We are nearing the beginning of the 2023-2024 NCAA swimming & diving season, with dual meets and intrasquads set to kick off around the country in the next month or so.
Although the conference championship season is months away, we’ve compiled where and when the Power 5 conferences are holding their respective meets this season.
This is the final year of competition before the major conference realignments take shape, meaning there isn’t any changes in terms of who is competing where in the Power 5. The Big 12 did add three teams for this season including BYU, Houston, and Cincinnati.
The meet structures will also remain consistent, with the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 continuing to host combined meets.
Besides conference realignment, another notable change for future years is that the SEC has tightened its host requirements for a number of sports, including swimming & diving. Natatoriums will now need to have a spectator capacity of 1200, which is an increase by 200 from the old requirements.
Auburn is the host for the 2024 SEC Championships, however, they will be unable to host future conference meets due to the new requirements.
SEC
- Dates: Tuesday, February 20 – Saturday, February 24
- Location: James E. Martin Aquatic Center, Auburn, AL (CT)
- Spectator Capacity: 1000
- Teams: Georgia, Texas A&M, Florida, Tennessee, LSU, Auburn, Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas (women only), South Carolina, Vanderbilt (women only)
- Defending Champions (men): Florida (11x)
- Defending Champions (women): Florida (1x)
ACC
- Dates: Tuesday, February 20 – Saturday, February 24
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC (EST)
- Spectator Capacity: 2,300
- Teams: NC State, Louisville, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Florida State, Virginia, Duke, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Miami (women swimming & diving/men diving)
- Defending champions (men): NC State (2x)
- Defending champions (women): Virginia (4x)
Big Ten (Women):
- Dates: Wednesday, February 21 – Saturday, February 24
- Location: Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center, West Lafayette, IN (ET)
- Spectator Capacity: 625
- Teams: Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State, Penn State, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers, Illinois
- Defending champions: Ohio State (4x)
Big Ten (Men):
- Dates: Wednesday, February 28 – Saturday, March 2
- Location: McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Columbus, OH (ET)
- Spectator Capacity: 1400
- Teams: Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State, Penn State, Northwestern
- Defending champions: Indiana (2x)
Big 12:
- Dates: Tuesday, February 27 – Saturday, March 2
- Location: The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, Morgantown, WV (ET)
- Spectator Capacity: 1200
- Teams: Texas, Texas Christian, West Virginia, Kansas (women only), Iowa State (women only), Houston (women only), Cincinnati, BYU
- Defending champions (men): Texas (27x)
- Defending champions (women): Texas (11x)
Pac-12 (Women’s Swimming & Diving + Men’s Diving):
- Dates: Wednesday, February 28 – Saturday, March 2
- Location: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA (PT)
- Spectator Capacity: 2500
- Teams: California, Stanford, Southern California, Arizona, UCLA, Utah, Arizona State, Washington State
- Defending champions: Stanford (2x)
Pac-12 (Men’s Swimming):
- Dates: Wednesday, March 6 – Saturday, March 9
- Location: Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, WA (PT)
- Spectator Capacity: 2500
- Teams: Southern California, Stanford, California, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah
- Defending champions: Arizona State (1x)
NCAA Championships (Women):
- Dates: Wednesday, March 20 – Saturday, March 23
- Location: Gabrielsen Natatorium, Athens, GA (ET)
- Spectator Capacity: almost 2000
- Teams: TBD
- Defending champions: Virginia (3x)
NCAA Championships (Men):
- Dates: Wednesday, March 27 – Saturday, March 30
- Location: IUPUI Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN (ET)
- Spectator Capacity: 4700, reduced for NCAA Championships
- Teams: TBD
- Defending champions: Cal (2x)
Forgot to include BYU, Houston, and Cincinnati on the Big 12 teams.
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If you’re referring to which schools are in which conferences, most of the big moves aren’t happening until summer 2024.
Ha, ha: Good luck hosting a conference championship with 18 teams. Grand Central Station with a pool. Another reason why all this conference expansion is ridiculous.
Remember there are schools in these conferences that either have no swim teams or only a women’s team.
B1Gs are also split into two meets.
The new ACC is going to be massive.. if it’s in Greensboro it may be limited in fans to two per athlete with as many M&W teams that are there. Unless they can get and opt for IUPUI.
I would expect they’d have to Resplit the meet right? It was split until very recently, afterall.