The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Texas Athletics concludes 2025-26 season with 11 NCAA top-five finishes
06.17.2026 | Texas Athletics, Longhorn Foundation
UT earns three NCAA Championships, seven top-three and 13 top-10 NCAA finishes, while winning a league-best six Southeastern Conference titles.
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas officially concluded its 2025-26 athletics year on Tuesday night, as Baseball ended its season with a tie for fifth-place finish at the NCAA Men's College World Series. The Longhorns recorded three NCAA Championships, seven top-three, 11 top-five and 13 top-10 NCAA finishes and a league-best six Southeastern Conference titles in their second season in the SEC.
Texas registered NCAA team titles in Men's Swimming and Diving, Rowing and Softball, which marks the sixth-straight year the Longhorns have won multiple national titles in the same academic season. The six-straight seasons with multiple national titles match the longest such streak in UT history, having previously accomplished that in 1985-86 through 1990-91. Excluding the COVID-shortened year of 2019-20, Texas has won at least one NCAA team title in 11-straight seasons. The 11-straight seasons with a title also tie the best stretch on Longhorn record, equaling the mark set in 1980-81 through 1990-91.
Over the last six years, the Longhorns have won 16 NCAA team championships by eight different programs, while eight additional programs have either made the Final Four or finished in the top three at the NCAA Championships. Texas sponsors 21 intercollegiate sport programs, and 15 of those 21 programs have claimed a National Championship. The Longhorns have captured 71 all-time National Championships (67 NCAA titles).
Texas produced 11 top-five and 13 top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships during the recent academic year. The 11 top-five performances marked the second-most in school history, trailing only the 12 recorded in 2021-22. The 13 top-10 efforts tied for the second-most in school history, just one shy of the record 14 in 2021-22. The Longhorns have registered a total of 60 top-five and 78 top-10 NCAA team finishes during the last six years.
In addition to the three National Championship performances, the Longhorns recorded NCAA top-five team showings in Men's Tennis (second/NCAA Runner-up), Women's Swimming and Diving (third), Women's Basketball (tied for third/NCAA Semifinals), Beach Volleyball (tied for third/NCAA Semifinals), Volleyball (tied for fifth/NCAA Quarterfinals), Women's Golf (tied for fifth/NCAA Quarterfinals), Men's Golf (tied for fifth/NCAA Quarterfinals) and Baseball (tied for fifth/1-2 at the College World Series). Texas added NCAA top-10 finishes in Men's Basketball (tied for ninth/NCAA Round of 16) and Women's Tennis (tied for ninth/NCAA Round of 16).
The Longhorns qualified 18 of their 21 NCAA eligible sports for their respective NCAA Championship events. Texas was the ONLY school in NCAA Division I to have its Men's and Women's Basketball teams both reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament AND its Baseball and Softball teams both reach the Men's and Women's College World Series.
Texas' success extended to the conference level as well as the Longhorns earned a league-best six Southeastern Conference titles during the 2025-26 season: Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Basketball (tournament), Men's Tennis (regular season and tournament) and Softball (tournament). Texas has claimed a total of 14 SEC titles during its first two seasons in the league, double the amount of its next-closest competitor as Arkansas and Florida each have seven conference crowns in the last two years. With Beach Volleyball also winning the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) tournament title, the Longhorns won a total of seven conference championships in 2025-26 and have now claimed 670 all-time league titles in school history.
The Longhorns have clinched the Division I Learfield Directors' Cup for the third-straight year and the fifth time in the last six years. Texas and Stanford are the only schools to win the Cup multiple years in a row.
Most NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics in a Single Season
|
Year |
Number of NCAA Team Championships |
|
2021-22 |
4 (m indoor track, w tennis, row, m golf) |
|
1985-86 |
4 (wbb, w indoor track, w swim-dive, w outdoor track) |
|
2025-26 |
3 (m swim-dive, row, softball) |
|
2020-21 |
3 (m swim-dive, w tennis, row) |
|
1989-90 |
3 (m swim-dive, w swim-dive, w indoor track) |
|
1987-88 |
3 (m swim-dive, w swim-dive, w indoor track) |
|
1981-82 * |
3 (vb, w swim-dive, w outdoor track) – all AIAW * |
Most Top-2 Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics
|
Year |
Number of UT Top 2 NCAA team finishes |
|
2021-22 |
