The University of North Carolina swimming and diving teams have announced their 2015-16 competitive schedules and the Tar Heels will be going up against the nation's best in the coming season.
The Tar Heels have 10 dual meets on the slate, almost all of them against teams which finished in the Top 20 of the NCAA Championships last year.
The Carolina men finished 18th at the 2015 NCAA Championships, their fourth Top 20 placing in the past six years. The Tar Heel women were 19th, marking their fourth straight year in the Top 20 and the sixth time they have accomplished that in the past seven seasons.
Based on NCAA Tournament finishes from last year, the UNC men will face defending NCAA champion Texas to highlight a dual meet schedule which also includes Georgia (7th), NC State (8th), Indiana (12th), Tennessee (14th) and Louisville (15th).
The UNC women will face eight opponents who finished ahead of them in last year's NCAA Championships - Georgia (2nd), Virginia (5th), Louisville (6th), Texas (7th), Indiana (10th), Tennessee (11th), Kentucky (16th) and NC State (17th).
Carolina has home dual meets scheduled against Louisville, Texas, Navy, Virginia and NC State.
The Tar Heels will play host to the annual Nike Cup Championships November 19-21 in Chapel Hill, hosting NC State, Navy, Duke, East Carolina, Old Dominion, Yale and James Madison.
The ACC Championships are slated for Greensboro, N.C. with the women competing February 17-20 and the men February 24-27. Both NCAA Championships will be in Atlanta with the women's meet on tap March 17-19 and the men's meet March 24-26.
