No Change At Top of D2 Poll, Big Changes Down Ballot

The Queens University of Charlotte Men and Drury University Women remained atop the third CSCAA/TYR NCAA Division II and III Swimming & Diving Poll.  

Nova Southeastern's men and Queens (NC)'s women held their second-ranked positions respectively, but down ballot forty-one of the remaining forty-six teams moved up or down.  Rounding out the men's top five were Drury, Lindenwood and UC San Diego.  Nova Southeastern, Delta State and Lindenwood ranked 3-4-5 in the women's poll.

Among men's teams, Delta State and Drury were the biggest movers.  The Statesmen jumped up seven positions to #8 while the Panthers moved up five to #3.  On the women's side both Lindenwood and West Chester moved up five positions to #5 and #18 respectively. 

Rankings are compiled by CSCAA-member coaches to measure relative dual-meet strength.  The next poll will be released January 18, 2016.


Division II Women

Rank Prev Team Points
1 1 Drury 173
2 2 Queens (NC) 167
3 4 Nova Southeastern 159
4 8 Delta State 146
5 10 Lindenwood 143
6 6 UC San Diego 141
7 9 Wingate University 129
8 7 Grand Valley 123
9 5 Northern Michigan 111
10 3 West Florida 107
11 13 Fresno Pacific 105
12 14 Truman State 94
13 15 Cal Baptist 90
14 12 Simon Fraser 86
15   Tampa 71
16 11 Indianapolis 70
17 16 Saint Cloud State 62
18 23 West Chester 54
19   Carson-Newman 43
20   Bridgeport 37
21 22 Florida Southern 36
22   LIU Post 31
23 17 Colorado Mesa 27
24 21 Minnesota-Mankato 17
25 20 Wayne State 16

Also receiving votes:
Saint Leo 11, California State-East Bay 7, Colorados School of Mines 7, Saginaw Valley State 2, Minnesota-Moorhead 1, Indiana (PA) 1, Findlay 1
 

Division II Men

Rank Prev Team Points
1 1 Queens (NC) 225
2 2 Nova Southeastern 202
3 8 Drury 192
4 5 Lindenwood 187
5 3 UC San Diego 186
6 6 Simon Fraser 169
7 7 Grand Valley 164
8 15 Delta State 162
9 9 Florida Southern 154
10 4 Northern Michigan 153
11 10 Wingate University 142
12 12 Tampa 133
13 11 Indianapolis 109
14 14 Florida Tech 107
15 13 Cal Baptist 106
16   Bridgeport 90
17 18 West Chester 70
18 17 Missouri S&T 64
19 16 Saint Leo 63
20 21 Fresno Pacific 57
21 20 Bloomsburg 49
22 22 Carson-Newman 25
23 19 Colorado Mesa 24
24 25 Wayne State 23
25   Clarion 22

Also receiving votes: Lewis 13, Emmanuel 10, Saint Cloud State 8, Henderson State 5, Saginaw Valley State 3