Queens Men and Drury Women Maintain Top Spots

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The results of the third Division II Poll are in. Queens University of Charlotte men and the Drury women have kept their number one spots.  Though the two programs continued to lead their respective polls, both saw their leads dwindle, thus setting up a showdown for the NCAA Division II Championships in March

In the men's poll, the defending NCAA Champion Royals maintained a seven-point lead over Drury.  Delta State and Lindenwood both made leaps into the top four, moving up nine and seven spots respectively.  Grand Valley dropped one to fifth while Indianapolis fell three to sixth.  Oklahoma Baptist, Northern Michigan, Cal Baptist and Colorado Mesa rounded out the top ten. 

In the women's poll Drury maintained a two point lead over Queens University of Charlotte.  Nova Southeastern moved up three spots to third.  Lindenwood made the biggest jump in the poll, leaping fifteen spots to number four.  Tampa rose five spots to number five.  Rounding out the top ten women's team were Indianapolis, West Chester, Northern Michigan and West Florida.

The CSCAA / TYR Top 25 aims to measure the top teams in head-to-head competition.  The rankings are voted on by CSCAA-member coaches.   This is the final Division II dual meet poll of the season.

Division II Men

Division II Women

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	1	Drury	148
2	2	Queens (NC)	146
3	6	Nova Southeastern	138
4	19	Lindenwood	132
5	10	Tampa	123
6	3	UC San Diego	120
7	4	Indianapolis	114
8	5	West Chester	106
9	7	Northern Michigan	99
10	9	West Florida	91
10	8	Fresno Pacific	88
12	10	Colorado Mesa	71
13	14	Cal Baptist	70
14	13	Wingate	64
14	12	Grand Valley	64
16	23	Delta State	57
17	18	Minnesota State	51
18	NR	Florida Southern	46
19	16	Carson-Newman	45
20	14	Truman State	44
21	21	Cal State East Bay	33
21	24	Wayne State	22
23	21	LIU Post	21
24	17	Oklahoma Baptist	16
25	20	Findlay	14

Also receiving votes:
Bloomsburg (13), Saint Cloud State (4), Mines (4), Azusa Pacific (3), Saint Leo (2), Concordia-Irvine (1)

Rank	Previous	Team	Points
1	1	Queens (NC)	175
2	2	Drury	168
3	12	Delta State	160
4	11	Lindenwood	153
5	4	Grand Valley	145
6	3	Indianapolis	140
7	7	Oklahoma Baptist	126
8	5	Northern Michigan	121
9	8	Cal Baptist	110
10	6	Colorado Mesa	104
10	15	Saint Leo	104
12	17	Nova Southeastern	99
13	19	Florida Southern	95
14	9	Wingate	85
15	10	Florida Tech	80
16	13	UC San Diego	64
17	25	Tampa	63
17	14	Carson-Newman	63
19	24	Missouri S&T	47
20	21	West Chester	43
21	16	Emmanuel	36
22	20	Truman State	28
23	18	McKendree	27
24	23	Limestone	17
25	22	Fresno Pacific	15

Also receiving votes:
Simon Fraser (6), Bridgeport (1)

Poll Committee

Kyle Berg, Rollins; Josh Christensen, Fresno Pacific; Justin Hastings, Colorado Mesa; Jason Hite, Indianapolis; John Long, Queens; Noah Moran, Tiffin; Chris Villa, Indiana (PA); Kyle Almoney, Millersville; Jeff Boss, Concordia Irvine; Liam Donnelly, Simon Fraser; Andrew Hancock, West Florida; James Kiner, Tampa; Jon MacColl, Sioux Falls; Paul Schiffel, Lenoir Rhyne

About TYR

Founded in Huntington Beach, CA by swimwear designer Joseph DiLorenzo (current owner) and 1972 Olympic Bronze Medalist Steve Furniss, TYR Sport was established in 1985 to provide the competitive swim market with vibrant, performance-driven prints. Since its inception three decades ago, TYR has grown to exist as one of the world’s most recognizable swimming and triathlon brands.

About the CSCAA

Founded in 1922, the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) – the oldest organization of college coaches in America -is a professional organization of college swimming and diving coaches dedicated to serving and providing leadership for the advancement of the sport of swimming & diving at the collegiate level.