By Sam Blacker 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 | Day 4 Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4“Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”
With the final day wrapped up, Texas are the Men’s NCAA Swimming & Diving champions for the second year in a row, claiming the title by 29.5 points over a Florida squad who made the battle far closer than we expected, in no small part due to 58 points on the boards. Texas were +2 today, rebounding from being -37 yesterday, and kept the Gators at arm’s length.
Indiana stayed ahead of ASU for 3rd, with the Sun Devils finishing two places lower than their projection. With Indiana scoring only 4 points in diving, this was a victory for the Hoosiers made in the pool, as they were +27 today and finished 23 points ahead of ASU.
Tennessee kept hold of 5th, with Bennett Greene‘s 11 points on the Platform making the gap a little more comfortable over NC State, while California were indebted to Joshua Thai and his 13 diving points as they finished 11 points ahead of Michigan. Virginia had a huge day as they scored 82 points.
Final Standings
Texas — 445.5 Florida — 416 Indiana — 351 Arizona St — 328 Tennessee — 272 NC State — 258.5 California — 231 Michigan — 220 Virginia — 192 Stanford — 136 Virginia Tech — 86 Louisville — 82 Ohio State — 72 USC — 69 Georgia — 64.5 LSU — 61 Auburn — 55 Kentucky — 52 UNC — 50.5 Pittsburgh — 48 Miami (FL) — 46 Princeton — 45 SMU — 44 Alabama — 41 Florida St — 40 Northwestern — 39 Arizona — 35 Missouri — 32.5 Purdue — 32 Texas A&M — 28 Minnesota — 22 Wisconsin — 19 U.S. Military Academy — 17.5 Yale/Utah/Georgia Tech — 17 — — Notre Dame — 16 Delaware — 12 Harvard — 9 IU Indianapolis — 6 Penn State — 5Now that we have the overall picture out of the way, it is important to look at how all of the projected and actual scoring teams fared relative to their seeds. While small point margins might not appear to make a difference, it can be a huge factor in momentum as the meet continues.
You can see the scored psych sheet here, including an event-by-event breakdown.
Day 4 Scoring
School Projected Swimming Points Scored Diving Points Scored Difference vs seed Texas 103 105 0 +5 Indiana 66 93 4 +27 Arizona St 99.5 83 0 -16.5 NC State 87 83 0 -4 Virginia 63.5 82 0 +18.5 Florida 77 69 16 -8 Tennessee 51 62 11 +11 Michigan 64 57 0 -7 Arizona 24 33 0 +9 California 27 32 13 +5 Pittsburgh 18 29 0 +11 Stanford 37 22 19 -15 Princeton 21 20 0 -1 VA Tech 21 19 0 -2 LSU 32 17 15 -15 Minnesota 3 15 7 +12 Georgia 15 14 0 -1 Alabama 16 14 0 -2 Florida St 39 14 1 -25 UNC 20 12.5 9 -7.5 Auburn 0 11 0 +11 Louisville 5 10 0 +5 Northwestern 5 10 0 +5 Ohio St 11 9 0 -2 Missouri 0 6.5 6 +6.5 USC 3 5 12 +2 SMU 0 3 0 +3 Notre Dame 9 0 0 -9 Texas A&M 6 0 20 -6 Wisconsin 6 0 0 -6 UNC Wilmington 1 0 0 -1 Purdue 0 0 22 0Texas were the only team to crack 100 points today, scoring 105 to come in two above their projection. Scoring swims this morning from Cooper Lucas, Kyle Peck, Rex Maurer, and Garrett Gould were key to outperforming their seeded points.
Indiana were +27 as they put three in the 200 IM ‘A’ final and had Kai van Westering move from outside the top 16 to place 4th in the 200 back. Virginia were +18.5 for the day as they had Maximus Williamson (1st), Thomas Heilman (2nd) and David King (3rd) make individual podiums.
