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2026 Men’s NCAA Division I Championship: Visualizing the Scored Psych Sheet

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by Madeline Folsom 2

March 24th, 2026 College, News

2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

The 2026 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships start tomorrow, and the Texas Longhorns are looking like the favorite to win their 2nd straight title in the event.

We have put together a graphic to visualize exactly how the point spread will work throughout the meet, and it helps visualize what the numbers are showing.

The Longhorns are not seeded first in any night one events, and it is likely they will finish the day outside of the top spot. Depending on the way the relay shake out, they could even finish day one outside the top three. On day two, the Longhorns should take the lead early in the session, likely following the 400 IM, and they don’t look likely to cede that spot at any point, only extending their lead as the meet goes on.

Here are the updated Projected Points Per Event After Scratches

Rank School Projected Points Individual Relay Scoring Individual Scoring Relay 1650 Freestyle 200 Medley Relay 800 Free Relay 100 Butterfly 400 IM 200 Freestyle 100 Breaststroke 200 Free Relay 100 Backstroke 200 Breaststroke 500 Freestyle 50 Freestyle 400 Medley Relay 200 IM 100 Freestyle 200 Butterfly 200 Backstroke 400 Free Relay
1 Texas 448 301 147 26 5 0 32 40 1 48 23 55 11 37 43 23 0 34 53 1 0 17 30
2 Arizona State 341 159 182 15 5 0 34 28 17 2 13 7 40 15 4 0 41.5 40 0 20 20 19.5 40
3 Florida 334.5 196.5 138 15 5 33 40 2 27 4 0 17 32 12 0 40 18.5 32 0 13 0 32 32
4 Indiana 300 181 119 18 5 38 23 24 0 20 0 1 18 13 32 37 0 28 23 0 12 5 26
5 NC State 258.5 144.5 114 15 5 12 2 30 14 0 17 0 34 15 3 15 15.5 14 15 38 0 0 34
6 Michigan 219 114 105 10 5 0 23 22 18 16 0 14 6 0 16 0 11 30 19 0 20 0 24
7 California 217 105 112 13 5 20 28 18 0 7 4 18 30 11 20 6 2 26 0 2 0 15 10
8 Tennessee 186.5 100.5 86 9 5 0 8 10 15 0 31 0 22 5 11 0 16.5 18 0 17 0 5 28
9 Stanford 132 62 70 7 5 4 4 32 0 9 15 0 14 0 5 7 0 4 0 0 11 11 16
10 Florida State 125 51 74 4 5 0 14 8 11 0 14 0 8 9 0 0 0 22 0 0 17 0 22
11 Virginia 111.5 67.5 44 6 4 0 0 12 13 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 12 13 0 14 20.5 16
12 Georgia 93 41 52 6 4 1 18 0 0 5 9 3 2 16 0 0 0 24 0 0 7 0 8
13 Ohio State 93 57 36 6 2 0 0 34 9 14 12 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 9 0 0 0 2
14 LSU 77 41 36 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 24 0 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 12
15 Louisville 59 19 40 4 2 0 12 0 0 7 0 0 28 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 0
16 Kentucky 52 26 26 3 1 22 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Princeton 43 29 14 4 1 3 0 14 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 0 0
18 VA Tech 40 0 40 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 4
19 UNC 34 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 11 0 9 0 0
20 Virginia Tech 32.5 32.5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 12.5 0 0 14 1 1 0
21 Yale 30 30 0 3 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Louisiana State 30 0 30 0 1 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Pittsburgh 30 18 12 2 2 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 6
24 Northwestern 30 22 8 4 1 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 0
25 Arizona 29 27 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 13 4 0
26 Alabama 28 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 16 0
27 Army 27 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 Auburn 26 6 20 1 3 0 10 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
29 Wisconsin-Madison 26 0 26 0 1 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Penn State 18 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Harvard 16 16 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Wisconsin 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
33 Missouri 15.5 4.5 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Southern California 14 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
35 Notre Dame 12 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
36 SMU 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Texas A&M 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
38 Penn 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 South Carolina 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 Minnesota 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
41 UNC Wilmington 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Indiana, Florida, ASU, and Cal are looking like they will be battling in swimming points throughout the first three days, with events like the 50 free and the relays being huge game changers for ASU, while Indiana will rely on points in the 100 fly and 100 back and Florida will look for big points in the distance free and 100 fly.

Cal appears to drop out of top three contention on the final day, but they shouldn’t be counted out because we know what Cal is capable of when they taper fully.

NC State gets stronger as the meet goes on, and are projected to finish the meet in 4th, jumping up from their 8th place position at the end of the first day.

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Andyb
2 months ago

Love the graphic!

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Brian W
2 months ago

Okay that was cool! Thanks for posting!

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