Scored Division III NCAA Psych Sheets: Kenyon Women, Denison Men Projected To Take Home Titles

2025 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships

• Greensboro, North Carolina
• March 19-22, 2025
• SCY (25 Yards)
• Psych Sheets
  • Men | Women
• Defending Champions: Emory Men (3x), Kenyon Women (1x)

The NCAA has released the official, pre-diving psych sheets for the 2025 Division III Swimming Championships, giving swimming nerds a clearer picture of the team battles brewing in Greensboro. With the psych sheet, SwimSwam has projected the women’s and men’s team standings for the championship, which sets the tone for any upsets or freefalls in the final rankings at the end of the meet.

As a reminder, the official psych sheets do not include diving, where there are over 300 points up for grabs. After Regionals, where divers qualify for the NCAA Championships, the state of affairs will further solidify.

Women

The top teams shined during the 2024-25 regular season, and watching these teams trade shots across the country started the hype for the 2025 NCAA Championships early in the season. Last year, Kenyon triumphed by 18 points over NCAC rivals Denison, and this year projects to be an even tighter race—with more teams involved.

Based on swimming seed times, the Kenyon Owls are projected to repeat as champions. The psych sheet has Kenyon scoring 405.5 points, edging out MIT by 11.5 points. The top three teams—Kenyon, MIT, and NYU—are within 13 points of each other as the Violets own a projected score of 392.5 points.

The projected second place finish would be the MIT women’s highest finish at an NCAA Championships—they’ve never been higher than fifth. But the Engineers made several key additions this season including fifth-year Alex Turvey and freshman Sarah Bernard that put not only the runner-up title, but the overall crown within reach.

Emory and Denison will also be in the hunt for the overall title. The Eagles and their strong first-year class are projected for a fourth-place finish (362) with Denison fifth (331).

One thing to keep track of is that Emory has already hit the athlete cap by qualifying 18 swimmers for the championships. So, depending on how many of their divers qualify, there could be some roster changes before the meet starts. No other team has hit the athlete cap, though Denison (17), Kenyon (16), and NYU (16) may also have decisions to make depending on how Regionals go.

1. Kenyon — 405.5
2. MIT — 394
3. NYU — 392.5
4. Emory — 362
5. Denison — 331
6. Williams — 283.5
7. Hope College — 227.5
8. Pomona-Pitzer — 180
9. Tufts — 142.5
10. Chicago — 139
11. Calvin — 87
12. Johns Hopkins — 60
13. Bowdoin — 55
14. Amherst — 51
15. Swarthmore — 50
16. Albion — 47
17. Rowan — 45.5
18. Trinity U. — 39
19. Claremont MS — 37
20. Colby — 34
21. Case Western — 33.5
22. SUNY Geneseo — 29
23. Chapman — 24
24. Kean University — 21.5
25. Wash U. MO — 14
26. Salisbury — 11
27. Loras — 9
28. Middlebury — 7
29. UW-L — 7
30. Bates — 6
31. Gettysburg — 6
32. CMU — 6
33. Wooster — 5
34. Montclair St. — 5
35. Macalester — 5
36. YCP — 5
37. Wheaton MA — 4
38. Hamilton — 4

Men

The scored-out psych sheet projects a close race on the women’s side. But on the men’s side, the scales have tipped heavily in Denison’s favor. While the Big Red will also need to contend with the fact that they have already hit the athlete cap, Denison is projected to run away with the team title.

Based on the psych sheet, Denison will win the men’s NCAA title by 173 points ahead of Emory, which is aiming for a three-peat. The Eagles are projected to win a close race for second against NYU’s 287.5 points. It’s a significant shift for the Eagles, who arrived in Greensboro last year as the favorites.

A year, ago, the scored-out psych sheet (without diving) had them winning with 385 points and Williams second at 306. At the actual championships, the Eagles won their title with 435 points, 43 points ahead of Kenyon. This year, senior and defending 400 IM NCAA Champion Crow Thorsen is missing from the psych sheets after last competing at mid-season. He was the Eagles’ highest-point scorer at the 2024 NCAAs, tallying 44 points.

Tobe Obochi is another big name absent from the psych sheets. Obochi’s last meet was in December at the MIT Winter Invitational, after which he graduated and took a job offer.

NYU graduated Derek Maas last year (though he remains on deck as a coach). He won three events for the Violets, but even without him, NYU is projected to rise from fourth to third this yera based on the psych sheets.

1. Denison — 466.5
2. Emory — 293.5
3. NYU — 287.5
4. Chicago — 249
5. Kenyon — 233
6. Calvin — 227
7. CMU — 226
8. Tufts — 165
9. Williams — 131.5
10. Bates — 130.5
11. Coast Guard — 120
12. Johns Hopkins — 85.5
13. W&L — 80
14. Wash U. MO — 71.5
15. TCNJ — 68.5
16. MIT — 60
17. Rowan — 59
18. Connecticut — 56
19. Hope College — 55
20. Claremont MS — 45
21. RIT — 45
22. St. Mary’s MD — 44
23. Bridgewater — 42
24. Case Western — 41
25. Hamilton — 33
26. Amherst — 31.5
27. John Carroll — 27
28. SUNY Geneseo — 25
29. Pomona-Pitzer — 20.5
30. Grove City — 20
31. Swarthmore — 19
32. Trinity U. — 19
33. Cal Lutheran — 15.5
34. UC Santa Cruz — 14
35. Rose-Hulman — 12
36. St. John’s — 9
37. Augustana — 9
38. Whittier College — 7
39. Grinnell — 6
40. Saint Vincent — 6
41. Rensselaer — 5
42. Asbury — 2
43. Gustavus — 1.5
44. Drew — 1