By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
As in previous years, SwimSwam’s Power Rankings are somewhere between dual meet rankings and a pure prediction of NCAA finish order. SwimSwam’s rankings take into account how a team looks at the moment, while keeping the end of the season in mind through things like a team’s previous trajectory and NCAA scoring potential. These rankings are by nature subjective, and a jumping-off point for discussion. If you disagree with any team’s ranking, feel free to make your case in our comments section.
James Sutherland, Braden Keith, Anya Pelshaw, Terin Frodyama, and Robert Gibbs contributed to this report.
The women’s power-rankings see the same top two teams as the pre-season rankings, but there was a lot of shifting behind those top two teams. The College Swimming League has been huge in helping us see what each team is capable of.
There have been some big swims through the first half of the season, and there are a lot more to come.
Honorable Mentions: UCLA, Akron, Notre Dame
#25: Miami (FL) -2 (Previous Rank: 23)
Ashlyn Massey and freshman Taylor Johannsen have been key players for the Hurricanes this season, but they will still be relying heavily on diving for NCAA points in March. — M.F.
#24: South Carolina — (Previous Rank: 24)
The South Carolina women have been steadily improving over the last few years, and even though they lost some of their top swimmers, they picked up freshman Agatha Amaral, who has already been 2:10 in the 200 breaststroke this season. — M.F.
#23: Purdue +2 (Previous Rank: 25)
The Boilermakers have a few strong athletes, but are heavily reliant on diving when looking at NCAA finishes, particularly from junior Avery Worobel, who has a host of wins under her belt already this year. Freshman Lancy Chen has been strong as well, already breaking the team’s freshman record in the 100 breast. — M.F.
#22: Nebraska — (Previous Rank: 22)
The Cornhusker women continue to hang around our top 25, having earned a convincing win over Iowa State earlier this month. Dominika Borkowska has been a big bright spot in her first season in Lincoln; leading the team in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes. — T.F.
#21: Kansas -2 (Previous Rank: 19)
Kansas has not competed in a ton of meets this season, but Gabi Dyer has swum well for the women, while diver Shiyun Lai has yet to lose a diving competition this season. — M.F.
#20: Auburn +1 (Previous Rank: 21)
The Auburn Tigers have been really strong this season and Zetta Grace Bartee has been phenomenal in her NCAA opening. They crushed the GT Dual Meet Tournament and the Tigers could be a team to watch this season. — M.F.
#19: North Carolina -2 (Previous Rank: 17)
I can’t figure out why my colleagues are so off the UNC train. Sophia Frei had a big meet against Duke, going 51.78 in the 100 back and 1:53.09 in the 200 back, and they’ve got the pieces to make some good relays. I think UNC is still a top 20 caliber team. — B.K.
#18: LSU +2 (Previous Rank: 20)
LSU has done really well in their first few dual meets of the season and Martina Bukvic has already been 58 in the 100 breast and 2:08 in the 200 breast, which are both well within NCAA scoring range after the team graduated their only scorer from last season Sofia Sartori. — M.F.
#17: Minnesota -3 (Previous Rank: 14)
Last night, Minnesota put distance freestyler Katie McCarthy on the USA SC World Championships team in the women’s 1500 freestyle, which might hurt their midseason performance, but could offer the program a big morale boost in training over the next few months. — M.F.
#16: USC -1 (Previous Rank: 15)
Minna Abraham battled injury at the end of last season, missing Big Tens. She opened the season strong already which is a good sign. — A.P.
#15: Arkansas +3 (Previous Rank: 18)
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a British sprinter is thriving in Fayetteville. Harriet Rogers went 23.3 in a flat-start 50 fly against Rice over the weekend. If that’s a sign of things to come, she’s in for a big year. — B.K.
#14: Alabama +2 (Previous Rank: 16)
The Bama women are catching fire early this season. At the CSL meet last week, Cadence Vincent broke the school record in the 50 free and Gaby Van Brunt broke the school record in the 200 fly. It really feels like this program has caught a wave early in the season, which should lead to really high quality winter training and a breakthrough in the spring. — B.K.
#13: Wisconsin -1 (Previous Rank: 12)
The Wisconsin women have swum just one meet this year, and Maggie Wanezek swam times that would typically be huge for October, currently ranking 4th in the 100 back and 10th in the 200 back. It is hard to gauge where the rest of the team is with only one meet under their belt. — M.F.
#12: Ohio State -1 (Previous Rank: 11)
An early CSL elimination hurts Ohio State’s ranking a little, but KK LeBlanc and Rachel Bockrath have been really strong so far, as has Maria Ramos Najji. — M.F.
#11: Georgia +2 (Previous Rank: 13)
Kennedi Dobson is fulfilling the prophecy that was foretold when the top middle-distance recruit joined one of history’s top middle-distance programs. An SEC Record in October is tough. Maya Schweikert’s 1:51.85 in the 200 back is pretty impressive too. — B.K.
#10: Florida -1 (Previous Rank: 9)
Florida is hurting and they currently don’t have any of the major scoring threats they need to break into the top-10. JoJo Ramey won the 200 backstroke against Virginia, which is a good sign for her development this year, but they need more. — M.F.
#9: Stanford -1 (Previous Rank: 8)
The Cardinal are still a well-rounded team, but it looks like Caroline Bricker is their only star-caliber individual performer right now. Hard to finish in the top 5 without multiple stars. — B.K.
#8: Louisville +2 (Previous Rank: 10)
Anastasia Gorbenko has already been on fire this year. Can the 100 IM just be an NCAA championship event please? — A.P.
#7: Michigan -1 (Previous Rank: 6)
Bella Sims and Hannah Bellard were both great in the first two CSL matches and they are looking to be big for the Wolverines this season. — M.F.
#6: NC State +1 (Previous Rank: 7)
The NC State Wolfpack showed out in a massive way at the 5th CSL match, earning a decisive victory over Indiana, Cal, and Stanford after some big performances from Eneli Jefimova, Leah Shackley, and Erika Pelaez. — M.F.
#5: Indiana — (Previous Rank: 5)
Liberty Clark and Alex Shackell are just two of an Indiana women’s roster that has huge point scoring potential, and the way freshman Elizabeth Eichbrecht is developing and dropping huge swaths of time is reminiscent of Clark’s early season last year. — M.F.
#4: Cal -1 (Previous Rank: 3)
Rylee Erisman is living up to the hype tenfold, and Camille Henveaux has stepped up in a big way in the absence of Claire Weinstein, and the CSL has been a solid showing for the Cal women. — T.F.
#3: Tennessee +1 (Previous Rank: 4)
We’ve seen a lot of Tennessee so far and it’s hard to know where Texas is at given that they are not in the CSL. Charlotte Crush and Camille Spink are already on a roll this season. — A.P.
#2: Texas — (Previous Rank: 2)
As Anya stated above, we haven’t had the opportunity to see a lot of Texas race this year. They have only swum one meet, a SCM competition against Indiana and Northwestern at the beginning of October, and they swept it. The Texas Swimming Invite will be big in determining how the Longhorn women will fare against the rest of the NCAA this season. — M.F.
#1: Virginia — (Previous Rank: 1)
In case anybody was wondering… yes, Virginia is THAT GOOD, they are getting support from every aspect of their squad right now, and with the CSL final coming up, it would be a huge upset if any other team besides the Cavaliers were able to take them down. — T.F.
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