2025 ACC Championships: Cal Men Looking to Lock Up Team Title (Day 5 Ups/Mids/Downs)

2025 ACC Swimming and Diving Championships

• February 18-22, 2025
• Greensboro Aquatic Center — Greensboro, North Carolina
• Full Event Schedule (pre-scratch timeline)
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Streaming
• Day 1 Finals Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap |Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap | Day 4 Finals Recap
• Day 5 Prelims Recap |

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 eight finishers make the ‘A’ final, places nine through 16 in the ‘B’ final, and place 17 through 24 in 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.

Women’s Day 5 Ups/Mids/Downs

Team Scores After Day 4:

1. Virginia – 1040.5
2. Stanford – 852
3. Louisville – 682
4. California – 637
5. North Carolina – 544.5
6. NC State – 530
7. Florida State – 350
8. Pittsburgh – 348
9. Miami (Florida) – 338
10. Duke – 271
11. VA Tech – 241.5
12. Notre Dame – 207
13. Southern Methodist – 140.5
14. Georgia Tech – 111
15. Boston College – 79

The Virginia women are looking to extend their lead significantly on the last night of ACCs. They put 8 swimmers into the A finals, which was three more than any other team. If they hold onto the lead tonight, they will win their 6th straight conference championship.

Stanford, the newcomer, is solidly in 2nd place over Louisville who will be looking to hold off Cal for 3rd.

We haven’t accounted for diving, miles, or relays in our projected total, which could all have significant impacts on team totals, but likely won’t change the top two teams.

Women’s Projected Total + Current Team Score (Without Diving/Mile/Relays)

1. Virginia: 1319.0
2. Stanford: 959.0
3. Louisville: 817.0
4. California: 751.5
5. NC State: 697.0
6. UNC: 602.0
7. Florida St: 385.5
8. PITT: 373.0
9. Miami: 351.0
10. Duke: 332.5
11. VA Tech: 314.0
12. ND: 212.0
13. SMU: 141.5
14. GT: 124.0
15. BC: 79.0

Men’s Ups/Mids/Downs

Team Scores After Day 4

1. California – 885.5
2. Stanford – 822
3. North Carolina – 741
4. NC State – 676
5. Louisville – 647.5
6. Florida State – 516.5
7. VA Tech – 483
8. Virginia – 419
9. Pittsburgh – 382.5
10. Georgia Tech – 349
11. Southern Methodist – 323
12. Duke – 135
13. Boston College – 90
14. Miami (Florida) – 84
15. Notre Dame – 45

The men’s race has been far closer than the women’s races, with Cal and Stanford battling it out for the top spot. They finished day four with less than 60 points separating them. The Cal men were just ahead, and, based on their prelims performance, they have a good chance of staying there.

Reigning champions NC state have been sitting back in fourth, but they had a strong morning session, which could be enough to catapult them into third over in state rival North Carolina.

Same as the women, our projections do not include miles or relays, so there is some room to move around. There is no men’s diving event tonight, so that will not impact team totals. It is not likely, however, that Stanford will pick up a ton of points on Cal, particularly in the men’s miles.

Men’s Projected Total + Current Team Score (Without Mile/Relays)

1. California: 1151.5
2. Stanford: 972.5
3. NC State: 845.5
4. UNC: 818.0
5. Louisville: 760.5
6. Florida St: 578.5
7. VA Tech: 572.0
8. Virginia: 484.0
9. PITT: 424.5
10. SMU: 363.0
11. GT: 361.0
12. Duke: 135.0
13. BC: 90.0
14. Miami: 84.0
15. ND: 45.0