| 1972 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships | |
| Hostcity: | West Point, New York |
| Dates: | March 1972 |
| Venues: | Crandall Pool United States Military Academy |
| Teams: | 29 |
| Events: | 18 |
| Previous: | 1971 |
| Next: | 1973 |
The 1972 NCAA University Division swimming and diving championships were contested at the 36th annual swim meet sanctioned and hosted by the NCAA to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving among its University Division member programs in the United States, culminating the 1971–72 NCAA University Division swimming and diving season.
These championships were hosted by the United States Military Academy at Crandall Pool on its campus in West Point, New York.
Four-time defending champions Indiana again topped the team championship standings, the Hoosiers' fifth NCAA national title.[1]
| Indiana (DC) | 390 | ||
| 371 | |||
| 170 | |||
| 168 | |||
| 121 | |||
| 109 | |||
| 99 | |||
| 91 | |||
| 89 | |||
| 47 | |||
| 42 | |||
| 35 | |||
| 33 | |||
| 29 | |||
| 27 | |||
| 26 | |||
| 25 | |||
| 16 | |||
| 14 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 10 | |||
| LSU | 4 | ||
| Penn | |||
| Texas | |||
| Villanova | |||
| Wisconsin | |||
| Johns Hopkins | 5 | ||
| 2 | |||
| 1 |
| 50 yard freestyle | David Edgar (DC) | Tennessee | 20.442 | |
| 100 yard freestyle | David Edgar (DC) | Tennessee | 45.003 | |
| 200 yard freestyle | SMU | 1:38.357 | ||
| 500 yard freestyle | John Kinsella (DC) | Indiana | 4:24.496 | |
| 1,650 yard freestyle | John Kinsella (DC) | Indiana | 15:33.582 | |
| 100 yard backstroke | Yale | 51.293 | ||
| 200 yard backstroke | Princeton | 1:50.557 | ||
| 100 yard breaststroke | UCLA | 56.998 | ||
| 200 yard breaststroke | Brian Job (DC) | Stanford | 2:02.592 | |
| 100 yard butterfly | Mark Spitz (DC) | Indiana | 47.988 | |
| 200 yard butterfly | Mark Spitz (DC) | Indiana | 1:46.898 | |
| 200 yard individual medley | Gary Hall Sr. (DC) | Indiana | 1:51.507 | |
| 400 yard individual medley | Gary Hall Sr. (DC) | Indiana | 3:58.717 | |
| 400 yard freestyle relay | Tennessee | 3:01.118 | ||
| 800 yard freestyle relay | USC (DC) | 6:38.635 | ||
| 400 yard medley relay | USC | 3:23.118 |
| 1 meter diving | Ohio State | 503.25 | ||
| 3 meter diving | Minnesota | 545.4 |