Per the request of some of our commenters, we’ve gone through and scored out how the men’s NCAA team battle would go based on the midseason rankings. It should be noted that a handful of teams were without some of their best swimmers. For example, Texas was without Joseph Schooling at their invite, and Will Licon only swam one of his main individual races. Cal will bring back Long Gutierrez and add transfer Matt Josa in January. Some other teams, including Michigan and Georgia, had swimmers focus on the Short Course World Championships instead of collegiate invites.
This article only discusses scores based on the men’s rankings, which you can find here. We’re currently working on the women’s version, which will be posted soon.
A few things to keep in mind:
- Some swimmers were ranked in the top 16 in more than 3 events. We took their 3 highest finishes and dropped them out of the others, bumping the next fastest swimmers up into the top 16 and assigning scores accordingly.
- It should also be noted that swimmers were able to swim all 5 relays at these invites, which they won’t be able to do at NCAAs unless the only swim 2 individual events.
- Diving will play a role in the team scoring at NCAAs, which isn’t accounted for here.
NCAA Men’s Team Scores Based on Midseason Rankings
| Place | Team | Score |
| 1 | California | 394.5 |
| 2 | Stanford | 336 |
| 3 | Texas | 328.5 |
| 4 | Missouri | 236 |
| 5 | Georgia | 232 |
| 6 | Southern California | 220.5 |
| 7 | Indiana | 200.5 |
| 8 | Florida | 192.5 |
| 9 | NC State | 181.5 |
| 10 | Louisville | 180 |
| 11 | Arizona | 173 |
| 12 | Alabama | 163.5 |
| 13 | Arizona State | 89 |
| 14 | Florida State | 75.5 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 74 |
| 16 | Auburn | 59 |
| 17 | LSU | 47 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 45 |
| 18 | Denver | 45 |
| 20 | Virginia | 42 |
| 21 | Cornell | 29 |
| 22 | Penn State | 27 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 21 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 19 |
| 25 | Minnesota | 17 |
| 26 | Georgia Tech | 14 |
| 26 | BYU | 14 |
| 28 | Tenessee | 12 |
| 28 | Northwestern | 12 |
| 30 | Harvard | 10 |
| 31 | UNC | 7 |
| 31 | Purdue | 7 |
| 33 | Ohio State | 5 |
| 33 | Duke | 5 |
| 33 | Navy | 5 |
| 36 | Cleveland State | 4 |
| 37 | Virginia Tech | 2 |
| 37 | UNLV | 2 |
| 37 | Missouri State | 2 |
Is this being done for women?
Yes when do we get to see this for the women!
Hey guys. I’ve been busy between final exams and coverage of Worlds and Juniors, but I promise I’ll get it done.
Of course SwimSwam will rank the women just like they did the men! SWIMSWAM is the best resource for swimming in the world! Thank you to all of the writers and founders.
MIZ top 5!!!!
And those TX results have no Schooling yet — and I don’t believe they have Licon in IMs yet, even though his injury (if that’s what it is) has improved enough to allow him to swim a 1:50 200 breast.
and diving is usually huge for the Longhorns too. they are still the favorites
NCAA predictions:
50 free: Ringgold 18.3
100 free: Ringgold 40.9
200 free: Haas 1:29.5
500 free: Smith 4:06.9
1650 free: Smith 14:27.5
100 fly: Schooling 43.8
200 fly: Conger 1:36.1
100 back: that Cal guy that’s kinda okay I guess 43.3
200 back: same as above 1:34.4
100 breast: Temple 51.0
200 breast: Licon 1:47.9
200 IM: Licon 1:39.4
400 IM: Licon 3:33.9
200 FR: Texas 1:14.0
400 FR: Texas 2:46.9
800 FR: Texas 6:07.7
200 MR: Cal 1:23.0
400 MR: Texas 2:59.5
Hope my biases didn’t shine through too much…
Joe is going to be pretty pissed that you only expect a 43.8 out of him.
43.6 for Joe Bob School’em
Never crossed my mind that you like Texas.
WOW looks like Texas will leap-frog Stanford fer sure! Maybe even Cal (unless UT does not enter any relays).
When you think about it, those times don’t really seem out of reach… Maybe Brett’s are a bit too fast, but at the rate he’s dropping, I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes 18.6 and 41 low this year.
There is no doubt in my mind right now that Texas is still the heavy favorite to win this year. I can’t recall them losing too many scorers from last year. Cal lost pebley and prenot. The addition of Josa mitigates the loss of Cal seniors somewhat, but it won’t help Cal catch up to Texas.
Many bright spots for Cal still. Pawel Sendyk probably surprised me the most.
Those FSU boys really turning the page this season! Nice to see that program getting back to being competitive some fast times from this past weekend.
Where is Michigan?
Their best guys (Powers and Ransford, and probably White too though not sure) are focused on SC worlds and thus didn’t taper for the SCY midseason meets. Still that they couldn’t put together a top 16 relay in spite of that is kinda crazy. They won NCAAs four years ago!
Michigan is near Minnesota, south of Canada
add in 70 points for IU’s divers and they will easily be top 5
Two years ago I believe the two divers that redshirted this year for IU scored 79 points… could shake things up quite a bit
last year*
IU is a program of substantive tradition, great alumni base, great academics, great coaching with momentum on their side. Yes with diving IU can challenge for a top 5 finish. Doc is probably happy about the possibilities now! TX, CAL, NC STATE, UGA, IU, UF, STAN, MISSOURI are my elite 8 picks. All great programs led by great coaches. FUN!