The NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina from March 16-19, 2016. A total of 527 participants (479 swimmers and 48 divers) will compete in the championships.
Kenyon (18), Emory (18), and Williams (16) qualified the largest number of women; it isn’t surprising therefore that they are at the top of the projected team rankings. Denison will bring only 10 swimmers but they come in with 3 of the top 5 relay times so the Big Red packs extra punch. Emory will be aiming for their seventh consecutive national title, and while they don’t have as many top-ranked swimmers as Kenyon and Williams, the Eagles have tremendous depth.
The projected team scores will change around a little bit once diving scores can be added in. With two diving events at the NCAA Championships, a good diver or two can make a huge impact on the outcome of the meet. Of the top four teams vying for the Division III national championship, only Kenyon and Williams scored diving points.
Below is a breakdown of the points awarded for each event at the NCAA Championships:
A Final Points
| Place | Individual Events | Relay Events |
| 1 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | 11 | 22 |
B Final Points
| Place | Individual Events | Relay Events |
| 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 1 | 2 |
Here is our version of the psych sheet –without diving included– for 2016 NCAA Division III Women’s Championships. Our rankings are based on the official DIII women’s psych sheet released by the NCAA.
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Emory University | 479 |
| 2 | Kenyon College | 404 |
| 3 | Denison University | 384 |
| 4 | Williams College | 365 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 163 |
| 6 | Amherst College | 149 |
| 7 | Washington University (MO) | 141 |
| 8 | New York University | 140 |
| 9 | Wheaton Illinois | 132 |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 126 |
| 11 | University of Chicago | 106 |
| 12 | St. Thomas | 90 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University | 79 |
| 14 | Bates College | 77 |
| 15 | DePauw University | 68 |
| 16 | Connecticut College | 64 |
| 17 | Calvin College | 60 |
| 18 | Kalamazoo College | 47 |
| 19 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 40 |
| 20 | Illinois Wesleyan University | 36 |
| 21 | Luther College | 34 |
| 22 | Keene State | 33 |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 33 |
| 22 | Pomona-Pitzer | 33 |
| 25 | Springfield College | 30 |
| 26 | Bowdoin College | 27 |
| 27 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 20 |
| 28 | University of Mary Washington | 19 |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 19 |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 18 |
| 31 | Tufts University | 17 |
| 32 | Franklin & Marshall College | 15 |
| 33 | Colorado College | 14 |
| 34 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 13 |
| 35 | Trinity University | 12 |
| 35 | Washington & Lee University | 12 |
| 37 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 11 |
| 38 | University of Rochester | 9 |
| 39 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | 8 |
| 40 | Grove City College | 6 |
| 40 | Union | 6 |
| 40 | Ursinus College | 6 |
| 43 | Vassar College | 5 |
| 44 | Mills College | 4 |
| 44 | University of Mount Union | 4 |
| 44 | William Smith | 4 |
| 47 | Emory & Henry College | 1 |
| 47 | SUNY Geneseo | 1 |
| 47 | Whitworth University | 1 |