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'''ACF Nationals''' is an annual event held by [[ACF]]. Along with the NAQT [[ICT]], ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in collegiate quizbowl.
 
'''ACF Nationals''' is an annual event held by [[ACF]]. Along with the NAQT [[ICT]], ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in collegiate quizbowl.
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More information on editors and circumstances of ACF Nationals can be found at the [[ACF]] page. ACF Nationals was first held in 1991, though it is the successor to prior events such as the [[National Invitation Tournament]] and [[All-American Invitational]] which date back to 1979. Considering the three events as one chain of "ACF-style" national championships, ACF Nationals is the oldest national title, at 36 years as of the 2015 tournament, and the longest-running, having surpassed the College Bowl [[NCT]]'s 28 instances. Counting ACF Nationals alone, the event had its 25th instance in 2016 (as no championship was held in 1992).
 
  
 
Beginning in 2008, ACF Nationals crowned Undergraduate and Division II champions in addition to overall champions. Unlike at NAQT ICT, the Division II title is awarded to the highest-finishing Division II team in the overall field, rather than being played in a separate tournament. Unofficial winners by the current criteria are noted for pre-2008 tournaments, when known.
 
Beginning in 2008, ACF Nationals crowned Undergraduate and Division II champions in addition to overall champions. Unlike at NAQT ICT, the Division II title is awarded to the highest-finishing Division II team in the overall field, rather than being played in a separate tournament. Unofficial winners by the current criteria are noted for pre-2008 tournaments, when known.
  
 
For most of its existence, ACF Nationals was smaller than ICT, and was open to any collegiate team, provided that most of those teams [[Packet submission|submitted a packet]] (unlike ICT, which had a strict system of invitations and was written entirely by NAQT personnel). In 2015, in part due to exploding interest in nationals attendance, ACF instituted the [[A-Value]], a measure which generated a list of Nationals invitees based on teams' performance at the preceding [[ACF Regionals]]. As of now, the Nationals field is capped, and teams are invited by having a large enough A-value for the year, or by being issued autobids for hosting or editing Regionals.
 
For most of its existence, ACF Nationals was smaller than ICT, and was open to any collegiate team, provided that most of those teams [[Packet submission|submitted a packet]] (unlike ICT, which had a strict system of invitations and was written entirely by NAQT personnel). In 2015, in part due to exploding interest in nationals attendance, ACF instituted the [[A-Value]], a measure which generated a list of Nationals invitees based on teams' performance at the preceding [[ACF Regionals]]. As of now, the Nationals field is capped, and teams are invited by having a large enough A-value for the year, or by being issued autobids for hosting or editing Regionals.
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Some additional kinds of information on editors and circumstances of ACF Nationals can be found at the [[ACF]] page.
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==Pedigree==
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There are three ways of looking at when ACF Nationals began:
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*Most commonly, the national tournaments run by the [[Academic Competition Foundation]] from 1991 to 1997 are considered as part of the same series of events as those run by the [[Academic Competition Federation]] from 1998 onwards. While the two organizations are technically distinct, one picked up directly from the other with the exact same philosophy about tournament structure and question content, and many of the same personnel. Under this definition, by far the generally accepted one, ACF Nationals first ran in 1991 and the 2022 tournament was the 30th instance of the event (accounting for no tournament in 1992 and 2020).
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*If only the present "ACF" entity is counted, then ACF Nationals began in 1998 and the 2022 tournament was the 24th instance. This distinction is almost never made, particularly because the Federation version of ACF was not incorporated as a legal entity until later in the 2010s, meaning that the 1991-1997 version is technically just as valid as anything that happened from 1998 until quite recently.
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*The 1991 version of ACF was the direct successor, in ideology and personnel, to prior events such as the [[National Invitation Tournament]] (1979-1985) and [[All-American Invitational]] (1988-1989). Considering the three events as one chain of "ACF-style" national championships, the tournament is 43 years old as of 2022 and has run 38 times. There is no information about the 1979 and 1980 NITs other than that they occurred. The NIT/AAI series did not run a championship in 1982, 1986, 1987, or 1990.
  
