The defending NCAA champions occupy the top spot for both men and women in the first edition of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) dual meet rankings for the 2022-23 season.
The Cal men and Virginia women hold down the top spots, respectively, coming off their national championship victories last season.
Unlike SwimSwam’s Power Rankings, the CSCAA does not factor in how a team might fare in a championship meet format, exclusively looking at dual meet strength.
WOMEN’S RANKINGS
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
| 1 | NR | Virginia | 450 |
| 2 | NR | Stanford | 427 |
| 2 | NR | Texas | 406 |
| 4 | NR | NC State | 405 |
| 5 | NR | Ohio State | 372 |
| 6 | NR | Alabama | 342 |
| 7 | NR | Tennessee | 332 |
| 8 | NR | Southern California | 322 |
| 9 | NR | California | 321 |
| 10 | NR | Louisville | 308 |
| 11 | NR | Florida | 243 |
| 12 | NR | Kentucky | 235 |
| 13 | NR | Indiana | 233 |
| 14 | NR | Michigan | 229 |
| 15 | NR | Georgia | 212 |
| 16 | NR | Wisconsin | 201 |
| 17 | NR | North Carolina | 154 |
| 18 | NR | Northwestern | 140 |
| 19 | NR | Arkansas | 108 |
| 20 | NR | UCLA | 94 |
| 21 | NR | Auburn | 75 |
| 22 | NR | Texas A&M | 60 |
| 23 | NR | South Carolina | 47 |
| 24 | NR | Virginia Tech | 41 |
| 25 | NR | Minnesota | 31 |
Unsurprisingly, the Cavaliers were the unanimous #1 selection on the women’s side, receiving the maximum 450 points.
The Stanford Cardinal sit second, followed by Texas, NC State and Ohio State. Although these rankings aren’t looking at potential NCAA finish, it’s worth noting where there are differences compared to last year’s final standings.
OSU finished ninth at the 2022 NCAAs but is bumped up to fifth here, while Alabama, fourth at nationals, is back in sixth. Notably cracking the top 10 is USC, who sit eighth in dual meet rankings after placing 16th at NCAAs last season.
The Indiana women sit back in 13th, one spot back of Kentucky, despite beating the Wildcats head-to-head on Oct. 5.
Men’s Rankings
| Rank | Previous | Team | Points |
| 1 | NR | California | 444 |
| 2 | NR | Texas | 433 |
| 3 | NR | Florida | 412 |
| 4 | NR | NC State | 392 |
| 5 | NR | Arizona State | 379 |
| 6 | NR | Stanford | 348 |
| 7 | NR | Georgia | 339 |
| 8 | NR | Indiana | 331 |
| 9 | NR | Virginia | 291 |
| 10 | NR | Louisville | 286 |
| 11 | NR | Virginia Tech | 266 |
| 12 | NR | Ohio State | 247 |
| 13 | NR | Tennessee | 232 |
| 14 | NR | Texas A&M | 216 |
| 15 | NR | Alabama | 191 |
| 16 | NR | Michigan | 168 |
| 17 | NR | Southern California | 161 |
| 18 | NR | Missouri | 136 |
| 19 | NR | Auburn | 132 |
| 20 | NR | Wisconsin | 106 |
| 21 | NR | Florida State | 72 |
| 22 | NR | Texas Christian | 60 |
| 23 | NR | North Carolina | 42 |
| 24 | NR | Northwestern | 41 |
| 25 | NR | Minnesota | 40 |
The men’s vote wasn’t unanimous, though Cal picked up the vast majority of #1 selections, 16 of 18, for 444 points.The Texas Longhorns followed by 433 points, receiving a pair of first-place votes, while Florida and NC State mirrored their 2022 NCAA finish in third and fourth.
Arizona State sits fifth, with a noteworthy victory over seventh-ranked Georgia at the beginning of the month (although by just 10 points). The Sun Devils also dropped a decision to the Bulldogs in an off-distance dual.
Indiana, fifth at NCAAs last season, sits back in eighth, suggesting the Hoosiers fare better in a championship format rather than a dual meet.
The Committees
Each Division I committee includes representatives from each Power Five conference, along with seven at-large voters from mid-major programs. You can find the full lists below:
Women’s Poll Committee
- Ashley Dell, Illinois-Chicago
- Naya Higashijima, Southern Methodist (Chair)
- Andrew Hodgson, Northwestern
- Lars Jorgensen, Kentucky
- Jeana Kempe, Illinois
- Nathan Lavery, Drexel
- Chris Lindauer, Notre Dame
- Ben Loorz, UNLV
- Bret Lundgaard, Princeton
- Lea Maurer, Southern California
- Alice McCall, TCU
- Jaclyn Rosen, UCSB
- Jos Smith, Utah
- Milana Socha, Dartmouth
- Albert Subirats, Virginia Tech
- Roman Willets, Alabama
- SwimSwam
- Swimming World
Men’s Poll Committee
- Jim Bolster, Columbia
- Abby Brethauer, Princeton
- Jason Calanog, Texas A&M
- Jerry Champer, Georgia
- Alicia Hicken-Franklin, Denver
- Mike Joyce, Minnesota
- Jessica Livsey, Old Dominion
- Laura McGlaughlin, Villanova
- Trevor Maida, Wisconsin
- Samantha Pitter, Pittsburgh
- Bill Roberts, Navy (Chair)
- Dan Schemmel, Stanford
- Shari Skabelund, BYU
- Rachel Stratton-Mills, Arizona State
- Neal Studd, Florida State
- Dr. Rick West, West Virginia
- SwimSwam
- Swimming World
You can find the full CSCAA release here.
The Tennessee Lady Vols ranked 7th is fine for now. The Man VOLS at 13th seems low but we have the Fall and dual meet against NCSTATE to rectify.
Man VOLS going to get whooped by WPN.
MAN vols will dominate diving, medley, sprints and a few other events in order to shock the naysayers.
As usual, the Indiana men are heavily slept on and completely discounted on these ratings
Meh, Rocktober rankings aren’t the be all or end all. These Hoosiers are poised to be well recognized when it counts in March. They will be good this year.
My only question any time anything from the CSCAA comes out is why is Teri McKeever still listed on the board of directors?
I’d appreciate if swimswam would hound this on them. They don’t respond to questions from members about it.
Huske learns a relay start and Standord is T-1
Even with Weyant transferring and Wegner graduating, I think UVA actually has more depth this year. Yeager or Keating have the breast legs covered, Parker and Baron transfer in, and their freshman class is solid. Does SwimSwam have any update on Aimee Canny? I’m assuming shes coming in next semester?
Correct – she’s supposed to arrive spring semester.