Removing graduating seniors from the 2025 NCAA results, the Florida Gators stand to benefit the most of the top teams, ranking #2 in points behind Texas. Current photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
Now we’re taking things a step further, re-scoring the individual events at the meet after removing all senior and fifth-year swimmers (everyone who won’t be returning) from the competition.
Below, see how many points each team scored individually at the 2025 NCAAs, alongside how many points they would’ve tallied had the graduating seniors not been in the field.
2025 INDIVIDUAL POINTS V. SCORING WITHOUT SENIORS
Team
2025 Individual Points
Points Without Seniors In Field
Difference
Percentage Change
Texas
332
316.5
-15.5
-4.67%
Florida
189
245.5
+56.5
29.89%
Indiana
325
194
-131
-40.31%
California
309
123
-186
-60.19%
Tennessee
138.5
108
-30.5
-22.02%
Arizona State
100
104
+4
4.00%
Georgia
146.5
100
-46.5
-31.74%
NC State
56
97.5
+41.5
74.11%
Stanford
128
95
-33
-25.78%
Ohio State
36
84.5
+48.5
134.72%
LSU
39
78
+39
100.00%
Texas A&M
59.5
73
+13.5
22.69%
USC
68
69
+1
1.47%
UNC
15
63
+48
320.00%
Michigan
52.5
59.5
+7
13.33%
Louisville
46
59.5
+13.5
29.35%
Purdue
62
58
-4
-6.45%
Florida St
12
55
+43
358.33%
Yale
30
53
+23
76.67%
Arizona
5.5
47
+41.5
754.55%
Kentucky
30
42
+12
40.00%
Alabama
45
35
-10
-22.22%
GT
18
35
+17
94.44%
Minnesota
16
34.5
+18.5
115.63%
VT
59.5
31.5
-28
-47.06%
Wisconsin
14
28
+14
100.00%
SMU
12
28
+16
133.33%
Missouri
10
21
+11
110.00%
Army
11
19
+8
72.73%
Utah
15
19
+4
26.67%
Cal Baptist
4
15
+11
275.00%
South Carolina
1
15
+14
1400.00%
Cornell
6
14
+8
133.33%
Princeton
0
14
+14
UVA
0
11.5
+11.5
Auburn
0
8
+8
Northwestern
0
6
+6
UMass
0
5
+5
UNLV
0
4
+4
Navy
0
2.5
+2.5
IU Indy
0
1
+1
Miami (FL)
25
0
-25
-100.00%
Brown
22
0
-22
-100.00%
Penn
17
0
-17
-100.00%
PITT
13
0
-13
-100.00%
Last season, Texas, Indiana and Cal all eclipsed 300 individual points, but if we rescore the championship without the graduating seniors in the field, the Longhorns are the only team to have over 300 points, while the Hoosiers and Golden Bears find themselves with less than 200.
Texas scored 122.5 senior or fifth-year points last season, but with seniors out of the field, they have several swimmers climb the rankings in their events to give them 316.5 individual points in the rescore, just shy of the 332 they had in 2025. The key swimmers who increase their point totals without seniors include Nate Germonprez (+19), Cooper Lucas (+14), Will Scholtz(+13), diver Nicholas Harris (+15) and Camden Taylor (+14.5). The Longhorns also have three athletes who move into scoring position after they didn’t hit the board in 2025.
Rocketing past Indiana and Cal in the individual point standings is Florida, which improves by 56.5 points (29.89%) without seniors in the field. The Gators have a few swimmers who make massive jumps individually, including Aleksas Savickas (+22) and Alex Painter (+23), and they also have five athletes who moved into scoring position after not scoring last season.
Indiana takes a big hit in losing divers Carson Tyler and Quentin Henninger, who scored 49 points apiece last season, but they still have some swimmers improve their totals including three moving into scoring position after they didn’t put up points last year. Maxwell Weinrich (+12), Matt King (+9) and Kai Van Westering (+11) all improved their point totals significantly.
No one is hit harder among top 10 teams than Cal, which would score 60% less points without seniors, as their top six scorers were either classified as seniors or fifth-years in the 2025 results. The Bears only have seven athletes who would score if seniors are removed from the results, though four (Humberto Najera, Keaton Jones, Joshua Thai and Hank Rivers) move up significantly and combine for 79 points after they only scored 15 in 2025.
