By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
2026 SEC Championships
Dates: Monday, February 16–Saturday, February 21 Location: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN Defending Champions: Texas (1x) Live Results Live Video: SEC Network+ Psych Sheet (UPDATED) Schedule of Events Championship Central Teams: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt (women only), Arkansas (women only) Live Recaps Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Finals: Day 1 Distance | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3Day four prelims of the SEC Championships saw the Florida Gators have their strongest prelims session of the meet as the women are now projected to jump Tennessee in the overall rankings and the men significantly closed the gap with Texas.
For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best at prelims. In prelims, swimmers qualify for one of three finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B final and places 17 through 24 the C final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups,” “Mids” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Mid” to B finalists, and “Down” to C finalists.
Scores After Day Three
Women Men Texas — 718 Tennessee — 647 Florida — 563.5 Auburn/South Carolina — 431.5 — Alabama — 401 LSU — 358.5 Georgia — 342 Texas A&M — 325 Missouri — 278 Kentucky — 197 Arkansas — 185 Vanderbilt — 86 Texas — 813.5 Florida — 703 Tennessee – 585.5 Georgia — 496 Auburn — 462 Kentucky –371 LSU — 356 Alabama — 313.5 Missouri — 279 Texas A&M — 234.5 South Carolina — 204Women’s Ups/Mids/Downs
The Texas women are in a good spot after day four, and they earned the most ‘A’ finals swims of the meet with seven. That number is slightly deceiving, however, as they picked up one ‘A’ finalist in the 200 breast and 50 free, but they put five swimmers in the 500 free ‘A’ final.
Jillian Cox is seeded 4th (4:38.49), Nikolett Padar is seeded 5th (4:39.03), Lillie Nesty is 6th (4:39.39), Kate Hurst is 7th (4:40.21), and Erin Gemmell rounded out the final in 8th (4:40.87).
The Florida women also had a strong prelims session, picking up five ‘A’ finalists with four in the 200 breast and one in the 500 free. They are projected to score 205.5 points, which is 100 more points than Tennessee’s projected total of 101. This difference has them finishing the day in 2nd place by just one point over the Volunteers.
Auburn and South Carolina are sitting tied for 4th coming into the session and neither team pulled far ahead during prelims and Auburn is projected to finish the day just three points ahead of South Carolina.
All 200 Breast 50 Free 500 Free Texas 7/2/3 1/0/1 1/2/1 5/0/1 Florida 5/4/2 4/2/1 0/1/0 1/1/1 LSU 4/1/1 2/0/0 2/0/0 0/1/1 Tennessee 3/1/3 0/0/2 2/1/1 1/0/0 UGA 2/3/3 0/1/1 1/0/0 1/2/2 Alabama 1/3/1 0/0/0 1/2/1 0/1/0 Texas A&M 1/2/1 1/2/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 Auburn 1/1/6 0/1/2 1/0/3 0/0/1 South Carolina 0/5/1 0/1/1 0/1/0 0/3/0 Missouri 0/1/1 0/1/0 0/0/1 0/0/0 UARK 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/1/0 0/0/0 UK 0/0/2 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/2Women’s Projected Points Per Event
Women 200 Breast 50 Free 500 Free Texas 30.0 62.5 123.0 Florida 144.0 16.5 45.0 UGA 29.0 23.0 71.0 LSU 45.0 49.0 26.0 Tennessee 4.0 70.0 27.0 South Carolina 20.5 15.0 44.0 Alabama 0 60.0 14.0 Auburn 21.5 37.0 4.0 Texas A&M 52.0 6.0 0.0 Missouri 16.0 9.0 0.0 UARK 0 14.0 0.0 UK 0 0 8.0Women’s Projected Relay Totals
Women Texas 64 Alabama 56 Tennessee 54 Auburn 52 LSU 50 Texas A&M 48 UGA 46 Arkansas 44 Missouri 40 Florida 34 South Carolina 32 Kentucky 30 Vanderbilt 28Women’s Projected Point Totals
Team Night Three Scores Night Four Projected Total Projected Texas 718 279.5 997.5 Florida 563.5 239.5 803 Tennessee 647 155 802 Auburn 431.5 114.5 546 South Carolina 431.5 111.5 543 Alabama 401 130 531 LSU 358.5 170 528.5 UGA 342 169 511 Texas A&M 325 106 431 Missouri 278 65 343 Arkansas 185 58 243 Kentucky 197 38 235 Vanderbilt 86 28 114Men’s Ups/Mids/Downs
Friday morning was huge for the Florida men, who picked up seven ‘A’ finalists with two in the 50 free (including top seed Josh Liendo), three in the 500 free (including top seed Ahmed Jaouadi), and two in the men’s platform.
The score projection shows them closing the gap slightly on Texas, with the Longhorn men looking at finishing the day just 50 points ahead after they qualified 5 swimmers for the ‘A’ final.
The Tennessee men are solidly in 3rd and Georgia and Auburn are battling for 4th overall. Currently Georgia leads, and after qualifying two swimmers to ‘A’ finals they are looking to maintain that position tonight, though Auburn is closing the gap.
All 200 Breast 50 Free 500 Free Platform Diving Florida 7/5/4 0/2/1 2/1/2 3/2/0 2/0/1 Tennessee 7/1/1 1/0/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 Texas 5/7/1 3/1/0 1/1/0 1/4/1 0/1/0 LSU 3/2/2 1/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/1/0 Texas A&M 3/1/2 1/0/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 1/1/1 Alabama 2/5/5 0/2/3 0/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/0 UGA 2/0/2 1/0/0 0/0/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 Auburn 1/3/7 1/0/1 0/2/1 0/0/2 0/1/3 South Carolina 1/3/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 Missouri 1/2/2 0/0/1 1/0/1 0/0/0 0/2/0 UK 0/3/6 0/0/2 0/2/0 0/1/2 0/0/2Men’s Projected Points Per Event
Men 200 Breast 50 Free 500 Free Platform Diving Florida 35.0 89.0 108.0 56.0 Texas 105.0 42.0 85.0 13.0 Tennessee 26.0 64.0 24.0 84.0 Alabama 35.5 19.0 51.0 39.0 LSU 35.0 30.0 7.0 48.0 Texas A&M 27.0 28.0 0.0 51.0 Auburn 29.5 25.0 8.0 21.0 UK 16.0 29.0 26.0 5.0 South Carolina 28.0 0.0 22.0 17.0 Missouri 3.0 30.0 0.0 28.0 UGA 22.0 6.0 31.0 0.0Men’s Projected Relay Totals
Men Florida 64 Missouri 56 LSU 54 UGA 52 Texas 50 Tennessee 48 Auburn 46 Texas A&M 44 Alabama 40 Kentucky 34 South Carolina 32Men’s Projected Point Totals
Men Night Three Scores Night Four Projected Total Projected Texas 813.5 295 1108.5 Florida 703 352 1055 Tennesee 585.5 246 831.5 Georiga 496 111 607 Auburn 462 129.5 591.5 LSU 356 174 530 Alabama 313.5 184.5 498 Kentucky 371 110 481 Missouri 279 117 396 Texas A&M 234.5 150 384.5 South Carolina 204 99 303Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 SEC Championships: Day Four Ups/Mids/Downs, Florida Men and Women Have Strong Prelims
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