NCAA record men's 400 freestyle relay | 2025 NCAA swimming
The 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships will take place at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, GA. Below is everything to know ahead of the meet, including the selection details, event schedule and history.
The championship selections will be revealed on Wednesday, March 11 and published here on krikya18.com. The 2026 DI men's swimming and diving championships are hosted by Georgia Tech at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta from Wednesday, March 25 to Saturday, March 28.
2026 NCAA DI men's swimming championship schedule
- Selection release: Wednesday, March 11
- Men's championship: Wednesday, March 25 - Saturday, March 28
- Wednesday, March 25
- 1650-yard freestyle
- 200-yard medley relay
- 800-yard freestyle relay
- Thursday, March 26
- 100-yard butterfly
- 400-yard individual medley
- 200-yard freestyle
- 100-yard breaststroke
- 200-yard freestyle relay
- One-meter diving
- Friday, March 27
- 100-yard backstroke
- 200-yard breaststroke
- 500-yard freestyle
- 50-yard freestyle
- 400-yard medley relay
- Three-meter diving
- Saturday, March 28
- 200-yard individual medley
- 100-yard freestyle
- 200-yard butterfly
- 200-yard backstroke
- 400-yard freestyle relay
- Platform diving
- Wednesday, March 25
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Where is the 2026 NCAA DI men's swimming championship?
Competition will return to the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, GA following the women's national championship the week prior.
For the first time since 2022, the Flats will welcome the NCAA DI men's swimming and diving championship, marking the fourth-ever time Georgia Tech has hosted the event. The historic aquatic center is no stranger to the big stage, however, originally built for the 1996 Olympics.
NCAA DI men's swimming championship history
The Texas Longhorns arrive in Atlanta as the reigning national champions coming off of Bob Bowman's inaugural year at the helm. After last year's win, Texas touts four more titles (16) than the next closest competitor in Michigan (12).
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Points | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Texas | Bob Bowman | 490 | California | 471 | Federal Way, WA |
| 2024 | Arizona State | Bob Bowman | 523.5 | California | 444.5 | Indianapolis |
| 2023 | California | David Durden | 482 | Arizona State | 430 | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 2022 | California | David Durden | 487.5 | Texas | 436.5 | Atlanta, GA |
| 2021 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 565 | California | 528 | Greensboro, N.C. |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | California | David Durden | 560 | Texas | 475 | Austin, Texas |
| 2018 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 449 | California | 437.5 | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 2017 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 542 | California | 349 | Indianapolis |
| 2016 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 541.5 | California | 351 | Atlanta |
| 2015 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 528 | California | 399 | Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2014 | California | David Durden | 468.5 | Texas | 417.5 | Austin, Texas |
| 2013 | Michigan | Mike Bottom | 480 | California | 406.5 | Indianapolis |
| 2012 | California | David Durden | 535.5 | Texas | 491 | Seattle |
| 2011 | California | David Durden | 493 | Texas | 470.5 | Minneapolis |
| 2010 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 500 | California | 469.5 | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2009 | Auburn | Richard Quick | 526 | Texas | 487 | College Station, Texas |
| 2008 | Arizona | Frank Busch | 500.5 | Texas | 406 | Seattle |
| 2007 | Auburn | David Marsh | 566 | Stanford | 397 | Minneapolis |
| 2006 | Auburn | David Marsh | 480.5 | Arizona | 440.5 | Atlanta |
| 2005 | Auburn | David Marsh | 491 | Stanford | 414 | Minnesota |
| 2004 | Auburn | David Marsh | 634 | Stanford | 377.5 | Long Island, N.Y. |
| 2003 | Auburn | David Marsh | 609.5 | Texas | 413 | Austin, Texas |
| 2002 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 512 | Stanford | 501 | Athens, Texas |
| 2001 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 597.5 | Stanford | 457.5 | College Station, Texas |
| 2000 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 538 | Auburn | 385 | Minneapolis |
| 1999 | Auburn | David Marsh | 467.5 | Stanford | 414.5 | Indianapolis |
| 1998 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 599 | Auburn | 394.5 | Auburn |
| 1997 | Auburn | David Marsh | 496.5 | Stanford | 340 | Minnesota |
| 1996 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 479 | Auburn | 443.5 | Texas |
| 1995 | Michigan | Jon Urbanchek | 561 | Stanford | 475 | Indianapolis |
| 1994 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 566.5 | Texas | 445 | Minnesota |
| 1993 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 520.5 | Michigan | 396 | Indianapolis |