 
== ACF Nationals Master Info Table==
 
== ACF Nationals Master Info Table==
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! Division II Champion
 
! Division II Champion
 
! Host City
 
! Host City
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|-  
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! Field Size
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| [[1991 ACF Nationals|1991]]
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! Head Editor(s)
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| [[1991 Tennessee|Tennessee]]
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|-
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| N/A
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| [[2024 ACF Nationals|2024]]
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| N/A
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| [[2024 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
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| [[2024 Cornell|Cornell]]
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| None
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| [[Duke|Durham, NC]]
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| 48
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| [[Nick Jensen]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1993 ACF Nationals|1993]]
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| [[2023 ACF Nationals|2023]]
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| [[1993 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2023 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
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| N/A
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| [[2023 Yale|Yale]]
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| N/A
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| [[2023 WUSTL|WUSTL]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| [[MIT|Cambridge, MA]]
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| 48
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| [[Taylor Harvey]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1994 ACF Nationals|1994]]
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| [[2022 ACF Nationals|2022]]
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| [[1994 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2022 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
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| [[1994 Maryland|Maryland]]
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| [[2022 Yale|Yale]]
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| N/A
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| [[2022 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| [[Minnesota|Minneapolis, MN]]
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| 51
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| [[John Lawrence]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1995 ACF Nationals|1995]]
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| [[2021 ACF Nationals|2021]]
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| [[1995 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2021 Florida|Florida]]
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| [[1995 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
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| [[2021 Brown|Brown]]
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| N/A
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| [[2021 Brown|Brown]]
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| [[Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
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| [[Northwestern|Evanston, IL]]
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| 24
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]] & [[Matt Bollinger]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1996 ACF Nationals|1996]]
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| 2020
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| [[1996 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
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|colspan=6|Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]
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| [[1996 Maryland|Maryland]]
 
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| N/A
 
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| [[Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1997 ACF Nationals|1997]]
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| [[2019 ACF Nationals|2019]]
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| [[1997 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[2019 Columbia|Columbia]]
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| [[1997 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[2019 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
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| [[1997 Carleton College|Carleton College]]
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| [[2019 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[Illinois|Urbana, IL]]
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| [[Penn|Philadelphia, PA]]
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| 48
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| [[Auroni Gupta]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1998 ACF Nationals|1998]]
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| [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]]
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| [[1998 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[2018 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[1998 South Carolina|South Carolina]]
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| [[2018 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
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| [[1998 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2018 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| [[MIT|Cambridge, MA]]
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| 47
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| [[Andrew Hart]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1999 ACF Nationals|1999]]
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| [[2017 ACF Nationals|2017]]
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| [[1999 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2017 Maryland|Maryland]]
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| [[1999 Texas|Texas]]
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| [[2017 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
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| [[1999 Arkansas|Arkansas]]
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| [[2017 MIT|MIT]]
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| [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]]
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| [[Columbia|New York, NY]]
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| 38
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| [[Matt Bollinger]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2000 ACF Nationals|2000]]
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| [[2016 ACF Nationals|2016]]
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| [[2000 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2016 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2000 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[2016 Maryland|Maryland]]
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| [[2000 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[2016 Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
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| 44
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| [[Rob Carson]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2001 ACF Nationals|2001]]
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| [[2015 ACF Nationals|2015]]
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| [[2001 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2015 Penn|Penn]]
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| [[2001 Berry|Berry]]
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| [[2015 Stanford|Stanford]]
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| [[2001 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2015 Northwestern|Northwestern]]
 
| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
 
| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
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| 48
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| [[Ryan Westbrook]]
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|-
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| [[2014 ACF Nationals|2014]]
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| [[2014 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[2014 Yale|Yale]]
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| [[2014 North Carolina|North Carolina]]
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| [[Columbia|New York, NY]]
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| 34
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| [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
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|-
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| [[2013 ACF Nationals|2013]]
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| [[2013 Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[2013 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2013 Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[Columbia|New York, NY]]
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| 36
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| [[Jonathan Magin]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2002 ACF Nationals|2002]]
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| [[2012 ACF Nationals|2012]]
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| [[2002 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2012 Yale|Yale]]
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| [[2002 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[2012 Illinois|Illinois]]  
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| [[2002 Texas A&M|Texas A&M]]
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| [[2012 Haverford|Haverford]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 28
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| [[Jonathan Magin]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2003 ACF Nationals|2003]]
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| [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
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| [[2003 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
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| [[2011 Yale|Yale]]
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| [[2003 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2011 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2003 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[2011 State College| State College]]
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| [[Georgia Tech|Atlanta, GA]]
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| [[Pitt|Pittsburgh, PA]]
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| 28
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| [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2004 ACF Nationals|2004]]
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| [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]]
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| [[2004 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2010 Stanford|Stanford]]
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| [[2004 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2010 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2004 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2010 State College|State College]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 28
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| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2005 ACF Nationals|2005]]
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| [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009]]
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| [[2005 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2009 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2005 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2009 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2005 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2009 Stow Munroe Falls|Stow Munroe Falls]]
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| [[Northwestern|Evanston, IL]]
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| [[WUSTL|St Louis, MO]]
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| 24
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| [[Matt Weiner]]
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|-
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| [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]]
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| [[2008 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2008 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2008 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[Brandeis|Waltham, MA]]
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| 17 (+4 [[exhibition]])
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| [[Eric Kwartler]] & [[Ryan Westbrook]]
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|-
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| [[2007 ACF Nationals|2007]]
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| [[2007 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2007 Carleton College|Carleton College]]
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| [[2007 Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[Vanderbilt|Nashville, TN]]
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| 27
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| [[Andrew Yaphe]] & [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2006 ACF Nationals|2006]]
 
