The University of Texas on Saturday completed its run to a 15th team championship at the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Those 15 titles, all won under Eddie Reese, extends their lead over Michigan as the most NCAA-declared Division I men’s team titles in history. Michigan has 12, Ohio State has 11, and USC has 9.
Michigan has an additional 7 titles earned between 1924 and 1936, where individual, but not team, championships were recognized by the NCAA – though different newspapers still awarded team championships (much like they’ve always done with the top level of college football).
In addition to their team title, the Longhorns added 3 individual titles: one from diver Jordan Windle and a pair in relays. The Florida Gators also won 3, while team runners-up Cal led all programs with 5.
There was not a ton of movement in the all-time titles rankings. Unlike what we saw after the women’s meet, the men’s teams are more stratified – owed to way more championship meets for the best programs to amass wins.
The biggest shakeup in the rankings is the 3 wins from Texas A&M junior Shaine Casas in the 100 back, 200 back, and 200 IM. That makes A&M the 71st program to win an event title at the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships. They now become one of 6 schools to have won at least 3 event titles.
Georgia also made a leap up the rankings thanks to freshman Jake Magahey‘s upset title in the 500 free. The school now has 22 all-time titles, tying them with Michigan State (which is cutting their program after this season) and Princeton: two of the best programs in the country in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
The rest of the moves were minor: by a single spot in either direction.
Below, see all of the 2021 NCAA Men’s D1 Swimming & Diving event champions, plus the updated all-time rankings.
Day 1
- 800 free relay – Texas (Drew Kibler, Jr.; Austin Katz, Sr.; Carson Foster, Fr.; Jake Sannem, Sr.) – 6:07.25
Day 2
- 200 free relay – Cal (Bjorn Seeliger, Fr.; Ryan Hoffer, Sr.; Daniel Carr, Sr.; Nate Biondi, Sr.) – 1:14.36
- 500 free – Jake Magahey, Georgia, Fr. – 4:07.97
- 200 IM – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M, Jr. – 1:39.53
- 50 free – Ryan Hoffer, Cal, Sr. – 18.33
- 1-mtr diving – Jordan Windle, Texas, Sr. – 435.60
- 400 medley relay – Texas (Chris Staka, Sr.; Caspar Corbeau, So.; Alvin Jiang, Sr.; Daniel Krueger, Jr.) – 3:00.23
Day 3
- 400 IM – Bobby Finke, Florida, Jr. – 3:36.90
- 100 fly – Ryan Hoffer, Cal, Sr. – 44.25
- 200 free – Kieran Smith, Florida, Jr. – 1:30.10
- 100 breast – Max McHugh, Minnesota, Jr. – 50.18
- 100 back – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M, Jr. – 44.20
- 3-mtr diving – Andrew Capobianco, Indiana – 505.20
- 200 medley relay – Louisville (Mitchell Whyte, Jr.; Evgenii Somov, Sr.; Nicolas Albiero, Sr.; Haridi Sameh, So.) – 1:22.11
Day 4
- 1650 free – Bobby Finke, Florida, Jr. – 14:12.52
- 200 back – Shaine Casas, Texas A&M, Jr. – 1:35.75
- 100 free – Ryan Hoffer, Cal, Sr. – 40.89
- 200 breast – Max McHugh, Minnesota, Jr. – 1:49.02
- 200 fly – Nicolas Albiero, Louisville, Sr. – 1:38.64
- Platform diving – Brandon Loschiavo, Purdue, Sr. – 469.05
- 400 free relay – Cal (Bjorn Seeliger, Fr.; Ryan Hoffer, Sr.; Destin Lasco, Fr.; Hugo Gonzalez) – 2:46.60
| Team | Prior Titles | 2021 Titles | New Total | Previous Rank | Rank Change | |
| 1 | Michigan | 166 | 166 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Stanford | 150 | 150 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Texas | 140 | 3 | 143 | 3 | |
| 4 | USC | 124 | 124 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Ohio State | 119 | 119 | 5 | ||
| 6 | Cal | 90 | 5 | 95 | 6 | |
| 7 | Indiana | 88 | 1 | 89 | 7 | |
| 8 | Yale | 60 | 60 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Auburn | 59 | 59 | 9 | ||
| 10 | Florida | 54 | 3 | 57 | 10 | |
