CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - With less than three weeks left until the 2026 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships, eight Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving teams kick off another week of the regular season beginning on Thursday, January 29.
This week’s games are highlighted by a two-day conference matchup between in-state rivals Stanford and California, including a top 10 matchup on the men’s side and a top 5 matchup on the women’s. The No. 3 Cardinal women will take on the No. 5 Golden Bears, while the No. 5 Golden Bears men will take on the No. 8 Cardinal. This meet will take place on Friday and Saturday, January 30-31, and will be broadcast live on ACCNX.
Virginia will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a two-day meet against NC State beginning on Friday. The top-ranked Virginia Women’s Swimming team is 7-0 to start the season and NC State’s No. 7 men and No. 7 women are also both undefeated.
The ACC had eight teams in the most recent CSCAA Division I Women’s Top 25 Poll, headlined by Virginia in the No. 1 spot, Stanford at No. 3, California at No. 5, Louisville at No.6 and NC State at No. 7. In the most recent CSCAA Division I Men’s Top 25 Poll, the league featured eight teams with California leading the way at No. 5, and NC State (No. 6), Stanford (No. 8) and Louisville (No. 9) rounding out the Top 10. The next poll will be released in February.
Weekly Schedule
Thursday, January 29
Pacific at California | All Day | ACCNX
Friday, January 30
Florida State at Florida | All Day
UNC Wilmington at NC State | All Day
California at Stanford | All Day | ACCNX
Duke at Tennessee | All Day | SECN+
Louisville at Indiana | All Day
Saturday, January 31
Duke at Tennessee | All Day | SECN+
Stanford at California | All Day | ACCNX
Pitt at Ohio State | All Day
SMU at Utah | All Day
Cincinnati at Louisville | All Day
Noting ACC Swimming and Diving
- ACC women lead the nation in the following events:
- 50 free: Torri Huske, Stanford (21.01)
- 100 free: Anna Moesch, Virginia (45.98)
- 200 free: Anna Moesch, Virginia (1:40.25)
- 100 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (49.12)
- 200 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:47.89)
- 50 breast: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (26.28)
- 200 breast: Lucy Bell, Stanford (2:04.69)
- 50 fly: Torri Huske, Stanford (22.58)
- 100 fly: Torri Huske, Stanford (48.90)
- 100 IM: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (52.42)
- 200 IM: Lucy Bell, Stanford (1:52.65)
- 200 free relay: Virginia (1:24.83)
- 400 free relay: Stanford (3:07.59)
- 800 free relay: Stanford (6:51.07)
- 200 medley relay: Virginia (1:31.91)
- 400 medley relay: Virginia (3:24.36)
- Notre Dame entered the 2025-26 season under the new leadership of Head Swimming and Diving Coach Michael Norment.
- The Stanford women’s swimming & diving program entered the 2025-26 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 won the 2025 CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge, which boasted each Power 4 conference’s top performing team.
- 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.