1996 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1996 at the Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas at the 73rd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.
Hosts Texas topped the team standings, the Longhorns' sixth men's title.Team standings
| Rank | Team | Points |
| Texas ' | 479 |
| Auburn | 443 |
| Michigan | 358 |
| Stanford | 312 |
| Tennessee | 311 |
| SMU | 228 |
| USC | 188 |
| Miami | 151 |
| Arizona State | 142 |
| Florida | 140 |