| [[2006 ACF Nationals|2006]]
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| None
 
| None
 
| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
 
| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
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| 19 (+2 [[exhibition]])
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| [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2007 ACF Nationals|2007]]
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| [[2005 ACF Nationals|2005]]
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| [[2007 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2005 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2007 Carleton College|Carleton College]]
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| [[2005 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2007 Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[2005 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[Vanderbilt|Nashville, TN]]
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| [[Northwestern|Evanston, IL]]
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| 21
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| [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]]
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| [[2004 ACF Nationals|2004]]
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| [[2008 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2004 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2008 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2004 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2008 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2004 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[Brandeis|Waltham, MA]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 22
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| [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009]]
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| [[2003 ACF Nationals|2003]]
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| [[2009 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2003 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
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| [[2009 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2003 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[2009 Stow Munroe Falls|Stow Munroe Falls]]
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| [[2003 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[WUSTL|St Louis, MO]]
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| [[Georgia Tech|Atlanta, GA]]
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| 22
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| [[Raj Bhan]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]]
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| [[2002 ACF Nationals|2002]]
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| [[2010 Stanford|Stanford]]
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| [[2002 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2010 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[2002 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[2010 State College|State College]]
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| [[2002 Texas A&M|Texas A&M]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 27
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| [[Raj Bhan]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]]
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| [[2001 ACF Nationals|2001]]
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| [[2011 Yale|Yale]]
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| [[2001 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2011 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[2001 Berry|Berry]]
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| [[2011 State College| State College]]
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| [[2001 Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[Pitt|Pittsburgh, PA]]
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| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
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| 16
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| [[David Hamilton]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2012 ACF Nationals|2012]]
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| [[2000 ACF Nationals|2000]]
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| [[2012 Yale|Yale]]
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| [[2000 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2012 Illinois|Illinois]]  
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| [[2000 Princeton|Princeton]]
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| [[2012 Haverford|Haverford]]
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| [[2000 Princeton|Princeton]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
 
| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 22 (+2 [[exhibition]])
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| [[David Hamilton]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2013 ACF Nationals|2013]]
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| [[1999 ACF Nationals|1999]]
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| [[2013 Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[1999 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[2013 Chicago|Chicago]]  
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| [[1999 Texas|Texas]]
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| [[2013 Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[1999 Arkansas|Arkansas]]
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| [[Columbia|New York, NY]]
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| [[Chicago|Chicago, IL]]
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| 22
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| [[David Hamilton]]
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|-
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| [[1998 ACF Nationals|1998]]
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| [[1998 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[1998 South Carolina|South Carolina]]
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| [[1998 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 21
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| [[John Sheahan]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2014 ACF Nationals|2014]]
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| [[1997 ACF Nationals|1997]]
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| [[2014 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[1997 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[Yale]]
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| [[1997 Virginia|Virginia]]
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| [[North Carolina]]
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| [[1997 Carleton College|Carleton College]]
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| [[Columbia|New York, NY]]
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| [[Illinois|Urbana, IL]]
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| 23
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| [[Vishnu Jejjala]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2015 ACF Nationals|2015]]
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| [[1996 ACF Nationals|1996]]
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| [[2015 Penn|Penn A]]
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| [[1996 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
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| [[Stanford|Stanford B]]
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| [[1996 Maryland|Maryland]]
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| [[Northwestern]]
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| N/A
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| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
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| [[Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
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| 39
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| [[Jim Dendy]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2016 ACF Nationals|2016]]
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| [[1995 ACF Nationals|1995]]
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| [[2016 Michigan|Michigan A]]
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| [[1995 Harvard|Harvard]]
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| [[Maryland|Maryland A]]
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| [[1995 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
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| [[Oklahoma]]
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| N/A
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| [[Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
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| [[Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
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| 39
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| [[Jim Dendy]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2017 ACF Nationals|2017]]
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| [[1994 ACF Nationals|1994]]
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| [[2017 Maryland|Maryland]]
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| [[1994 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[Berkeley|Berkeley A]]
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| [[1994 Maryland|Maryland]]
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| [[MIT|MIT B]]
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| N/A
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| [[Columbia|New York, NY]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 24
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| [[Jim Dendy]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]]
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| [[1993 ACF Nationals|1993]]
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| [[2018 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[1993 Chicago|Chicago]]
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| [[Berkeley|Berkeley A]]
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| N/A
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| [[Harvard|Harvard B]]
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| N/A
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| [[MIT|Cambridge, MA]]
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| [[Maryland|College Park, MD]]
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| 12
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| [[John Nam]] (?)
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|-
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| 1992
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|colspan=6| Tournament not held
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2019 ACF Nationals|2019]]
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| [[1991 ACF Nationals|1991]]
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| [[Columbia|Columbia]]
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| [[1991 Tennessee|Tennessee]]
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| [[Berkeley|Berkeley A]]
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| N/A
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| [[Harvard|Harvard B]]
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| N/A
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| [[Penn|Philadelphia, PA]]
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| [[Tennessee|Knoxville, TN]]
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| 12
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| [[Carol Guthrie]] (?)
 