10 (m indoor track, w indoor track, w swim, m swim, w tennis, row, m golf, softball, m outdoor track, w outdoor track) |
|
2023-24 |
5 (vb, w swim, m ten, row, softball) |
|
1988-89 |
5 (m swim, vb, base, m golf, w swim) |
|
2025-26 |
4 (m swim-dive, m tennis, row, softball) |
|
2022-23 |
4 (vb, w I track, w swim, w o track) |
|
2020-21 |
4 (vb, m swim, w tennis, row) |
|
2018-19 |
4 (m ten, m swim, m golf, row) |
|
1993-94 |
4 (m golf, w o track, m swim, w swim) |
|
1990-91 |
4 (m swim, w swim, w o track, w I track) |
|
1987-88 |
4 (m swim, w swim, w I track, m o track) |
|
1985-86 |
4 (wbb, w swim, w I track, w o track) |
Most Top-3 Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics
|
Year |
Number of UT Top 5 NCAA team finishes |
|
2021-22 |
10 |
|
2025-26 |
7 |
|
2024-25 |
7 |
|
2023-24 |
7 |
|
2020-21 |
7 |
Most Top-5 Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics
(since UT added Rowing as varsity sport starting in 1997-98)
|
Year |
Number of UT Top 5 NCAA team finishes |
|
2021-22 |
12 |
|
2025-26 |
11 |
|
2024-25 |
10 |
|
2022-23 |
10 |
|
2020-21 |
9 |
|
2023-24 |
8 |
|
2008-09 |
8 |
|
2005-06 |
8 |
|
2002-03 |
8 |
Most Top 10 Team Finishes at NCAA Championships by Texas Athletics
(since UT added Rowing as varsity sport starting in 1997-98)
|
Year |
Number of UT Top 10 NCAA team finishes |
|
2021-22 |
14 |
|
2025-26 |
13 |
|
2024-25 |
13 |
|
2022-23 |
13 |
|
2020-21 |
13 |
|
2002-03 |
13 |
|
2023-24 |
12 |
|
2001-02 |
12 |
|
2004-05 |
12 |
|
2018-19 |
11 |
|
2014-15 |
11 |
|
2005-06 |
11 |
|
2017-18 |
10 |
|
2015-16 |
10 |
|
2007-08 |
10 |
|
2003-04 |
10 |
University of Texas Top 10 Team Finishes at NCAA Championships in 2025-26
|
Sport |
NCAA Championship Finish |
|
Volleyball |
Tied for Fifth (NCAA Quarterfinals) |
|
Women's Swimming and Diving |
Third |
|
Men's Swimming and Diving |
National Champions |
|
Men's Basketball |
Tied for Ninth (NCAA Round of 16) |
|
Women's Basketball |
Tied for Third (NCAA Semifinals) |
|
Beach Volleyball |
Tied for Third (NCAA Semifinals) |
|
Women's Tennis |
Tied for Ninth (NCAA Round of 16) |
|
Men's Tennis |
Second (NCAA Runner-up) |
|
Women's Golf |
Tied for Fifth (NCAA Quarterfinals) |
|
Rowing |
National Champions |
|
Men's Golf |
Tied for Fifth (NCAA Quarterfinals) |
|
Softball |
National Champions |
|
Baseball |
Tied for Fifth (1-2 at CWS) |
All University of Texas NCAA Finishes in 2025-26
|
Sport |
NCAA Championship Finish |
|
Men's Cross Country |
DNQ for NCAA Championships (5th at NCAA Regionals) |
|
Women's Cross Country |
DNQ for NCAA Championships (8th at NCAA Regionals) |
|
Soccer |
DNQ for NCAA Championship |
|
Volleyball |
Tied for Fifth (NCAA Quarterfinals) |
|
Football |
13th in final US LBM Coaches poll |
|
Men's Indoor Track and Field |
24th at NCAA Championships |
|
Women's Indoor Track and Field |
Tied for 28th at NCAA Championships |
|
Women's Swimming and Diving |
Third at NCAA Championships |
|
Men's Swimming and Diving |
National Champions |
|
Men's Basketball |
Tied for Ninth (NCAA Round of 16) |
|
Women's Basketball |
Tied for Third (NCAA Semifinals) |
|
Beach Volleyball |
Tied for Third (NCAA Semifinals) |
|
Women's Tennis |
Tied for Ninth (NCAA Round of 16) |
|
Men's Tennis |
Second (NCAA Runner-up) |
|
Women's Golf |
Tied for Fifth (NCAA Quarterfinals) |
|
Rowing |
National Champions |
|
Men's Golf |
Tied for Fifth (NCAA Quarterfinals) |
|
Softball |
National Champions |
|
Men's Outdoor Track and Field |
Tied for 26th at NCAA Championships |
|
Women's Outdoor Track and Field |
Tied for 20th at NCAA Championships |
|
Baseball |
Tied for Fifth (1-2 at CWS) |
Most Number of SEC championships by School in 2025-26
(includes regular season and postseason combined)
|
School |
No. |
SEC Titles |
|
TEXAS |
6 |
Men's Swim-Dive, Women's Swim-Dive, Women's Basketball (tourney), Men's Tennis, Men's Tennis (tourney), Softball (tourney) |
|
Florida |
5 |
Women's Cross Country, Women's Indoor TF, Men's Basketball, Gymnastics (tourney), Women's Outdoor TF |
|
Arkansas |
4 |
Soccer, Men's Indoor TF, Men's Basketball (tourney), Men's Outdoor TF |
|
Georgia |
3 |
Football, Baseball, Baseball (tourney) |
|
Oklahoma |
3 |
Gymnastics, Women's Tennis, Softball |
|
Auburn |
2 |
Women's Tennis, Women's Tennis (tourney) |
|
Kentucky |
2 |
Volleyball, Volleyball (tourney) |
|
Tennessee |
2 |
Women's Golf, Rowing |
|
Texas A&M |
2 |
Equestrian, Women's Tennis |
|
Alabama |
1 |
Men's Cross Country |
|
Ole Miss |
1 |
Men's Golf |
|
South Carolina |
1 |
Women's Basketball |
|
Vanderbilt |
1 |
Soccer (tourney) |
Most Number of SEC Championships since Texas joined in 2024-25
(includes regular season and postseason combined)
|
School |
SEC Titles |
|
TEXAS |
14 |
|
Arkansas |
7 |
|
Florida |
7 |
|
Georgia |
6 |
|
Oklahoma |
6 |
|
South Carolina |
5 |
|
Texas A&M |
5 |
|
Auburn |
3 |
|
Kentucky |
3 |
|
Alabama |
2 |
|
LSU |
2 |
|
Tennessee |
2 |
|
Vanderbilt |
2 |
|
Mississippi State |
1 |
|
Ole Miss |
1 |
