Courtesy: Miami Redhawks Athletics
Miami University Swimming and Diving announced its schedule for the 2025-26 season today. The Red and White hold their annual Red and White Scrimmage during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. Miami begins regular-season competition by traveling to Evanston, Ill., for a co-ed meet against Northwestern and Southern Illinois University (Oct. 11).
October meets also include a co-ed trip to Cincinnati (Oct. 17) and a women’s meet at Bowling Green (Oct. 18). November begins with Miami hosting Northern Kentucky for a co-ed swimming-only meet (Nov. 7), and the RedHawks also head to Akron the following day in a women’s meet (Nov. 8). The last event of 2025 will be the co-ed Miami Invitational (Nov. 19-22).
2026 starts with a co-ed away trip to Rochester, Mich. to face Oakland and Denison (Jan. 9-10). Next, Miami hosts a co-ed meet: Ball State for the men and Eastern Michigan for the women (Jan. 16). The Red and White next compete in a co-ed meet against Kenyon and Xavier, where seniors are recognized (Jan. 24). Finally, Miami ends January by hosting Buffalo in a women-only meet (Jan. 31).
The RedHawks will travel to the women’s Mid-American Conference meet in Akron, Ohio (Feb. 26-Mar. 1), with the men’s Missouri Valley Conference Championships happening at the same time in Evansville, Ind. The postseason continues with NCAA Diving Zones (TBD), the women’s NCAA Championships (March 18-21 in Atlanta, Ga.) and the men’s NCAA Championships (March 25-28 in Atlanta, Ga.).
FULL SCHEDULE
| Date | Time | At | Opponent | Location | Tournament |
| Sep 27 (Sat) | 10 a.m. | Home | Red and White Scrimmage (Co-Ed) |
Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center)
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| Oct 11 (Sat) | 12 p.m. | Away | Northwestern [with SIU] (Co-Ed) | Evanston, Ill. | |
| Oct 17 (Fri) | 12:30 p.m. (diving)/3:30 (swim) | Away | Cincinnati (Co-Ed) | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| Oct 18 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | Away | Bowling Green (Women) |
Bowling Green, Ohio
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| Nov 7 (Fri) | 3 p.m. | Home | Northern Kentucky (Co-Ed Swim) |
Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center)
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| Nov 8 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | Away | Akron (Women) | Akron, Ohio | |
| Nov 19 (Wed) | All Day | Home | Miami Invitational (Co-Ed) | Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center) |
Miami Invitational
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| Nov 20 (Thu) | All Day | Home | Miami Invitational (Co-Ed) | Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center) |
Miami Invitational
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| Nov 21 (Fri) | All Day | Home | Miami Invitational (Co-Ed) | Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center) |
Miami Invitational
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| Nov 22 (Sat) | All Day | Home | Miami Invitational (Co-Ed) | Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center) |
Miami Invitational
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| Jan 9 (Fri) | TBA | Away | Oakland [with Denison] (Co-Ed) |
Rochester, Mich.
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| Jan 10 (Sat) | TBA | Away | Oakland [with Denison] (Co-Ed) |
Rochester, Mich.
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| Jan 16 (Fri) | 2 p.m. | Home | Eastern Michigan (Women)/Ball State (Men) |
Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center)
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| Jan 24 (Sat) | 1 p.m. | Home | Kenyon/Xavier (Co-Ed) |
Oxford, Ohio (Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center)
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| Jan 31 (Sat) | 11 a.m. | Away | Buffalo (Women) | Buffalo, N.Y. | |
| Feb 26 (Thu) | All Day | Neutral | Mid-American Conference Championships (Women) | Akron, Ohio |
MAC Championships (Women)
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| Feb 26 (Thu) | All Day | Neutral | Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Men) | Evansville, Ind. |
MVC Championship (Men)
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| Feb 27 (Fri) | All Day | Neutral | Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Men) | Evansville, Ind. |
MVC Championship (Men)
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| Feb 27 (Fri) | All Day | Neutral | Mid-American Conference Championships (Women) | Akron, Ohio |
MAC Championships (Women)
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| Feb 28 (Sat) | All Day | Neutral | Mid-American Conference Championships (Women) | Akron, Ohio |
MAC Championships (Women)
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| Feb 28 (Sat) | All Day | Neutral | Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Men) | Evansville, Ind. |
MVC Championship (Men)
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| Mar 1 (Sun) | All Day | Neutral | Missouri Valley Conference Championship (Men) | Evansville, Ind. |
MVC Championship (Men)
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| Mar 1 (Sun) | All Day | Neutral | Mid-American Conference Championships (Women) | Akron, Ohio |
MAC Championships (Women)
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| Mar 18 (Wed) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Women’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Women)
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| Mar 19 (Thu) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Women’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Women)
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| Mar 20 (Fri) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Women’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Women)
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| Mar 21 (Sat) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Women’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Women)
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| Mar 25 (Wed) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Men’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Men)
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| Mar 26 (Thu) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Men’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Men)
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| Mar 27 (Fri) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Men’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Men)
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| Mar 28 (Sat) | All Day | Neutral | NCAA Men’s Championships | Atlanta, Ga. |
NCAA Championships (Men)
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It looks like MVC decided to do a combined championships this year, thereby making their affiliate members have 2 meets at the same time. Last year, the men had their own meet the weekend before the women’s MVC, which has historically been the same weekend as women’s MAC.
Could be time to start looking for a new affiliate conference for Miami, BSU, and UMass if that trend will continue in the future.
I totally agree with you! Really disappointing to see that the MVC and MAC couldn’t find a way to collaboratively “work together” for the greater good of Miami, Ball State and UMass! Even if the MVC did want to combine the Men and Women into one conference meet, both conferences had a more than viable option to ensure that the MAC and MVC meets didn’t conflict with each other. Simple as having one of the meets held the prior weekend. Heck, “flip a coin”. Instead, both conferences are negatively impacting Miami, Ball State and UMass student-athletes, coaches, trainers, staff, families and fans. It’s this type of selfish behavior by the conferences that hurts the sport as a whole.
That’s what I figured. I don’t know the inner-workings of the MVC, but I know the MAC schedules its championship meets 3 years in advance. I wonder what made the MVC move to combined meet, which will be very crowded. They have no cap on roster numbers at meets, so just assuming every team has 30 swimmers/divers, that is 510 athletes – way too many IMO to run an optimal championship meet. With 9 women’s teams and (now) 8 men’s teams, those are already large enough meets to stand on their own!
Hopefully they will return to a common sense format next year!
If the MVC wanted to move to a combined meet, they had at least two different weeks to choose from. And, they chose the week that they knew was a conflict and caused significant problems for Miami, Ball State and UMass.In doing so, the MVC knew this would put those schools in a bind and force them to compete with only half of their coaching and support staff. And, as far as the MAC goes, evening with scheduling the meet three years out, there is absolutely nothing keeping them from simply having the MAC’s one weekend earlier or later. I’m not sure why neither conference was willing to “do the right thing” and show good sportsmanship by moving the dates… Read more »