|}
 
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| [[1999 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
 
| [[1999 Berkeley|Berkeley]]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Chicago]]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Chicago]]
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|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Robert Trent]] ([[Iowa]]) &bull; [[Mike Wehrman]] ([[Arkansas]]) &bull; [[Subash Maddipoti]] ([[Quincy]]) &bull; [[Dave Hamilton]] ([[Maryland]])<br>[[Dave Goodman]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Jason Hong]] ([[Berkeley]]) &bull; [[Seth Kendall]] ([[Kentucky]])
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|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Robert Trent]] ([[Iowa]]) &bull; [[Mike Wehrman]] ([[Arkansas]]) &bull; [[Subash Maddipoti]] ([[Quincy]]) &bull; [[Dave Hamilton]] ([[Maryland]])<br>[[Dave Goodman]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Jason Hong (Georgia Tech)|Jason Hong]] ([[Berkeley]]) &bull; [[Seth Kendall]] ([[Kentucky]])
 
| [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/tournaments/Old/98-99/acfnatnls99.txt Stats]
 
| [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/tournaments/Old/98-99/acfnatnls99.txt Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Andrew Yaphe]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Chicago]]
 
| [[Andrew Yaphe]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Chicago]]
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[John Kenney]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Jeff Hoppes]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Raj Bhan]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull; [[Joon Pahk]] ([[Harvard]])<br>[[Mike Wehrman]] ([[Arkansas]]) &bull; [[Patrick Friel]] ([[UCLA]]) &bull; [[Shaun Hayeslip]] ([[Maryland]])
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[John Kenney]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Jeff Hoppes]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Raj Bhan]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull; [[Joon Pahk]] ([[Harvard]])<br>[[Mike Wehrman]] ([[Arkansas]]) &bull; [[Patrick Friel]] ([[UCLA]]) &bull; [[Shaun Hayeslip]] ([[Maryland]])
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| [http://pastie.org/private/5ytuhiehtnqyvreh0jwfw Stats]<sup>†</sup>
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| [https://web.archive.org/web/20030507185947/http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/results/00nats.html Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2001 ACF Nationals|2001]]
 
| [[2001 ACF Nationals|2001]]
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| [[2003 Kentucky|Kentucky]]
 
| [[2003 Kentucky|Kentucky]]
 
| [[2003 Texas A&M|Texas A&M]]
 
| [[2003 Texas A&M|Texas A&M]]
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| [[Wesley Matthews]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Indiana]]
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| [[Wesley Mathews]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Indiana]]
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Kelly McKenzie]] ([[Kentucky]]) &bull; [[Raj Dhuwalia]] ([[Florida]]) &bull; [[Robert Trent]] ([[Vanderbilt]]) &bull; [[Vernon Davenport]] ([[South Carolina]])<br>[[Nathan Freeburg]] ([[Florida State]]) &bull; [[Seth Teitler]] ([[Berkeley]]) &bull; [[Vik Vaz]] ([[Harvard]])
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Kelly McKenzie]] ([[Kentucky]]) &bull; [[Raj Dhuwalia]] ([[Florida]]) &bull; [[Robert Trent]] ([[Vanderbilt]]) &bull; [[Vernon Davenport]] ([[South Carolina]])<br>[[Nathan Freeburg]] ([[Florida State]]) &bull; [[Seth Teitler]] ([[Berkeley]]) &bull; [[Vik Vaz]] ([[Harvard]])
 
