All of the cuts, cancellations and suspensions of collegiate aquatics programs around the country are – unfortunately – getting hard to keep track of amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Below, we’re keeping track of all the affected teams, with data courtesy of Mat Talk. SwimSwam articles with more information about the cut programs are linked.
| School | Division | Conference | Sport | Gender | Outcome | Athletes affected |
| Boise State | I | Mountain West | Swim & Dive | Women | Cut | 21 |
| Connecticut | I | Big East | Swim & Dive | Men | Cut after ’20-’21 | 28 |
| Dartmouth | I | Ivy League | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 33 |
| East Carolina | I | American | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 49 |
| Tiffin | II | Great Midwest | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 30 |
| UMass Dartmouth | III | Little East | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Cut | 33 |
| Urbana | II | Mountain East | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Campus closed | 14 |
| Western Illinois | I | Summit League | Swim & Dive | Women & Men | Indefinitely suspended | 24 |
| Sonoma State | II | CCAA | Water Polo | Women | Cut | 8 |
| Urbana | II | Mountain East | Water Polo | Women | Campus closed | 0 |
| Stanford | I | Pac-12 | Synchronized Swimming | Women | Cut | 10 |
| Brown | I | Ivy League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Bucknell | I | Patriot League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | III | SCIAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Fresno City | CCCAA | Central Valley | Water Polo | Women |
Canceled – Spring 2020
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| Harvard | I | Ivy League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Johns Hopkins | III | Centennial | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Merced | CCCAA | Central Valley | Water Polo | Women & Men |
Canceled 2020-21
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| MIT | III | NEWMAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Pomona-Pitzer | III | SCIAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Princeton | I | Ivy League | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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| Occidental | III | SCIAC | Water Polo | Men |
Canceled – Fall 2020
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You guys should update the list. Be interesting / disappointing to 2020 to today.
What about Iowa & Michigan State? How up to date is this list?
The list is up to date as of the moment it was posted. The date can be seen at the top of the article.
How about updating this list – it is getting really ugly out here for water sports.
Maybe sell beer at meets? Two for 10$ to raise money!
It looks so devastating when a list this long shows up.
Total bummer. Sign of the times. We must fight as a group to help stop this BS. Some schools really might not have the money…others!? If they can carry an entire football program that loses and has way less graduates…? I am here in Sonoma County and to see the Womens Water Polo at Sonoma State be cut is brutal…in Wine Country…the schools need to learn how to develop better relationships with Sponsors and Alumni.
Just announced – can add to the list. NE10 is the largest D2 conference in country.
https://www.northeast10.org/general/2020-21/releases/20200716lpyq48
Sorry, know this is a little off-topic, but I had heard that the NCAA was to consider yesterday whether to further extend the recruiting dead period. Anyone heard any news on that? Have heard from some programs that they were expecting news on the topic after yesterday’s meeting.
THey have extended the D2 quiet period until August 31; nothing new announced yet about D1 or D3.
Thanks, Braden
In general, your athletes affected column is conservative. For example, Boise has 21 athletes from last year’s roster set to return that you appropriately considered. They also have 6 student athletes in the class of 2020 (according to another swimming recruiting website) that should be added to that running total. There’s also a number of the class of 2021 that were probably deep in conversation with them at this point that can’t be counted but is heartbreaking anyway.
Here are the numbers I pulled for commits affected by the cuts above. These should be added to the totals. (And, by the way, these are only the numbers of those still listed as commits. Some athletes have already flipped.)
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