By Madeline Folsom on SwimSwam
2026 Men’s Big Ten Championships
Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28 Location: Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI Defending champions: Indiana men (4x) Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Wisconsin SwimSwam Fan Guide Championship Central – Big Ten Championship Central – Wisconsin Live Results Live Video Recaps: Prelims: Day 2 Finals: Day 1For 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 in the A final, “Mid” to swimmers in the B final and “Down” to swimmers in the C final.
These projections do not include diving
Team Scores After Day 1:
Michigan – 116 Ohio State – 114 Indiana – 110 Wisconsin – 102 Northwestern – 100 USC – 98 Purdue – 96 Minnesota – 92 Penn State – 40We are two sessions down at the 2026 Big Ten Championships, and there are battles brewing all over the leaderboard.
The Day 2 prelims session saw the Indiana and Michigan men both pick up eight ‘A’ finals swims. Indiana earned more total swims, putting six men into ‘B’ final position and two into ‘C’ finals. They are looking at picking up 300 individual points before diving or relays, which is 25 more than the Michigan men. After the session is over, Indiana is projected to lead by almost 30 points over Michigan.
Ohio State and Wisconsin both earned 5 ‘A’ finalists and have a projected score separation of 7.5 points in the session before relays or diving. Ohio State is projected ahead of Wisconsin despite the fact that Wisconsin earned more finals swimmers because Ohio State swimmers are in better positions.
All 100 Fly 400 IM 200 Free 100 Breast Indiana 8/6/2 1/2/1 2/2/1 1/2/0 4/0/0 Michigan 8/3/3 3/0/0 2/1/1 2/1/1 1/1/1 Wisconsin 5/5/4 0/1/2 1/1/0 2/1/2 2/2/0 Ohio State 5/4/3 1/1/0 2/1/1 2/1/2 0/1/0 USC 2/4/3 1/0/1 0/0/1 1/2/1 0/2/0 Northwestern 2/2/9 1/0/4 1/1/1 0/1/0 0/0/4 Penn State 1/3/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/0 Minnesota 1/2/5 1/1/0 0/1/3 0/0/1 0/0/1 Purdue 0/4/2 0/1/0 0/1/0 0/0/1 0/2/1Projected Points Per Event
100 Fly 400 IM 200 Free 100 Breast Indiana 57.5 87.0 56.0 100.0 Michigan 77.0 74.0 69.5 54.5 Ohio State 43.0 70.0 81.5 15.0 Wisconsin 21.0 36.0 75.0 70.0 Northwestern 49.0 52.0 12.0 10.0 USC 29.0 3.0 57.0 34.0 Minnesota 40.5 26.0 9.0 5.0 Penn State 32.0 0.0 0.0 38.0 Purdue 13.0 14.0 2.0 35.5Projected Relay Points
Indiana 64 Ohio State 56 Michigan 54 Purdue 52 Northwestern 50 Wisconsin 48 USC 46 Minnesota 44Total Point Projections
Day 1 Total Day 2 Projected Total Projected Indiana 56 364.5 420.5 Michigan 64 329 393 Ohio State 50 265.5 315.5 Wisconsin 46 250 296 Northwestern 54 173 227 USC 48 169 217 Purdue 52 116.5 168.5 Minnesota 44 124.5 168.5Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Big Ten Championships: Day 2 Ups/Mids/Downs, Indiana Looking to Take Lead
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