Our first Power Rankings for the 2025-2026 were released two weeks ago on the women’s side. Virginia led the way and is searching for its 6th straight title. With the first rankings now out, we’ve decided to let the public have a little say in what they think will happen.
In our new series called “over/unders” we will use the comment section to allow the public to have a voice. If you think the team will do better than or equal to our pick you will use the + (upvote), if you think the team will do worse than our pick, you will use the – (downvote).
- Example: If you think the NC State women will finish 7th or higher, hit the + to upvote, if you think they will finish 8th or lower hit the – to downvote.
Over/under is a typical wager used in sports-books. With this, no money will be involved. Simply put, we do the rankings, you have fun and upvote or downvote what we picked, have some friendly debate in the comments.
SwimSwam Women’s Power Rankings (October)
| Rank | Team |
2025 NCAA Finish
|
| 1 | Virginia | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford | 2 |
| 3 | Texas | 3 |
| 4 | Cal | 8 |
| 5 | Indiana | 4 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 5 |
| 7 | NC State | 10 |
| 8 | Michigan | 9 |
| 9 | Louisville | 7 |
| 10 | Florida | 6 |
| 11 | USC | 11 |
| 12 | Ohio State | 14 |
| 13 | UNC | 17 |
| 14 | Georgia | 16 |
| 15 | Miami (FL) | 13 |
| 16 | Duke | 21 |
| 17 | Alabama | 15 |
| 18 | Purdue | 18 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 20 |
| 20 | Princeton | 38 |
| 21 | South Carolina | 24 |
| 22 | Kansas | 25 |
| 23 | Minnesota | 27 |
| 24 | Auburn | 35 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 12 |
| HM | Arizona State | |
| HM | Rutgers | |
| HM | UCLA | |
| HM | LSU |
Bonus: Over/under the Auburn women finish 24th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Bonus: Over/under the Wisconsin women finish 25th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Miami-FL women finish 15th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Georgia women finish 14th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the UNC women finish 13th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Ohio State women finish 12th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the USC women finish 11th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Florida women finish 10th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Louisville women finish 9th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Alllllllways over perform
Over/under the Michigan women finish 8th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the NC State women finish 7th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Tennessee women finish 6th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Indiana women finish 5th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Cal women finish 4th at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Texas women finish 3rd at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Stanford women finish 2nd at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Virginia women finish 1st at the 2026 Women’s NCAA Championships
Not sure folks understand how this works. An upvote for UVA is saying they will finish better than first, which they can’t.
“If you think the team will do better than or equal to our pick you will use the + (upvote)” So Virginia is basically, “you think they will equal 1st (+) or below that (-)”
Plus (+) vote is better or equal to the ranking. So I vote UVA, with a (+), indicating that I think they will repeat as National Champions. (+) for Stanford and for Texas to finish second and third, respectively.
If you think the team will do better than or equal to our pick you will use the + (upvote)
Why aren’t all the ranked teams included?
former VT swimmer: http://www.gofundme.com/f/support-lauren-barakeys-road-to-recovery
When it comes to the University of Texas women’s swimming program, don’t forget about the Texas two-step:
Peak in Nov, Crater in Mar
ASU not even in top 29?
I’ll check back at the end of November/start of December.