By Mark Wild on SwimSwam
2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships
Dates: Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28 Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA Defending Champions: Texas (1x) SwimSwam Preview Index Psych Sheets Preview Index Live Stream Live Results Live Recaps Prelims: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best during prelims. In prelims at the NCAA Championships, swimmers qualify for just one finals: the top eight finishers make the Championship/’A’ final (Ups), and places nine through 16 are used to make the Consolation/‘B’ final (Downs), but now those results are scored from prelims. However, for the purposes of this article we will still refer to them as a down.
With that in mind, we track “Ups” and “Downs” after each prelims session as a way to follow the team race.
Team Scores Thru Day 2
Texas – 215.5 Florida – 205 Arizona St – 133.5 Indiana – 132.5 California – 124 NC State – 122 Michigan – 115 Tennessee – 107 Virginia – 88 Stanford – 83 Ohio St – 63 Louisville – 53 Kentucky – 51 Virginia Tech – 31 Auburn – 30 LSU/Southern California – 29 Princeton – 25 SMU – 24 Miami (FL) – 22 Wisconsin – 19 Georgia – 17.5 Pittsburgh – 17 UNC – 14 Northwestern – 13 Delaware/Utah – 12 Georgia Tech – 11 Yale – 10 Harvard – 9 Alabama – 8 Florida St/Purdue – 7 IU Indianapolis – 6 Penn St – 5 Army/Texas A&M – 4 Arizona – 2Ups and Downs
All 100 Back 200 Breast 500 Free 50 Free 400 Medley Relay (presumptive of A-final all faster than this morning) Indiana 6/4 1/2 2/2 2/0 0/0 1/0 ASU 5/2 1/0 0/0 0/0 3/2 1/0 Florida 5/2 0/0 0/0 3/1 1/1 1/0 Texas 5/1 2/0 1/1 1/0 0/0 1/0 Georgia 3/1 1/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/0 NC State 2/5 1/1 0/1 0/1 1/1 0/1 California 2/5 0/1 1/0 0/2 0/2 1/0 Tennessee 2/4 0/1 1/0 0/1 1/1 0/1 Virginia Tech 2/2 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/0 0/1 Michigan 2/1 0/1 1/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 Louisville 1/2 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/0 0/1 Alabama 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/0 0/1 0/0 FSU 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0 Notre Dame 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Army 1/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 UNC 1/0 0/0 1/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Northwestern 0/2 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 Stanford 0/2 0/0 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 Texas A&M 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 Kentucky 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Yale 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 Pittsburgh 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 Virginia 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 Auburn 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 USC 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1Indiana had a day this morning, advancing five individual swimmers into finals and scoring four this morning in the 9th-16th places. They did a lot of damage, where they were expected with two swimmers in the A-final of the 200 breaststroke and two placed 9th-16th. Four scoring in the event is not that unexpected, as they were seeded to have three score, but what is remarkable is the fact that all four of their scorers this year were not in the top 16 last year, a fact made more interesting as Indiana had three finalists last year, all of whom are no longer on the team, having graduated.
ASU, Florida and Texas all advanced four individual into finals tonight, and each will have a relay in the final heat of the 400 Medley. Florida and Texas each stumbled a little, with the Gators expected to have an A-finalist in the 100 back, and Texas expected to have four scorers in the 200 breast, but instead have two.
California advanced just one swimmer into the A-final, Yamato Okadome in the 200 breast, but had five swimmers in the 9-16 range.
Projected Scores after tonight (not including diving)
School Scores Through Day 2 Scores from Day 2’s 9-16th 100 Back 200 Breast 500 Free 50 Free 400 Medley Relay* Projected Scores Texas 215.5 216.5 (34) (17) (20) (34) 321.5 Florida 205 214 (44) (17) (32) 307 Indiana 132.5 155.5 (16) (24) (29) (28) 252.5 Arizona St 133.5 146 (13) (45) (40) 244 California 124 142 (16) (26) 184 Tennessee 107 124 (14) (20) (18)* 176 NC State 122 141.5 (11) (13) (6)* 171.5 Michigan 115 117 (15) (30) 162 Virginia 88 88 (14)* 102 Stanford 83 95 95 Georgia 17.5 20.5 (17) (11) (24) 72.5 Louisville 53 56 (11) (2)* 69 Virginia Tech 31 33 (12) (12) (10)* 67 Ohio St 63 63 63 Kentucky 51 52 52 Auburn 30 30 (12)* 42 UNC 14 14 (20) 34 Southern California 29 29 (4)* 33 LSU 29 29 29 Florida St 7 7 (22) 29 Alabama 8 14 (14) 28 Northwestern 13 19 (8)* 27 Princeton 25 25 25 SMU 24 24 24 Miami (FL) 22 22 22 Wisconsin 19 19 19 Pittsburgh 17 19 19 Yale 10 17 17 Army 4 4 (12) 16 Notre Dame 0 0 (15) 15 Delaware 12 12 12 Utah 12 12 12 Georgia Tech 11 11 11 Harvard 9 9 9 Texas A&M 4 8 8 Purdue 7 7 7 IU Indianapolis 6 6 6 Penn St 5 5 5 Arizona 2 2 2* Schools that placed 9th- 16th this morning can not move down in their points, but can move up if a team in the final heat tonight either DQs or swims times equal to or slower than Texas’s time of 1:14.40 from this morning.
HUGE Disclaimer: Diving is going to play a big part in the leaderboard tonight
Based on swimming alone, the University of Texas is set to extend its lead over Florida, going from a 10-point differential to 14.5. While 4.5 points doesn’t seem like a lot, meets have been won and lost on a lot less, so Florida will be looking for their 500 swimmers (Ahmed Jaouadi, Ahmed Hafnaoui, and Gio Linscheer) to move up from their 2nd, 4th, and 7th seeding. Texas, on the other hand, needs top seeds Hubert Kos and Rex Maurer to defend their top billing as well as see Will Modglin improve upon his 5th place in the 100 back from this morning.
Indiana, with the most swims tonight, looks to leap from Arizona State to take 3rd place. The Hoosiers were back of the Sun Devils by just a lone point, but look to outscore them by 10.5 points. Much of Indiana’s points are blunted by the massive 45 points expected to be gained by ASU in the 50 free and the 40 points from the 400 medley relay, where they are the top seed.
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