Ohio State is the top team to more than double their individual point total in the rescored meet, going from 36 to 84.5 with big jumps from their three non-senior scorers, but more importantly, 29 points from three athletes who didn’t score in 2025 (including 17 for Cornelius Jahn).
UNC improves by 320% without seniors in the field, going from 15 individual points to 63. The Tar Heels see the biggest jumps come from Ben Delmar(+20) and Louis Dramm(+15).
Florida State (358.3%) and Arizona (754.5%) also saw massive increases, while South Carolina had the biggest percentage jump of all, going from one point to 15 for a 1400% improvement.
Outside of Cal, the team that fell the most (by percentage) among those that still score in this format is Virginia Tech, which falls 47.06% without seniors, down from 59.5 to 31.5 individual points.
Princeton, Virginia, Auburn, Northwestern, UMass, UNLV, Navy and IU Indy all move into individual scoring position after they didn’t record any points in 2025.
Miami (FL), Brown, Penn and Pitt lose all of their individual points with the removal of seniors and have no one in position to move into a scoring spot.
But does this work matter, is this not like most years or in most sports, senior laden teams have an advantage
Last edited 1 day ago by samulih
MIKE IN DALLAS
1 day ago
The amount of work here is fully impressive – Bravo!
But, to get a bit pedestrian: as a die-hard Texas fan, am I correct in saying that the Longhorns are lookin’ real good for next year? That is pretty much the perception that I got for this deeply analytical work.
The results for finals on the live result didn’t include places lower than 16th, so I ran the tool on prelims.
Aquajosh
2 days ago
This is exactly why Florida needs to strike on the transfer portal and snag a big Swiss Army knife like Baylor Nelson. 2026 is their best shot to win NCAAs.
I guess these entries are based off prelim swims, but one thing I noticed about Florida is they tend moved up in Finals, we can expect even more points from a few lads. For example Painter in as 15th in the 50fr but actually finished 9th and Buff in the 100 fly last into the final and finished 5th. Texas look like they will have a great year and I expect Florida to come in a good second.
Should I run the data and see if your hunch is true?
Last time I ran data about Florida, one of the Gator parents called me 15 different names that I can’t repeat because he didn’t like what the data showed lol.
Oh, My! Do you still have to bear that type of juvenile hate from crazy parents? Yikes!
IU Swammer
2 days ago
Excellent preview for next season. We’ll just have to see how Cal reloads. I don’t see Indiana getting the points to stay ahead of Florida or to catch up with Texas. You can never count Cal out, so this may be another close year for 2-4. Though, who knows how 22-man roster limits are going to affect Texas and Cal.
James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism.
Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …
But does this work matter, is this not like most years or in most sports, senior laden teams have an advantage
The amount of work here is fully impressive – Bravo!
But, to get a bit pedestrian: as a die-hard Texas fan, am I correct in saying that the Longhorns are lookin’ real good for next year? That is pretty much the perception that I got for this deeply analytical work.
Yes. Especially with how many promising underclassmen Texas had at the meet.
And promising freshmen coming in.
I love these kinds of articles! Thanks for putting this stuff together
Just a note, Caribe wasn’t 4th at 100 free.
The results for finals on the live result didn’t include places lower than 16th, so I ran the tool on prelims.
This is exactly why Florida needs to strike on the transfer portal and snag a big Swiss Army knife like Baylor Nelson. 2026 is their best shot to win NCAAs.
I guess these entries are based off prelim swims, but one thing I noticed about Florida is they tend moved up in Finals, we can expect even more points from a few lads. For example Painter in as 15th in the 50fr but actually finished 9th and Buff in the 100 fly last into the final and finished 5th. Texas look like they will have a great year and I expect Florida to come in a good second.
Should I run the data and see if your hunch is true?
Last time I ran data about Florida, one of the Gator parents called me 15 different names that I can’t repeat because he didn’t like what the data showed lol.
Gators are grumpy cause of all those teeth they have to brush.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LjLRy9wuc8
Oh, My! Do you still have to bear that type of juvenile hate from crazy parents? Yikes!
Excellent preview for next season. We’ll just have to see how Cal reloads. I don’t see Indiana getting the points to stay ahead of Florida or to catch up with Texas. You can never count Cal out, so this may be another close year for 2-4. Though, who knows how 22-man roster limits are going to affect Texas and Cal.
Exactly. Maybe Peter Coetze and Daniel Wiffen actually show up!
Yall aren’t including Urlando in this even though we already know he’s coming back? And he’s technically not a senior?
I mean he was a 10th year soph.
Not nice