NCAA A Cut Roundup: Texas Leads Both Women’s & Men’s Qualifiers

It’s been an odd fall semester of NCAA swimming, but that hasn’t stopped the nation’s top college swimmers from scorching some early fast times. Today, we’re taking a look at which athletes have already locked in NCAA invites, and later today, we’ll look at which athletes are in good position to earn invites without A cuts.

The NCAA selection process is a bit complex. The most-simplified version is that athletes who hit “A” cuts are automatically qualified for the meet. They can also add second and third events where they have “B” cuts.

The remaining “B” cuts are slowly added to the NCAA invite list based on national ranks as of March. So the athlete listed below with “A” cuts are effectively locked in for NCAA qualifying and could skip resting for their conference meets.

Current NCAA A Cuts

Each of these athletes is automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships:

Women

Men

*Corbeau’s times are converted from long course meters in the current NCAA ranks. The NCAA allowed converted long course times to qualify for NCAAs up until 2010. From 2010 to 2015, long course conversions were not allowed, but in 2015, the NCAA reversed course and allowed long course conversions again.

By Team:

That list includes 14 women and 18 women representing 11 schools. Here’s the automatic qualifier breakdown by team:

Women:

1. Texas – 4
2. Virginia – 3
3. Georgia – 2
4. Alabama / California / NC State / Stanford / Tennessee – 1 each

Men:

1. Texas – 6
2. Texas A&M / Georgia – 3 each
3. —
4. California / Florida – 2 each
5. —
6. Louisville / Stanford – 1 each