Which College Swim Teams Have The Most NCAA Titles? (All Divisions)

We’re in the thick of the 2025-26 NCAA swimming and diving season, with midseason invites coming up in a few weeks. Although there’s still a long way to go before the NCAA championships, SwimSwam compiled lists of the schools with the most NCAA titles — both team and individual/relay titles — across all three divisions.

Division I

Men (Team)

The Longhorns lead the charge in the Division I men’s category, winning its most recent one last season. Michigan and Ohio State, both historically strong teams that haven’t won recently, are in the double-digit club as well. Meanwhile, teams like Southern California, Stanford, Auburn and California are also closing in on that barrier. The Golden Bears, currently ranked No. 5 in SwimSwam’s October polls, seem to have the best chance of doing so soon — they won the 2022 and 2023 titles while finishing second during the past two seasons.

1. Texas — 16
2. Michigan — 12
3. Ohio State — 11
4. Southern California — 9
5. Stanford/Auburn/California — 8
8. Indiana — 6
9. Yale — 4
10. Florida — 2
11. Tennessee/UCLA/Arizona/Arizona State — 1

Men (Individual and Relay)

Michigan swaps places with Texas to take the lead in the individual and relay championships standings. However, the Wolverines have not won a title since Felix Auboeck‘s 1650 free victory in 2019. After a seven-title showing at 2025 NCAAs, Texas passed Stanford for the second-place spot.

1. Michigan — 166
2. Texas — 157
3. Stanford — 151
4. Southern California — 123
5. Ohio State — 121
6. California — 104
7. Indiana — 101
8. Florida — 72
9. Yale — 60
10. Auburn — 59
11. Arizona — 52
12. Tennessee — 50
13. UCLA — 41
14. Northwestern 31
15. Miami (FL) — 30
16. SMU — 28
17. Georgia — 24
18. Arizona State/Michigan State/Princeton — 22
21. Iowa — 21
22. Minnesota — 20
23. NC State — 19
24. Alabama — 15
25. Purdue — 14
26. Rutgers — 13
27. Harvard/Washington — 12
29. Long Beach State — 9
30. Columbia/Navy — 8
32. Illinois — 7
33. Florida State/Louisville — 6
35. Texas A&M — 5
36. BYU/Duke/La Salle/LSU/North Carolina/Virginia — 4
42. Cincinnati/UT Arlington/Wayne St. (MI)/Williams/Wisconsin — 3
47. Arkansas/Dartmouth/Oklahoma — 2
50. Air Force/Amherst/Army West Point/Brown/Cornell/Denver/Florida Atlantic/Franklin and Marshall/Georgia Tech/Houston /Miami (OH)/Missouri/Nebraska/Oregon/Penn/Penn State/Pittsburgh/SUNY Cortland/UC Santa Barbara/Utah/Villanova/Virginia Tech/Wesleyan (CT) — 1

Women (Team)

On the women’s side, Stanford has a sizeable lead over the rest of the field, while Texas and Georgia are ranked second after dominant stretches in the 1980s and 2010s respectively. Virginia is currently tied for third overall after winning the last five titles.

1. Stanford — 11
2. Texas/Georgia — 7
4. Auburn/Virginia — 5
6. California — 4
7. Florida — 2
8. USC/Arizona — 1

Women (Individual and Relay)

The Cardinal’s lead is even bigger in the individual and relay title category, having 95 more trophies than second-place Florida. With the fourth-place Texas returning swimmers like defending 500 and 1650 free NCAA champion Jillian Cox, it has a chance to pass Georgia for third this season.

1. Stanford — 186
2. Florida — 91
3. Georgia — 79
4. Texas – 78
5. California — 75
6. Arizona — 59
7. Virginia — 51
8. Southern California — 46
9. Auburn — 32
10. SMU — 29
11. Indiana — 17
12. North Carolina — 15
13. Minnesota — 14
14. Michigan — 13
15. Texas A&M — 10
16. NC State/Tennessee — 8
18. Houston/Louisville/Wisconsin — 7
21. Alabama/LSU/Miami (FL)/Nevada/Ohio State — 5
26. Clemson/Columbia/Hawaii — 4
29. Arizona State/BYU/Kansas — 3
32. Arkansas/IUPUI/Kentucky/Michigan State/Northwestern/UCLA/Villanova — 2
39. Cincinnati/Colorado State/Duke/Furman/Nebraska/Notre Dame/Oregon State/Penn/Penn State/Purdue/Southern California/Southern Illinois — 1

Division II

Men (Team)

*Italicized teams are no longer in Division II

Cal State Bakersfield is currently in Division I, but it was once a Division II powerhouse. It currently has more titles than any other active DII school. Drury was once tied for that No. 1 spot with the Roadrunners, but its 2025 title was vacated after a member of the team tested positive for an elevated level of caffeine.

