CHARLOTTE, N.C (theACC.com) - The 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships will be held Wednesday through Saturday, March 18-21, at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
ESPN+ will provide digital broadcast coverage for preliminary and finals sessions Wednesday through Saturday.
Virginia, the 2026 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving champions, is seeking its sixth straight NCAA National Championship. Following the 2026 ACC Championships, the Cavaliers are the top-ranked team in the nation and have maintained the No. 1 spot throughout the entire 2025-26 season.
The ACC has 89 swimmers and 14 divers representing 12 league institutions in the 2026 NCAA Championships. Virginia leads the conference with 18 swimmers participating, with Stanford (16), California (14), Louisville (12), NC State (9), North Carolina (7), Duke (3), Notre Dame (3), Pitt (3), Florida State (2), Miami (1) and Virginia Tech (1) each sending swimmers.
Pitt and Stanford are sending three divers apiece, while Miami and Louisville are sending two apiece. Duke, Florida State, Notre Dame and North Carolina each have one diver that qualified.
The ACC had eight teams ranked in the final CSCAA Women’s Top 25 rankings, highlighted by No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 California, No. 8 Louisville and No. 9 NC State in the Top 10. North Carolina (No. 20), Pitt (No. 21) and Duke (No. 23) fill out the rest of the Top 25.
NCAA Championship Schedule | Watch on ESPN+
Wednesday, March 18 | Live results
- 1650-yard freestyle
- 200-yard medley relay
- 800-yard freestyle relay
Thursday, March 19 | Live results
- 100-yard butterfly
- 400-yard individual medley
- 200-yard freestyle
- 100-yard breaststroke
- 200-yard freestyle relay
- One-meter diving
Friday, March 20 | Live results
- 100-yard backstroke
- 200-yard breaststroke
- 500-yard freestyle
- 50-yard freestyle
- 400-yard medley relay
- Three-meter diving
Saturday, March 21 | Live results
- 200-yard individual medley
- 100-yard freestyle
- 200-yard butterfly
- 200-yard backstroke
- 400-yard freestyle relay
- Platform diving