NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Teams

Below is a list of NCAA men’s swimming and diving teams at the Division I, II, and III level. Our list focuses on swimming and diving programs at the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S.

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InstitutionDivisionConferenceRegionSelectivity
210669Allegheny CollegeIIIPresidents' AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
131159American UniversityAUIPatriot LeagueZone AModerately Selective
164465Amherst CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
104151Arizona State UniversityASUIPac-12Zone ELess Selective
100858Auburn UniversityISoutheasternZone BModerately Selective
164580Babson CollegeIIINew England Women's and Men's AthleticNortheastVery Selective
189088Bard CollegeIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
160977Bates CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastVery Selective
238333Beloit CollegeIIIMidwestCentralModerately Selective
164739Bentley UniversityIINortheast-10UnassignedModerately Selective
196079Binghamton UniversityIAmerica EastZone AVery Selective
164924Boston CollegeBCIAtlantic CoastZone AExtremely Selective
164988Boston UniversityBUIPatriot LeagueZone AExtremely Selective
161004Bowdoin CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
165015Brandeis UniversityIIIUniversity AthleticNortheastVery Selective
230038Brigham Young University-ProvoBYUIBig 12Zone EModerately Selective
217156Brown UniversityIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
217165Bryant UniversityIAmerica EastZone AModerately Selective
211291Bucknell UniversityIPatriot LeagueZone AVery Selective
110404California Institute of TechnologyCaltechIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestMost Selective
110422California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCal PolyIMountain Pacific Sports FederationZone EExtremely Selective
173258Carleton CollegeIIIMinnesota Intercollegiate AthleticCentralExtremely Selective
211440Carnegie Mellon UniversityCMUIIIUniversity AthleticNortheastMost Selective
201645Case Western Reserve UniversityIIIUniversity AthleticCentralExtremely Selective
131283Catholic University of AmericaIIILandmarkNortheastModerately Selective
156408Centre CollegeIIISouthern AthleticSouth Moderately Selective
111948Chapman UniversityIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestModerately Selective
112260Claremont McKenna CollegeCMCIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestMost Selective
165334Clark UniversityIIINew England Women's and Men's AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
190044Clarkson UniversityIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
161086Colby CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
190099Colgate UniversityIPatriot LeagueZone AExtremely Selective
166124College of the Holy CrossIPatriot LeagueZone AVery Selective
231624College of William and MaryW&MICoastal Athletic AssociationZone AVery Selective
126678Colorado CollegeCCIIISouthern Collegiate AthleticWestExtremely Selective
126775Colorado School of MinesIIRocky Mountain AthleticDistrict 7Moderately Selective
190150Columbia University in the City of New YorkIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
128902Connecticut CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastVery Selective
190415Cornell UniversityIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
190512CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeIIICity University of New York AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
182670Dartmouth CollegeIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
198385Davidson CollegeIAtlantic 10Zone BExtremely Selective
202523Denison UniversityIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralVery Selective
150400DePauw UniversityIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralModerately Selective
212009Dickinson CollegeIIICentennialNortheastVery Selective
184348Drew UniversityIIILandmarkNortheastModerately Selective
212054Drexel UniversityICoastal Athletic AssociationZone AModerately Selective
198419Duke UniversityIAtlantic CoastZone BMost Selective
212197Elizabethtown CollegeIIILandmarkNortheastModerately Selective
139658Emory UniversityIIIUniversity AthleticSouth Most Selective
129242Fairfield UniversityIMetro Atlantic AthleticZone AModerately Selective
