2026 Big 12 Championships: Day Five Ups/Mids/Downs, ASU Men Pick Up 11 ‘A’ Finalists

2026 Big 12 Championships

• Dates: Tuesday, February 24–Saturday, February 28, 2026
• Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• Defending champions: Arizona State women (1x); Arizona State men (1x)
• Teams: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Texas Christian, Utah, West Virginia
• Men’s Championship Preview
• Women’s Championship Preview
• Championship Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN +
• Live Recaps
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

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. “Ups” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Mids” to B finalists, and “Downs” to C finalists.

These projections don’t include miles or diving.

Women’s Ups/Mids/Downs

For the 2nd day in a row, the Arizona women earned the most ‘A’ finalists on the women’s side, picking up nine swimmers in the top final with three in the 200 back, five in the 100 free, and one in the 200 breast.

They are projected to score 299.5 points individual points (before diving and mile), 40 more than ASU on Saturday, as they look to lock up the 2nd place overall position.

The Sun Devils are projected to score 255 points, which would secure their 2nd straight conference title.

Projected Points Per Event

Projected Relay Points

Projected Total

Men’s Ups/Mids/Downs

After picking up 11 ‘A’ finalists for tonight’s finals session, the Sun Devil men have all but locked up their conference win tonight, coming in with a projected 360 points from the prelims session after they put two swimmers in the 200 back ‘A’ final, six in the 100 free, and three in the 200 breast.

The Arizona men earned five ‘A’ finalists as they will try to secure their 2nd place finish over Utah, who did not put any men into ‘A’ finals positions before diving or the mile.

Projected Points Per Event

Projected Relay Points

Projected Total