2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships: Final Pick’Ems Standings

By Sophie Kaufman on SwimSwam

2025 Men’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

• March 26-29, 2025
• Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatics Center, Federal Way, Washington
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Start Times: Prelims: 10 AM ׀ Finals: 6 PM (Pacific Daylight Time)
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  • Prelims: Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

The final day of the 2025 Men’s NCAA Division I Championships is in the books. The Texas Longhorns have already lifted the team trophy in Federal Way, Washington, and now it’s time to find out who has won this year’s Pick’Ems crown.

Day 4 Swimming Event Winners:

• 1650 freestyle: Zalan Sarkany, Indiana — 14:21.29
• 200 backstroke: Hubert Kos, Texas — 1:34.21 NCAA Record 
• 100 freestyle: Josh Liendo, Florida — 39.99
• 200 breaststroke: Jassen Yep, Indiana — 1:48.30
• 200 butterfly: Luca Urlando, Georgia — 1:36.43 NCAA Record 
• 400 freestyle relay: Tennessee (Caribe, Taylor, Blackman, Crooks) — 2:42.30 NCAA Record 

There were some upsets yesterday, but in terms of this competition, there was no larger upset than the men’s 200 breaststroke. There were 622 entries for this year’s contest and none picked Indiana fifth-year Jassen Yep to win the NCAA title in that event.

This resulted in the men’s 200 breaststroke being a low-scoring event across the board. The maximum number of points available in a single event in the Pick’Em contest is 19 points. The highest number of points scored in the men’s 200 breaststroke was 10. Four people correctly picked Matt Fallon to finish second and Carles Coll Marti to get third, then earned a point from putting either Yep or Denis Petrashov in the top four but the wrong spot.

Along with the individual winners on Day Four, the last night sees the Top 10 Teams picks take effect in the overall standings. Correctly picking the winner earns 10 points, while each properly placed 2nd-10th place team earns another five points. In the women’s pick’ems, the most team picks anyone got right was 5 out of 10 and the average team points was 12.30. Nobody got all ten men’s teams correct, though nine entries correctly predicted nine out of ten. The average team points for scored in the men’s Pick’Ems was 27.23 points. 505 entries picked the Texas men to win.

The unpredictable fourth night of finals shook up the top of the Pick’Ems leaderboard. Jgswain88 earned the daily prizes for Day 4, scoring 72 points. His Day 4 results plus 30 points from the Team Score competition was nearly enough to win him the overall Pick’Ems prize.

However, after coming into the final session tied for fifth, Geo Durin has won the 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships Pick’Ems, scoring 235 points to win by two points!

This podium looks a lot like the Fukuoka men’s 100 breaststroke podium, because we’ve got three second-place finishers, including Jgswain88. They moved up from 28th overall after Day 3, totaling 233 points and tying for second with snailSpace and MLZGator. MLZGator was the highest ranked of this trio before today as they were tied for seventh. Like Jgswain88, snailSpace had a strong final day, scoring 62 points (t-10) to move onto the overall podium.

Day 4 Results

Rank	Username	Days 1 & 2 Scores	Day 3 Scores	Day 4 Scores
1	Jgswain88	68	63	72
2	Andy1189	51	54	68
3	Bub09	44	46	66
3	Jeremy	44	64	66
3	MamaDocof4	68	56	66
6	Ncaachamp	49	57	64
7	Rumbuns	56	61	63
7	SwimFanPhD	54	56	63
7	flintp3	59	61	63
10	Lambo50	56	63	62
10	Speedyj	39	56	62
10	hilart1284	50	60	62
10	snailSpace	57	69	62
10	backstrokehater123	52	56	62
15	THEO	50	53	61
15	swimswim48	50	51	61
17	theswimflationguru	53	72	60
17	a_bag_of_juice	42	56	60
17	Debra morgan	34	39	60
17	msch22	53	59	60
17	LaurenMR	37	31	60
22	lilac	49	51	59
22	Cereal Killer	56	67	59
22	JakeBswim	40	61	59
22	Captain Squidward	44	54	59
22	Chestnutsv	55	61	59
22	Skimbo	42	49	59
22	Max	45	64	59
22	MerkyWater123	43	50	59
30	Big Eagle	58	56	58
30	Jfarbs82	46	55	58
30	Mudboi	42	63	58
30	swimchet4	48	70	58
30	uneducated guesser	51	72	58
30	JackF	46	75	58
30	Thomas W	38	72	58
30	Shafa	55	54	58
38	Blake A	56	65	57
38	Gohop	51	58	57
38	Robbie L	55	49	57
38	Stingy	48	60	57
38	Noah P	56	74	57
38	hamburger>704trot	45	62	57
38	oxyswim	54	66	57
38	AnonVon	58	51	57
38	Bray	48	57	57
38	Luther	44	76	57
38	Lantz	55	53	57
38	JTL	46	63	57
50	ryder	48	53	56
50	cohen	50	53	56
50	JustAFlyGuy	36	57	56
50	MattyH	51	55	56
50	Phillip Means	53	65	56
50	RyanFB	44	53	56
50	ripNat	44	51	56
50	Benis	54	66	56
50	WillyWalka	46	55	56
50	Swimswamswum	48	62	56
50	wethorn	63	56	56
61	embsc	47	69	55
61	Coach Winner	40	51	55
61	Greg17815	59	59	55
61	Ham S&D