Women’s Swimming and Diving Voted Third in SAA Preseason Poll

CANTON, Ga. – Rhodes College has been chosen third within the 2025 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women’s Swimming and Diving Preseason Poll, incomes 39 factors. Trinity led the way in which with 48 factors and 6 first-place votes, whereas Centre adopted in second with 40 factors and one first-place nod.

Voting was carried out among the many league’s seven head coaches.

2025-26 SAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Preseason Poll

• Trinity – 48 (6)

• Centre – 40 (1)

• Rhodes – 39

• Southwestern – 32

• Sewanee – 29

• Berry – 25

• Millsaps – 18

Rhodes enters the season with a confirmed championship pedigree, having captured back-to-back SAA titles in 2023 and 2024 earlier than ending as runner-up final 12 months. The Lynx’s 2024 championship run was highlighted by a dominant 1,010-point efficiency—the very best in program historical past.

Several key returners will look to push Rhodes again to the highest, together with veterans with SAA particular person titles and NCAA expertise. With a balanced roster of seasoned upperclassmen and rising underclassmen, the Lynx stay one of many league’s most constant contenders.

The 2026 SAA Swimming and Diving Championship is scheduled for February 11–14 at Champions Hall in Danville, Kentucky.

SAA Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Time Champions

• 2025 – Centre (1000)

• 2024 – Rhodes (1010)

• 2023 – Rhodes (852.5)

• 2022 – Birmingham-Southern (796.5)

• 2021 – Birmingham-Southern (941)

• 2020 – Birmingham-Southern (865)

• 2019 – Birmingham-Southern (922)

• 2018 – Birmingham-Southern (909)

• 2017 – Birmingham-Southern (849)

• 2016 – Rhodes (914)

• 2015 – Rhodes (846)

• 2014 – Birmingham-Southern (810)

• 2013 – Centre (854)