Rhodes College has been picked second in the 2025 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Men's Swimming and Diving Preseason Poll, earning 43 points and two first-place votes. The Lynx trail only Trinity University, which topped the poll with 47 points and five first-place votes.

The poll was voted on by the league's seven head coaches.

2025-26 SAA Men's Swimming & Diving Preseason Poll

• Trinity – 47 (5)

• Rhodes – 43 (2)

• Centre – 37

• Berry – 31

• Southwestern – 28

• Sewanee – 27

• Millsaps – 18

The Lynx enter the season as the two-time defending SAA Champions, winning back-to-back titles in 2024 and 2025. Last year, Rhodes scored 1,018 points at the SAA Championships, marking the highest total since Birmingham-Southern's run in 2018.

Rhodes returns several key performers who helped secure the 2025 title. Jack Whitten, a three-time 200 Breast champion and NCAA qualifier, headlines the roster along with Philip Mu, last season's 400 IM champion as a freshman, and Liam Ashton, the reigning 200 Fly champion. With a strong mix of veteran leadership and emerging talent, the Lynx are poised to challenge for a third straight conference crown.

The 2026 SAA Swimming and Diving Championship is scheduled for February 11–14 at Champions Hall in Danville, Kentucky.

SAA Men's Swimming & Diving All-Time Champions

• 2025 – Rhodes (1018)

• 2024 – Rhodes (898)

• 2023 – Birmingham-Southern (932)

• 2022 – Birmingham-Southern (594.5)

• 2021 – Birmingham-Southern (808)

• 2020 – Birmingham-Southern (915)

• 2019 – Birmingham-Southern (889)

• 2018 – Birmingham-Southern (1070)

• 2017 – Birmingham-Southern (1013.5)

• 2016 – Birmingham-Southern (725)

• 2015 – Birmingham-Southern (975)

• 2014 – Centre (861)

• 2013 – Centre (854.5)