Gators Swimming & Diving Launch 2026-27 Schedule

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida swimming and diving program is gearing up for an additional season, unveiling its 2026-27 schedule Monday afternoon.

The season opens Sept. 26 at 11 a.m., with the boys’s workforce taking over Florida Atlantic and Nova Southeastern in Boca Raton, Fla., whereas the ladies’s workforce will compete in opposition to Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.

Florida will stay on the highway as each groups journey to Kentucky for a twin meet Oct. 2 at 6 p.m., earlier than heading to Virginia and Georgia for 11 a.m. twin meets Oct. 17 and Oct. 30, respectively. In the midst of the highway stretch, the diving workforce will return residence for a 1 p.m. meet in opposition to the Hurricanes on Oct. 16.

The Gators return to Athens, Ga., in mid-November for the annual Georgia Invitational Nov. 18-20. Select swimmers will even compete within the U.S. Open Championships Dec. 2-5.

Florida Diving will kick off the 2027 portion of the schedule in Knoxville, Tenn., on the Tennessee Diving Invitational Jan. 7-9. The motion continues Jan. 13-16, as qualifying swimmers head to Nashville, Tenn., to compete within the 2027 TYR Pro Series.

Florida will host Missouri Jan. 22-23 for its first residence twin meet of the season on the Ann Marie Rogers Swimming and Diving Pool contained in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium. Diving will kick off the weekend at 5 p.m. Jan. 22, adopted by swimming at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 23.

The Gators shut regular-season competitors Jan. 29-30 with their annual split-site meet in opposition to in-state rival Florida State. Swimming occasions shall be held in Ocala at midday, whereas diving shall be hosted in Gainesville at 11 a.m. Jan. 29. Platform diving exhibition will happen at 11 a.m. Jan. 30.

Championship season kicks off with the SEC Championships in Austin, Texas, Feb. 16-20, adopted by NCAA Diving Zones March 7-10 at Tennessee’s Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Gators will then return to the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin for the NCAA Championships. The ladies’s workforce competitors is slated for March 17-20, adopted by the boys’s championships March 24-27.

Admission is free for all residence meets on the Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium.

2026-27 Florida Men’s and Women’s Swimming Schedule
Date	Opponent/Location	Location	Time
2026
September 26	at FAU/NOVA (M)	Boca Raton, FL	11:00 AM
September 26	at Vanderbilt (W)	Nashville, TN	1:00 PM
October 2	at Kentucky (M&W)	Lexington, KY	6:00 PM
October 16	vs. Miami (M&W) – Diving	Gainesville, FL	11:00 AM
October 17	at Virginia (M&W)	Charlottesville, VA	11:00 AM
October 30	at Georgia (M&W)	Athens, GA	11:00 AM
November 19-22	at Georgia Invite (M&W)	Athens, GA	All Day
December 2-5	US Open (M&W)	TBD	All Day
2027
January 7-10	at Tennessee Diving Invite	Knoxville, TN	All Day
January 13-16	TYR Pro Series	TBD	All Day
January 22	Missouri (M&W) – Diving	Gainesville, FL	5:00 PM
January 23	Missouri (M&W)	Gainesville, FL	10:30 AM
January 29	Florida State (M&W) – Diving Florida State (M&W) – Swimming	Gainesville, FL – Diving Ocala, FL – Swimming	11:00 AM 12:00 PM
January 30	Florida State (M&W) – Platform Diving (Exhibition)	Gainesville, FL	11:00 AM
February 16-20	SEC Championships	Austin, TX	All Day
March 7-10	NCAA Diving Zones	Knoxville, TN	All Day
March 17-20	Women’s NCAA Championships	Austin, TX	All Day
March 24-27	Men’s NCAA Championships	Austin, TX	All Day

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