2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- Wednesday, March 18 – Saturday, March 21, 2026
- McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
- Defending Champions: Virginia (5x)
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It’s time to get ready for the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, which are set to begin in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday.
ESPN+ will provide live digital coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday. Tape-delayed coverage of the women’s championships will be on ESPNU at 9 PM Eastern time, Wednesday, March 25.
Prelims will begin each day at 10 AM Eastern time; finals will commence at 6 PM Eastern time. (Note: the United States changed to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, March 8th.)
TV Schedule
| Date | Prelims (Pacific/ Eastern) | Diving Prelims (Pacific/ Eastern) | Finals (Pacific/ Eastern) |
| Wednesday, March 18 | 7:00 AM/ 10:00 AM | N/A | 3:00 PM/ 6:00 PM |
| Thursday, March 19 | 7:00 AM/ 10:00 AM | 9:30 AM/ 12:30 PM | 3:00 PM/ 6:00 PM |
| Friday, March 20 | 7:00 AM/ 10:00 AM | 9:30 AM/ 12:30 PM | 3:00 PM/ 6:00 PM |
| Saturday, March 21 | 7:00 AM/ 10:00 AM | 9:30 AM/ 12:30 PM | 3:00 PM/ 6:00 PM |
Event Schedule
Wednesday, March 18
- Day one prelims | 7AM/ 10AM | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day one finals | 3PM/ 6PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- 1,650-yard freestyle
- 200-yard medley relay
- 800-yard freestyle relay
Thursday, March 19
- Day two prelims | 7AM/ 10AM | Watch live on ESPN+
- One-meter diving trials| 9:30AM/ 12:30PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day two finals | 3PM/ 6PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- 100-yard butterfly
- 400-yard individual medley
- One-meter diving, rounds 1-3
- 200-yard freestyle
- 100-yard breaststroke
- One-meter diving, rounds 4-6
- 200-yard freestyle relay
Friday, March 20
- Day three prelims | 7AM/ 10AM | Watch live on ESPN+
- Three-meter diving trials | 9:30AM/ 12:30PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day three finals | 3PM/ 6PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- 100-yard backstroke
- 200-yard breaststroke
- Three-meter diving, rounds 1-3
- 500-yard freestyle
- 50-yard freestyle
- Three-meter diving, rounds 4-6
- 400-yard medley relay
Saturday, March 21
- Day four prelims | 7AM/ 10AM | Watch live on ESPN+
- Platform diving trials | 9:30AM/ 12:30PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- Day four finals | 3PM/ 6PM | Watch live on ESPN+
- 200-yard individual medley
- 100-yard freestyle
- Platform diving, rounds 1-3
- 200-yard butterfly
- 200-yard backstroke
- Platform diving, rounds 4-6
- 400-yard freestyle relay
So once again with all the sports platform available to me presently with my YouTube tv , peacock and hbo max I still can’t watch ncaa swimming unless I get a special subscription to Disney plus select or whatever it calls itself these days. Way to grow the sport and make it more enjoyable for everyone.shrink the broadcast but expect everyone who knows nothing about swimming to jump thru hurdles to watch it…
if they undergo all these changes to “improve the viewer experience” but still keep the same ESPN overlay from like 2012 ima lose it.
The schedule shown above omits the second diving segment before the relays. Dives 4-6 are after the last individual swims and before the relay
Sucks being a swim fan in Canada 😐
Are the top 8 relay heats at night and rest in the morning? Can the top 8 adjust their lineups according to morning results
Yes re: timing.
Great question re: lineups. Let me ask…
just a heads up
even with my email and password from past years, I found it difficult to sign up for just ESPN+
only options were ESPN Unlimited or DISNEY with ESPN
finally after searching for a half hour I found a link to ESPN+ only for $12.99
so don’t wait until the last minute!
and hope it’s easy to cancel in 3 weeks
If you still have the link, maybe you can share it here?
I am not sure how I found ESPN+ only but try this
https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/articles/40375295702164-How-do-I-sign-up-for-ESPN-Select-or-ESPN-Unlimited
ESPN+ is also now called ESPN Select
hope this helps I am not very tech savy
Same I had a hard time finding it as well
Me when I see that none of the sessions are on the USA Swimming app
So tomorrow, are all heats besides the top 8 in the morning, then one heat for each event at night?
Yes, that’s my understanding