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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uh you probably want to double the athletes affected because both mens and womens got cut at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College’s team for the 2020-2021 season would have had 60 total athletes – men and women, swimmers and divers.
Had a heart attack when I read Stanford and then realized
It’s good that you recovered though and came to your senses.
That’s exactly what I did! lol
Conn College canceled Water Polo and word is Gannon & Mercyhurst did as well.
Like 60 athletes were affected for dartmouth including incoming class of 17
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.)
Boise –… Read more »
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
Just announced – can add to the list. NE10 is the largest D2 conference in country.
https://www.northeast10.org/general/2020-21/releases/20200716lpyq48