\tFirst\tEmail\tOffice\tFax\tSchool\/Conference<\/p>\n
MEN
\nBernardino\tMark\tPMB6Z@virginia.edu\t434-982-5755\t434-982-5271\tU.Va. \/ ACC
\nDale\tDennis\tdalex001@umn.edu\t612-625-1883\t612-624-4560\tMinnesota \/ Big 10
\nHoffer\tBrian\thofferb@missouri.edu\t573-882-4669\t573-884-7577\tMissouri \/ Big 12
\nWender\tMickey\tmwender@u.washington.edu\t206-685-1536\t206-685-1677\tWashington \/ Pac-10
\nJohnson\tTom\ttomj@uwyo.edu\t307-766-6265\t307-766-2346\tWyoming \/ Mt.West \/ WAC
\nSchrader\tBrian\tschrader@sports.uga.edu\t706-542-7953\t706-542-2566\tGeorgia \/ SEC
\nWelsh\tTim\ttimothy.f.welsh.1@nd.edu\t574-631-7042\t574-631-3650\tNotre Dame \/ IVY & Wild Card
\nKnoles\tChuck\tcknoles@pitt.edu\t412-648-8342\t412-648-1264\tPitt \/ Big East & Wild Card
\n\t\tKnoles will serve as moderator\tVoting member
\nWOMEN
\nOnken\tChad\tchad_onken@ncsu.edu\t919-513-2961\t919-513-7834\tNC State \/ ACC
\nNovitsky\tSue\tnovitsky@uiuc.edu\t217-333-7670\t217-333-4853\tIllinois \/ Big 10
\nBultman\tSteve\tsbultman@athletics.tamu.edu\t979-862-4058\t979-862-1036\tTexas A&M \/ Big 12
\nMeehan\tGreg\tgmeehan@athletics.ucla.edu\t310-206-6412\t310-825-9536\tUCLA \/ Pac-10
\nHumphries\tHarvey\tharveyh@sports.uga.edu\t706-542-7953\t706-542-2566\tGeorgia \/ SEC
\nWeathers \tBailey\tweathers.3@nd.edu\t574-631-8359\t574-631-3650\tNotre Dame \/ Big East & Wild Card
\nHuston\tSeth\tshuston@rice.edu\t713-348-4710\t713-348-6019\tRice \/ WAC & Ivy League
\nHoffer\tBrian\thofferb@missouri.edu\t573-882-4669\t573-884-7577\tMissouri \/ Big West & Wild Card
\n\t\tHoffer will serve as moderator.\tVoting member\t\t<\/p>\n
CSCAA Top 25 Pollsters
\nFor Dual Meet Rankings, 2004-2005 <\/p>\n
Call Dates\tTargeted Posting Dates for Web Site Posting
\nWomen- 11am-EST\/Men 12noon EST
\nOct. 19, Tuesday (Best Guess- Dual Meet Strength)\tOct. 21, Thursday \u2013 Published Oct. 22, 2004
\nNov. 2, Tuesday\t\tNov. 4, Thursday \u2013 Published Nov. 4, 2004
\nNov. 16, Tuesday\t\tNov. 18, Thursday
\nNov. 30, Tuesday\t\tDec. 2, Thursday
\nDec. 14, Tuesday\t\tDec. 16, Thursday
\nJan. 11, Tuesday\t\tJan. 13, Thursday
\nJan. 25, Tuesday\t\tJan. 27, Thursday
\nFeb. 7, MONDAY\t\tFeb. 10, Thursday
\nFeb. 21, MONDAY\t\tFeb. 24, Thursday
\nMarch 7, MONDAY (Finalize Dual Meet Poll)\t\tMarch 10, Thursday (DUAL MEET CHAMP CROWNED)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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