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20060913065413/www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/03nats.html Stats]
 
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20060913065413/www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/03nats.html Stats]
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| [[2004 Texas A&M|Texas A&M]]
 
| [[2004 Texas A&M|Texas A&M]]
 
| [[2004 Kentucky|Kentucky]]
 
| [[2004 Kentucky|Kentucky]]
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| [[Wesley Matthews]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Indiana]]
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| [[Wesley Mathews]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Indiana]]
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Kelly McKenzie]] ([[Kentucky]]) &bull; [[Adam Kemezis]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Matt Cvijanovich]] ([[Iowa State]]) &bull; [[Chris Frankel]] ([[Princeton]])<br>[[Jason Keller]] ([[Rutgers]]) &bull; [[Andrew Yaphe]] ([[Chicago]]) &bull; [[Nathan Freeburg]] ([[CUNY]])
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Kelly McKenzie]] ([[Kentucky]]) &bull; [[Adam Kemezis]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Matt Cvijanovich]] ([[Iowa State]]) &bull; [[Chris Frankel]] ([[Princeton]])<br>[[Jason Keller]] ([[Rutgers]]) &bull; [[Andrew Yaphe]] ([[Chicago]]) &bull; [[Nathan Freeburg]] ([[CUNY]])
 
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20060913065423/www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/04nats.html Stats]
 
| [http://web.archive.org/web/20060913065423/www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/04nats.html Stats]
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| [[Matt Weiner]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[VCU]]
 
| [[Matt Weiner]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[VCU]]
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Subash Maddipoti]] ([[Chicago]]) &bull; [[Seth Kendall]] ([[Kentucky]]) &bull; [[Fred Bush]] ([[Rochester]]) &bull; [[Jason Keller]] ([[Rutgers]])<br>[[Chris Frankel]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Ryan Westbrook]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Jerry Vinokurov]] ([[Berkeley]])
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Subash Maddipoti]] ([[Chicago]]) &bull; [[Seth Kendall]] ([[Kentucky]]) &bull; [[Fred Bush]] ([[Rochester]]) &bull; [[Jason Keller]] ([[Rutgers]])<br>[[Chris Frankel]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Ryan Westbrook]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Jerry Vinokurov]] ([[Berkeley]])
−
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20150409034013/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hart0789/acfnats05/Playoff_standings.html Stats]<sup>†</sup>
+
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20150409034013/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hart0789/acfnats05/Playoff_standings.html Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2006 ACF Nationals|2006]]
 
| [[2006 ACF Nationals|2006]]
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| [[Matt Lafer]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Matt Lafer]]
 
| [[Matt Lafer]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Matt Lafer]]
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Matt Weiner]] ([[VCU]]) &bull; [[Chris Frankel]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Jerry Vinokurov]] ([[Brown]]) &bull; [[Jason Keller]] ([[Rutgers]])<br>[[Paul Litvak]] ([[Carnegie Mellon]]) &bull; [[Leo Wolpert]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Chris Romero]] ([[Texas A&M]])
 
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Matt Weiner]] ([[VCU]]) &bull; [[Chris Frankel]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Jerry Vinokurov]] ([[Brown]]) &bull; [[Jason Keller]] ([[Rutgers]])<br>[[Paul Litvak]] ([[Carnegie Mellon]]) &bull; [[Leo Wolpert]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Chris Romero]] ([[Texas A&M]])
−
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218103100/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hart0789/acfnats06/ACF2006_standings.html Stats]<sup>†</sup>
+
| [https://web.archive.org/web/20071218103100/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hart0789/acfnats06/ACF2006_standings.html Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2007 ACF Nationals|2007]]
 
| [[2007 ACF Nationals|2007]]
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| [[2015 Stanford|Stanford]]<br>[[2015 Virginia|Virginia]]
 
| [[2015 Stanford|Stanford]]<br>[[2015 Virginia|Virginia]]
 
| [[Auroni Gupta]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[UCSD]]
 
