2026 NCAA Swimming and Diving Conference Championships Primer – Division I

It’s lastly February, and you recognize what meaning: time for the 2026 swimming and diving championship season! Over the following few weeks, there will probably be dozens of convention championships in every of the NCAA’s three divisions and the NAIA. Below, we’ve got listed the small print (dates, places, and vital hyperlinks) for the 23 NCAA Division I conferences which have swimming & diving championships this season.

You can discover hyperlinks to our different primers beneath:

If you intend on intently following a number of convention meets within the subsequent few weeks, it might be a good suggestion to bookmark this web page to maintain all the knowledge in an simply accessible location. We will replace it as we get extra particulars.

And whereas we’ve achieved our greatest to trace all of them down, there are lots of championship meets occurring across the nation this month so if we’ve missed one, tell us and we’ll add it beneath.

Note: an asterisk (*) indicated that the workforce was added to the convention this 12 months.

Week One: Monday, February 9 to Sunday, February 15, 2026

Beginning Wednesday; February 11

Big West Conference – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 11–Saturday, February 14
• Location: CRWC Natatorium, Houston, TX
• Defending Champions: UC Santa Barbara girls (1x); UC Santa Barbara males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Schedule of Events (PDF)
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Cal State Bakersfield, Grand Canyon (males)*, Hawai’i, San Diego(girls)*, Seattle*, UC Davis (girls), UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 11–Saturday, February 14
• Location: Spire Academy, Geneva, OH
• Defending Champions: Niagara girls (éx); Niagara males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Schedule of Events (PDF)
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, Manhattan, Marist, Merrimack, Mount St. Mary’s, Niagara, Rider, Sacred Heart (girls), Saint Peter’s, Siena (girls)

Week Two: Monday, February 16 to Sunday, February 22, 2026

Beginning Sunday; February 15

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) – Men and Women

• Dates:
  • Diving: Sunday, February 15–Tuesday, February 17
  • Swimming: Tuesday, February 17–Saturday, February 21
• Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
• Defending champions: UVA girls (6x); Cal males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Schedule of Events (PDF)
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Boston College, Cal, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (girls swimming & diving/males diving), NC State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, SMU, Stanford, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Beginning Tuesday, February 17

Northeast Conference (NEC) – Men and Women

• Dates: Tuesday, February 17–Friday, February 20
• Location: Spire Institute, Geneva, OH
• Defending Champions: Central Connecticut State girls (3x); Howard males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: NEC Frontrow
• Championship Central: women’s site ׀ men’s site
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Central Connecticut (girls), Howard, Le Moyne, LIU, St. Francis Univ (girls), Stonehill (girls), Wagner

Southeastern Conference (SEC) – Men and Women

• Dates: Tuesday, February 17–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN
• Defending Champions: Texas girls (1x); Texas males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: SEC Network+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Alabama, Arkansas (girls), Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt (girls)

Beginning Wednesday, February 18

America East – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: VMI Aquatic Center, Lexington, VA
• Defending Champions: New Hampshire girls (1x); Binghamton males (2x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+ for U.S. viewers; AmericaEast.TV exterior the U.S.
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Binghamton, Bryant, Maine, New Hampshire (girls), NJIT (males), UMBC, Vermont (girls), VMI

American Conference (AC) – Women solely

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Greensboro Aquatics Center, Greensboro, NC
• Defending Champions: Rice girls (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, James Madison*, Liberty*, Marshall*, North Texas, Rice, Tulane

Atlantic-10 Conference – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Hampton Aquaplex, Hampton, VA
• Defending Champions: George Washington girls (4x); George Washington males (5x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Davidson, Duquesne (girls), Fordham, George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, Rhode Island (girls), Richmond (girls), St. Louis, St. Bonaventure

Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Rosen Aquatic & Fitness Center, Orlando, FL
• Defending Champions: Liberty girls (2x), Queens males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Schedule of Events (PDF)
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Bellarmine, Delaware*, Florida Atlantic (males), Florida Gulf Coast (girls), Gardner-Webb, Georgia Southern (girls)*, North Florida (girls), Old Dominion (girls), Queens, UNC Asheville (girls)

