The final week of midseason is here with the Minnesota Invite highlighting the short course yards schedule. The US Open will also feature many NCAA athletes, although the meet will be in long course meters.
Among those competing in Minnesota are the #4 ranked women and #6 ranked men from Cal. The Minnesota women were an Honorable Mention team in SwimSwam’s most recent power rankings. Could new top times in the NCAA this season be seen in Minneapolis?
The US Open (LCM) in Austin, Texas and the SCM European Championships in Lublin, Poland also feature many athletes that compete in the NCAA season.
SwimSwam’s Pre-Invite Power Rankings (Women)
SwimSwam’s Pre-Invite Power Rankings (Men)
Note: Many members of the SwimSwam staff have searched websites to compile this list. Meets are occasionally added/removed after this list is compiled. Some schools also have conflicting data ie, one school posts the meet being X date while the other posts Y date.
| Meet | Date | Men | Women |
| US Open | 12/4-6 | Yes | Yes |
| Fordham v. NYU/TCNJ | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| UMASS v. Le Salle (Diving only) | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| UMASS v. URI v. La Salle | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| UNH v. Northeastern | 12/6 | Yes | |
| Minnesota Invite (Minnesota, UNLV, Rutgers, Cal, Harvard, | 12/4-6 | Yes | Yes |
| Cincinnati v Indiana | 12/5 | Yes | Yes |
| Houston v. Kansas | 12/6 | Yes | |
| Zippy Invitational (Akron, Bowling Green, Buffalo, | 12/4-7 | Yes | |
| Big Al Invitational (Princeton, UPenn, | 12/4-6 | Yes | Yes |
| USA Diving Winter Nationals | 12/7 | Yes | Yes |
| Illinois at Wisconsin | 12/6 | Yes | |
| ECAC Championships (Stony Brook, Iona, Mount St Marys, LIU, NJIT, Siena, Central Connecticut State, Manhattan, | 12/5-7 | Yes | Yes |
| Lehigh at Drexel | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| Johns Hopkins Invite (Loyola MD | 12/5-6 | Yes | Yes |
| Navy vs Army | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| UMBC vs Salisbury | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| UMBC Diving Invite (UMBC, Towson, Lafayette, | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| Maine State Meet (Maine, Colby | 12/5 | Yes | Yes |
| UConn vs Southern Connecticut State vs Yale | 12/4 | Yes | |
| Gompei Invite (WPI, St Peters, Sacred Heart, Central Connecticut State, Merrimack, | 12/5-7 | Yes | Yes |
| Bryant at Brown | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| Golden Grizzly Invite (Oakland, Eastern Michigan (EMU), Dartmouth, | 12/3-6 | Yes | Yes |
| Indiana State vs Toledo | 12/6 | Yes | |
| Eastern Illinois vs UIndy (D2) | 12/6 | Yes | Yes |
| Chapman vs San Diego vs Fresno Pacific | 12/6 | yEs | Yes |
