Program Rankings
Programs, updated now for 2023, are ranked on their overall team strength, attrition rate, and swimmer improvement. A
small attrition rate, a high strength rating, and a high positive swimmer improvement percentage are good. A
program's ranking in all three is combined - adding together the z-scores in each category - to find their overall
rank.
Attrition is the percentage of non-seniors who do not return to swim the following year to that same program
across the 2012-2020 timeframe.
Improvement is the average percentage change in times in a swimmer's top three events from one year to the
next.
Strength is the team's average invite-level strength from 2013-2020.
Rank | Team | Combined Score | Strength Rank | Team Strength | Attrition Rank | Attrition Rate | Improvement Rank | Improvement % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ohio State University | 3.55 | 4 | 669.526 | 67 | -0.017 | 37 | 0.056 |
2 | Northwestern University | 3.19 | 16 | 568.0 | 31 | -0.011 | 51 | 0.043 |
3 | Virginia, University of | 3.09 | 1 | 764.263 | 77 | -0.019 | 138 | -0.047 |
4 | Duke University | 3.05 | 23 | 525.0 | 4 | -0.004 | 89 | 0.001 |
5 | North Carolina State University | 2.97 | 3 | 695.842 | 86 | -0.021 | 88 | 0.001 |
6 | University of Wyoming (W) | 2.9 | 74 | 338.368 | 140 | -0.028 | 1 | 0.319 |
7 | Kentucky, University of | 2.89 | 12 | 616.579 | 114 | -0.024 | 25 | 0.079 |
8 | Wisconsin, University of, Madison | 2.87 | 21 | 544.368 | 10 | -0.008 | 97 | -0.006 |
9 | California, University of, Berkeley | 2.77 | 6 | 653.105 | 38 | -0.012 | 143 | -0.06 |
10 | Stanford University | 2.75 | 2 | 699.0 | 66 | -0.017 | 141 | -0.058 |
11 | Princeton University | 2.75 | 24 | 524.0 | 47 | -0.014 | 42 | 0.05 |
12 | Columbia University | 2.74 | 54 | 391.895 | 37 | -0.012 | 11 | 0.13 |
13 | North Carolina, University of, Chapel Hill | 2.7 | 15 | 583.421 | 135 | -0.027 | 15 | 0.108 |
14 | Buffalo, State University of New York | 2.6 | 37 | 438.0 | 11 | -0.008 | 46 | 0.045 |
15 | University of Minnesota | 2.56 | 28 | 512.0 | 53 | -0.015 | 49 | 0.045 |
16 | Towson University | 2.55 | 77 | 333.316 | 15 | -0.008 | 13 | 0.121 |
17 | Bucknell University | 2.53 | 93 | 304.684 | 26 | -0.011 | 6 | 0.158 |
18 | Texas A&M University | 2.52 | 17 | 568.0 | 16 | -0.009 | 139 | -0.055 |
19 | Florida, University of | 2.51 | 7 | 651.263 | 141 | -0.029 | 45 | 0.047 |
20 | University of Denver | 2.5 | 52 | 397.0 | 23 | -0.01 | 24 | 0.08 |
21 | Villanova University | 2.5 | 75 | 335.211 | 57 | -0.016 | 3 | 0.174 |
22 | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (W) | 2.48 | 61 | 373.0 | 13 | -0.008 | 23 | 0.08 |
23 | Missouri, University of | 2.39 | 18 | 555.211 | 74 | -0.019 | 67 | 0.023 |
24 | University of California, Los Angeles | 2.27 | 20 | 549.053 | 93 | -0.022 | 53 | 0.042 |
25 | Akron, University of | 2.24 | 34 | 463.0 | 3 | -0.004 | 135 | -0.045 |
