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National Champions List

Hayden Hurst originally composed this document in 2000.  We, at Maize Pages, have taken up the mantle with his blessing.

Five quizbowl organizations currently claim champions.

In case you don't know:
CBI emphasizes 'quick recall' questions;
ACF favors questions on science, literature, history and the classics;
NAQT emphasizes a wide variety of questions that are harder than CBI's
TRASH asks questions exclusively on popular culture
HCASC is a separate tournament run by CBI that is especially for historically black colleges and universities

Notes

  • ACF includes the results of the Academic Competition Foundation (1991-97) and the Academic Competition Federation (1997-).
  • "No Tournament" indicates that the specific organization did not sponsor a national championship that season.
  • TRASH is unique among national championships in that it allows both non-students or alumni and teams with players from more than one school.
  • TRASH results include the general affiliation of the majority of the finisher's members.
  • TMP are not endorsing any one championship over the other, and TMP is trying to include every national championship held in the US at the intercollegiate level.
    • ACF
    Academic Competition Foundation (1991-97)
    Academic Competition Federation (1997-)
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    1991
    Tennessee A
    Georgia Tech A
    Maryland A
    North Carolina State
    University of Tennessee
    Knoxville, TN
    1992
    No Tournament
    No Host
    1993
    Chicago A
    Maryland
    Harvard A
    Harvard B
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    1994
    Chicago A
    Maryland A
    Brigham Young A
    Maryland B
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    1995
    Harvard
    Georgia Tech A
    California-Berkeley
    South Carolina
    University of Tennessee
    Knoxville, TN
    1996
    Georgia Tech A
    Maryland A
    Virginia A
    Illinois A
    University of Tennessee
    Knoxville, TN
    1997
    Virginia A
    Chicago A
    Maryland A
    Georgia Tech A
    University of Illinois
    Urbana-Champaign, IL
    1998
    Virginia
    Harvard
    Maryland
    Oklahoma
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    1999
    Chicago A
    Maryland
    Illinois A
    California-Berkeley
    University of Chicago
    Chicago, IL
    2000
    Chicago
    Illinois
    Harvard
    Virginia
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    2001
    Michigan A
    Virginia
    Michigan B
    Kentucky
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
    2002
    Michigan A
    Kentucky
    Princeton A
    Virginia
    Geo. Washington Univ.*
    College Park, MD
    2003
    California-Berkeley
    Michigan A
    		Kentucky Texas A&M
    Georgia Inst. of Tech
    Atlanta, GA
    2004 Chicago
    California-Berkeley
    		 Texas A&M Kentucky
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    2005
    Michigan A
    		Chicago
    California-Berkeley
    		 Princeton
    Northwestern University
    Evanston, IL
    2006
    Texas A&M
    Michigan
    Chicago
    Illinois
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
    2007
    Chicago
    		 Brown
    Texas A&M
    		Virginia Commonwealth
    Vanderbilt University
    Nashville, TN
    2008
    Chicago A
    		 Brown
    Maryland A
    Illinois
    Brandeis University
    Waltham, MA
    ACF Undergraduate
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    2008 Minnesota
    Dartmouth A
    		 Harvard A Florida State
    Brandeis University
    Waltham, MA
    ACF Division II
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    2008 Minnesota Harvard B
    Dartmouth B
    Chicago B
    Brandeis University
    Waltham, MA

    *-While George Washington University served as the host school for ACF Nationals, the games were played in College Park, MD
    CBI
    College Bowl Company, Incorporated (1978-)
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    1978
    Stanford
    Yale
    Cornell
    Oberlin
    Miami, FL
    1979
    Davidson
    Harvard-Radcliffe
    Oberlin
    Cornell
    Miami, FL
    1980
    Fresno State
    Washington U.-St. Louis
    MIT
    Washington State
    Washington Univ.-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    1981
    Maryland
    Davidson
    Marshall
    Michigan State
    Marshall University
    Huntington, WV
    1982
    North Carolina
    Rice
    Wisconsin
    Vassar College
    New York City, NY
    1983
    No Tournament
    None
    1984
    Minnesota
    Washington U.-St. Louis
    Princeton
    Vassar College
    The Ohio State University
    Columbus, OH
    1985
    No Tournament
    None
    1986
    Wisconsin
    Princeton
    Georgia Tech
    Utah
    Georgia Inst. of Tech
    Atlanta, GA
    1987
    Minnesota
    Georgia Tech
    North Carolina State
    W. Connecticut State
    Walt Disney World
    Orlando, FL
    1988
    North Carolina State
    Emory
    Princeton
    Kent State
    University of Illinois-Chicago
    Chicago, IL
    1989
    Minnesota
    Georgia Tech
    Kent State
    George Washington
    College of DuPage
    Glen Ellyn, IL
    1990
    Chicago
    MIT
    George Washington
    Rice
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN
    1991
    Rice
    Cornell
    Minnesota
    Wisconsin
    University of Illinois-Chicago
    Chicago, IL
    1992
    MIT
    Stanford
    Pennsylvania
    Cornell
    George Washington University
    Washington, DC
    1993
    Virginia
    Michigan
    Chicago
    Harvard
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA
    1994
    Chicago
    Virginia
    Brigham Young
    George Washington
    University of Florida
    Gainesville, FL
    1995
    Harvard
    Chicago
    Michigan
    Brigham Young
    University of Akron
    Akron, OH
    1996
    Michigan
    Virginia
    Princeton
    Cornell
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, AZ
    1997
    Virginia
    Harvard
    Oklahoma
    Chicago
    Montclair State University
    Montclair, NJ
    1998
    Michigan
    Cornell
    Stanford
    Chicago
    University of Texas-Dallas
    Richardson, TX
    1999
    Chicago
    Michigan
    Minnesota
    Virginia Tech
    University of Florida
    Gainesville, FL
    2000
    Michigan
    Arkansas
    Williams
    Florida
    Bentley College
    Waltham, MA
    2001
    Michigan
    Chicago
    Texas
     Cornell
    California State Univ.-LA
    Los Angeles, CA
    2002
    Michigan
    UCLA
    Florida
    Providence
    Kansas State University
    Manhattan, KS
    2003
    		 Chicago Florida Rochester UCLA
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA
    2004 Minnesota
    Michigan
    		Florida Georgetown
    Auburn University Montgomery
    Montgomery, AL
    2005 Minnesota Rochester Stanford Truman State University of Washington
    Seattle, WA
    2006
    UCLA
    Illinois
    Washington U.-St. Louis
    		 Minnesota University of Hartford
    Hartford, CT
    2007 Minnesota
    Southern California
    Williams
    Baylor
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA
    2008 Rochester
    New Mexico
    		 Minnesota
    Ohio State
    Macalester College
    Saint Paul, MN
    NAQT
    National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC (1997-)

