Poppell Pronounces 2026-27 Swimming and Diving Schedule – University of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina swimming and diving head coach Jeff Poppell introduced the Gamecocks’ 2026-27 schedule on Friday, highlighted by seven regular-season meets and the annual Gamecock Invitational. The Gamecock girls are coming off a historic season, going undefeated in the course of the common season and ending nineteenth on the 2026 NCAA Championships.

The season opens on Friday, Sept. 25, with a highway twin meet towards UNCW and Georgetown in Wilmington, N.C. The Gamecocks then head to Atlanta for the inaugural “The Dual Meet Tournament” on Oct. 16-17, the place they may face Georgia Tech, Penn State, Auburn, Kentucky, Florida State, George Washington and Minnesota.

South Carolina returns to Columbia for 3 consecutive meets, starting with internet hosting the 2026 males’s and ladies’s SEC Champions and the lads’s NCAA Champion, Texas Longhorns, to the Carolina Natatorium on Oct. 30.

On Nov. 6, this system will kick off alumni weekend by dealing with off towards Florida State.

The Gamecocks will then welcome groups from throughout the nation to Columbia for the annual Gamecock Invitational from Nov. 17-20, whereas the diving squad competes on the Georgia Invitational in Athens throughout the identical week.

Following the vacation break, Carolina resumes competitors by internet hosting Queens on Jan. 2 earlier than touring to Tennessee on Jan. 16. The common season concludes with a house twin meet towards Georgia Tech on Jan. 29.

The postseason begins with the 2027 SEC Championships, set for Feb. 15-21 in Austin, Texas. Swimmers in search of NCAA qualification can have one remaining alternative on the Auburn Last Chance Invitational on Feb. 26-27 earlier than divers compete on the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships in Knoxville from March 6-10.

The 2027 NCAA Championships return to Austin, with the ladies’s championship scheduled for March 17-20 and the lads’s championship happening March 24-27.

The full 2026-27 South Carolina swimming and diving schedule is obtainable beneath. All house meets are held contained in the Carolina Natatorium, and admission is free for all followers.

2026-27 Schedule

Sept. 25: at UNCW/Georgetown (Wilmington, N.C.) – 4 p.m.

Oct. 16-17: The Dual Meet Tournament (Atlanta, Ga.) – ALL DAY

Oct. 30: vs. Texas (Columbia, S.C.) – Noon

Nov. 6: vs. Florida State (Columbia, S.C.) – 10 a.m.

Nov. 17-20: Gamecock Invitational (Columbia, S.C. – swimmers) – ALL DAY

Nov. 17-20: Georgia Invitational (Athens, Ga. – divers) – ALL DAY

Jan. 2: vs. Queens University (Columbia, S.C.) – 11 a.m.

Jan. 16: at Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.) – Noon

Jan. 29: vs. Georgia Tech (Columbia, S.C.) – 2 p.m.

Feb. 15-21: SEC Championships (Austin, Texas) – ALL DAY

Feb. 26-27: Auburn Last Chance Invitational (Auburn, Ala.) – ALL DAY

March 6-10: NCAA Zone B Diving Championships (Knoxville, Tenn.) – ALL DAY

March 17-20: NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships (Austin, Texas) – ALL DAY

March 24-27: NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships (Austin, Texas) – ALL DAY