133669Florida Atlantic UniversityFAUIAtlantic SunZone BLess Selective
133881Florida Institute of TechnologyIISunshine StateUnassignedModerately Selective
134079Florida Southern CollegeIISunshine StateUnassignedModerately Selective
134097Florida State UniversityFSUIAtlantic CoastZone BVery Selective
191241Fordham UniversityIAtlantic 10Zone AModerately Selective
212577Franklin and Marshall CollegeF&MIIICentennialNortheastVery Selective
232186George Mason UniversityGMUIAtlantic 10Zone AModerately Selective
131469George Washington UniversityGWUIAtlantic 10Zone AVery Selective
131496Georgetown UniversityIBig EastZone AMost Selective
139755Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia TechIAtlantic CoastZone BExtremely Selective
212674Gettysburg CollegeIIICentennialNortheastModerately Selective
162654Goucher CollegeIIILandmarkSouth Moderately Selective
153384Grinnell CollegeIIIMidwestMidwestMost Selective
212805Grove City CollegeIIIPresidents' AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
173647Gustavus Adolphus CollegeIIIMinnesota Intercollegiate AthleticCentralModerately Selective
191515Hamilton CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
150756Hanover CollegeIIIHeartland Collegiate AthleticCentralModerately Selective
166027Harvard UniversityIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
115409Harvey Mudd CollegeHMCIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestMost Selective
107080Hendrix CollegeIIISouthern AthleticMidwestModerately Selective
191630Hobart William Smith CollegesIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
170301Hope CollegeIIIMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationCentralModerately Selective
131520Howard UniversityHUINortheastZone AModerately Selective
145725Illinois Institute of TechnologyIITIIIIndependentCentralModerately Selective
145646Illinois Wesleyan UniversityIIICollege Conference of Illinois & WisconsinCentralModerately Selective
151351Indiana University-BloomingtonIUBIBig TenZone CModerately Selective
191968Ithaca CollegeIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
162928Johns Hopkins UniversityJHUIIIIndependentSouth Most Selective
213251Juniata CollegeIIILandmarkNortheastModerately Selective
170532Kalamazoo CollegeIIIMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationCentralModerately Selective
203535Kenyon CollegeIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralVery Selective
146427Knox CollegeIIIMidwestCentralModerately Selective
213385Lafayette CollegeIPatriot LeagueZone AVery Selective
146481Lake Forest CollegeIIIMidwestCentralModerately Selective
239017Lawrence UniversityIIIMidwestCentralModerately Selective
192323Le Moyne CollegeINortheastZone AModerately Selective
213543Lehigh UniversityIPatriot LeagueZone AVery Selective
209056Lewis & Clark CollegeIIINorthwestWestModerately Selective
159391Louisiana State UniversityLSUISoutheasternZone DModerately Selective
163046Loyola University MarylandIPatriot LeagueZone AModerately Selective
173902Macalester CollegeIIIMinnesota Intercollegiate AthleticCentralExtremely Selective
161299Maine Maritime AcademyIIINorth AtlanticNortheastModerately Selective
192819Marist CollegeIMetro Atlantic AthleticZone AModerately Selective
166683Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMITIIINew England Women's and Men's AthleticNortheastMost Selective
204024Miami University-OxfordIMid-AmericanZone CModerately Selective
230959Middlebury CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
239318Milwaukee School of EngineeringMSOEIIINorthern Athletics CollegiateCentralModerately Selective
178411Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMUSTIIGreat Lakes ValleyDistrict 5Moderately Selective
185828New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNJITIAmerica EastZone AModerately Selective
193900New York UniversityNYUIIIUniversity AthleticNortheastMost Selective
199193North Carolina State UniversityNC StateIAtlantic CoastZone BVery Selective
147767Northwestern UniversityIBig TenZone CMost Selective
204501Oberlin CollegeIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralExtremely Selective
120254Occidental CollegeOxyIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestVery Selective
204796Ohio State UniversityOSUIBig TenZone CModerately Selective
204909Ohio Wesleyan UniversityIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralModerately Selective