    NAQT Overall

    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    1997
    Chicago
    Harvard
    California-Berkeley
    Cornell
    Univ. of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA
    1998
    Stanford
    Chicago
    Harvard
    California-Berkeley
    Vanderbilt University
    Nashville, TN
    1999
    Chicago
    California-Berkeley
    Michigan A
    Stanford
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
    2000
    Illinois
    Chicago
    Michigan A
    California-Berkeley
    Boston University
    Boston, MA
    2001
    Chicago
    Michigan A
    Michigan B
    Illinois
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    2002
    Michigan A
    Virginia
    Chicago
    Princeton
    Univ. of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill, NC
    2003
    Chicago
    California-Berkeley
    Maryland
    Michigan A
    Univ. of California-LA
    Los Angeles, CA
    2004
    California-Berkeley
    		 Florida
    Michigan A
    Maryland Yale
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    2005
    Michigan A
    		Chicago Rochester Illinois
    Tulane University
    New Orleans, LA
    2006
    California-Berkeley
    		 Illinois
    Chicago
    		 Virginia Commonwealth
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    2007
    Chicago A
    		 Illinois
    Michigan A
    		Virginia Commonwealth
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN
    2008
    Maryland
    Chicago
    		 Illinois A Brown
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    NAQT Undergraduate
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    1998
    Swarthmore
    Vanderbilt
    Johns Hopkins
    Carleton College
    Vanderbilt University
    Nashville, TN
    1999
    Carleton College
    Swarthmore
    Texas
    Berry College
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
    2000
    Princeton
    Carleton College
    Arkansas
    Swarthmore
    Boston University
    Boston, MA
    2001
    Princeton
    Berry College
    Case Western
    Arkansas
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    2002
    Princeton
    Michigan B
    Florida
    Harvard
    Univ. of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill, NC
    2003
    Harvard
    California-Berkeley B
    Michigan C
    Case Western
    Univ. of California-LA
    Los Angeles, CA
    2004 Illinois Harvard Iowa State Caltech
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    2005 Virginia Commonwealth Carleton College Harvard Williams
    Tulane University
    New Orleans, LA
    2006 Williams A Chicago B
    Carleton College
    		 Michigan
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    2007
    Carleton College
    		 Harvard Harding Amherst
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN
    2008 Harvard
    Dartmouth
    		 Minnesota Williams
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    NAQT Division II
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    1998
    Harvard
    Florida
    Texas
    South Carolina
    Vanderbilt University
    Nashville, TN
    1999
    Princeton
    Chicago
    Carleton College
    Harvard
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI
    2000
    Harvard
    Rhodes
    California-Berkeley
    Stanford
    Boston University
    Boston, MA
    2001
    Pittsburgh
    Emory
    Princeton
    Stanford
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    2002
    Yale
    Michigan
    Wisconsin
    Texas A&M
    Univ. of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill, NC
    2003
    California-Berkeley
    Valencia (FL) CC A
    Michigan
    Stanford
    Univ. of California-LA
    Los Angeles, CA
    2004 UCLA Illinois Harvard
    Carleton College
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    2005 Chicago
    Michigan
    		Harding Washington U-St. Louis
    Tulane University
    New Orleans, LA
    2006
    Stanford
    		 Harvard Caltech Amherst
    University of Maryland
    College Park, MD
    2007
    Maryland
    		 Dartmouth Yale Chicago
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN
    2008
    Carleton College
    		 Western Ontario Dartmouth
    Cornell
    Washington U-St. Louis
    St. Louis, MO
    NAQT Community College Championship
    Year
    Champion
    Finalist
    3rd
    4th
    Host School
    2002
    Valencia (FL) CC
    Bevill State (AL) CC
    Bainbridge (GA) CC
    Dalton State (GA) CC
    Univ. of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill, NC
    2003
    Valencia (FL) CC A
    Bainbridge (GA) CC
    Bevill State (AL) CC
    Abraham Baldwin Agri. Coll. (GA)
    Univ. of California-LA
    Los Angeles, CA
    2004 Valencia (FL) CC Bevill State (AL) CC Palm Beach CC Broward CC