26 | William and Mary, College of | 2.18 | 71 | 348.053 | 29 | -0.011 | 18 | 0.091 |
27 | UC Santa Barbara | 2.17 | 42 | 422.0 | 1 | -0.003 | 124 | -0.03 |
28 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 2.12 | 47 | 407.0 | 43 | -0.014 | 34 | 0.061 |
29 | Michigan, University of | 2.1 | 11 | 618.053 | 124 | -0.025 | 91 | -0.0 |
30 | University of Alabama | 2.05 | 13 | 611.842 | 101 | -0.023 | 115 | -0.022 |
31 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 2.03 | 49 | 405.0 | 19 | -0.009 | 78 | 0.014 |
32 | University of Richmond | 1.82 | 63 | 357.0 | 2 | -0.004 | 107 | -0.015 |
33 | Brown University | 1.82 | 45 | 412.842 | 34 | -0.012 | 84 | 0.007 |
34 | Fordham University | 1.82 | 85 | 324.0 | 5 | -0.004 | 80 | 0.011 |
35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (W) | 1.75 | 105 | 285.316 | 56 | -0.015 | 12 | 0.125 |
36 | San Diego State University | 1.72 | 33 | 465.0 | 79 | -0.019 | 70 | 0.022 |
37 | Rice University | 1.67 | 36 | 439.263 | 7 | -0.007 | 148 | -0.072 |
38 | Iowa State University | 1.64 | 73 | 341.053 | 27 | -0.011 | 58 | 0.033 |
39 | Drexel University | 1.57 | 97 | 297.0 | 18 | -0.009 | 52 | 0.043 |
40 | Louisville, University of | 1.57 | 8 | 650.526 | 126 | -0.026 | 153 | -0.081 |
41 | West Virginia University | 1.43 | 65 | 353.158 | 36 | -0.012 | 82 | 0.01 |
42 | Texas Christian University | 1.43 | 83 | 326.0 | 12 | -0.008 | 95 | -0.004 |
43 | Indiana State University | 1.37 | 101 | 290.105 | 24 | -0.01 | 55 | 0.035 |
44 | Notre Dame, University of | 1.33 | 26 | 515.526 | 33 | -0.011 | 174 | -0.127 |
45 | Dartmouth College | 1.33 | 82 | 326.0 | 59 | -0.016 | 41 | 0.051 |
46 | University of Nevada, Reno | 1.31 | 62 | 364.0 | 22 | -0.01 | 125 | -0.031 |
47 | Rutgers University | 1.28 | 68 | 351.0 | 32 | -0.011 | 101 | -0.011 |
48 | Arizona, University of | 1.26 | 31 | 480.789 | 108 | -0.024 | 98 | -0.007 |
49 | U.S. Naval Academy | 1.25 | 39 | 431.053 | 65 | -0.017 | 122 | -0.028 |
50 | St. Bonaventure University | 1.25 | 134 | 227.263 | 54 | -0.015 | 14 | 0.11 |
51 | Oakland University | 1.2 | 64 | 354.842 | 95 | -0.023 | 29 | 0.07 |
52 | Vanderbilt University | 1.15 | 99 | 293.737 | 28 | -0.011 | 79 | 0.012 |
53 | Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania) | 1.09 | 164 | 171.842 | 110 | -0.024 | 2 | 0.204 |
54 | Arizona State University | 1.07 | 22 | 532.684 | 162 | -0.036 | 56 | 0.035 |
55 | Lehigh University | 1.07 | 102 | 287.947 | 82 | -0.02 | 20 | 0.085 |
56 | Georgetown University | 1.06 | 115 | 263.789 | 42 | -0.013 | 50 | 0.044 |
57 | Indiana University | 1.02 | 14 | 605.474 | 165 | -0.037 | 105 | -0.013 |
58 | Connecticut, University of | 0.98 | 103 | 287.0 | 21 | -0.01 | 102 | -0.011 |
59 | Colorado State University | 0.98 | 76 | 334.0 | 58 | -0.016 | 86 | 0.006 |
60 | University of Pennsylvania | 0.97 | 56 | 381.421 | 76 | -0.019 | 93 | -0.002 |
