By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
The qualifying standards for the 2026 Division I NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships have been released, with a single standard for each event as part of the proposed championship changes that were approved on Friday.
Previously, the NCAA qualifying times included ‘A’ (automatic) and ‘B’ (provisional) cuts, but now, each individual event has one qualifying time. There are still “qualifying” and “provisional” cuts for relays.
According to the qualifying document, the standards are determined by using the three-year average of the 72nd-best time in an event unless the current standard is faster than the three-year average. The relay qualifying times are calculated using the average 16th-best time over the last three seasons, while the provisional relay standard uses the 24th-best time.
The new qualifying process includes a win and you’re in facet for conference champions, and then the rest of the qualifiers will be selected similar to how they have been previously.
2026 Women’s NCAA Division 1 Qualifying Times
Individual Events
Event Standard 50 Freestyle 22.28 100 Freestyle 48.60 200 Freestyle 1:45.53 500 Freestyle 4:43.70 1,650 Freestyle 16:25.29 100 Butterfly 52.52 200 Butterfly 1:57.11 100 Backstroke 52.65 200 Backstroke 1:54.80 100 Breaststroke 1:00.30 200 Breaststroke 2:11.27 200 Individual Medley 1:57.88 400 Individual Medley 4:13.20Relays
Event Qualifying Provisional 200 Freestyle Relay 1:28.26 1:28.78 400 Freestyle Relay 3:13.62 3:14.92 800 Freestyle Relay 7:00.86 7:05.18 200 Medley Relay 1:36.09 1:36.57 400 Medley Relay 3:30.89 3:32.51Diving
Event Points 1-Meter Diving 265* / 220** 3-Meter Diving 280* / 235** Platform Diving 225***Qualifying point total in any 6 dive list with standard DD
**Qualifying point total in any 5 dive list with standard DD
2026 Men’s NCAA Division 1 Qualifying Times
Individual Events
Event Standard 50 Freestyle 19.43 100 Freestyle 42.55 200 Freestyle 1:33.93 500 Freestyle 4:18.07 1,650 Freestyle 15:06.60 100 Butterfly 46.11 200 Butterfly 1:43.79 100 Backstroke 46.29 200 Backstroke 1:42.14 100 Breaststroke 52.58 200 Breaststroke 1:54.95 200 Individual Medley 1:44.13 400 Individual Medley 3:46.19Relays
Event Qualifying Provisional 200 Freestyle Relay 1:16.23 1:16.91 400 Freestyle Relay 2:49.36 2:50.42 800 Freestyle Relay 6:14.67 6:16.79 200 Medley Relay 1:23.61 1:23.85 400 Medley Relay 3:04.96 3:06.20Diving
Event Points 1-Meter Diving 300* 3-Meter Diving 320* Platform Diving 300**Qualifying point total in any 6 dive list with standard DD
COMPARING THE NEW STANDARD TO THE LAST TWO YEARS
The new sole time standards fall right in between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ cuts we’ve seen in previous years.
In the relays, most of the qualifying times got slightly faster, while the women’s 800 free relay and men’s 400 medley relay remain the same.
Women’s Individual Standards
2024 ‘A’ Standard 2024 ‘B’ Standard 2025 ‘A’ Standard 2025 ‘B’ Standard 2026 Standard 50 Freestyle 21.63 22.67 21.58 22.58 22.28 100 Freestyle 47.18 49.36 47.10 49.18 48.60 200 Freestyle 1:42.84 1:47.12 1:42.60 1:46.85 1:45.53 500 Freestyle 4:37.89 4:47.20 4:36.89 4:47.20 4:43.70 1,650 Freestyle 15:52.41 16:30.59 15:52.41 16:41.45 16:25.29 100 Butterfly 50.69 53.63 50.52 53.34 52.52 200 Butterfly 1:52.86 1:59.23 1:52.47 1:58.93 1:57.11 100 Backstroke 50.88 0:53.82 50.66 53.53 52.65 200 Backstroke 1:50.50 1:57.07 1:50.50 1:56.71 1:54.80 100 Breaststroke 58.02 1:01.46 58.01 1:01.22 1:00.30 200 Breaststroke 2:05.73 2:13.86 2:05.73 2:13.28 2:11.27 200 Individual Medley 1:53.66 1:59.56 1:53.66 1:59.35 1:57.88 400 Individual Medley 4:03.62 4:17.30 4:03.62 4:16.78 4:13.20Women’s Relay Standards
Event Qualifying 2024 Provisional 2024 Qualifying 2025 Provisional 2025 Qualifying 2026 Provisional 2026 200 Freestyle Relay 1:28.43 1:29.21 1:28.42 1:29.00 1:28.26 1:28.78 400 Freestyle Relay 3:14.10 3:16.25 3:13.74 3:15.28 3:13.62 3:14.92 800 Freestyle Relay 7:00.86 7:05.88 7:00.86 7:05.56 7:00.86 7:05.18 200 Medley Relay 1:36.24 1:37.00 1:36.24 1:36.76 1:36.09 1:36.57 400 Medley Relay 3:31.38 3:33.48 3:30.89 3:32.88 3:30.89 3:32.51Men’s Individual Standards
2024 ‘A’ Standard 2024 ‘B’ Standard 2025 ‘A’ Standard 2025 ‘B’ Standard 2026 Standard 50 Freestyle 18.82 19.79 18.72 19.69 19.43 100 Freestyle 41.50 43.46 0:41.34 0:43.25 42.55 200 Freestyle 1:31.74 1:35.79 1:31.21 1:35.35 1:33.93 500 Freestyle 4:10.74 4:21.99 4:10.64 4:21.28 4:18.07 1,650 Freestyle 14:37.31 15:25.12 14:37.31 15:21.20 15:06.60 100 Butterfly 44.64 47.08 44.51 46.80 46.11 200 Butterfly 1:40.16 1:45.89 1:40.05 1:45.34 1:43.79 100 Backstroke 44.71 47.47 44.48 47.16 46.29 200 Backstroke 1:39.13 1:44.60 1:38.80 1:44.03 1:42.14 100 Breaststroke 51.10 53.63 0:51.02 0:53.43 52.58 200 Breaststroke 1:51.09 1:57.44 1:50.65 1:56.96 1:54.95 200 Individual Medley 1:41.03 1:46.16 1:40.75 1:45.68 1:44.13 400 Individual Medley 3:38.90 3:50.68 3:38.37 3:49.53 3:46.19Men’s Relay Standards
Event Qualifying 2024 Provisional 2024 Qualifying 2025 Provisional 2025 Qualifying 2026 Provisional 2026 200 Freestyle Relay 1:16.80 1:17.38 1:16.51 1:17.13 1:16.23 1:16.91 400 Freestyle Relay 2:50.44 2:51.86 2:49.79 2:51.01 2:49.36 2:50.42 800 Freestyle Relay 6:16.02 6:18.94 6:15.80 6:18.42 6:14.67 6:16.79 200 Medley Relay 1:23.71 1:24.32 1:23.62 1:23.90 1:23.61 1:23.85 400 Medley Relay 3:04.96 3:06.84 3:04.96 3:06.37 3:04.96 3:06.20The 2026 Women’s NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving Championships will be held March 18-21 at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Center, and the men’s championships will be held the following week, March 25-28, at the same pool.
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