CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Week four of the 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season begins this weekend, October 17-18, as six league programs compete.
Georgia Tech will host the inaugural Dual Meet Tournament on Friday and Saturday, playing host to seven teams, including Auburn, Florida State, Georgia and NC State, which are currently ranked. It will be the first event at the McAuley Aquatic Center this season, home of the 2026 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships, in Atlanta, Georgia.
North Carolina will travel to Durham, North Carolina, to take on in-state foe Duke on Friday, and Boston College will head to Hanover, New Hampshire, to face Dartmouth on Saturday.
The ACC had seven teams in the CSCAA Division I Women’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by Virginia in the No. 1 spot, Stanford at No. 3 and California at No. 5. In the CSCAA Division I Men’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, the league featured nine teams with California leading the way at No. 4.
Weekly Schedule
Friday, October 17
North Carolina at Duke | All Day
Georgia Tech Dual Meet Tournament | Atlanta, Georgia
Army, Auburn, Florida State, George Washington, Georgia, Minnesota, NC State | All Day
Saturday, October 18
Boston College at Dartmouth | All Day
Georgia Tech Dual Meet Tournament | Atlanta, Georgia
Army, Auburn, Florida State, George Washington, Georgia, Minnesota, NC State | All Day
Noting ACC Swimming and Diving
- The ACC had seven teams named to the CSCAA Division I Women’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by Virginia at No. 1. Stanford (No. 3), California (No. 4), Louisville (No. 7), NC State (No. 8), North Carolina (No.14) and Duke (No. 19) helped fill out the Top 25.
- The ACC had nine teams named to the CSCAA Division I Men’s Preseason Top 25 Poll, headlined by California at No. 4. NC State (No. 7), Stanford (No.8), Louisville (No. 12), Virginia (No. 13), Virginia Tech (No. 17), Florida State (No. 18), North Carolina (No. 19) and Notre Dame (No. 25) also landed in the poll.
- Notre Dame enters the 2025 season under the new leadership of Head Swimming and Diving Coach Michael Norment.
- The Stanford women’s swimming & diving program enters the 2025 season under the new leadership of Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming Chris Lindauer, former Notre Dame head coach.
- Stanford women’s swimming & diving holds the title of the only program in the nation to finish in the top 10 in every NCAA Championship dating back to the 1975-76 season, most recently finishing as the runner-up in the 2025 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
- Virginia has won the last five NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championship titles.
- Virginia is set to participate in the 2025 CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge, which boasts each Power 4 conference’s top performing team, November 21-23, 2025.
- The 2026 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will take place February 15-21, 2026, at the McAuley Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The facility also will host the 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Championships.