Men’s Swim & Dive Declares 2025-26 Season

DALLAS (SMU) — SMU Men’s Swimming & Diving revealed its 2025-26 schedule on Wednesday, together with six dwelling meets and three regular-season ACC matchups.

The Mustangs start the marketing campaign with a house triple-dual meet in opposition to Incarnate Word, Oklahoma Christian and North Texas on Oct. 4. Last trip, SMU dominated the meet, defeating Oklahoma Christian 203-68 and Incarnate Word 182-88.

On Oct. 10-11, the Mustangs will host their annual SMU Classic, taking up convention rival Louisville, in addition to going through LSU, Auburn and Drury. Three of the 4 opponents completed the 2024-25 season within the CSCAA Top 25 ballot with Louisville rating eleventh, Auburn incomes seventeenth and LSU claiming twentieth. Drury claimed the 2024-25 Division II males’s championship title.

Continuing the house battles in opposition to ranked opponents, SMU is about to face Texas A&M, who completed final season ranked 14th, on Oct. 24-25. Following the competitors in opposition to the Aggies, the Mustangs will host Arizona and TCU in a house double-dual on Oct. 30-31.

On Nov. 19-22, SMU hosts its invite that may embrace ACC opponents Stanford and Miami in addition to Hawaii, Drury, Air Force and Utah. The invite will finish the Mustangs’ schedule for 2025.

From Jan. 7-9, SMU will compete on the University of Tennessee’s diving invitational. Staying on the highway, the Mustangs will journey to Baton Rouge to face LSU on Jan. 24. The common season motion for the Mustangs is about to finish Jan. 31 at an away meet in opposition to Utah. Last trip, SMU bested Utah 195-105, claiming eight occasions and 6 NCAA cuts.

For the second time ever, SMU will compete within the ACC Championships. The diving championships will happen on Feb. 15-17 in Atlanta, Georgia. At the identical location, the swimming championships are being held on Feb. 17-21. Nine ACC groups completed within the high 25 within the nation, making the ACC one of many strongest swimming and diving conferences within the nation.

SMU’s Last Chance Meet can be held on March 4-7. The meet serves as a last likelihood for SMU athletes to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.

Divers who qualify will compete in College Station, Texas, on the NCAA Zone Diving Championships on March Sept. 11. On March 25-28, the NCAA Championships will happen in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Mustangs return sophomore Luke Sitz, who completed seventh within the NCAA finals on 1-meter. Sitz grew to become the primary SMU diver to earn First Team All-America honors on 1-meter in 28 years (Ali Al-Hasan, 1997). The males’s swimming and diving workforce completed thirty fifth nationally final season.

FULL SCHEDULE

September 26 – Intra-Squad Meet

October 3 – Incarnate Word, Oklahoma Christian & North Texas

October 10 & 11 – SMU Classic (Auburn, Louisville, LSU, Drury)

October 24 & 25 – Texas A&M

October 30 & 31 – Arizona & TCU

November 19-22 – SMU Invite (Utah, Hawaii, Drury, Stanford (Men), Air Force (Men), Miami (Women))

January 7-9 – Tennessee Diving Invite

January 24 – at LSU

January 31 – at Utah

February 15-17 – ACC Diving Championships – Atlanta, Ga.

February 17-21 – ACC Championships – Atlanta, Ga.

March 4-7 – SMU Last Chance Meet

March Sept. 11 – NCAA Zone Diving Championships – College Station, Texas

March 25-28 – NCAA Championships – Atlanta, Ga.