Editor’s Note: SwimSwam is not on the voting panel for the CSCAA Dual Meet Rankings, but the rankings are posted as a courtesy to the CSCAA. See our most recent women’s Power Rankings here and men’s Power Rankings here.
Continuing the trend we saw with the Division I and Division II polls, the first CSCAA Division III polls of the 2019-2020 keeps the respective defending champions, the Emory women and the Denison men, ranked #1 as the season gets underway.
Women’s Poll
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NR | Emory | 344 |
| 2 | NR | Denison | 339 |
| 3 | NR | Kenyon | 324 |
| 4 | NR | Williams | 286 |
| 5 | NR | NYU | 271 |
| 6 | NR | Johns Hopkins | 256 |
| 7 | NR | Chicago | 248 |
| 8 | NR | Tufts | 232 |
| 9 | NR | MIT | 220 |
| 10 | NR | WashU | 200 |
| 11 | NR | Saint Kate’s | 184 |
| 12 | NR | Amherst | 180 |
| 13 | NR | Pomona-Pitzer | 173 |
| 14 | NR | SUNY Geneseo | 156 |
| 15 | NR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 138 |
| 16 | NR | Bates | 119 |
| 17 | NR | Carnegie Mellon | 116 |
| 18 | NR | Calvin | 116 |
| 19 | NR | Washington & Lee | 108 |
| 20 | NR | Ursinus | 65 |
| 21 | NR | Franklin | 61 |
| 22 | NR | Bowdoin | 53 |
| 23 | NR | Trinity (TX) | 44 |
| 24 | NR | Rowan | 44 |
| 25 | NR | Allegheny | 16 |
Also Receiving Votes: Wesleyan (9), Rhodes (7), RIT (4), Trinity (CT (3), Saint Thomas (2), Saint Olaf (1)
Men’s Poll
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NR | Denison | 325 |
| 2 | NR | Kenyon | 308 |
| 3 | NR | Emory | 303 |
| 4 | NR | Johns Hopkins | 282 |
| 5 | NR | WashU | 269 |
| 6 | NR | Chicago | 251 |
| 7 | NR | MIT | 245 |
| 8 | NR | Carnegie Mellon | 222 |
| 9 | NR | Pomona-Pitzer | 208 |
| 10 | NR | Williams | 206 |
| 11 | NR | Tufts | 205 |
| 12 | NR | Coast Guard | 184 |
| 13 | NR | Amherst | 162 |
| 14 | NR | Swarthmore | 143 |
| 15 | NR | Calvin | 140 |
| 16 | NR | NYU | 138 |
| 17 | NR | John Carroll | 118 |
| 18 | NR | Rowan | 117 |
| 19 | NR | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 86 |
| 20 | NR | Albion | 78 |
| 21 | NR | Merchant Marine | 72 |
| 22 | NR | TCNJ | 61 |
| 23 | NR | Carthage | 48 |
| 24 | NR | Birmingham Southern | 19 |
| 25 | NR | SUNY Geneseo | 16 |
Also Receiving Votes:Saint Thomas (8), RPI (4), Bowdoin (3), Gustavus (2), Washington & Lee/ Bates (1)
Regional Rankings
WOMEN:
CENTRAL: 1. Denison 2. Kenyon 3. Chicago 4. Saint Catherine 5. Calvin 6.Franklin 7.Saint Thomas 8. Saint Olaf 9. Albion 10. Carthage
NORTHEAST-NORTH: 1. Williams 2. New York University 3. Tufts 4. MIT 5. Amherst 6. Bates 7. Bowdoin 8. Wesleyan 9. Connecticut College 10. Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
WEST-MIDWEST-SOUTH: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Washington University (Mo) 4. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 6. Washington and Lee 7.Trinity University (TX) 8.Rhodes 9. Mary Washington 10.Birmingham Southern
NORTHEAST-SOUTH: 1.SUNY-Geneseo 2. Carnegie Mellon 3. Ursinus 4. Rowan 5. RIT 6. Gettysburg 7. Swarthmore 8. Ithaca 9. Rochester 10. Allegheny
MEN:
CENTRAL: 1. Denison 2. Kenyon 3. Chicago 4. Calvin 5. Joh Carroll 6. Albion 7. Carthage 8. Saint Thomas 9. Gustavus Adolphus 10. UW-Stevens Point
NORTHEAST-NORTH: 1. MIT 2. Williams 3. Tufts 4. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 5. Amherst 6. NYU 7. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 8. RPI 9. Bowdoin 10. Roger Williams
WEST-MIDWEST-SOUTH: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Washington University (Mo) 4. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 5. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 6. Birmingham Southern 7.Washington & Lee 8.Mary Washingtons 9. Trinity University (TX) 10. California Lutheran
NORTHEAST-SOUTH: 1.SUNY-Geneseo 2. Swarthmore 3. Rowan 4. TCNJ 5. SUNY-Geneseo 6. Stevens 7.Franklin & Marshall 8. Gettysburg 9.Ithaca 10.Grove City