| [[Auroni Gupta]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[UCSD]]
−
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Dylan Minarik]] ([[Northwestern]]) &bull; [[Matthew Bollinger]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Will Nediger]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Neil Gurram]] ([[MIT]]) &bull; [[Eric Mukherjee]] ([[Penn]]) &bull; [[Andrew Wang]] ([[Illinois]]) &bull; [[Jordan Brownstein]] ([[Maryland]])
+
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Dylan Minarik]] ([[Northwestern]]) &bull; [[Matthew Bollinger]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Will Nediger]] ([[Michigan]]) &bull; [[Neil Gurram]] ([[MIT]])<br>[[Eric Mukherjee]] ([[Penn]]) &bull; [[Andrew Wang]] ([[Illinois]]) &bull; [[Jordan Brownstein]] ([[Maryland]])
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2976/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2976/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2016 ACF Nationals|2016]]
 
| [[2016 ACF Nationals|2016]]
−
| [[Michigan]] A
+
| [[2016 Michigan|Michigan]]
−
| [[Chicago]] A
+
| [[2016 Chicago|Chicago]]
−
| [[Stanford]] A
+
| [[2016 Stanford|Stanford]]
−
| [[Maryland]] A<br>[[Yale]] A
+
| [[2016 Maryland|Maryland]]<br>[[2016 Yale|Yale]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Maryland]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Maryland]]
−
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Kurtis Droge]] ([[Louisville]]) &bull; [[Neil Gurram]] ([[MIT]]) &bull; [[Will Alston]] ([[Dartmouth]]) &bull; [[Kenji Golimlim]] (Michigan B, solo) &bull; [[Andrew Wang]] ([[Illinois]]) &bull; [[Jason Golfinos]] ([[Princeton]], solo) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] ([[Oklahoma]])
+
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Kurtis Droge]] ([[Louisville]]) &bull; [[Neil Gurram]] ([[MIT]]) &bull; [[Will Alston]] ([[Dartmouth]]) &bull; [[Kenji Golimlim]] (Michigan)<br>[[Andrew Wang]] ([[Illinois]]) &bull; [[Jason Golfinos]] ([[Princeton]]) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] ([[Oklahoma]])
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3507/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3507/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2017 ACF Nationals|2017]]
 
| [[2017 ACF Nationals|2017]]
−
| [[Maryland]]
+
| [[2017 Maryland|Maryland]]
−
| [[Michigan]]
+
| [[2017 Michigan|Michigan]]
−
| [[Yale]] A
+
| [[2017 Yale|Yale]]
−
| [[Columbia]]
+
| [[2017 Columbia|Columbia]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Maryland]]
 
| [[Jordan Brownstein]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Maryland]]
−
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Eric Mukherjee]] (Penn) [[Jacob Reed]] (Yale) &bull; [[John Lawrence]] (Chicago) &bull; [[Jason Golfinos]] (Princeton) &bull; [[Rafael Krichevsky]] (Columbia), [[Stephen Liu]] (Stanford) &bull; [[Jasper Lee]] (Tennessee)
+
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Eric Mukherjee]] (Penn) [[Jacob Reed]] (Yale) &bull; [[John Lawrence]] (Chicago) &bull; [[Jason Golfinos]] (Princeton)<br>[[Rafael Krichevsky]] (Columbia) &bull; [[Stephen Liu]] (Stanford) &bull; [[Jasper Lee]] (Tennessee)
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4389/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4389/stats/combined/ Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]]
 
| [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]]
−
| [[Chicago]] A
+
| [[2018 Chicago|Chicago]]
−
| [[Penn]] A
+
| [[2018 Penn|Penn]]
−
| [[Yale]]
+
| [[2018 Yale|Yale]]
−
| [[Columbia]]
+
| [[2018 Columbia|Columbia]]
 
| [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Missouri]]
 
| [[Itamar Naveh-Benjamin]]<br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Missouri]]
−
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Jacob Reed]] (Yale) &bull; [[Rafael Krichevsky]] (Columbia) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] (Oklahoma) &bull; [[Aseem Keyal]] (Berkeley) &bull; [[Kenji Shimizu]] (Michigan) &bull; [[Chris Ray]] (Ohio State) &bull; [[Charles Hang]] (WUSTL)
+
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Jacob Reed]] (Yale) &bull; [[Rafael Krichevsky]] (Columbia) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] (Oklahoma) &bull; [[Aseem Keyal]] (Berkeley)<br>[[Kenji Shimizu]] (Michigan) &bull; [[Chris Ray]] (Ohio State) &bull; [[Charles Hang]] (WUSTL)
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5076/stats/all_games_%28w_packet_names%29/ Stats]
 