1. Cal State Bakersfield — 13
2. Drury — 12
3. Cal State Northridge — 9
4. Queens (NC) — 7
5. Oakland — 5
6. Chico State/UC Irvine — 3
7. San Diego State — 2
8. Indianapolis/Tampa/Eastern Michigan/Long Beach State/UC Santa Barbara/Bucknell — 1

Men (Individual and Relay)

CSU Bakersfield and Drury swap places in the individual and relay category, with Drury having 39 more titles. In fact, the second through sixth-ranked teams on this list are all no longer competing at the Division II level.

1. Drury — 153
2. CSU Bakersfield — 114
3. Oakland — 109
4. Queens (NC) — 69
5. CSUN — 67
6. UC Irvine — 43
7. Clarion — 35
8. Chico St. — 33
9. UC Davis — 30
10. North Dakota — 26
11. UIndy — 25
12. Wayne St. (MI)/Tampa — 24
14. Puget Sound — 20
15. Long Beach St. — 18
16. Southern Conn. St. — 17
17. McKendree — 16
19. Ouachita Baptist/UC San Diego — 15
21. Colorado Mesa/Fla. Southern/Nova Southeastern/Shippensburg — 13
25. Bridgeport/Wingate — 12
27. West Chester — 11
29. Eastern Ill./Johns Hopkins/UT Arlington — 10
32. Bucknell/Henderson St./Springfield — 9
35. Ashland/Kenyon/Grant Valley St. — 8
38. Cal Poly/South Fla./St. Cloud St./UC Santa Barbara — 7
42. Grand Canyon/Lindenwood/Missouri S&T/Northern Mich./San Diego St./Wesleyan (CT) — 6
48. Amherst/Salem (WV)/UIW — 5
51. Catholic/Delta St./East Carolina/Eastern Mich. — 4
55. Cal State LA/Findlay/Hamilton/Limestone/MSU Denver/Pacific/UIC/Wright St. — 3
63. Cal St. Fullerton/Chicago St./Colo. Sch. of Mines/Denver/Emmanuel (GA)/Evansville/Monmouth/Northern Colo./Okla. Baptist/Okla. Christian/Rollins/Saint Rose/San Jose St./Seattle U/Simon Fraser/South Dakota/SUNY Oneonta/Trinity (CT)/Wheaton (IL) — 2
82. American/Cal Poly Humboldt/Cal St. East Bay/California Baptist/Fla. Atlantic/Florida Tech/Indiana (PA)/Indiana St./La Salle/Rensselaer/Saint Leo/Southeast Mo. St./Southern Ore./UC Riverside/UMass Lowell/Western Colo./Wheeling/Youngstown St. — 1

Women (Team)

*Italicized teams are no longer in Division II

While the Drury ranks second for the men, it tops the women’s list as the only DII school with double-digit titles. Tied for second place with seven titles are Truman and Queens (NC), the latter which recently moved to Division I.

1. Drury — 10
2. Truman/Queens (NC) — 7
4. Cal State Northridge — 4
5. Nova Southeastern/Clarion — 3
7. Air Force — 2
9. Wayne State (MI)/South Florida — 1

Women (Individual and Relay)

Drury’s gap in this category is even wider than it is on the men’s side, as there is an 85-trophy difference between the Panthers and the second-place Clarion Golden Eagles.