61 | Pittsburgh, University of | 0.96 | 48 | 406.0 | 90 | -0.022 | 94 | -0.002 |
62 | Campbell University | 0.95 | 126 | 243.211 | 49 | -0.014 | 36 | 0.057 |
63 | Loyola University Maryland | 0.93 | 142 | 208.684 | 51 | -0.015 | 21 | 0.083 |
64 | UC San Diego | 0.93 | 69 | 351.0 | 80 | -0.02 | 74 | 0.02 |
65 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 0.91 | 137 | 215.737 | 130 | -0.026 | 4 | 0.172 |
66 | Purdue University | 0.91 | 40 | 422.684 | 89 | -0.021 | 119 | -0.023 |
67 | Howard University | 0.89 | 178 | 139.789 | 71 | -0.018 | 5 | 0.16 |
68 | New Hampshire, University of | 0.88 | 117 | 259.0 | 70 | -0.018 | 31 | 0.067 |
69 | James Madison University | 0.85 | 60 | 373.0 | 8 | -0.007 | 172 | -0.113 |
70 | Michigan State University | 0.84 | 131 | 233.0 | 39 | -0.012 | 54 | 0.037 |
71 | University of South Dakota | 0.83 | 118 | 258.684 | 99 | -0.023 | 17 | 0.103 |
72 | South Carolina, University of, Columbia | 0.79 | 25 | 516.316 | 174 | -0.04 | 39 | 0.052 |
73 | Pennsylvania State University | 0.71 | 35 | 449.947 | 159 | -0.035 | 48 | 0.045 |
74 | Boise State University | 0.65 | 112 | 268.0 | 17 | -0.009 | 132 | -0.039 |
75 | U.S. Military Academy | 0.64 | 96 | 298.0 | 9 | -0.007 | 151 | -0.078 |
76 | Cornell University | 0.6 | 89 | 312.842 | 122 | -0.025 | 38 | 0.054 |
77 | Washington State University | 0.54 | 46 | 409.526 | 149 | -0.032 | 61 | 0.029 |
78 | Holy Cross, College of the | 0.53 | 165 | 168.158 | 44 | -0.014 | 35 | 0.06 |
79 | Miami University (Ohio) | 0.51 | 58 | 378.158 | 100 | -0.023 | 117 | -0.022 |
80 | Auburn University | 0.5 | 84 | 325.895 | 120 | -0.025 | 59 | 0.032 |
81 | VA Tech | 0.49 | 30 | 487.421 | 171 | -0.04 | 57 | 0.034 |
82 | Northern Arizona University | 0.45 | 87 | 323.421 | 50 | -0.015 | 140 | -0.057 |
83 | Northeastern University | 0.44 | 95 | 298.053 | 45 | -0.014 | 136 | -0.045 |
84 | Liberty University | 0.43 | 50 | 404.632 | 150 | -0.032 | 69 | 0.022 |
85 | Kansas, University of | 0.38 | 67 | 351.0 | 46 | -0.014 | 157 | -0.088 |
86 | Delaware, University of | 0.28 | 107 | 274.737 | 168 | -0.038 | 7 | 0.153 |
87 | South Dakota State University | 0.26 | 138 | 215.053 | 96 | -0.023 | 30 | 0.068 |
88 | Seton Hall University | 0.23 | 132 | 230.526 | 35 | -0.012 | 129 | -0.036 |
89 | Florida State University | 0.18 | 29 | 492.526 | 131 | -0.027 | 173 | -0.114 |
90 | Saint Louis University | 0.17 | 150 | 197.895 | 102 | -0.023 | 28 | 0.074 |
91 | Gardner-Webb University | 0.15 | 151 | 190.368 | 105 | -0.023 | 22 | 0.081 |
92 | Eastern Michigan University | 0.13 | 94 | 303.421 | 133 | -0.027 | 66 | 0.024 |
93 | Southern Methodist University | 0.03 | 44 | 414.789 | 153 | -0.033 | 118 | -0.023 |
94 | Utah, University of | 0.03 | 51 | 402.105 | 154 | -0.033 | 103 | -0.012 |
95 | George Washington University | 0.01 | 55 | 389.474 | 121 | -0.025 | 147 | -0.069 |
