2025 ACC Championships: Stanford Men Put Up Numbers, But Cal In Front (Day 4 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

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.

Team Standings After Day 3

Women

1. Cal – 633.5
2. Stanford – 565
3. UNC – 517
4. NC State – 501
5. Louisville – 449.5
6. VA Tech – 331
7. UVA – 306
8. Florida State – 305.5
9. Pitt – 255.5
10. SMU – 239
11. Georgia Tech – 233
12. Duke – 105
13. Boston College – 62
14. Miami – 52
15. Notre Dame – 19

Ups/Mids/Downs — Women

After Stanford led the projected scoring on day three, the Virginia women have re-taken the reigns on Friday morning. The Cavaliers put swimmers in the ‘A’ finals of all three races contested, including three in the 200 fly. Meanwhile, second-place frontrunners Stanford will finish just fourth in the projected scoring after Virginia, Cal and NC State. Overall though, the projected scoring indicates that there will not be much movement amongst top teams.

Projected Scoring — Women

Ups/Mids/Downs — Men

For the second day in a row, the Stanford men have put on a great showing in prelims and lead all teams in projected scoring. However, that will not be enough as Cal still holds a comfortable lead for first. Meanwhile, the UNC men continue their streak of momentum, finishing third in projected scoring.

Projected Scoring – Men