| 11 | Arizona | 52 | 52 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Tennessee | 45 | 45 | 12 | ||
| 13 | UCLA | 41 | 41 | 13 | ||
| 14 | Northwestern | 31 | 31 | 14 | ||
| 15 | Miami | 30 | 30 | 15 | ||
| 16 | SMU | 28 | 28 | 16 | ||
| 17 | Michigan State | 22 | 22 | 17 | ||
| 17 | Princeton | 22 | 22 | 17 | ||
| 17 | Georgia | 21 | 1 | 22 | 19 | +2 |
| 20 | Iowa | 21 | 21 | 19 | -1 | |
| 21 | Minnesota | 16 | 2 | 18 | 21 | |
| 22 | Alabama | 15 | 15 | 22 | ||
| 22 | NC State | 15 | 15 | 22 | ||
| 24 | Rutgers | 13 | 13 | 24 | ||
| 24 | Purdue | 12 | 1 | 13 | 25 | +1 |
| 26 | Harvard | 12 | 12 | 25 | -1 | |
| 26 | Washington | 12 | 12 | 25 | -1 | |
| 28 | Arizona Sate | 10 | 10 | 28 | ||
| 29 | Long Beach State | 9 | 9 | 29 | ||
| 30 | Columbia | 8 | 8 | 30 | ||
| 30 | Navy | 8 | 8 | 30 | ||
| 32 | Illinois | 7 | 7 | 32 | ||
| 33 | Florida State | 6 | 6 | 33 | ||
| 33 | Louisville | 4 | 2 | 6 | 34 | +1 |
| 35 | BYU | 4 | 4 | 34 | -1 | |
| 35 | Duke | 4 | 4 | 34 | -1 | |
| 35 | La Salle | 4 | 4 | 34 | -1 | |
| 35 | North Carolina | 4 | 4 | 34 | -1 | |
| 35 | Virginia | 4 | 4 | 34 | -1 | |
| 40 | Cincinnati | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
| 40 | UT Arlington | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
| 40 | Wayne State | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
| 40 | Williams College | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
| 40 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 | 40 | ||
| 40 | Texas A&M | 0 | 3 | 3 | 71 | +31 |
| 46 | Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 45 | -1 | |
| 46 | Dartmouth | 2 | 2 | 45 | -1 | |
| 46 | LSU | 2 | 2 | 45 | -1 | |
| 46 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 45 | -1 | |
| 50 | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Amherst | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Army West Point | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Brown | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Cornell | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Denver | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Franklin & Marshall | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Houston | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Missouri | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Oregon | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Penn | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Penn State | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Pitt | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | SUNY Cortland | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | UCSB | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Utah | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Villanova | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | |
| 50 | Wesleyan (CT) | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 |
How many of these schools are gone? UCLA is the highest ranked team to be cut I assume?
15, if you count MSU, Iowa, and La Salle after this year
Wesleyan, Williams and Amherst are D3 now. How long ago were they D1?
I don’t know the exact year each moved, but there was no Division III before 1973.
Would love to see names/events for some of the schools with 1-3 titles. Some I can name- Shane Ryan from PSU, for example… but I am curious as to some others. Long Beach State???
Didn’t Hans Fassnacht win a few back in the 70s?
You’ll recognize some of the names for Long Beach State.
Tim Shaw
Hans Fassnacht
Bob Jackson
Mitch Ivey
Greg Jagenburg
Yes! A few come to mind here too. John Van Sant for Army, Todd Torres for LSU, I’m guessing Adam Pine for Nebraska? Penn was that miler a few years ago, Chris Swanson? UCSB maybe Rich Schroeder or Ron Karnaugh.
And Mizzou Fabian Schwing!
Reminder of the awful teammate featuring the guy pictured above
Care to explain how?
A reminder of the tragedy of the MSU (#17) and Iowa (#20) program cuts this year.