CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Week two of the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season begins this weekend, October 3-5, as Stanford, Virginia Tech, SMU and Louisville hit the water for the first time this year.
Stanford will travel to Stockton, California, this Friday and Saturday, October 3-4, to take on the University of the Pacific in the Pacific Invite. In their first year as a member of the conference, the Cardinal finished second in the ACC on both the men’s and women’s side last season. The Stanford men return eight CSCAA All-Americans, headlined by Henry McFadden, the reigning 200 free ACC Champion and 2X All-ACC honoree (200 free, 500 free).
The Stanford women return nine CSCAA All-Americans. Among the nine are reigning All-ACC team members Torri Huske, Lucy Bell, Caroline Bricker, Levenia Sim, Lucy Thomas and Anna Lemkin. The Cardinal are reigning ACC champions in the 100 fly, 200 IM, 1650 free, 200 medley relay and platform diving.
Virginia Tech will head to Washinton, D.C., to take on George Washington Friday and Saturday. The Hokies’ men finished sixth in the league last season and 10th in the 2025 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships.
SMU will host Oklahoma Christian, Incarnate Word and North Texas on Friday and Saturday. The Mustangs return sophomore diver Luke Sitz, who was named ACC Diver of the Week six times as a freshman, the most of any men’s diver in conference history. Sitz was named a CSCAA First-Team All-American in the 1-meter dive and was All-ACC in the 1- and 3-meter dives.
Louisville hosts Xavier for its season-opening dual-meet. Louisville took third in the 2025 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships and seventh in the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. The Cardinals return nine CSCAA All-Americans on the women’s side and six on the men’s.
Weekly Schedule
Friday, October 3
Stanford at Pacific | All Day
Virginia Tech at George Washington | All Day
Oklahoma Christian, Incarnate Word & North Texas at SMU | All Day
Xavier at Louisville | All Day
Saturday, October 4
Stanford at Pacific | All Day
Virginia Tech at George Washington | All Day
Oklahoma Christian, Incarnate Word & North Texas at SMU | All Day
Xavier at Louisville | All Day
Massachusetts at Boston College | All Day
Noting ACC Swimming and Diving
- Notre Dame enters the 2025 season under the new leadership of Head Swimming and Diving Coach Michael Norment.
- The Stanford women’s swimming & diving program enters the 2025 season under the new leadership of Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming Chris Lindauer, former Notre Dame head coach.
- Stanford women’s swimming & diving holds the title of the only program in the nation to finish in the top 10 in every NCAA Championship dating back to the 1975-76 season, most recently finishing as the runner-up in the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
- Virginia has won the last five NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship titles.
- Virginia is set to participate in the 2025 CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge, which boasts each Power 4 conference’s top performing team, November 21-23, 2025.
- The 2026 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will take place February 15-21, 2026, at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility also will host the 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Championships.