CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The fifth week of the 2026-27 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season begins on Thursday, October 22, with a conference matchup between Louisville and Notre Dame at 2:30 p.m. ET.
With just one meet left in the inaugural College Swimming League (CSL) season, Virginia sits atop the leaderboard with 1,247 total match points. The Cavaliers and NC State are the only two teams to have clinched spots thus far in the CSL Championship set for Friday, November 6, in Indianapolis, Indiana, while California has clinched a spot in the Wild Card match set for Thursday, November 5, in Indianapolis as well.
Virginia is the preseason No. 1 team in the CSCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll, followed by No. 2 Stanford, No. 7 California, No. 8 Louisville, No. 9 NC State, No. 16 North Carolina and No. 21 Duke. California leads the ACC contingent in the CSCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll at No. 4, followed by No. 7 NC State, No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Virginia, No. 11 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Louisville, No. 19 North Carolina, No. 21 SMU and No. 23 Florida State.
Weekly Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Thursday, October 22
#8/#12 Louisville at Notre Dame | 2:30 p.m.
NR/#21 SMU at #18/#6 Arizona State | 3 p.m.
Friday, October 23
FIU, Liberty & Vanderbilt at Miami | Noon
NR/#11 Virginia Tech vs. Queens & Florida Gulf Coast (Charlotte, N.C.) | 2 p.m.
North Florida and West Florida at NR/#23 Florida State | 2 p.m.
Notre Dame at NR/#16 Northwestern | 3 p.m.
NR/#21 SMU at #22/NR Arizona | 3 p.m.
#9/#7 NC State at UNCW | 5 p.m.
Saturday, October 24
Saint Mary’s at #7/#4 California | All Day
FIU, Liberty & Vanderbilt at Miami | 10 a.m.
NR/#11 Virginia Tech at #21/NR Duke | 11 a.m.
*Women’s ranking/men’s ranking; NR = not ranked
Noting ACC Swimming & Diving
- ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving programs lead the nation with their times in the following events:
- 50 free: Sara Curtis, Virginia (21.06)
- 100 free: Anna Moesch, Virginia (46.39)
- 200 free: Madi Mintenko, Virginia (1:42.25)
- 1000 free: Katie Grimes, Virginia (9:25.49)
- 1650 free: Camille Henveaux, California (16:09.05)
- 50 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (23.04)
- 100 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (49.37)
- 200 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:46.85)
- 100 breast: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (57.35)
- 200 breast: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (2:04.53)
- 50 fly: Claire Curzan, Virginia (22.51)
- 100 fly: Claire Curzan, Virginia (49.90)
- 200 fly: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:50.10)
- 100 IM: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (51.43)
- 400 IM: Katie Grimes, Virginia (4:03.27)
- 200 free relay: Virginia, 1:24.73
- 400 free relay: Virginia, 3:11.37
- 200 medley relay: Virginia, 1:33.54
- ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving programs lead the nation with their times in the following events:
- 100 free: Maximus Williamson, Virginia (41.41)
- 200 free: Ryan Erisman, California (1:32.12)
- 500 free: Ryan Erisman, California (4:08.55)
- 200 back: David King, Virginia (1:37.92)
- 50 breast: Yamato Okadome, California (23.72)
- 100 breast: Yamato Okadome, California (51.78)
- 200 breast: Yamato Okadome, California (1:50.88)
- 100 IM: Kaii Winkler, NC State (46.72)
- 200 IM: Maximus Williamson, Virginia (1:42.60)
- 400 IM: Mathias Christensen, Florida State (3:43.93)
- 200 free relay: NC State, 1:15.00
- 1-meter dive: Max Fowler, Georgia Tech (419.18)
- The Virginia women’s swimming program won its record sixth consecutive NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving championship at the 2026 NCAA Championships.
- The Stanford women’s swimming & diving program is 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 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
- Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo was named the George Haines Coach of the Year by the American Swimming Coaches Association for the second straight year.
- The 2027 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will take place February 16-20, 2027, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.