The Indiana University men’s swimming and diving team is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the first College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA)/TYR Top 25 Swimming & Diving Poll released on Wednesday. The Hoosier women’s team is ranked in a tie for seventh in the country.
“It is an honor to be ranked No. 1,†IU head swimming coach Ray Looze said. “The last competition against Florida and Texas was extremely high-level against two of the very best teams in the country. We will do our very best to live up to this elite level status. I was very pleased to see our women move up to seventh after our quality win over Florida. In particular, our sprint relays were exceptional.”
The Hoosier men jumped five spots from the preseason poll after getting the 2017-18 season off to a tremendous start this past weekend, sweeping a two-day, double-dual meet with No. 2 Texas and No. 4 Florida in Gainesville, Fla.
The Longhorns are the three-time defending NCAA Champions, while Florida placed third last year at the NCAA’s for the second-straight year.
This marks the second-straight season that Indiana has moved to No.1 in the nation after sweeping Texas and Florida. Last year, Indiana went on to post an undefeated dual-meet record of 11-0. The Hoosier men have won 15-straight dual meets dating back to the 2015-16 season.
The IU women also started the year off well, sweeping No. 18 Florida in two meets, but falling to No. 3 Texas to move up three spots from the preseason rankings. For the meet, the two IU squads totaled 19 individual wins and an impressive seven relay victories.
ankings are compiled by CSCAA-member coaches and released on a bi-weekly basis. The next polls will be released Nov. 8.
The No. 1/7-ranked Indiana Hoosiers men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will be back in the pool on Friday, Oct. 27 when the team faces No. 15/12 Tennessee and No. –/15 Kentucky in a double-dual meet in Knoxville, Tenn.
