2025 WOMEN’S NCAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The most reliable and best way to predict how teams are going to place at any NCAA swimming and diving competition is to score out the psych sheets. However, this method excludes a very important piece of the puzzle: diving.
All divers must earn their way to the Division I NCAA Championships by way of the Zone Championships. Because there are no pre-qualified divers, everyone must qualify by placing high enough over their two consecutive competition lists at the meet. Using these qualifying scores throughout the nation, we can put together an unofficial diving ‘psych sheet’ of sorts. This list, combined with the swimming psych sheets, gives us a broader and more complete view of how the team race will likely pan out.
A quick disclaimer is needed here as a reminder that diving is a subjective sport, unlike swimming. Divers at different meets can’t be definitely ranked over some at other meets like swimmers could with differing times. It’s important to note that with five different Zone Championships happening concurrently around the nation, not all of these athletes were scored by the same panel of judges. These rankings, while not definitive, are an overall fairly accurate representation of the scoring contenders for this weekend’s Championships.
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Scoring out the “Psych Sheet”
| 1 | UNC | 76 |
| 2 | Texas | 58.5 |
| 3 | Miami | 49 |
| 4 | Purdue | 44 |
| 5 | Florida | 26 |
| 6 | Rutgers | 25 |
| 7 | South Carolina | 24 |
| 8 | LSU | 21 |
| 9 | Indiana | 19.5 |
| 10 | Duke | 18 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 17 |
| 12 | Kansas | 14 |
| 12 | Arkansas | 14 |
| 14 | TCU | 13 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | 12 |
| 16 | UCLA | 11 |
| 17 | Virginia | 9 |
| 18 | USC | 6 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 3 |
| 19 | Florida State | 3 |
| 21 | Stanford | 2 |
The team that looks to most benefit from diving is the University of North Carolina. Their Trio of Aranza Vazquez Montano, Lanie Gutch, and Sofia Knight are all primed to score big for their team. Miami and Purdue’s divers will make a big impact for their team’s overall standings in Federal Way, as both of those squads are projected to pull in over 40 points each.
The Texas women will likely make up ground on Virginia with their projected 58.5 points, the second most of any women’s team. However, with UVA opting to add their lone qualifier, Elizabeth Kaye, to the roster, her nine projected points will offset some of what the Longhorns will bring on the boards.
Tennessee was right on Texas’ heels for that second spot after the swimming psych sheets were revealed, but failed to qualify any divers to the women’s championships. The Volunteers now have a lot more work to do in the swimming pool if they want to challenge for the runner-up spot.