| 1992 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 632 | Texas | 356 | Indianapolis |
| 1991 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 476 | Stanford | 420 | Texas |
| 1990 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 506 | Southern California | 423 | Indianapolis |
| 1989 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 475 | Stanford | 396 | Indianapolis |
| 1988 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 424 | Southern California | 369.5 | Indianapolis |
| 1987 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 374 | Southern California | 296 | Texas |
| 1986 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 404 | California | 335 | Indianapolis |
| 1985 | Stanford | Skip Kenney | 403.5 | Florida | 302 | Texas |
| 1984 | Florida | Randy Reese | 287.5 | Texas | 277 | Cleveland State |
| 1983 | Florida | Randy Reese | 238 | SMU | 227 | Indianapolis |
| 1982 | UCLA | Ron Ballatore | 219 | Texas | 210 | Wisconsin |
| 1981 | Texas | Eddie Reese | 259 | UCLA | 189 | Texas |
| 1980 | California | Nort Thornton | 234 | Texas | 220 | Harvard |
| 1979 | California | Nort Thornton | 287 | Southern California | 227 | Cleveland State |
| 1978 | Tennessee | Ray Bussard | 307 | Auburn | 185 | Long Beach State |
| 1977 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 385 | Alabama | 204 | Cleveland State |
| 1976 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 398 | Tennessee | 237 | Brown |
| 1975 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 344 | Indiana | 274 | Cleveland State |
| 1974 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 339 | Indiana | 338 | Long Beach State |
| 1973 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 358 | Tennessee | 294 | Tennessee |
| 1972 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 390 | Southern California | 371 | Army |
| 1971 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 351 | Southern California | 260 | Iowa State |
| 1970 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 332 | Southern California | 235 | Utah |
| 1969 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 427 | Southern California | 306 | Indiana |
| 1968 | Indiana | James Counsilman | 346 | Yale | 253 | Dartmouth |
| 1967 | Stanford | Jim Gaughran | 275 | Southern California | 260 | Michigan State |
| 1966 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 302 | Indiana | 286 | Air Force |
| 1965 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 285 | Indiana | 278.5 | Iowa State |
| 1964 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 96 | Indiana | 91 | Yale |
| 1963 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 81 | Yale | 77 | North Carolina State |
| 1962 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 92 | Southern California | 46 | Ohio State |
| 1961 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 85 | Southern California | 62 | Washington |
| 1960 | Southern California | Peter Daland | 87 | Michigan | 73 | SMU |
| 1959 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 137.5 | Ohio State | 44 | Cornell |
| 1958 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 72 | Yale | 63 | Michigan |
| 1957 | Michigan | Gus Stager | 69 | Yale | 61 | North Carolina |
| 1956 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 68 | Yale | 54 | Yale |
| 1955 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 90 | Michigan/Yale | 51 | Miami (OH) |
| 1954 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 94 | Michigan | 67 | Syracuse |
| 1953 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 96.5 | Ohio State | 73.5 | Ohio State |
| 1952 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 94 | Yale | 81 | Princeton |
| 1951 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 81 | Michigan State | 60 | Texas |
| 1950 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 65 | Yale | 43 | Ohio State |
| 1949 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 49 | Iowa | 35 | North Carolina |
| 1948 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 44 | Ohio State | 41 | Michigan |
| 1947 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 66 | Michigan | 39 | Washington |
| 1946 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 61 | Michigan | 37 | Yale |
| 1945 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 56 | Michigan | 48 | Michigan |
| 1944 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 39 | Michigan | 38 | Yale |
| 1943 | Ohio State | Mike Peppe | 81 | Michigan | 47 | Ohio State |
| 1942 | Yale | Robert J.H. Kiphuth | 71 | Michgan | 39 | Harvard |
| 1941 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 61 | Yale | 58 | Michigan State |
| 1940 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 45 | Yale | 42 | Yale |
| 1939 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 65 | Ohio State | 58 | Michigan |
| 1938 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 46 | Ohio State | 45 | Rutgers |
| 1937 | Michigan | Matt Mann | 75 | Ohio State | 39 | Minnesota |
