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SEC Swimming and Diving



 Kentucky swimmer dives into water

Kentucky swimmer dives into water

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SEC Swimming and Diving is clearly the best in the nation.


Here's why.


SEC Swimming and Diving teams have won the Women’s NCAA Division I National Championship for nine straight years! Southeastern Conference (SEC) Men’s teams have won the Men’s NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving National Championship seven of the past eleven years and five straight. Auburn won both, again, in 2007.


If you look at national polls right now, the SEC has at least 5 teams in both the Men’s and Women's NCAA swimming top 25. As will be discussed below, the Big Ten and PAC-10 sometimes have more teams in the Women’s top 25, but the SEC dominates at the top. 3 of the top 5 women’s teams were SEC Swimming and Diving teams at the end of 2006, for instance.


How do the other conferences stack up? The PAC-10, Big Ten and Big-12 all have arguments for why they should be #2. I rate them as follows:


2. PAC-10 Five teams in both Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving final 2006 poll. More teams at the top then either the Big Ten or Big-12. In fact, Stanford was #1 in the final poll (however did not win the NCAA championship – Auburn did). But, also, California was ranked 3d and USC 4th. Stanford won the Men’s National Championship in 1998 and won 6 of 7 Women’s Swimming and Diving NCAA Championships before the SEC started its run in 1999. USC won the Championship in 1997. So, the PAC-10 is strong currently and has a strong history. It just hasn’t quite matched up to the SEC in the past decade.

Kentucky Wildcats Swimming and Diving

SEC Swimming and Diving

Tennessee Volunteers Swimming Kentucky Swimming Thanks to utsports.com for photos 2 and 3 above. Thanks to ukathletics.com for photos 1 and 4 above. All rights are reserved for these photos.




Check out this article about Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz: Best All-Time Olympic Swimmer



3. Big Ten Had the most teams ranked in the Men’s and Women’s final 2006 Swimming and Diving polls (7 in each). But, remarkably really, non in the Women’s top-10 and only Michigan (8th) and Minnesota (9th) in the Men’s top 10. No Big Ten team has ever won the Women’s NCAA championship. And only Michigan (1995) and Indiana (68-73) have won on the Men’s side. Obviously, the conference is just not competitive any more at the top of the sport.


4. Big-12 Not much to say really. Only 1 team ranked in the Men’s Swimming and Diving top 25 and only two in the Women’s poll. However, it is notable that Texas won the Men’s National Championship three times from 2000-2002 and won the Women’s NCAA Championship seven times between 1984 – 1991.


5. ACC Three teams ranked in the top 25 of both the final Men’s and Women’s 2006 polls. But, none of them in the top 10 and no National Championship’s in either Men’s or Women’s Swimming and Diving – ever.




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Here's how we rank the SEC Swimming and Diving programs (Go to individual team pages by clicking on their link).


1. Auburn Tigers No doubt about this. The Auburn Men have won five straight NCAA titles and seven of the last eleven years. They also have been the SEC Swimming and Diving Champion for 11 straight years! The Auburn women’s team won the 2007 NCAA National Championship and also won it in 2002, 2003, and 2004.

2. Georgia Bulldogs Georgia and Auburn have been battling it out for the past decade as the two best Women’s Swimming and Diving programs in the country. The Georgia Women’s team won the National Championship in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2005. This year, the Lady Bulldogs won the SEC Championship and came in 2d to Auburn in the NCAA National Championship. The Bulldog Men do not have as strong a history as their female counterparts, but they are still always strong. This year they finished 3rd in the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships and 9th in the NCAA Championship. The Bulldogs were led by SEC Men’s diver of the year – Chris Colwill. On the Women’s side – Kara Lynn Joyce was named SEC Swimmer of the Year. The Lady Bulldog’s coach, Jack Bauerle, was named SEC Coach of the year and also selected to coach the 2008 USA Women’s Olympic Team.

3. Florida Gators Florida had a period when they were tops in the sport. The Gator men won the national championship in 1983 and 1984. The Lady Gator’s won it all in the first NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship – 1982. This year, the Florida men finished 2d in SEC Swimming and Diving Championship and 5th in the nation. The Florida Women’s team finished 3rd in the SEC and 10th in the nation. They were led by SEC Swimmer of the Year – Ryan Lochte. They also had the SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Year in Bradley Alley.


4. Tennessee Volunteers The Men’s team won the National Championship in 1978. That’s it as far as historic national championships. This year the Volunteer men’s team came in 4th in the SEC Swimming and Diving Championship and 15th in the NCAA’s. The Lady Vol Swimmers came in 5th in the SEC and were ranked 15th nationally in the last poll.

5. Alabama Crimson Tide The Men’s team came in 6th in the SEC Swimming and Diving Championship and 13th nationally. The Women’s team finished 7th in the SEC.

6. Kentucky Wildcats Men’s team finished 7th in the SEC; 17th in the final national poll. Women’s team finished 4th in the SEC Swimming and Diving Championship. The Lady Wildcat swimmers were led again by SEC Diver of the year (for the second straight year) – Taryn Ignacio.

7. LSU Tigers The Men’s team came in 5th in the SEC; the Lady Tiger’s finished 8th in the SEC. I rank them ahead of South Carolina for one reason. They have the Male SEC Freshman Diver of the Year in Nathan Schreiber.

8. South Carolina Gamecocks The Lady Gamecocks finished 6th in the SEC Swimming and Diving Championship; Men finished 8th.

9. Arkansas Razorbacks Women’s team came in 9th in the SEC in 2006. Arkansas does not have a Men’s Swimming and Diving team.

10. Vanderbilt Commodores Vanderbilt only very recently started a Women's Swimming and Diving team. Considering how young the program is, they are doing pretty well. The Dores don't have a mens swimming team.


11. Ole Miss and Mississippi State do not have Swimming and Diving programs – at least not that compete at the SEC/NCAA level.









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