2026 NCAA Division II Championships: Day 2 Ups/Downs, Drury Men and Nova S’Eastern Women Lead

2026 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships

• March 10-14, 2026
• Deaconess Aquatic Center — Evansville, Indiana
• SCY (25 Yards)
• Defending Champions
  • Women: Nova Southeastern (3x)
  • Men: vacant
• Psych Sheets
  • Men
  • Women
• Live Video: NCAA.com
• Live Results
• Live Recaps:
  • Prelims: Day 2
  • Finals: Day 1

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 two finals heats: the top 8 finishers make the A final, places 9 through 16 the B 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” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A final, “Down” to B finalists.

These predictions do not include the 1000 free, diving, or relays

Women’s Meet

Top 10 After Day 1

1. Nova S’eastern — 40
2. Colorado Mesa — 34
3. Grand Valley — 32
4. Tampa — 30
5. Drury — 28
6. Simon Fraser — 26
7. Catawba — 24
8. Wingate — 22
9. West Florida — 18
10. Indianapolis — 14

The Nova S’Eastern women are looking to extend their lead today, projecting to score the most points out of prelims after they put three swimmers into ‘A’ finals and one swimmer into the ‘B’ final.

Drury also had a strong morning session, with three ‘A’ finalists in the women’s 200 IM. They are projected to score 41 points to Nova S’Eastern’s 61 before the 1000, diving, and relays.

Women’s Ups/Mids/Downs

Women’s Projected Points Per Event

Men’s Meet

Top 10 After Day 1

1. Tampa — 40
2. Drury — 34
3. Colorado Mesa — 32
4. Indianapolis — 30
5. McKendree — 28
6. Wingate — 26
7. Grand Valley — 24
8. Rollins — 22
9. Florida Southern — 18
10. Findlay — 14

The Tampa men are leading by six coming into the 2nd night, but Drury is looking to take over after a strong prelims session saw them put five men into the ‘A’ final and one into the ‘B’ final. They are projected to bring in 76.5 points in the 50 free and 200 IM, 30 more than Tampa, who is looking at 43 points.

Men’s Ups/Mids/Downs

Projected Points Per Event