2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2026
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending Champions: Virginia (5x)
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The University of Virginia women moved into sole position as the 4th winningest team in NCAA Division I Swimming & Diving history.
All-Time NCAA Women’s Team Titles
| Rank | School |
Titles (NCAA Only)
|
| 1 | Stanford | 11 |
| 2 | Texas | 7 |
| 2 | Georgia | 7 |
| 4 | Virginia | 6 |
| 5 | Auburn | 5 |
| 6 | Cal | 4 |
| 7 | Florida | 2 |
| 8 | Arizona | 1 |
| 8 | USC | 1 |
The Virginia women, even after the graduation of one of the best swimmers in college swimming history Gretchen Walsh, still won eight events and swept the relays at the meet. They are just the fifth team in 34 NCAA Championships to sweep the relays, along with Virginia 2023, Stanford 2018, Arizona 2008, and Georgia 2005.
2026 title winners:
- 50 free – Torri Huske, Stanford (20.66)
- 100 free – Torri Huske, Stanford (45.17)
- 200 free – Anna Moesch, Virginia (1:39.23)
- 500 free – Claire Weinstein, Cal (4:30.09)
- 1650 free – Jillian Cox, Texas (15:32.26)
- 100 back – Claire Curzan, Virginia (48.24)
- 200 back – Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:46.10)
- 100 breast – Eneli Jefimova, NC State (56.30)
- 200 breast – Lucy Bell, Stanford (2:02.38)
- 100 fly – Torri Huske, Stanford (48.49)
- 200 fly – Campbell Stoll, Texas (1:50.26)
- 200 IM – Lucy Bell, Stanford (1:52.09)
- 400 IM – Bella Sims, Michigan (3:58.08)
- 200 free relay – Virginia (1:24.11)
- 400 free relay – Virginia (3:05.26)
- 800 free relay – Virginia (6:45.21)
- 200 medley relay – Virginia (1:31.67)
- 400 medley relay – Virginia (3:20.66)
- 1-meter diving – Chiara Pellacani, Miami (FL) (345.70)
- 3-meter diving – Sophie Verzyl, South Carolina (387.90)
- Platform – Ellie Cole, Stanford (399.80)
All of the 2026 swimming events were won by traditional women’s swimming superpowers, meaning there wasn’t a ton of movement in the all-time rankings in individual event titles. Texas broke their tie with Georgia for 3rd-most individual event wins ever; Michigan moved into a tie with Minnesota for 13th-most titles all-time; and NC State broke a tie with Tennessee for 16th-most all-time.
Miami won its 7th all-time NCAA title when Chiara Pellacani won the women’s 1-meter. All 7 of those titles have been won in diving: three on 1-meter, one on 3-meter, and three on platform. South Carolina became one of 39 teams with multiple women’s event titles thanks to Sophie Verzyl winning on 3-meter.
All three diving champions represent different countries internationally: Pellacani is from Italy, Verzyl is from the United States, and Cole is from Australia.
Virginia now has 59 total titles, which doesn’t change their rank, but of note, prior to the canceled 2020 championships, Virginia had just four NCAA event titles: two each from distance swimmers Leah Smith and Cara Lane.
Updated Event Rankings
| Team | 2026 Titles | New Championship Total | Rank Change | Championships Before 2026 |
Rank Before 2026
|
|
| 1 | Stanford | 6 | 192 | 186 | 1 | |
| 2 | Florida | 91 | 91 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Texas | 2 | 81 | 79 | 3 | |
| 4 | Georgia | 79 | -1 | 79 | 3 | |
| 5 | California | 1 | 76 | 75 | 5 | |
| 6 | Virginia | 8 | 59 | 51 | 6 | |
| 7 | Arizona | 50 | 50 | 7 | ||
| 8 |
Southern California
|
46 | 46 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Auburn | 32 | 32 | 9 | ||
| 10 | SMU | 29 | 29 | 10 | ||
| 11 | Indiana | 18 | 18 | 11 | ||
| 12 | North Carolina | 15 | 15 | 12 | ||
| 13 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 | 13 | ||
| 13 | Michigan | 1 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 10 | 10 | 15 | ||
| 16 | NC State | 1 | 9 | 8 | 16 | |
| 17 | Tennessee | 8 | -1 | 8 | 16 | |
| 18 | Houston | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 18 | Louisville | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 18 | Wisconsin | 7 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 21 | Miami (FL) | 6 | 6 | 21 | ||
| 22 | Alabama | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 22 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 22 | Nevada | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 22 | Ohio St. | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||
| 26 | Clemson | 4 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 26 | Columbia | 4 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 26 | Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 29 | Arizona St. | 3 | 3 | 29 | ||
| 29 | BYU | 3 | 3 | 29 | ||
| 29 | Kansas | 3 | 3 | 29 | ||
| 32 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 32 | IU Indy | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 32 | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 32 | Michigan St. | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 32 | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 32 | UCLA | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 32 | Villanova | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
| 39 | Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Colorado St. | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Duke | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Furman | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Oregon St. | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Penn | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Penn St. | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Purdue | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||
| 39 | Southern Ill. | 1 | 1 | 39 |
Stanford added six titles in 2026, not five. Huske – 3, Bell – 2, Cole(diving) – 1.
Good catch. Fixed.
has anyone ever taken the NCAA titles and broken it out by event per school? That could be interesting to see…(and probably a ton of work….if it can even be done)
If we weren’t the leaders in the 200 or 500 free I would be surprised
tangential to this but Virginia has now overtaken Stanford as the team with the most (women’s) meets where they won 4+ relays and all 5 relays
There’ve been 13 meets in total where a team won 4 or more: Florida in 1988; Auburn in 2003; Georgia in 2005; Arizona in 2008; Stanford b2b 1992-1993, 2014 and 2018, and then Virginia the last 5 years.
Georgia in 2005, Stanford 2018, and Virginia in 2023/2026 are the 4 times that a time has swept all 5 relays
We’ll get back there one day! I pray
Braden, what was swim swam called before you rebranded like 15 years ago? I might be losing it, but I cannot remember.
The Swimmers Circle. It wasn’t really a rebrand, SwimSwam was a new company, and my old partner graciously allowed me to take all the old content (99% created by me) to SwimSwam.
disregard; I didn’t see it in your bio! ! ! The Swimming Network, yes yes. Bobo Gigi days. What a time
Anyways – thanks for the great reads all these years!! xx
SwimNetwork was Mel! USA Swimming owned that.
They gotta take out Stanford by going 12 straight. Baller move right there