96 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 0.01 | 43 | 417.947 | 177 | -0.042 | 44 | 0.048 |
97 | Pepperdine University | -0.0 | 159 | 177.0 | 40 | -0.012 | 111 | -0.017 |
98 | University of Illinois | -0.04 | 133 | 229.107 | 92 | -0.022 | 75 | 0.018 |
99 | Florida Gulf Coast University | -0.04 | 88 | 317.316 | 107 | -0.024 | 128 | -0.034 |
100 | University of North Carolina Asheville | -0.1 | 114 | 265.368 | 14 | -0.008 | 175 | -0.128 |
101 | La Salle University | -0.16 | 154 | 183.0 | 69 | -0.018 | 85 | 0.006 |
102 | Rhode Island, University of | -0.17 | 163 | 175.684 | 115 | -0.024 | 33 | 0.063 |
103 | Harvard University | -0.19 | 32 | 465.211 | 41 | -0.013 | 187 | -0.247 |
104 | Grand Canyon Univ | -0.19 | 120 | 258.0 | 62 | -0.016 | 146 | -0.065 |
105 | Marist College | -0.24 | 160 | 176.0 | 60 | -0.016 | 106 | -0.015 |
106 | Fairfield University | -0.27 | 153 | 186.474 | 52 | -0.015 | 127 | -0.033 |
107 | University of Evansville (W) | -0.27 | 168 | 160.053 | 83 | -0.02 | 60 | 0.032 |
108 | American University | -0.31 | 156 | 182.316 | 64 | -0.017 | 114 | -0.019 |
109 | California Baptist University | -0.31 | 108 | 272.947 | 106 | -0.023 | 126 | -0.032 |
110 | U.S. Air Force Academy (W) | -0.31 | 122 | 254.0 | 111 | -0.024 | 108 | -0.015 |
111 | California State University Bakersfield | -0.33 | 116 | 259.684 | 138 | -0.028 | 81 | 0.011 |
112 | Louisiana State University | -0.34 | 27 | 514.263 | 103 | -0.023 | 186 | -0.218 |
113 | Houston, University of | -0.4 | 38 | 435.579 | 147 | -0.031 | 165 | -0.1 |
114 | Old Dominion University (W) | -0.41 | 129 | 237.0 | 73 | -0.018 | 142 | -0.059 |
115 | Ball State University | -0.43 | 106 | 283.263 | 81 | -0.02 | 155 | -0.082 |
116 | University of California, Davis | -0.43 | 92 | 305.526 | 117 | -0.024 | 145 | -0.061 |
117 | New Mexico, University of | -0.44 | 128 | 240.579 | 182 | -0.044 | 10 | 0.147 |
118 | Texas, University of | -0.47 | 9 | 639.737 | 75 | -0.019 | 194 | -0.361 |
119 | University of Miami (Florida) | -0.48 | 59 | 375.789 | 134 | -0.027 | 163 | -0.097 |
120 | Vermont, University of | -0.5 | 143 | 202.947 | 129 | -0.026 | 68 | 0.023 |
121 | Providence College | -0.52 | 174 | 151.0 | 20 | -0.009 | 154 | -0.081 |
122 | University of San Diego | -0.53 | 140 | 210.789 | 94 | -0.023 | 113 | -0.017 |
123 | Boston University | -0.55 | 119 | 258.211 | 139 | -0.028 | 104 | -0.013 |
124 | Duquesne University | -0.55 | 91 | 306.368 | 112 | -0.024 | 152 | -0.08 |
125 | Wisconsin, University of, Milwaukee | -0.57 | 149 | 198.789 | 88 | -0.021 | 120 | -0.026 |
126 | Florida International University | -0.59 | 41 | 422.211 | 184 | -0.047 | 72 | 0.022 |
127 | Missouri State University (W) | -0.61 | 72 | 344.684 | 157 | -0.035 | 121 | -0.027 |
128 | University of Maryland Baltimore County | -0.63 | 135 | 222.0 | 91 | -0.022 | 134 | -0.044 |
