College Recruiting Times
Division I men's 100 Free college swimming recruiting times
Updated July 2026 · 2025-26 season roster times
This page compares 135 active programs by the median 100 Free time on each current roster. Texas has the fastest roster median in this cohort at 42.49. These are 2025-26 roster results, not coach-issued recruiting cuts. Use them to identify schools to research and questions to ask about event and class needs.
Typical roster reference points
Typical scorer tier
44.90
Typical roster median
46.20
Typical depth tier
49.45
Fast-program scorer tier
43.83
Each value is the median across active programs for that roster point. Scorer is a roster's top quarter, the roster median is its middle swimmer, and depth is the back of the roster.
Showing 1–25 of 135 programs · How we rank
| Rank | School | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas Austin, TX | 42.49 |
| 2 | Arizona State Tempe, AZ | 42.77 |
| 3 | NC State Raleigh, NC | 42.89 |
| 4 | Auburn Auburn, AL | 42.93 |
| 5 | Tennessee Knoxville, TN | 43.30 |
| 6 | Georgia Athens, GA | 43.30 |
| 7 | Ohio State Columbus, OH | 43.34 |
| 8 | Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | 43.48 |
| 9 | Indiana Bloomington, IN | 43.50 |
| 10 | Arizona Tucson, AZ | 43.52 |
| 11 | Harvard Cambridge, MA | 43.62 |
| 12 | California Berkeley, CA | 43.64 |
| 13 | Stanford Stanford, CA | 43.66 |
| 14 | Virginia Charlottesville, VA | 43.90 |
| 15 | Florida Gainesville, FL | 43.91 |
| 16 | Florida State Tallahassee, FL | 43.97 |
| 17 | Louisville Louisville, KY | 44.05 |
| 18 | Texas A&M College Station, TX | 44.08 |
| 19 | Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | 44.10 |
| 20 | Missouri Columbia, MO | 44.11 |
| 21 | LSU Baton Rouge, LA | 44.16 |
| 22 | Utah Salt Lake City, UT | 44.18 |
| 23 | SMU Dallas, TX | 44.26 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | 44.30 |
| 25 | Kentucky Lexington, KY | 44.37 |
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Common questions
How are these programs ranked?
We order programs by their roster's median time in the 100 Free. That's the time a middle-of-the-roster swimmer goes, so the ranking reflects the whole team, not just the fastest swimmer. A program appears only when it has at least 4 swimmers rostered in the event.
Is the roster median a recruiting cutoff?
No. It is a snapshot of the current roster, not a coach-issued cutoff. A coach may recruit above or below it depending on event needs, class needs, development, academics, and available roster space.
Where do the times come from?
The actual times current swimmers have posted this 2025-26 season, pulled from program rosters — not qualifying standards or a coach's estimate.
What do score, contribute, and depth mean?
They are roster tiers. Scorer is a roster's top quarter, contributor is the middle half, and depth is the back of the roster. They describe the swimmers already on the team. See how we rank for the full method.