Men's Swimming & Diving moves up to No. 30 in latest CollegeSwimming.com power rankings
December 10, 2015
By Tim Glon
ADA – The Ohio Northern men's swimming and diving team moved up seven spots to No. 30 nationally in the latest CollegeSwimming.com power rankings on Wednesday.
The Polar Bears (3-1 overall, 2-0 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 625.21 points in the poll after being ranked No. 30, No. 23, No. 19 and No. 25 in earlier rankings this season.
Denison is ranked No. 1 with 756.59 points, Kenyon is ranked No. 2 with 752.07 points and Emory (Ga.) is ranked third with 741.69 points.
The Polar Bears have now been mentioned in a national poll in three of the past four seasons.
Northern will return to action on Jan. 6 against Penn State-Behrend on its winter training trip in Mesa, Ariz.
CollegeSwimming.com Poll
Dec. 9, 2015
| Rank | School |
Points |
| 1. | Denison | 756.59 |
| 2. | Kenyon | 752.07 |
| 3. | Emory (Ga.) | 741.69 |
| 4. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 736.90 |
| 5. | MIT | 725.90 |
| 6. | New York U. | 722.72 |
| 7. | Washington (Mo.) | 719.76 |
| 8. | New Jersey | 692.97 |
| 9. | Stevens (N.J.) | 689.31 |
| 10. | Calvin (Mich.) | 684.59 |
| 11. | Chicago (Ill.) | 683.93 |
| 12. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 675.55 |
| 13. | Rowan (N.J.) | 672.72 |
| 14. | Case Western Reserve | 671.83 |
| 15. | DePauw (Ind.) | 669.59 |
| 16. | Rose-Hulman (Ind.) | 666.83 |
| 17. | Wheaton (Ill.) | 666.10 |
| 18. | Kenne State (N.H.) | 665.38 |
| 19. | Wabash (Ind.) | 655.97 |
| 20. | Tufts (Conn.) | 655.83 |
| 21. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 653.93 |
| 22. | Worcester Tech (Mass.) | 649.59 |
| 23. | Gettysburg (Pa.) | 643.35 |
| 24. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 638.79 |
| 25. |
Carthage (Wis.) | 634.14 |
| 26. |
Westminster (Pa.) | 633.97 |
| 27. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 631.66 |
| 28. | Kalamazoo (Mich.) |
625.90 |
| 29. | Williams (Mass.) | 625.90 |
| 30. | Ohio Northern | 625.21 |
| 31. | Rochester (N.Y.) |
618.00 |
| 32. | Southwestern (Tex.) |
615.35 |
| 33. | Hartwick (N.Y.) | 614.86 |
| 34. | Rensselaer (N.Y.) |
613.41 |
| 35. | Geneseo State (N.Y.) | 611.97 |
| 36. | Washington & Lee (Va.) | 609.93 |
| 37. | Albion (Mich.) | 608.66 |
| 38. | Amherst (Mass.) | 608.10 |
| 39. | Hope (Mich.) | 605.03 |
| 40. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 603.10 |
| 41. | Coast Guard (Conn.) | 602.62 |
| 42. | Widener (Pa.) | 601.86 |
| 43. | Franklin (Ind.) | 601.83 |
| 44. | Wooster |
601.00 |
| 45. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 600.72 |
| 46. | Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
600.10 |
| 47. | Nazareth (Pa.) |
599.41 |
| 48. | Trinity (Tex.) | 597.28 |
| 49. | Washington (Md.) | 594.97 |
| 50. | Allegheny (Pa.) | 588.31 |