129 | Illinois State University | -0.68 | 113 | 265.526 | 116 | -0.024 | 144 | -0.06 |
130 | New Mexico State University | -0.7 | 90 | 308.0 | 166 | -0.037 | 77 | 0.014 |
131 | Colgate University | -0.78 | 172 | 153.263 | 127 | -0.026 | 65 | 0.024 |
132 | Siena College | -0.79 | 188 | 113.053 | 25 | -0.01 | 149 | -0.075 |
133 | San Jose State University | -0.79 | 98 | 295.474 | 158 | -0.035 | 100 | -0.009 |
134 | Wagner College | -0.8 | 148 | 199.579 | 97 | -0.023 | 131 | -0.038 |
135 | Tulane University | -0.8 | 81 | 326.737 | 128 | -0.026 | 168 | -0.105 |
136 | Illinois, University of, Chicago (M) | -0.81 | 145 | 202.0 | 136 | -0.027 | 96 | -0.004 |
137 | Indiana University Purdue University Indy | -0.83 | 127 | 242.421 | 156 | -0.034 | 73 | 0.02 |
138 | Iowa, University of | -0.83 | 66 | 352.158 | 187 | -0.052 | 19 | 0.088 |
139 | University of Toledo | -0.9 | 109 | 271.0 | 176 | -0.041 | 43 | 0.05 |
140 | Youngstown State University | -0.95 | 169 | 159.316 | 113 | -0.024 | 110 | -0.016 |
141 | Arkansas, University of, Little Rock | -0.98 | 161 | 175.895 | 63 | -0.017 | 159 | -0.092 |
142 | Canisius College | -1.05 | 180 | 134.316 | 144 | -0.03 | 47 | 0.045 |
143 | Georgia, University of | -1.08 | 10 | 624.474 | 183 | -0.044 | 184 | -0.206 |
144 | George Mason University | -1.09 | 100 | 293.421 | 84 | -0.021 | 178 | -0.158 |
145 | Florida Atlantic University W | -1.09 | 111 | 268.526 | 118 | -0.024 | 170 | -0.108 |
146 | Ohio University | -1.11 | 78 | 332.684 | 181 | -0.043 | 92 | -0.001 |
147 | St. Francis College (New York) | -1.13 | 185 | 119.0 | 48 | -0.014 | 156 | -0.086 |
148 | Maine, University of | -1.15 | 170 | 158.579 | 104 | -0.023 | 133 | -0.042 |
149 | Northern Iowa, University of | -1.16 | 121 | 254.789 | 123 | -0.025 | 166 | -0.101 |
150 | Niagara University | -1.18 | 175 | 146.737 | 146 | -0.031 | 64 | 0.026 |
151 | Stony Brook University | -1.19 | 179 | 138.632 | 109 | -0.024 | 123 | -0.028 |
152 | Northern Colorado, University of | -1.2 | 104 | 286.421 | 175 | -0.041 | 90 | 0.0 |
153 | Bowling Green State University | -1.21 | 124 | 245.842 | 119 | -0.025 | 167 | -0.103 |
154 | Marshall University | -1.22 | 110 | 269.789 | 61 | -0.016 | 181 | -0.193 |
155 | Fresno State University | -1.22 | 70 | 349.053 | 161 | -0.036 | 158 | -0.088 |
156 | Dixie State University | -1.25 | 176 | 146.0 | 78 | -0.019 | 150 | -0.076 |
157 | Idaho, University of | -1.26 | 166 | 163.17 | 173 | -0.04 | 27 | 0.078 |
158 | Sacred Heart University | -1.27 | 182 | 131.895 | 125 | -0.026 | 112 | -0.017 |
159 | East Carolina University | -1.28 | 79 | 332.579 | 190 | -0.059 | 16 | 0.108 |
160 | Eastern Illinois University | -1.32 | 184 | 126.895 | 164 | -0.037 | 26 | 0.078 |
161 | Loyola Marymount University | -1.38 | 186 | 113.421 | 143 | -0.029 | 83 | 0.01 |
162 | Lafayette College | -1.44 | 193 | 74.579 | 137 | -0.027 | 71 | 0.022 |
