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12:46p, 5/28/26
Cal has been announced as a member of the inaugural season of the College Swimming League.
I was not able to find out how this affects conference swimming, except that each school will compete in only two meets plus a post-season, so maybe there is no conflict. CSL says its times will count to NCAA qualification. CSL is going to compete in the Fall, so shouldn't affect winter/spring conference, but it does shift swimming into an almost full school year sport.

There will be 12 teams:
So far, the list is
The Ohio State
Michigan
California
Virginia
NC State
Louisville
Georgia
Alabama
Auburn

I presume Texas and Florida have been invited.
College Swimming League Has Announced 6 Out of 12 Teams, All Were Top 25 At 2026 NCAAs

Article does not say Cal, but Cal's instagram says Cal is a member.
https://instagr.am/p/DY2I60vjL1E

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4:28p, 5/28/26
I wonder if this is to help swimmers even more prepare for the 2028 Olympics.
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4:58p, 5/28/26
I assume this will be for the fall season? Wonder if Stanford will compete.
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5:36a, 6/1/26
Stanford and Tennessee are also participants. There is one team left to be announced.

Edit: Indiana is the last team participating
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9:37a, 6/1/26
Makes sense to do this, since in swimming, as in golf and some other sports, post-season qualification is not based on how you do in your conference, but on your overall performance relative to all the other Division I swimming teams. This provides additional opportunities for swimmers to make NCAA qualifying times, and there's probably a thought that swimming against the other top teams will help pull our swimmers along. This is the reason why there's actually not that much impact of what happens in football on several of the non-revenue sports, which are in this sort of qualification system, or are in the MPSF for their sport, rather than the ACC.
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3:50p, 6/1/26
So, the 12 are with 2026 NCAA championship placement Men and Women

The Ohio State (B1G) Men 13th
Michigan (B1G) Men 8th; Women 6th
Indiana (B1G) Men 3d; Women 7th
California (ACC) Men 7th: Women 4th
Virginia (ACC) Men 9th; Women 1st
NC State (ACC) Men 6th; Women 9th
Louisville (ACC) Men 12th; Women 8th
Stanford (ACC) Men 10th; Women 2d
Georgia (SEC) Men 15th; Women 15th
Alabama (SEC) Men 24th: Women 11th
Auburn SEC) Men 17th; Women 24th
Tennessee (SEC) Men 5th; Women 5th

So - B1G has three
ACC has five
SEC has four

Surprised that neither Florida (Men 2d Women 10th) nor Texas (Men 1st; Women 3d) is in the CSL
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