CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Week three of the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season begins this weekend, October 10-11, as California, Miami, Notre Dame and Virginia hit the water for the first time this year.
California will travel to San Diego, California, to take on conference foe Stanford, Hawai’i and UC San Diego on Friday. In their first year as members of the conference last season, the Golden Bears finished first in the ACC on the men’s side and fourth on the women’s. The Cal men are the reigning ACC Champions in the 100 free, 500 free, 200 back, 400 free relay, 800 free relay and the 200 medley relay. They also are the reigning NCAA Champions in the 800 free relay.
Miami will head to Fort Myers, Florida, to take on Tampa and FGCU in a tri-meet. The Hurricanes return reigning 3-meter ACC Champion and 1-meter NCAA Champion Chiara Pellacani. Last season, Pellacani was named a CSCAA First-Team All-American in both the 1- and 3-meter dive.
Notre Dame will begin the season under the new leadership of Peterson Family Head Swimming and Diving Coach Michael Norment. The Irish host a pair of Big Ten foes in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Virginia will head to Gainesville, Florida, to take on Florida to kick off the season. The Cavaliers have won five straight national and six straight conference titles under the guidance of head coach Todd DeSorbo.
The ACC had seven teams in the CSCAA Division I Women’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by Virginia in the No. 1 spot, Stanford at No. 3 and California at No. 5. In the CSCAA Division I Men’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, the league featured nine teams with California leading the way at No. 4.
Weekly Schedule
Friday, October 10
California, Stanford & Hawai’i at UC San Diego | All Day
Michigan & Wisconsin at Notre Dame | All Day
Louisville, LSU, Auburn & Drury at SMU | All Day
Miami at FGCU | All Day
Virginia at Florida | All Day
Davidson at Duke | All Day
Saturday, October 11
California, Stanford & Hawai’i at UC San Diego | All Day
Carnegie Mellon & Duquesne at Pitt | All Day
Louisville, LSU, Auburn & Drury at SMU | All Day
Miami at Tampa | All Day
Georgia Tech at Emory | All Day
Noting ACC Swimming and Diving
- The ACC had seven teams named to the CSCAA Division I Women’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by Virginia at No. 1. Stanford (No. 3), California (No. 4), Louisville (No. 7), NC State (No. 8), North Carolina (No.14) and Duke (No. 19) helped fill out the Top 25.
- The ACC had nine teams named to the CSCAA Division I Men’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by California at No. 4. NC State (No. 7), Stanford (No.8), Louisville (No. 12), Virginia (No. 13), Virginia Tech (No. 17), Florida State (No. 18), North Carolina (No. 19) and Notre Dame (No. 25) helped fill out the Top 25.
- 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.