1. Drury — 145
2. Clarion — 60
3. Queens (NC) — 57
4. CSUN — 51
5. Oakland — 50
6. Truman St. — 44
7. Northern Mich. — 37
8. West Chester — 36
9. Nova Southeastern — 33
10. Wayne St. (MI) — 32
11. North Dakota — 30
12. CSU Bakersfield — 27
13. UC San Diego — 26
14. Air Force — 25
15. Tampa/UIndy — 17
17. UC Davis — 16
18. Wingate — 13
19. Fla. Atlantic — 12
20. Colorado Mesa — 11
21. Army West Point/South Fla. — 10
23. West Florida — 9
24. Grand Valley St./Southern Conn. St./UIW — 8
27. Ashland/Furman — 7
29. St. Cloud St./Lynn — 6
31. Bloomsburg/Boston College/Cal Poly/Fla. Southern/Puget Sound — 5
36. Lindenwood/Salem (WV)/Simon Fraser — 4
39. California (PA)/California Baptist/LIU Post/Northern Colo./Omaha — 3
44. Carson-Newman/Delta St./Grand Canyon/Indiana (PA)/Kutztown/Ouachita Baptist/Vanderbilt — 2
51. Alas. Fairbanks/Augustana/Cal St. East Bay/Chico St./Gardner-Webb/Henderson St./Le Moyne/Maine/McKendree/Navy/Nevada/New Hampshire/Northern St./Rice/Sacramento St./South Dakota/West Va. Wesleyan/Western Colo./Youngstown St. — 1

Division III

Men (Team)

*Italicized teams are no longer in Division III

The distribution of NCAA titles is the most lopsided at the DIII level, with Kenyon having 28 more titles than any other team. However, Denison and Emory have been the top teams as of late, combining for the last four titles.

1. Kenyon — 34
2. Denison — 6
3. Emory — 4
4. Johns Hopkins — 3
5. St. Lawrence/Chico State — 1

Men (Individual and Relay)

As expected, Kenyon is also dominant in this category. Johns Hopkins is ranked second for individual and relay titles, despite having less overall team success than lower-ranked teams like Denison and Emory.

1. Kenyon — 322
2. Johns Hopkins — 60
3. Denison — 58
4. Emory — 57
5. UC San Diego — 41
6. Claremont-M-S — 28
7. Williams — 25
8. St. Olaf — 19
9. Amherst/Kalamazoo — 13
11. St. Lawrence/UChicago/WashU — 12
14. Hope/Monmouth/Occidental/Carnegie Mellon — 11
18. Grove City/MIT — 9
20. Merchant Marine— 8
21. Millikin/Rowan/SUNY New Paltz/TCNJ/Wash. & Lee/Tufts — 7
27. Alfred/Chico St./Middlebury/Pomona-Pitzer/Oberlin/Redlands/Whitworth/Wis.-Eau Claire — 6
35. Carleton/NYU/Wheaton (IL)/Wis.-Stevens Point/Wm. Paterson/Connecticut Col./Coast Guard — 5
42. Bowdoin/Mary Washington/Union (NY)/Whitman/SUNY Geneseo  — 4
47. CWRU/Grinnell/Hamilton/Ithaca/Lake Forest/Mount Union/Springfield/Staten Island/Wis.-Oshkosh — 3
56. Allegheny/John Carroll/Kutztown/Rockford/Saint John’s (MN)/Slippery Rock/SUNY Cortland/SUNY Oneonta/UC Santa Cruz/UMass Dartmouth — 2
66. Bates/Cal  Luthernan/Centre/Colorado Col./DePauw/Dickinson/Hiram/Manhattanville/Misericordia/North Central (IL)/Norwich/RIT/Rose-Hulman/Southeast Mo. St./Southern Ore./Stevens/St. Mary’s MD/SUNY Potsdam/Trinity (TX)/UC Riverside/UMass Lowell/Wabash/Wash. & Jeff./Western St./Wheeling Jesuit/Wooster/York (PA)/Youngstown St. — 1

Women (Team)

*Italicized teams are no longer in Division II

Like on the men’s side, the Kenyon women also take the cake in terms of overall team titles. However, Emory is also a powerhouse with double-digit titles of its own, while MIT joins the club after winning its first in 2025.

1. Kenyon — 25
2. Emory — 12
3. Denison/Williams — 2
5. MIT — 1

Women (Individual and Relay)

The gap between first and second isn’t as wide as it is on the men’s side, but Kenyon still leads in the individual and relay category for the women. Williams also has over 100 titles, sitting at second with 125.