BATON ROUGE — Both the men’s and women’s LSU swimming and diving team jumped up to No. 19 in the latest College Swim Coaches Association of America Poll released this week.
The LSU women’s squad (6-2) enjoyed the largest improvement in the poll by jumping five spots and received 113 votes. The LSU men’s squad (5-3) climbed up two spots with 112 votes. The leap in the latest poll comes after LSU’s impressive wins over highly ranked Notre Dame and Florida State, along with a strong showing at the Georgia Diving Invitational.
LSU is one of five Southeastern Conference teams in the polls, including Auburn who is the top-ranked team in the women’s poll. Along with LSU and Auburn, Florida, Georgia and Tennessee appear in both polls.
The rankings boost is just the latest recognition for an LSU squad that has been on the rise. Earlier this week, the LSU diving team had two members recognized by the SEC for their performances last weekend. Sophomore Rachel Ware was chosen as the SEC Female Diver of the Week and freshman Michael Neubacher was selected as the SEC Male Freshman of the Week.
The Tigers will compete in their final home meet Saturday when they face the Texas A&M Aggies at noon in the LSU Natatorium.
College Swim Coaches Association of America Poll
Women’s Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Auburn (10) 5-0 300 1
2 Georgia 9-0 278 2
3 Stanford 2-1 276 3
4 Texas A&M 6-1 275 6
5 Arizona 7-0 267 4
6 California 3-0 254 5
7 Florida 8-1 240 7
8 Minnesota 4-1 230 8
9 Tennessee 4-1 220 9
10 North Carolina 3-2 209 10
11 Penn State 6-0 199 11
12 Michigan 3-1 189 13
13 SMU 2-3 181 12
14 UCLA 5-1 165 14
14 Virginia 4-2 165 15
16 Texas 1-3 147 16
17 Arizona State 9-1 145 17
18 Wisconsin 6-1 114 19
19 LSU 6-2 113 23
20 Missouri 9-1 101 18
20 Southern California 3-2 101 21
22 Florida State 13-2 88 20
23 Virginia Tech 9-2 83 22
24 Washington 6-4 58 25
25 Arkansas 6-2 56 NR
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Indiana 49, Princeton 44, Kentucky 30, Northwestern 29, Ohio State 18, Brigham Young 9, Notre Dame 9
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS: Kentucky (24)
Men’s Rankings
Rank Team Record Points Previous
1 Texas (9) 6-0 270 1
2 Stanford 2-0 260 2
3 Arizona 5-0 249 3
4 Michigan 6-1 247 4
5 Florida 8-1 228 5
6 Auburn 2-2 222 8
7 Tennessee 6-0 219 6
8 Indiana 3-3 208 7
9 Minnesota 3-1 196 10
10 Georgia 3-2 190 9
11 California 2-0 184 11
12 Purdue 6-1 173 12
13 Ohio State 6-0 160 13
14 Virginia 5-2 152 14
15 North Carolina 2-2 146 15
16 Penn State 3-1 136 16
17 Northwestern 5-5 116 17
18 Texas A&M 2-3 115 18
19 LSU 5-3 112 22
20 Missouri 5-1 94 20
21 Southern California 2-2 93 19
22 SMU 4-1 80 24
23 Florida State 8-3 59 23
24 Notre Dame 3-4 46 21
t25 BYU 3-0 43 25
t25 Santa Barbara 4-1 43 25
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Arizona State 42, Louisville 27, Harvard 27, Wisconsin 17, Virginia Tech 14, Missouri State 6, Princeton 4, Hawaii 3, Clemson 3, Denver 1
DROPPED FROM RANKINGS: None
Men's Swimming & Diving Ranked No. 19 by Coaches