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5076/stats/all_games_%28w_packet_names%29/ Stats]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[2019 ACF Nationals|2019]]
 
| [[2019 ACF Nationals|2019]]
−
| [[Columbia]]
+
| [[2019 Columbia|Columbia]]
−
| [[Chicago]] A
+
| [[2019 Chicago|Chicago]]
−
| [[Minnesota]] A
+
| [[2019 Minnesota|Minnesota]]
−
| [[Maryland]] A
+
| [[2019 Maryland|Maryland]]
 
| [[Jakob Myers]] <br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Michigan State]]
 
| [[Jakob Myers]] <br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Michigan State]]
−
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Chris Ray]] ([[Ohio State]]) &bull; [[Charles Hang]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull; [[Derek So]] ([[McGill]]) &bull; [[Natan Holtzman]] ([[Stanford]]) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] ([[Maryland]]) &bull; [[Eric Xu]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Justin French]] ([[UCLA]])
+
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Chris Ray]] ([[Ohio State]]) &bull; [[Charles Hang]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull; [[Derek So]] ([[McGill]]) &bull; [[Natan Holtzman]] ([[Stanford]])<br>[[Caleb Kendrick]] ([[Maryland]]) &bull; [[Eric Xu]] ([[Virginia]]) &bull; [[Justine French]] ([[UCLA]])
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5750/ Stats]
 
| [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5750/ Stats]
 +
|-
 +
| [[2021 ACF Nationals|2021]]
 +
| [[2021 Florida|Florida]]
 +
| [[2021 Columbia|Columbia]]
 +
| [[2021 Stanford|Stanford]]
 +
| [[2021 Ohio State|Ohio State]]
 +
| [[Will Alston]] <br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Columbia]]
 +
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Jason Golfinos]] ([[Harvard]]) &bull; [[Chris Ray]] ([[Ohio State]]) &bull; [[Auroni Gupta]] ([[Illinois]]) &bull; [[Tracy Mirkin]] ([[Florida]])<br>[[Hari Parameswaran]] ([[Georgia Tech]]) &bull; [[Tim Morrison]] ([[Stanford]]) &bull; [[William Golden]] ([[Texas]])
 +
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7030/ Stats]
 +
|-
 +
| [[2022 ACF Nationals|2022]]
 +
| [[2022 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
 +
| [[2022 Stanford|Stanford]]
 +
| [[2022 Ohio State|Ohio State]]
 +
| [[2022 WUSTL|WUSTL]]
 +
| [[Matt Bollinger]] <br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Georgia Tech]]
 +
|<span style="font-size:80%"> [[Tracy Mirkin]] ([[Florida]]) &bull; [[Matthew Lehmann]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull; [[Jason Golfinos]] ([[Harvard]]) &bull; [[Daniel Sheinberg]] ([[Yale]])<br>[[Vincent Du]] ([[North Carolina]]) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] ([[Maryland]]) &bull; [[Chris Ray]] ([[Ohio State]])<br>[[William Golden]] ([[Texas]]) &bull; [[Eric Bobrow]] ([[Johns Hopkins]]) &bull; [[Clark Smith]] ([[Ohio State]]) &bull; [[Justin Hawkins]] ([[Indiana]])
 +
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7511/ Stats]
 +
|-
 +
| [[2023 ACF Nationals|2023]]
 +
| [[2023 Georgia Tech|Georgia Tech]]
 +
| [[2023 Chicago|Chicago]]
 +
| [[2023 Cornell|Cornell]]
 +
| [[2023 WUSTL|WUSTL]]
 +
| [[Matt Jackson]] <br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Chicago]]
 +
|<span style="font-size:80%">[[Tracy Mirkin]] ([[Florida]]) &bull; [[Caleb Kendrick]] ([[Maryland]]) &bull; [[Clark Smith]] ([[Ohio State]]) &bull; [[Matthew Lehmann]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull;<br>[[Amogh Kulkarni]] ([[Chicago]]) &bull; [[Chris Ray]] ([[Ohio State]]) &bull; [[Arya Karthik]] ([[Georgia Tech]])
 +
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8188/ Stats]
 +
|-
 +
| [[2024 ACF Nationals|2024]]
 +
| '''[[2024 Chicago|Chicago]]'''
 +
| [[2024 WUSTL|WUSTL]]
 +
| [[2024 North Carolina|North Carolina]]
 +
| [[2024 Stanford|Stanford]]<br>[[2024 Waterloo|Waterloo]]<br>[[2024 Cornell|Cornell]]
 +
| [[Matt Jackson]] <br><span style="font-size:80%">[[Chicago]]
 +
|<span style="font-size:80%">[[Jason Hong (Brown)|Jason Hong]] ([[Brown]]) &bull; [[Matthew Lehmann]] ([[WUSTL]]) &bull; [[Sky Li]] ([[Toronto]]) &bull; [[Joseph Chambers]] ([[Virginia]])<br>[[Jakob Myers]] ([[Indiana]]) &bull; [[Conor Thompson]] ([[Iowa State]]) &bull; [[Andrew Wang]] ([[Illinois]])
 +
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8934/ Stats]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
Champions whose names are in '''bold''' were undefeated.
 
