2016 Women’s NCAA Championships
- Wednesday, March 16 – Saturday, March 19
- McAuley Aquatic Center – Atlanta, GA
- Prelims 10AM/Finals 6PM (Eastern Time)
- Defending Champion: Cal – Results
- Championships Central
- Live stream: All prelims, Wednesday finals, & Thursday finals (Other sessions will be on ESPN3)
- Live results
An early look at the psych sheet for 2016 Women’s NCAAs would’ve pegged defending champion California as the winner, but given the first day and half of competition, the margin for a Bears victory is tightening. Stanford’s disqualification in the 200 free relay hasn’t negatively affected their overall standings, however, it just makes it that much harder to fend off the Bears. Speaking of the Bears, they haven’t performed as expected and it leaves them right in the middle between Stanford and Georgia. The Bulldogs jumped out to first with yesterday’s winning 800 free relay and with big finishes in the 50 and 500 frees, they’ve narrowed the gap between them and the top-two.
The score predictions below, courtesy of Price Fishback, gives insight into which teams are performing well or poorly when compared to their psych sheet entries.
Ups
- Georgia + 53
- Mizzou + 22
- Louisville + 9
Downs
- Cal – 25
- NC State -37
- Texas -22
| Rank Based on Final Prediction | TEAM | Final Score Wed | Thur Prelim Swim | Thu Psych Swim | Prelim minus Psych | Fri Psych Swim | Sat Psych Swim | New Predicted Final | Psych Predicted Final |
| 1 | st | 26 | 99 | 103 | -4 | 135 | 114 | 374 | 374 |
| 2 | cal | 32 | 100 | 125 | -25 | 132 | 109 | 373 | 398 |
| 3 | ga | 40 | 122 | 75 | 47 | 79 | 91 | 332 | 279 |
| 4 | va | 30 | 89 | 113 | -24 | 83 | 89 | 291 | 313 |
| 5 | socal | 34 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 66 | 84 | 265 | 264 |
| 6 | tam | 28 | 72 | 89 | -17 | 93 | 66 | 259 | 262 |
| 7 | lou | 24 | 81 | 84 | -3 | 89 | 42 | 236 | 227 |
| 8 | in | 22 | 45 | 46 | -1 | 71 | 55 | 193 | 190 |
| 9 | tn | 0 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 63 | 38 | 167 | 158 |
| 10 | ncst | 10 | 53 | 76 | -23 | 27 | 65 | 155 | 192 |
| 11 | mi | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 68 | 139 | 157 |
| 12 | tx | 14 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 35 | 31 | 120 | 142 |
| 13 | az | 18 | 58 | 42 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 105 | 81 |
| 14 | ohst | 0 | 51 | 45 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 100 | 94 |
| 15 | mo | 0 | 32 | 10 | 22 | 39 | 14 | 85 | 63 |
| 16 | nc | 8 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 29 | 25 | 70 | 72 |
| 17 | fl | 2 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 2 | 44 | 52 | 67 |
| 18 | pu | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 39 |
| 19 | vt | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 20 |
| 20 | ucla | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | wi | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
| 22 | ky | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 14 |
| 23 | umbc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 24 | al | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 14 |
| 25 | af | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| 26 | cin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 27 | psu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| 28 | lsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| 29 | io | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 30 | bsu | 0 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 31 | smu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 32 | den | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 33 | au | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 34 | mn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 35 | emu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 36 | fg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | orst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
That Stanford’s DQ on 200 Free Relay is costly! Might cause them the title.