214777Pennsylvania State UniversityPSU; Penn StateIBig TenZone AModerately Selective
121257Pitzer CollegeIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestExtremely Selective
121345Pomona CollegeIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestMost Selective
186131Princeton UniversityIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
217402Providence CollegeIBig EastZone AModerately Selective
243780Purdue University-Main CampusIBig TenZone CModerately Selective
186201Ramapo College of New JerseyIIINew Jersey AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
194824Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRPIIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
221351Rhodes CollegeIIISouthern AthleticSouth Moderately Selective
195003Rochester Institute of TechnologyRITIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
136950Rollins CollegeIISunshine StateUnassignedModerately Selective
152318Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRHITIIIHeartland Collegiate AthleticCentralModerately Selective
184782Rowan UniversityIIINew Jersey AthleticNortheastLess Selective
179159Saint Louis UniversitySLUIAtlantic 10Zone DModerately Selective
231059Saint Michael's CollegeIINortheast-10District 1Moderately Selective
195304Sarah Lawrence CollegeSLCIIISkylineNortheastModerately Selective
236595Seattle UniversityIWestern AthleticZone EModerately Selective
195526Skidmore CollegeIIILiberty LeagueNortheastExtremely Selective
228246Southern Methodist UniversitySMUIAmerican AthleticZone DModerately Selective
228343Southwestern University (TX)IIISouthern Collegiate AthleticMidwestModerately Selective
195216St. Lawrence UniversitySLUIIILiberty LeagueNortheastModerately Selective
163912St. Mary's College of MarylandIIIAtlantic EastSouth Moderately Selective
174844St. Olaf CollegeIIIMinnesota Intercollegiate AthleticCentralVery Selective
243744Stanford UniversityIPac-12Zone EMost Selective
196176State University of New York at New PaltzIIIState University of New York AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
186867Stevens Institute of TechnologyIIIMiddle Atlantic ConferencesNortheastModerately Selective
196219SUNY at Purchase CollegeIIISkylineNortheastModerately Selective
196167SUNY College at GeneseoIIIState University of New York AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
216287Swarthmore CollegeIIICentennialNortheastMost Selective
228723Texas A & M University-College StationISoutheasternZone DModerately Selective
228875Texas Christian UniversityTCUIBig 12Zone DModerately Selective
187134The College of New JerseyTCNJIIINew Jersey AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
206589The College of WoosterIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralModerately Selective
100751The University of AlabamaISoutheasternZone BLess Selective
137847The University of TampaIISunshine StateDistrict 3Less Selective
221759The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUTKISoutheasternZone BModerately Selective
228778The University of Texas at AustinUT AustinIBig 12Zone DVery Selective
221519The University of the SouthIIISouthern AthleticSouth Moderately Selective
164076Towson UniversityICoastal Athletic AssociationZone ALess Selective
130590Trinity CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastVery Selective
229267Trinity UniversityIIISouthern Collegiate AthleticMidwestExtremely Selective
178615Truman State UniversityIIGreat Lakes ValleyDistrict 5Moderately Selective
168148Tufts UniversityIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
196866Union CollegeIIILiberty LeagueNortheastVery Selective
128328United States Air Force AcademyUSAFAIWestern AthleticZone EExtremely Selective
130624United States Coast Guard AcademyUSCGAIIINew England Women's and Men's AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
197027United States Merchant Marine AcademyIIISkylineNortheastModerately Selective
197036United States Military AcademyUSMAIPatriot LeagueZone AVery Selective
164155United States Naval AcademyIPatriot LeagueZone AVery Selective
104179University of ArizonaUAIPac-12Zone ELess Selective
110635University of California-BerkeleyUCB: UC BerkeleyIPac-12Zone EExtremely Selective
110680University of California-San DiegoUCSD; UC San DiegoIMountain Pacific Sports FederationZone EExtremely Selective
110705University of California-Santa BarbaraUCSB; UC Santa BarbaraIMountain Pacific Sports FederationZone EExtremely Selective
