DII NCAA Championships: Women’s Team Race Only Getting Closer; Day 5 Ups/Downs

2025 NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championship

• March 11-15, 2025
• IU Natatorium — Indianapolis, IN 
• SCY (25 Yards) 
• Defending Champions: 
  • Women: Nova Southeastern (2x)
  • Men: University of Tampa (1x)
• Women’s Psych Sheets
• Men’s Psych Sheets
• Live Results 
• Live Stream
• Recaps:
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

For those unfamiliar with swimming terminology, the concept of “Ups” and “Downs” is a good way to track which teams performed best during prelims. In prelims at the SEC Championships, swimmers qualify for one of three finals: the top eight finishers make the ‘A’ final (Ups), places nine through 16 make the ‘B’ final (Mids), and places 17 through 24 made the ‘C’ final (Downs). In finals, swimmers are locked into their respective final, meaning a swimmer in the ‘B’ final can only place as high as 9th or as low as 16th, even if they swim the fastest or slowest time of the event in any final.

With that in mind, we track “Ups”, “Mids”, and “Downs” after each prelims session.

Women’s Meet

Updated Scores

1. Drury – 358
2. Nova S’Eastern – 353
3. Colorado Mesa – 284
4. Indy – 272
5. Lynn – 174
6. Tampa – 165
7. Grand Valley – 158
8. Findlay – 145
9. Clarion – 140
10. Simon Fraser – 137
11. West Florida – 118.5
12. Augustana – 114
13. Wingate – 91
14. Catawba – 73
15. Azusa Pacific – 69
16. NMU – 54
17. Oklahoma Christi – 44
18. MSU Mankato – 43
19. Wayne State – 42
20. Delta State – 42
21. CSU East Bay – 35
22. UMSL – 35
23. McKendree – 33
24. Henderson St. – 19
25. Southern Conn – 14
26. Truman St. – 14
27. West Chester University – 13
28. Carson-Newman – 12
29. Emmanuel – 12
30. Hillsdale – 9
31. Concordia – 7
32. Florida Southern – 6
33. Barry U – 4
34. IUP – 3
35. Ouachita – 3
36. Ashland University – 2.5
37. Davenport – 2

Note: We are only including teams in the table who have at least one finalist. They are sorted in order of team score.

This team race has been one of the most exciting things we are watching this week, and it will all come down to tonight. Based on prelims performance and relay seeds, Drury and Nova S’eastern would be exactly tied at the end of the evening. This is not including the mile, where Nova has a swimmer in the final and Drury does not.

Yesterday, Drury far outperformed their morning, and while they have little room for improvement in the 200 breaststroke, their 200 backstroker could move up her placement quite a bit, narrowing that gap for no mile swimmers.

Nova has a lot of space to move up, putting seven swimmers into finals in all three events.

Ultimately, it is very likely it will all come down to the relay and who performs the best there.

Real Team Scores + Projections

1. Drury – 434
2. Nova S’eastern – 324
3. Colorado Mesa – 321
4. Indy – 304
5. Lynn – 197
6. Tampa – 201
7. Grand Valley – 182
8. Findlay – 163
9. Simon Fraser – 148
10. Clarion – 140
11. Augustana – 131
12. West Florida – 130.5
13. Wingate – 95
14. Catawba – 90
15. Azusa Pacific – 82
16. Oklahoma Christian – 61
17. NMU – 56
18. CSU East Bay – 52
19. MSU Mankato – 43
20. Wayne State / Delta State – 42
21. —
22. UMSL – 35
23. Henderson St. – 34
24. McKendree – 33
25. West Chester University – 24
26. Truman St. – 21
27. Southern Conn – 14
28. Carson-Newman/ Emmanuel – 12
29. —
30. IUP – 10
31. Hillsdale/ Jewell – 9
32. Florida Southern – 8
33. Concordia – 7
34. Barry U – 5
35. Ouachita – 3
36. Ashland University – 2.5
37. Davenport – 2

