CANTON, Ga. – Rhodes College has been selected third in the 2025 Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Women's Swimming and Diving Preseason Poll, earning 39 points. Trinity led the way with 48 points and six first-place votes, while Centre followed in second with 40 points and one first-place nod.

Voting was conducted among the league's seven head coaches.

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

• Trinity – 48 (6)

• Centre – 40 (1)

• Rhodes – 39

• Southwestern – 32

• Sewanee – 29

• Berry – 25

• Millsaps – 18

Rhodes enters the season with a proven championship pedigree, having captured back-to-back SAA titles in 2023 and 2024 before finishing as runner-up last year. The Lynx's 2024 championship run was highlighted by a dominant 1,010-point performance—the highest in program history.

Several key returners will look to push Rhodes back to the top, including veterans with SAA individual titles and NCAA experience. With a balanced roster of seasoned upperclassmen and rising underclassmen, the Lynx remain one of the league's most consistent contenders.

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

SAA Women's Swimming & Diving All-Time Champions

• 2025 – Centre (1000)

• 2024 – Rhodes (1010)

• 2023 – Rhodes (852.5)

• 2022 – Birmingham-Southern (796.5)

• 2021 – Birmingham-Southern (941)

• 2020 – Birmingham-Southern (865)

• 2019 – Birmingham-Southern (922)

• 2018 – Birmingham-Southern (909)

• 2017 – Birmingham-Southern (849)

• 2016 – Rhodes (914)

• 2015 – Rhodes (846)

• 2014 – Birmingham-Southern (810)

• 2013 – Centre (854)