110714University of California-Santa CruzUCSC; UC Santa CruzIIIIndependentWestModerately Selective
144050University of ChicagoUChicagoIIIUniversity AthleticCentralMost Selective
201885University of Cincinnati-Main CampusIBig 12Zone CModerately Selective
130943University of DelawareUDICoastal Athletic AssociationZone AModerately Selective
127060University of DenverUDIThe Summit LeagueZone EModerately Selective
134130University of FloridaUFISoutheasternZone BExtremely Selective
139959University of GeorgiaUGAISoutheasternZone BVery Selective
145600University of Illinois at ChicagoUICIMid-AmericanZone CModerately Selective
157085University of KentuckyUKISoutheasternZone CLess Selective
157289University of LouisvilleIAtlantic CoastZone CLess Selective
161253University of MaineIAmerica EastZone ALess Selective
232681University of Mary WashingtonIIINew Jersey AthleticSouth Moderately Selective
163268University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyUMBCIAmerica EastZone AModerately Selective
166629University of Massachusetts-AmherstUMass AmherstIAtlantic 10Zone AModerately Selective
135726University of MiamiUMIAtlantic CoastZone BExtremely Selective
170976University of MichiganUMichIBig TenZone CExtremely Selective
174251University of Minnesota-MorrisIIIIndependentCentralLess Selective
174066University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesUMNIBig TenZone DModerately Selective
178396University of Missouri-ColumbiaMizzouISoutheasternZone DModerately Selective
182281University of Nevada-Las VegasUNLVIWestern AthleticZone ELess Selective
199120University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUNC Chapel HillIAtlantic CoastZone BExtremely Selective
199218University of North Carolina WilmingtonUNC WilmingtonICoastal Athletic AssociationZone BModerately Selective
152080University of Notre DameUNDIAtlantic CoastZone CExtremely Selective
215062University of PennsylvaniaUPennIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective
215293University of PittsburghIAtlantic CoastZone AModerately Selective
236328University of Puget SoundIIINorthwestWestModerately Selective
121691University of RedlandsIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestLess Selective
195030University of RochesterIIIUniversity AthleticNortheastVery Selective
215929University of ScrantonIIILandmarkNortheastModerately Selective
218663University of South Carolina-ColumbiaUSCISoutheasternZone BModerately Selective
123961University of Southern CaliforniaUSCIPac-12Zone EMost Selective
174914University of St Thomas (MN)IThe Summit LeagueZone CModerately Selective
234076University of VirginiaUVAIAtlantic CoastZone AExtremely Selective
240444University of Wisconsin-MadisonUW-MadisonIBig TenZone DModerately Selective
216524Ursinus CollegeIIICentennialNortheastModerately Selective
197133Vassar CollegeIIILiberty LeagueNortheastExtremely Selective
216597Villanova UniversityIBig EastZone AExtremely Selective
233921Virginia TechVirginia TechIAtlantic CoastZone AModerately Selective
152673Wabash CollegeIIINorth Coast AthleticCentralModerately Selective
234207Washington and Lee UniversityW&L; WLUIIIOld Dominion AthleticSouth Extremely Selective
164216Washington CollegeIIICentennialSouth Moderately Selective
179867Washington University in St LouisWashUIIIUniversity AthleticMidwestMost Selective
130697Wesleyan UniversityIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastExtremely Selective
216764West Chester University of PennsylvaniaIIPennsylvania State AthleticDistrict 2Moderately Selective
238032West Virginia UniversityWVUIBig 12Zone ALess Selective
149781Wheaton College (IL)IIICollege Conference of Illinois & WisconsinCentralModerately Selective
168281Wheaton College (MA)IIINew England Women's and Men's AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
237057Whitman CollegeIIINorthwestWestModerately Selective
125763Whittier CollegeIIISouthern California Intercollegiate AthleticWestLess Selective
210401Willamette UniversityIIINorthwestWestModerately Selective
168342Williams CollegeIIINew England Small College AthleticNortheastMost Selective
168421Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWPIIIINew England Women's and Men's AthleticNortheastModerately Selective
130794Yale UniversityIThe Ivy LeagueZone AMost Selective

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