Projected Score + Relay Score

1. Drury / Nova S’eastern – 464
2. Colorado Mesa – 355
3. Indy – 332
4. Lynn – 229
5. Tampa – 215
6. Grand Valley – 200
7. Simon Fraser – 172
8. Findlay – 171
9. Clarion – 140
10. Augustana – 131
11. West Florida – 152.5
12. Wingate – 121
13. Catawba – 90
14. Azusa Pacific – 84
15. CSU East Bay – 64
16. Oklahoma Christian – 61
17. NMU – 56
18. Delta State – 48
19. McKendree/MSU Mankato – 43
20. Wayne State- 42
21. UMSL – 39
22. Henderson St. – 34
23. West Chester University – 24
24. Truman St. – 21
25. Southern Conn – 14
26. Carson-Newman/ Emmanuel – 12
27. —
28. IUP – 10
29. Hillsdale/ Jewell – 9
30. Florida Southern – 8
31. Concordia – 7
32. Barry U – 5
33. Ouachita – 3
34. Ashland University – 2.5
35. Davenport – 2

Men’s Meet:

Updated Team Scores:

1. ​​Drury – 390
2. Tampa – 355
3. McKendree – 262
4. Indy – 239
5. Grand Valley – 186
6. Florida Southern – 127
7. Lynn – 122
8. Colorado Mesa – 119
9. Lewis – 117
10. Wingate – 117
11. St. Cloud St – 109
12. Wayne State – 85.5
13. NMU – 82
14. Rollins – 67.5
15. Catawba – 66
16. Clarion – 65
17. Nova S’Eastern – 54
18. Missouri S & T – 51
19. Ouachita – 49
20. West Chester University – 29
21. Carson-Newman – 26
22. Simon Fraser – 25
23. Mines – 24
24. Delta State – 16
25. Quincy – 16
26. Findlay – 16
27. Barry U – 15
28. Montevallo – 14
29. Roberts Wesleyan – 13
30. Davenport – 12
31. Henderson St. – 11
32. Florida Tech – 9
33. Biola University – 7
34. College of Staten Island – 7
35. Saginaw Valley – 4

Note: We are only including teams in the table who have at least one finalist. They are sorted in order of team score.

While the women’s race is just getting closer, it seems like Drury has the men’s team title basically locked down, pending major mistakes or disqualifications this evening.

Based on our projections, with no mile, Drury comes out a little under 60 points ahead, while Tampa is going to get a huge bump from diving, it probably won’t be enough to pass Drury and hold onto their team title.

The battle for 3rd is still undecided as our projections have McKendree coming in six points ahead of Indy, but Indy has a stronger finals presence and can find places to move up and potentially make up those points.

The men also have a diving event this evening that will impact team scores.

Team Scores + Projected Scores

1. ​​Drury – 460
2. Tampa – 401
3. McKendree – 293
4. Indy – 287
5. Grand Valley – 239
6. Colorado Mesa / Wingate – 140
7. —
8. Lewis – 136
9. Lynn / St. Cloud St – 133
10. —
11. Florida Southern – 127
12. NMU – 108
13. Wayne State – 92.5
14. Nova S’eastern – 80
15. Catawba – 79
16. Rollins – 67.5
17. Clarion – 65
18. Missouri S & T – 63
19. Ouachita – 60
20. West Chester University – 29
21. Simon Fraser – 28
22. Carson-Newman/Barry U – 26
23. —
24. Davenport – 25
25. Mines – 24
26. Findlay – 23
27. Delta State/Quincy – 16
28. —
29. Montevallo – 14
30. Roberts Wesleyan – 13
31. Henderson St. – 11
32. Florida Tech – 9
33. Biola University – 7
34. College of Staten Island – 7
35. Saginaw Valley – 4

Projected Scores + Relay Scores

1. ​​Drury – 492
2. Tampa – 441
3. McKendree – 327
4. Indy – 301
5. Grand Valley – 265
6. Wingate – 170
7. Colorado Mesa – 158
8. St. Cloud St – 157
9. Lynn – 155
10. Lewis – 148
11. Florida Southern – 137
12. NMU – 136
13. Wayne State – 100.5
14. Nova S’eastern – 82
15. Catawba – 79
16. Rollins – 67.5
17. Ouachita – 66
18. Clarion – 65
19. Missouri S & T – 63
20. West Chester University – 29
21. Simon Fraser – 28
22. Carson-Newman/Barry U – 26
23. —
24. Davenport – 25
25. Mines – 24
26. Findlay – 23
27. Delta State – 20
28. Quincy – 16
29. Montevallo – 14
30. Roberts Wesleyan – 13
31. Henderson St. – 11
32. Florida Tech – 9
33. Biola University/College of Staten Island – 7
34. —
35. Saginaw Valley – 4