Big East Conference – Men and Women

• Dates: Monday, February 18–Thursday, February 21
• Location: Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training, Ocala, FL
• Defending Champions: Villanova girls (12x), Georgetown males (4x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: BIG EAST Digital Network on FloSports
• Championship Central
• Championship Program (PDF)
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Butler (girls), Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, UConn (girls), Villanova, Xavier

Big Ten Conference – Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Jean Okay. Freeman Aquatic Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Defending champions: Ohio State girls (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: B1G+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, Wisconsin

Horizon League – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: IU Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
• Defending Champions: Oakland girls (12x); Oakland males (12x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Cleveland State, IU Indianapolis, Northern Kentucky, Oakland, UW-Green Bay, UW-Milwaukee, Youngstown State

Ivy League – Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, Providence, RI
• Defending Champions: Princeton girls (3x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

Mountain West Conference – Women solely

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: CRWC Natatorium, Houston, TX
• Defending Champions: San Diego State girls (4x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: Mountain West Network
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Air Force, Colorado State, Fresno State, Grand Canyon*, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Washington State, Wyoming

Patriot League – Men and Women

• Dates: Tuesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Lejeune Hall, Annapolis, MD
• Defending Champions: Navy girls (13x); Army West Point males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: American, Army West Point, Boston U, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola Maryland, Navy

Summit League – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 18–Saturday, February 21
• Location: Campus Recreation & Wellness Center, Iowa City, IA
• Defending Champions: Denver girls (11x); Denver males (10x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: Summit League Network
• Schedule of Events (PDF)
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Denver, Eastern Illinois, Nebraska-Omaha, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Southern Indiana, St. Thomas

Week Three: Monday, February 23 to Sunday, March 1, 2025

Beginning Tuesday, February 24

Big 12 Conference – Men and Women

• Dates: Tuesday, February 24–Saturday, February 28
• Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• Defending champions: Arizona State girls (1x); Arizona State males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston (girls), Iowa State (girls), Kansas (girls), Texas Christian, Utah, West Virginia

Beginning Wednesday, February 25

Big Ten Conference – Men

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI
• Defending champions: Indiana males (4x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, USC, Wisconsin

Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: Hampton Aquaplex, Hampton, VA
• Defending Champions: UNC-Wilmington girls (3x); UNC-Wilmington males (4x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: FloCollege
• Schedule of Events (PDF)
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Campbell (girls), Delaware, Drexel, Monmouth, Northeastern (girls), Stony Brook (girls), Towson, UNC-Wilmington, William & Mary

Ivy League – Men

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, NJ
• Defending Champions: Princeton males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale

Mid-American Conference (MAC) – Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium, Akron, OH
• Defending Champions: Akron girls (4x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, Miami-OH (girls), Ohio, Toledo, UMass

Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) – Men and Women

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: Deaconess Aquatic Center, Evansville, IN
• Defending Champions: Indiana State girls (1x); Miami-OH (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Teams: Ball State, Evansville, Illinois-Chicago*, Illinois State (girls), Indiana State (girls), Little Rock (girls), Miami-OH (males), Missouri State, Northern Iowa (girls), Southern Illinois, UIC, UMass (males)*, Valparaiso

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) – Men and Women

• Dates: Tuesday, February 25–Saturday, February 28
• Location: City of Pharr-PSJA Natatorium, Pharr, TX
• Defending Champions: Pepperdine girls (1x); Pacific males (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central
• SwimSwam Fan Guide
• Women’s groups: Cal Baptist*, Idaho*, Incarnate Word, New Mexico State*, Northern Arizona*, Northern Colorado*, Pacific, Pepperdine, UNLV*, Utah Tech*, UTRGV*
• Men’s groups: Air Force*, Cal Baptist*, Incarnate Word, Pacific, UNLV, Wyoming*

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*= added to the convention this 12 months

2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, March 18–Saturday, March 21
• Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
• Defending Champions: Virginia (5x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central

2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, March 25–Saturday, March 28
• Location: McAuley Aquatic Center, Atlanta, GA
• Defending Champions: Texas (1x)
• Live Results
• Live Video
• Championship Central