2026 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 18-21, 2026
- Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
- Defending Champs: MIT women (1x) & Denison men (1x)
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For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best in heats. During prelims, swimmers qualify for one of two finals: the top 8 finishers make the A final, while places 9 through 16 the B final. In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the B heat (spots 9-16) can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they put up the fastest or slowest time of any heat in the final.
With that in mind, we’ll be tracking “Ups” and “Downs” after each prelims session. “Up” refers to swimmers and divers in the A finals, “Down” to B finalists.
These projections do not include relays or diving.
Women’s Team Standings – Thru Day 1
- NYU, 121
- Kenyon, 108.5
- Emory, 92.5
- Denison, 63.5
- Swarthmore, 48
- Williams, 45
- Hope, 38
- Claremont, 35
- Tufts/Pomona-Pitzer, 28
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Men’s Team Standings – Thru Day 1
- Denison, 118
- Emory, 97
- Chicago, 96
- Kenyon, 83
- NYU, 71
- Bates, 57
- TCNJ, 48
- Williams, 37
- Wash U. MO, 32
- Centre College, 30
After one day of the NCAA Division III Championships, the NYU women and Denison men are leading the standings, and they are both looking to extend their leads after a strong day two prelims session.
Women’s Ups/Downs
| Team | Total | 200 Free | 100 Fly | 400 IM |
| NYU | 4/3 | 3/1 | 0/2 | 1/0 |
| Williams | 3/0 | 0/0 | 2/0 | 1/0 |
| MIT | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/3 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 2/2 | 2/1 | 0/1 | |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scrips | 2/0 | 0/0 | 2/1 | 0/0 |
| Kenyon | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Emory | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Denison | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Johns Hopkins | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Saint Benedict | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Swarthmore | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Trinity | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Tufts | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Wheaton | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Hope College | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| Amherst | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Case Western | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Chicago | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Salisbury | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| SUNY Geneseo | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Ursinus | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
Women’s Projected Points Per Event
| Team | Total | 200 Free | 100 Fly | 400 IM |
| NYU | 79 | 52 | 14 | 13 |
| Williams | 42 | 0 | 27 | 15 |
| MIT | 39 | 17 | 13 | 9 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | 39 | 30 | 0 | 9 |
| Claremont-Mudd-Scrips | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Emory | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 |
| Kenyon | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Denison | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Saint Benedict | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Swarthmore | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Trinity | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Johns Hopkins | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tufts | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Wheaton | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Salisbury | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ursinus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Case Western | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Hope College | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| SUNY Geneseo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Amherst | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Men’s Ups/Downs
| Total | 200 free | 100 Fly | 400 IM | |
| Denison | 5/1 | 4/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| NYU | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 2/2 |
| Chicago | 2/1 | 1/1 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Kenyon | 2/1 | 1/0 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Amherst | 2/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Emory | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/1 |
| MIT | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/0 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/1 |
| Grove City | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| Asbury | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Calvin | 1/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Coast Guard | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Gettysburg | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Swarthmore | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| TCNJ | 1/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 | 0/0 |
| Wash U. MO | 1/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/0 |
| Johns Hopkins | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 |
| Bates | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| John Carroll | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Salisbury | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| W&L | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Whittier | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 |
| Williams | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
Men’s Projected Points Per Event
| Team | Total | 200 free | 100 Fly | 400 IM |
| Denison | 73 | 57 | 12 | 4 |
| NYU | 62 | 3 | 10 | 49 |
| Chicago | 43 | 23 | 20 | 0 |
| Emory | 40 | 7 | 12 | 21 |
| Kenyon | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 |
| Amherst | 29 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Carnegie Mellon | 19 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| Calvin | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| MIT | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Swarthmore | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Coast Guard | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gettysburg | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| TCNJ | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Asbury | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Grove City | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Wash U. MO | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Salisbury | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Williams | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Whittier | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Johns Hopkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bates | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| W&L | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| John Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Denison has the chance to win 2 team titles on Saturday for the first time in their history. 1 in swimming and another in women’s Basketball (never won any other sport team title in their schools history)
Denison men’s tennis won a national title last year. The women’s swim team has 2 titles as well