Our post invite Power Rankings for the 2025-2026 were released last week on the men’s side. Texas led the way as all seven SwimSwam writers voted that the Longhorns would defend their NCAA title. 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 Florida men will finish 5th 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 Men’s Power Rankings (Post-Invite)
| Post-Invite Rank | Team |
Pre-Invite Rank
|
| 1 | Texas | 1 |
| 2 | Arizona State | 2 |
| 3 | Indiana | 3 |
| 4 | Georgia | 5 |
| 5 | Florida | 4 |
| 6 | NC State | 7 |
| 7 | Cal | 6 |
| 8 | Stanford | 8 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 10 |
| 10 | Florida State | 15 |
| 11 | Louisville | 12 |
| 12 | LSU | 11 |
| 13 | Michigan | 14 |
| 14 | Virginia | 9 |
| 15 | Ohio State | 13 |
| 16 | Auburn | 18 |
| 17 | USC | 16 |
| 18 | Arizona | NR |
| 19 | Alabama | 19 |
| 20 | Army | NR |
| 21 | Missouri | NR |
| 22 | UNC | 17 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 20 |
| 24 | Yale | 25 |
| 25 | Penn State/Wisconsin | NR, NR |
| HM | Purdue | |
| HM | Northwestern | |
| HM | Minnesota |
Last Week’s Results (Women’s Edition):
| Rank | Team | Upvotes | Downvotes |
Undervalued (>1), Overvalued (<1)
|
| 1 | Virginia | 65 | 17 | 3.82 |
| 2 | Stanford | 47 | 10 | 4.70 |
| 3 | Texas | 27 | 21 | 1.29 |
| 4 | Michigan | 27 | 42 | 0.64 |
| 5 | Indiana | 23 | 35 | 0.66 |
| 6 | Cal | 42 | 14 | 3.00 |
| 7 | Louisville | 53 | 7 | 7.57 |
| 8 | NC State | 22 | 33 | 0.67 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 47 | 18 | 2.61 |
| 10 | Florida | 31 | 24 | 1.29 |
| 11 | Alabama | 18 | 32 | 0.56 |
| 12 | USC | 14 | 30 | 0.47 |
| 13 | Ohio State | 22 | 15 | 1.47 |
| 14 | Georgia | 40 | 4 | 10.00 |
| 15 | LSU | 3 | 40 | 0.08 |
Based on the upvotes and downvotes, LSU is the most overvalued team meaning voters think they will finish lower than 15th. Georgia is seen as the most undervalued women’s team as voters expect them to finish higher than 14th.
Bonus: Over/under the UNC men finish 22nd at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Bonus: Over/under the Arizona men finish 18th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Ohio State men finish 15th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Virginia men finish 14th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Over won’t be as funny as under will be for this one
Over/under the Michigan men finish 13th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the LSU men finish 12th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Louisville men finish 11th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships
Over/under the Florida State men finish 10th at the 2026 Men’s NCAA Championships