Top collegiate quiz bowl national championship, taking place in April 2026
Info: https://acf-quizbowl.com/nationals/
List of 2025's attending teams and rankings/stats at qualifier tournaments: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J0g4ZwUZQWDq8Gco45j-y6GExWjLtd0MoyZjmoAKNWg/edit?usp=sharing
2025 preseason poll: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=402017
2025's results: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/9670/stats/combined/
2026 preseasons discussion: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=407139#p407139
2026 preseason poll results: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=408184#p408184
Collegiate Preseason Poll Top 10 (9/7/25):
1. Berkeley: 174 points (highest rank 1 out of 25, lowest 2 out of 25, ranked on all 7 ballots)
2. Indiana: 165 points (highest 1, lowest 4, all ballots)
3. Illinois: 152 points (highest 2, lowest 8, all ballots)
4. Toronto: 149 points (highest 2, lowest 10, all ballots)
5. Waterloo: 145 points (highest 3, lowest 7, all ballots)
6. Columbia: 135 points (highest 4 lowest 10, all ballots)
7. NYU: 131 points (Highest 4, lowest 9, all ballots)
8. Stanford 112 points (highest 5, lowest unranked, ranked on 6 ballots out of 7)
9. Northwestern: 111 points (highest 6, lowest 12, all ballots)
10. Georgia Tech: 107 points (highest 6, lowest 22, all ballots)
Today gives arguably the first good data of the year on national contenders, with Penn Bowl tournaments featuring teams and players from Illinois, Indiana, UChicago, Northwestern, Berkeley, and Stanford: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/9929/stats/end_of_prelims/, https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/9940/stats/morning/