Courtesy: CSCAA
March 2, 2022 – Richmond, VA – The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) released its final Division III Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll of the 2021-22 season today. The committee ranked the top 25 dual meet teams in the nation using all times achieved during the 2021-2022 season. This polls does not aim to predict the highest ranking teams in a championship format. Kenyon College is the top dual meet team on the men’s side. Kenyon and Emory University are tied at first in the women’s poll.
On the men’s side only three points separate the top three teams. Kenyon tallied five first-place votes and 287 total points, enough to move them into first. Emory (285 points) took three top votes and fell to second. Williams (284) received four first-place votes and climbed seven positions into third. Johns Hopkins and Denison earned 254 points each and tied for fourth. John Carroll (75), UW-Eau Clair (45), and Ithaca (15) made their way into the rankings this month at 20th, 22nd and 25th, respectively. In all, twenty-eight men’s teams received votes.
Kenyon and Emory women split the top votes and earned 294 points a piece, sharing first place in the final poll of the 2021-22 season. Tufts and Denison tied at third with 268 points each. Williams (252) jumped 5 spots to round out the top five on women’s side. Bowdoin (115) and Middlebury (28) entered the poll this month at 16th and 23rd, respectively. Thirty women’s teams received votes.
You can find a complete list of the rankings at: www.cscaa.org/top25
The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches and select media. The committee ranks the top 25 teams in the nation based on dual meet strength.
The men’s committee chair is Sean Tedesco (USMMA). Regional chairs include: Brad Bowser (Rowan, Northeast South), Paul Bennett (WPI, Northeast North), Brent Summers (Willamette, Midwest South) and Keith Crawford (Rose Hulman, Central).
The women’s committee chair is Jake Taber (Hope). Regional chairs include: Ben Delia (Franklin & Marshall, Northeast South), Brad Burnham (Bowdoin, Northeast North), Jon Duncan (Southwestern, Midwest South) and Justin Zook (St. Kates, Central).
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Men’s Regional Rankings
Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Calvin 5. Hope 6. John Carroll 7. UW-Eau Clair 8. Gustavus Adolphus 9. Case Western 10. UW-Stevens Point
Northeast-North: 1. Williams 2. MIT 3. New York University 4. Tufts 5. Amherst 6. Bates 7. Bowdoin 8. U.S. Coast Guard Academy 9. U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 10. Connecticut College
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. TCNJ 3. Rowan 4. SUNY-Geneseo 5. Swarthmore 6. Ithaca 7. Franklin & Marshal 8. RIT 9. Gettysburg 10. Rochester
West Midwest: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 4. Washington University (MO) 5. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 6. Trinity (TX) 7. California Lutheran 8. Birmingham Southern 9. California Institute of Technology 10. Washington & Lee
Women’s Regional Rankings
Central: 1. Kenyon 2. Denison 3. Chicago 4. Saint Catherine 5. Hope 6. Case Western 7. Calvin 8. Albion 9. Gustavus Adolphus 10. DePauw
Northeast-North: 1.Tufts 2. Williams 3.New York University 4. MIT 5. Bates 6. Amherst 7. Bowdoin 8. Wheaton College (MA) 9. Middlebury 10. Colby
Northeast-South: 1. Carnegie Mellon 2. Swarthmore 3. SUNY-Geneseo 4. Gettysburg 5. TCNJ 6. Franklin & Marshall 7. Ithaca 8. Ursinus 9. RIT 10. Rowan
West Midwest: 1. Emory 2. Johns Hopkins 3. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges 4. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 5. Washington University 6. Trinity University (TX) 7. UC-Santa Cruz 8. Washington & Lee 9. Mary Washington 10. Birmingham Southern
Men’s Poll Committee
Justin Anderson, Mary Washington; Erica Belcher, NYU; Paul Bennett, WPI; Brad Bowser, Rowan; Peter Casares, Bates; Jennifer Cournoyer, Norwich; Keith Crawford, Rose Hulman; Paul Dotterweich, SUNY Geneseo; David Dow, TCNJ; Rob Harrington, Wooster; Gwynn Harrison, Bridgewater; Sarah James, Southwestern; Michael Kroll, Buffalo State; Pat Smith, Westminster; Brent Summers, Willamette; Sean Tedesco, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; Jason Weber, Chicago; Seth Weidmann, Carthage; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.
Women’s Poll Committee
Greg Brown, Gettysburg; Brad Burnham, Bowdoin; Jay Daniels, Kalamazoo; Ben Delia, Franklin & Marshall; Jon Duncan, Southwestern; Paul Flinchbauch, Berry; John Geissinger, Hamilton; Katie McArdle, Dickinson; Chris Mhyre, Puget Sound; Shannon O’Brien, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Anne Ryder, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Meg Sisson French, MIT; Jake Taber, Hope; Mike Tubb, Susquehanna; Jason Weber, Chicago; Toby Wilcox, Birmingham Southern; Justin Zook, St. Kate’s; Braden Keith, SwimSwam; David Rieder, Swimming World.
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Not ranking Case Western on the men’s side is so criminal 🥱
Actually curious, what’s a Mens NESCAC Team’s highest place at NCAAs? @Braden Keith?
1st (Williams women)
They said men’s lol
But the real answer is Williams got 2nd in 1982.
I read poorly – you’re correct. 3d three years in a row in the 90s when they were crushing me
It’s great to see the love for all the NESCAC schools after two great championship meets.
I really want to fist fight whoever comes up with these rankings. These rankings are about as insightful as zodiac signs are on one’s dating profile. With all that being said, WE DO NOT CARE.
Get a new bit
Interesting that you literally only ever comment on d3 swimming posts, almost as if you particularly do care. I get that it’s a troll but it’s really dumb
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhocking!
Didn’t kenyon just get crushed in their conference meet?
On the men’s side, Denison 1978.5 to Kenyon 1973.5, so it came down to the final relay. Crazy how you define “crushed”….
On the women’s side Kenyon 1958 to Denison 1749.
Since you didn’t specify men/women, I would have to say on balance your comment fits into the “liar, liar, pants on fire” category…
This a dual meet poll and not based on championship meet scoring!