In a battle of ranked teams, the #17/#19 Minnesota Golden Gophers will host the visiting #16/#9 Florida Gators.
We’ve also got the always-entertaining SMU Classic format meet, plus a triangular between Kentucky, Notre Dame and Indiana.
Teams from our preseason Power Rankings (women/men) in action this week:
- Kentucky (#9w) hosts Notre Dame (an honorable mention for men and women) and Indiana (#12w/#8m) on Wednesday night
- Minnesota (#19w/#17m) take on the Florida Gators (#16w/#9m) in Minneapolis on Friday.
- Tennessee (#6w, honorable mention men) travel to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks Friday.
- Saturday, Duke (#20w) heads to Florida State for a tri meet with FSU and Virginia Tech (honorable mention for men).
- In women’s-only competition, #10 USC hosts Utah and #1 Stanford takes on Arkansas.
- We’ve also got the SMU Classic on the women’s side – usually a very-fast early season meet. This year, it will feature #11 Auburn and #13 Louisville, along with SMU, Miami, Iowa and Northwestern.
Below is a list of the D1 meets we’ll be covering at SwimSwam this week. If we missed any, please leave them in the comments and we’ll get them added.
| Meet | Date | Men | Women |
| Kentucky vs Notre Dame, Indiana | 10/9 | x | x |
| Georgetown vs Towson | 10/10 | x | x |
| Pepperdine vs San Diego State | 10/10 | x | |
| San Diego Intrasquad | 10/10 | x | |
| Bryant vs Boston College | 10/11 | x | x |
| Penn State vs West Virginia | 10/11 | x | |
| Illinois vs Indiana State | 10/11 | x | |
| Minnesota vs Florida | 10/11 | x | x |
| South Dakota State vs Nebraska | 10/11 | x | |
| UCLA vs Utah | 10/11 | x | |
| UC Santa Barbara vs Utah | 10/11 | x | |
| Davidson vs. VMI | 10/11 | x | |
| South Carolina vs Tennessee | 10/11 | x | x |
| James Madison vs Harvard | 10/11 | x | |
| Duquesne Team Pentathlon | 10/11 | x | |
| Army vs UMass | 10/11 | x | x |
| Campbell vs Liberty | 10/11 | x | |
| UMBC vs Navy | 10/11 | x | x |
| Incarnate Word vs Rice | 10/11 | x | |
| Oakland vs Milwaukee | 10/11 | x | x |
| Canisius vs Rochester | 10/11 | x | x |
| Ohio Green vs White Meet | 10/11 | x | |
| SIU Carbondale vs Valparaiso, Bellarmine | 10/11 | x | x |
| Boise State vs Wyoming | 10/11 | x | |
| Colorado State vs Denver | 10/11 | x | |
| Nevada vs UNLV | 10/11 | x | |
| College of Idaho vs Idaho | 10/11 | x | |
| SMU Classic (women) | 10/11-10/12 | x | |
| Malibu Classic (Pepperdine) | 10/11-10/12 | x | x |
| Kansas vs Missouri State, South Dakota | 10/11-10/12 | x | x |
| Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up | 10/11-10/12 | x | |
| Chick-Fil-A Invite (Fresno State) | 10/11-10/12 | x | |
| Colgate Invite (Justin Jennings Memorial) | 10/11-10/12 | x | x |
| Rice Splash Invitational | 10/11-10/12 | x | |
| Highlander Invitational | 10/11-10/12 | x | |
| Houston Diving Invitational | 10/11-10/12 | x | |
| Florida State vs Duke, Virginia Tech | 10/12 | x | x |
| Pitt vs Duquesne, Villanova, Youngstown State | 10/12 | x | x |
| Cincinnati vs Michigan State | 10/12 | x | |
| Northwestern vs UIC, Chicago, Illinois | 10/12 | x | x |
| Oakland Relays | 10/12 | x | x |
| UNI vs Nebraska | 10/12 | x | |
| USC vs Utah | 10/12 | x | |
| Stony Brook vs Wagner | 10/12 | x | |
| ECU vs William & Mary | 10/12 | x | x |
| Butler vs Illinois State | 10/12 | x | |
| FIU Blue and Gold Alumni-Intrasquad Meet | 10/12 | x | |
| North Texas Green vs. White Alumni Meet | 10/12 | x | |
| Stanford vs Arkansas | 10/12 | x | |
| Drexel Blue vs. Gold intrasquad | 10/12 | x | x |
| James Madison vs Northeastern | 10/12 | x | |
| UNCW vs Old Dominion | 10/12 | x | x |
| Lehigh vs Boston U | 10/12 | x | x |
| Holy Cross vs Iona | 10/12 | x | x |
| American vs Loyola | 10/12 | x | x |
| Campbell vs Asheville | 10/12 | x | |
| Green Bay vs Western Illinois | 10/12 | x | x |
| Wisconsin-Milwaukee vs Grand Valley State | 10/12 | x | x |
| Fairfield vs UMass | 10/12 | x | x |
| Niagra Alumni Meet | 10/12 | x | x |
| Bowling Green Jean Campbell Alumni Meet | 10/12 | x | |
| Akron Alumni Meet | 10/12 | x | |
| Evansville vs Eastern Illinois | 10/12 | x | x |
| Boise State vs Idaho | 10/12 | x | |
| Central Connecticut vs Sacred Heart | 10/12 | x | |
| Cal Poly Alumni Meet | 10/12 | x | x |
| Denver vs Colrado Mesa | 10/12 | x | x |
| Midwest Shootout (Nebraska – Omaha) | 10/12 | x | |
| CSU Bakersfield vs UNLV | 10/12 | x | x |
| Logger Relays | 10/12 | x | x |
| Cincinnati vs Michigan State, Miami | 10/12 | x | |
| St Peter vs Manhattan, St Francis College, NJIT | 10/12-10/13 | x |