Auburn moved up from 0 points thanks to Abdalla Youssef making the 200 fly final, and Minnesota’s Jacob Johnson moved up from 14th to place 4th in the 200 fly. Pitt’s strong 400 free relay helped them to go +11 today.
On the flip side, ASU were -16.5 today against seed, as Adam Chaney moved from 4th to 28th in the 200 back, and Remi Fabiani missed the 100 free ‘A’ final in 9th. They did get maximum points in the 400 free relay, winning their fourth relay from five this week. Stanford were -15 with Gibson Holmes missing the 200 fly scoring after being ranked 8th. LSU missing the scoring in the 400 free relay and Jere Hribar moving down from the top seed in the 100 free saw them go -15.
The biggest faller though was FSU, who were DQed in the 400 free relay to see them go -25 for the day. Even without the DQ, they would have finished 17th and outside the points having been seeded for 22.
Total Meet Scoring
School Individual (Projected) Individual Relay (Projected) Relay Diving Total (Projected) Points Difference vs Seed Texas 303 258.5 147 161 26 450 445.5 -30.5 Florida 196.5 226 138 132 58 334.5 416 23.5 Indiana 181 229 119 118 4 300 351 47 Arizona St 159 146 182 182 0 341 328 -13 Tennessee 101.5 114 86 105 53 187.5 272 31.5 NC State 145.5 128.5 114 130 0 259.5 258.5 -1 California 105 110 112 108 13 217 231 1 Michigan 115 90 105 130 0 220 220 0 Virginia 67.5 108 44 84 0 111.5 192 80.5 Stanford 61 60 70 48 28 131 136 -23 VA Tech 33.5 42 40 44 0 73.5 86 12.5 Louisville 19 36 40 42 4 59 82 19 Ohio St 57 40 36 32 0 93 72 -21 USC 8 12 0 14 43 8 69 18 Georgia 41 56.5 52 8 0 93 64.5 -28.5 LSU 41 24 66 22 15 107 61 -61 Auburn 6 16 20 36 3 26 55 26 Kentucky 26 28 26 24 0 52 52 0 UNC 34 29.5 0 12 9 34 50.5 7.5 Pittsburgh 18 28 12 20 0 30 48 18 Miami (FL) 0 0 0 0 46 0 46 0 Princeton 29 29 14 16 0 43 45 2 SMU 0 23 6 4 17 6 44 21 Alabama 28 39 0 2 0 28 41 13 Florida St 50 17 74 22 1 124 40 -85 Northwestern 22 19 8 20 0 30 39 9 Arizona 27 21 2 12 2 29 35 4 Missouri 4.5 6.5 11 0 26 15.5 32.5 -9 Purdue 0 0 0 0 32 0 32 0 Texas A&M 6 4 0 4 20 6 28 2 Minnesota 3 15 0 0 7 3 22 12 Wisconsin 17 1 26 18 0 43 19 -24 U.S. Military Academy 27 17.5 0 0 0 27 17.5 -9.5 Yale 30 17 0 0 0 30 17 -13 Utah 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 GT 0 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 Notre Dame 12 12 0 0 4 12 16 0 Delaware 0 12 0 0 0 0 12 12 Harvard 16 9 0 0 0 16 9 -7 IU Indianapolis 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 6 Penn State 18 5 0 0 0 18 5 -13 Penn 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 -4 South Carolina 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 -2 UNC Wilmington 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1The biggest risers by far this week were Virginia, who went +80.5 thanks to an almost equal rise of +40.5 individually and +40 on relays. Indiana (+47) and Tennessee (+31) moved up thanks to exceeding their projections, with Tennessee’s 53 points on the boards the difference between finishing 5th and finishing 8th.
Cal needed Joshua Thai‘s 13 points on the Platform to finish above Michigan, as he outscored the entire swim team on day 4. Auburn were +26 for the meet to double their projections and finish 17th.
LSU had half their projection, losing big points on relays and due to Jere Hribar‘s DQ in the 50 free. Florida State were the biggest movers of anyone, either up or down, as they lost 85 points against their seed positions.
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