The high school class of 2026 reached a milestone yesterday, November 12, 2025. For many swimmers and divers, the long recruiting period, which began on June 15, 2024, wrapped up with the arrival of Early Signing Day.
Although the NCAA disbanded the National Letter of Intent (NLI) program as part of the House Settlement restructurings, they kept the calendar intact. Thus, the second Wednesday in November kicked off the Early Signing Period for most sports. Now, each school generates its own athletics aid agreement, replacing the NLI as the document that formalizes the two-way commitment between the institution and the student-athlete.
Over the last 17 months, we have written over 480 articles* about swimmers and divers who plan to matriculate at colleges and universities in the fall of 2026. Here is what we know so far.
*NB: Yes, I know this list is incomplete. We currently have over 150 emails in the [email protected] inbox that we are trying to get to. If you have an announcement to make, please send it to that email address, rather than put in the comments section of this article (which I do not read).
Of the 1,560 verbal commitments that we know about in swimming and diving, Arizona State leads the field with 23 pledges (13 for the men’s team, 10 for the women’s team). Army West Point (21) and Navy (20) are also in the low 20s, while Indiana has received 19.
Here is the list of schools with 10 or more verbal commitments as of November 12, 2025:
| School | Commitments |
| Arizona State | 23 |
| Army West Point | 21 |
| Navy | 20 |
| Indiana | 19 |
| West Virginia | 16 |
| Arizona | 15 |
| Alabama | 15 |
| Air Force | 14 |
| Cincinnati | 14 |
| North Carolina | 14 |
| Salisbury | 14 |
| Virginia | 14 |
| Duke | 14 |
| Brown | 14 |
| Georgia | 14 |
| Columbia | 13 |
| Notre Dame | 13 |
| UC San Diego | 13 |
| Cornell | 13 |
| Cal | 13 |
| Texas | 12 |
| Boston College | 12 |
| Wyoming | 12 |
| Penn | 12 |
| Tennessee | 12 |
| Wisconsin | 12 |
| Southern Indiana | 12 |
| Stanford | 12 |
| Minnesota | 12 |
| Delaware | 11 |
| Virginia Tech | 11 |
| Emory | 11 |
| Holy Cross | 11 |
| NC State | 11 |
| Northwestern | 11 |
| Amherst | 10 |
| Ball State | 10 |
| George Mason | 10 |
| Gardner-Webb | 10 |
| Texas A&M | 10 |
| BYU | 10 |
| Michigan | 10 |
| Hope College | 10 |
| Providence | 10 |
| Princeton | 10 |
All of our top 20 boys and girls swimmers, and most of our ranked boys and girls divers, from the class of 2026 have announced their plans for the fall. Cal and Tennessee’s men’s teams earned 3 swimming commitments each, while Stanford, Texas, and Virginia all picked up a pair. Texas led the women’s side among ranked swimmers with 4 ranked swimmers; Indiana and Tennessee added 3 each for 2026.
Top 20 Ranked Swimming Commitments for 2026
Full Database for the Class of 2026 (Combined M/W)
Below you will find all the verbal commitments that we know about from the high school class of 2026. As always, you can sort by college, conference, home state, school, club team, LSC, etc. (We’re adding articles every day, so keep refreshing this page to get the latest articles!)
Remember, the database now resides on the SwimSwam website. You can find it here.
(If you have a commitment to report, please send an email with a photo (landscape, or horizontal, looks best) and a quote to [email protected]. Do not leave it in the comments below.)
Not on this list (maybe bc she’s joining in January) but UVA picked up a surprise signing from Nina Jazy, who originally verballed to Michigan this year.
Kind of an odd switch imo? She would have been a bigger contributor, especially to relays, at Michigan. But as a UVA fan I can’t complain about more talent joining the team…
Anne – Thank you for all your hard work. Would you be so kind as to allow for this chart to be downloaded or copied? In the past, this was possible. TIA.
THANK YOU!!!!!!
Does Tenn have the number one class for boys and girls?