S.R. Smith College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA)
NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving
DUAL MEET RANKINGS FOR 2005-2006 SEASON
(see www.CSCAA.org for pollster information)
Men's Top 25 Jan. Women's Top 25 Jan.
Results 12, Results 12,
Rank () indicates 1st place votes 2006 Rank () indicates 1st place votes 2006
1 Auburn 200 (8) 1 Georgia 200 (8)
2 Stanford 192 2 Auburn 192
3 California 178 3 Stanford 184
4 Michigan 175 4 Florida 174
5 Arizona 171 5 Arizona 170
6 Florida 159 6 California 158
7 Texas 157 7 UCLA 153
8 Minnesota 141 8 SMU 138
9 Southern California 139 9 Wisconsin 137
10 Indiana 124 10 Texas 134
11 Tennessee 121 11 Southern California 120
12 Georgia 115 12 Penn State 112
13 Florida State 102 13 Texas A&M 104
14 Virginia 94 14 Purdue 96
15 Purdue 88 15 Michigan 87
16 Northwestern 80 16 Tennessee 81
17 Kentucky 75 17 Florida State 71
18 Ohio State 56 18 Indiana 60
19 Notre Dame 45 19 Virginia 51
20 Alabama 43 20 Notre Dame 45
21 Penn State 38 21 North Carolina 37
22 Brigham Young 25 22 Hawaii 24
t-23 Arizona State 24 t-23 Washington 22
t-23 Pittsburgh 24 t-23 Harvard 22
25 Harvard 12 25 Rutgers 12
Teams Receiving Teams Receiving
Votes Votes
North Carolina 11 Kentucky 9
Southern Methodist 6 Virginia Tech 3
South Carolina 3 Minnesota 2
Missouri 2 UC Santa Barbara 1
Missouri 1
For more information, contact Mickey Wender at mwender@u.washington.edu or 206-685-1536.
2005-2006 S.R. Smith CSCAA Top 25 Pollsters
for Dual Meet Rankings
Last First Email Office Fax School/Conference
MEN
Bernardino Mark PMB6Z@virginia.edu 434-982-5755 434-982-5271 U.Va. / ACC
Dale Dennis dalex001@umn.edu 612-625-1883 612-624-4560 Minnesota / Big 10
Hoffer Brian hofferb@missouri.edu 573-882-4669 573-884-7577 Missouri / Big 12
Wender Mickey mwender@u.washington.edu 206-685-1536 206-685-1677 Washington / Pac-10
Johnson Tom tomj@uwyo.edu 307-766-6265 307-766-2346 Wyoming / Mt.West / WAC
Schrader Brian schrader@sports.uga.edu 706-542-7953 706-542-2566 Georgia / SEC
Welsh Tim timothy.f.welsh.1@nd.edu 574-631-7042 574-631-3650 Notre Dame / IVY & Wild Card
Knoles Chuck cknoles@pitt.edu 412-648-8342 412-648-1264 Pitt / Big East & Wild Card
Wender will serve as moderator Voting member
WOMEN
Skinner Ned nskinner@vt.edu 540-231-5086 540-231-3612 Virginia Tech / ACC
Novitsky novitsky@uiuc.edu 217-333-7670 217-333-4853 Illinois / Big 10
Sue
Bultman Steve sbultman@athletics.tamu.edu 979-862-4058 979-862-1036 Texas A&M / Big 12
Liebowitz Larry larry.liebowitz@oregonstate.edu 541-7371075 UCLA / Pac-10
Humphries Harvey harveyh@sports.uga.edu 706-542-7953 706-542-2566 Georgia / SEC
Walker Lou lrwalker@syr.edu 315-443-4151 Big East & Wild Card
Huston Seth shuston@rice.edu 713-348-4710 713-348-6019 Rice / WAC & Ivy League
Hoffer Brian hofferb@missouri.edu 573-882-4669 573-884-7577 Missouri / Big West & Wild Car
Hoffer will serve as moderator Voting member
Call Dates Targeted Posting Dates for Web Site Posting
Women- 11am-EST/Men 12noon EST
Oct. 18, Tuesday (Best Guess- Dual Meet Strength) Oct. 20, Thursday
Nov. 1, Tuesday Nov. 3, Thursday
Nov. 15, Tuesday Nov. 17, Thursday
Nov. 29, Tuesday Dec. 1, Thursday
Dec. 13, Tuesday Dec. 15, Thursday
Jan. 10, Tuesday Jan. 12, Thursday
Jan. 24, Tuesday Jan. 26, Thursday
Feb. 6, MONDAY Feb. 9, Thursday
Feb. 20, MONDAY Feb. 23, Thursday
March 6, MONDAY (Finalize Dual Meet Poll) March 10, Thursday (DUAL MEET CHAMP CROWNED)
S.R. Smith CSCAA College Swimming & Diving Division I Coaches’ Poll
Auburn Men, Georgia Women Remain on Top to Begin 2006
-For Immediate Release-
from the CSCAA (College Swim Coaches Association)
Thursday 12 January 2006
Coming out of the holiday training period, teams are just starting to gear up the second half of the dual meet
season. Very little has changed in the women‟s rankings this week, as the Georgia Lady Bulldogs continue to
be the unanimous #1 team. In fact the top 17 teams remain unchanged other than UCLA edging out of a tie
with SMU and into the #7 spot all on their own. The only significant movement was Hawaii dropping from 18th
to 22nd after the departure of Australian sprint sensation Melanie Schlanger.
The top twelve spots on the men‟s poll remain unchanged with Auburn still reigning as king. Florida State
leaped over ACC rival Virginia for the 13th spot, and Ohio State moved up a couple spots to fall in at #18. Two
new teams moved into the poll this week. Arizona State, with their strong showing against #15 Purdue, and
Pittsburgh, after defeating Big East rival West Virginia, debut tied for 23rd in the nation. The next two weeks
are loaded with great dual meets across the country and should stimulate some great debate for the next poll.
The CSCAA Dual Meet Poll is an indication of a team‟s ability to win dual meets during the season and is not a
predictor of any team‟s end-of-the-season placement at the NCAA Championships—although for most of the
ranked teams there is a high correlation between their dual meet strength and the school‟s ability to score at the
championship meets in March. The human pollsters for the CSCAA Top 25 Poll volunteer many hours to
research and discuss actual “dual-meet” strength of teams and to represent their respective conferences and
regions. They take into account many subjective factors such as travel, location, variations in the scoring of
diving, whether „fast suits‟ were worn, etc. in addition to the objective criteria of top times and team depth. The
poll is designed to rank teams according to how they would perform head-to-head in dual meets on any given
day during the time period of that particular poll. It is designed to be fluid so that it can account for all of the
varying factors described above.
There will be ten (10) dual meet polls this year produced every two to three weeks throughout the college
swimming & diving season, which is one of the longest continuous seasons of any NCAA sponsored sport.
This season‟s NCAA Championships “March Mania”, college swimming‟s version of “March Madness”, will
take place March 16-17-18, 2006 at the University of Georgia for the women. The men‟s championships will
take place the following week, March 23-24-25, 2006 at Georgia Tech University. The College Swimming
Coaches‟ Association of America (CSCAA) has sponsored the dual meet poll for over twenty years. The
CSCAA Dual Meet Champions will be crowned at the conclusion of the dual meet season in early March, 2006.
For additional information, contact Mickey Wender, mwender@u.washington.edu, 206-685-1536
Pollsters‟ names and contact information are listed above.