163 | University of Hawaii | -1.49 | 53 | 395.632 | 179 | -0.043 | 160 | -0.093 |
164 | Western Illinois University | -1.51 | 191 | 83.0 | 6 | -0.006 | 179 | -0.166 |
165 | Long Island University | -1.56 | 144 | 202.526 | 152 | -0.032 | 137 | -0.047 |
166 | Central Connecticut State University | -1.61 | 147 | 200.632 | 87 | -0.021 | 177 | -0.145 |
167 | North Florida, University of | -1.75 | 152 | 186.579 | 189 | -0.057 | 9 | 0.151 |
168 | Saint Peter's University | -1.81 | 192 | 80.0 | 142 | -0.029 | 109 | -0.015 |
169 | Mount Saint Mary's | -1.87 | 189 | 102.632 | 68 | -0.017 | 176 | -0.132 |
170 | Bryant University (W) | -1.88 | 125 | 244.0 | 30 | -0.011 | 192 | -0.287 |
171 | Southern California, University of | -1.88 | 19 | 549.526 | 191 | -0.06 | 169 | -0.108 |
172 | University of Incarnate Word | -1.89 | 139 | 210.895 | 98 | -0.023 | 180 | -0.17 |
173 | Merrimack College | -1.9 | 194 | 71.368 | 155 | -0.033 | 76 | 0.018 |
174 | Brigham Young University | -1.92 | 80 | 329.421 | 188 | -0.053 | 99 | -0.009 |
175 | University of St. Thomas MN | -1.93 | 167 | 161.0 | 172 | -0.04 | 87 | 0.003 |
176 | Utah Tech University | -1.98 | 86 | 324.0 | 178 | -0.043 | 162 | -0.097 |
177 | Butler University | -1.99 | 155 | 182.842 | 72 | -0.018 | 182 | -0.197 |
178 | Binghamton, State University of NY | -2.03 | 162 | 175.684 | 167 | -0.037 | 130 | -0.037 |
179 | Wisconsin, University of, Green Bay | -2.08 | 177 | 143.474 | 180 | -0.043 | 62 | 0.029 |
180 | Bellarmine University | -2.25 | 181 | 134.053 | 55 | -0.015 | 185 | -0.214 |
181 | Georgia Southern University | -2.27 | 158 | 181.0 | 185 | -0.049 | 63 | 0.028 |
182 | Cleveland State University | -2.33 | 146 | 201.526 | 163 | -0.037 | 161 | -0.094 |
183 | Cincinnati, University of | -2.38 | 57 | 379.053 | 186 | -0.051 | 171 | -0.113 |
184 | Massachusetts, University of | -2.5 | 123 | 251.158 | 145 | -0.031 | 183 | -0.201 |
185 | Rider University | -2.68 | 183 | 131.368 | 160 | -0.035 | 164 | -0.098 |
186 | University of Tennessee | -2.85 | 5 | 665.632 | 85 | -0.021 | 196 | -0.633 |
187 | Boston College | -2.89 | 130 | 233.915 | 193 | -0.067 | 32 | 0.066 |
188 | University of the Pacific | -3.0 | 136 | 219.105 | 132 | -0.027 | 189 | -0.267 |
189 | Iona College | -3.35 | 187 | 113.263 | 196 | -0.073 | 8 | 0.152 |
190 | North Texas, University of | -3.46 | 141 | 210.474 | 151 | -0.032 | 190 | -0.268 |
191 | Cal Poly | -3.56 | 173 | 151.258 | 194 | -0.067 | 40 | 0.052 |
192 | Monmouth University | -4.26 | 171 | 157.316 | 170 | -0.04 | 188 | -0.258 |
193 | Valparaiso University (W) | -4.35 | 190 | 88.474 | 192 | -0.063 | 116 | -0.022 |
194 | Seattle University (W) | -5.09 | 157 | 181.105 | 148 | -0.031 | 195 | -0.438 |
195 | Manhattan College | -5.69 | 195 | 67.421 | 169 | -0.039 | 193 | -0.355 |
196 | Virginia Military Institute | -7.47 | 196 | 48.211 | 195 | -0.071 | 191 | -0.274 |