Champions whose names are in '''bold''' were undefeated.
−
<br />
 
−
<sup>†</sup> Broken stats link
 
  
 
===Medal count===
 
===Medal count===
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! Team
 
! Team
 
! Championships
 
! Championships
−
! Finals Appearances (Top 2)
+
! Total Top 2 Finishes
−
! Trophies (Top 3)
+
! Total Top 3 Finishes
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! Leaderboards (Top 4)
+
! Total Top 4 Finishes
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Berkeley]]
 
| [[Berkeley]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| [[Chicago]]
 
| [[Chicago]]
−
| 9
+
| 10
−
| 14
 
 
| 16
 
| 16
 
| 18
 
| 18
 +
| 20
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Columbia]]
 
| [[Columbia]]
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
| 2
 +
| 4
 +
|-
 +
| [[Cornell]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| [[Florida]]
 +
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
 
| 1
−
| 3
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Georgia Tech]]
 
| [[Georgia Tech]]
−
| 1
 
 
| 3
 
| 3
−
| 3
+
| 5
−
| 4
+
| 5
 +
| 6
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Harvard]]
 
| [[Harvard]]
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| 0
 
| 0
 
| 1
 
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[North Carolina]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[Ohio State]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Oklahoma]]
 
| [[Oklahoma]]
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| [[Stanford]]
 
| [[Stanford]]
 
| 1
 
| 1
−
| 1
+
| 2
−
| 3
+
| 5
−
| 4
+
| 7
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Tennessee]]
 
| [[Tennessee]]
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| 6
 
| 6
 
| 9
 
| 9
 +
|-
 +
| [[Waterloo]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| [[WUSTL]]
 +
| 0
 +
| 1
 +
| 1
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Yale]]
 
| [[Yale]]
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
  
−
*The tournament was not held in 1992.
+
*The tournament was not held in 1992 or 2020.
 
*There are no surviving stats from 1991 or 1993; as such, the all-stars are unknown. 1994 stats do not contain full individual information and only contain team stats + the names of the top four all-stars.
 
*There are no surviving stats from 1991 or 1993; as such, the all-stars are unknown. 1994 stats do not contain full individual information and only contain team stats + the names of the top four all-stars.
 
*Undergraduate and Division II titles prior to 2008 are retroactive. In years listed as N/A, the stats do not contain enough information to retroactively determine Undergraduate and Division II eligibility.
 
*Undergraduate and Division II titles prior to 2008 are retroactive. In years listed as N/A, the stats do not contain enough information to retroactively determine Undergraduate and Division II eligibility.
−
*No DII-eligible teams participated in 2006.
+
*No DII-eligible teams participated in 2006 or 2024.
 
*The 2002 tournament was originally announced as "hosted by George Washington University;" however, it had to be moved to Maryland due to room access issues at GWU, and most of the staff was recruited by Maryland. GWU assisted in running the tournament.
 
*The 2002 tournament was originally announced as "hosted by George Washington University;" however, it had to be moved to Maryland due to room access issues at GWU, and most of the staff was recruited by Maryland. GWU assisted in running the tournament.
 +
*ACF Nationals had champion teams from ten distinct schools in the ten years from 2013 to 2022.
 +
*The 2024 tournament was held at Duke University "with assistance from [[UNC|the University of North Carolina]]".
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 18:31, 22 May 2024

ACF Nationals is an annual event held by ACF. Along with the NAQT ICT, ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in collegiate quizbowl.

Beginning in 2008, ACF Nationals crowned Undergraduate and Division II champions in addition to overall champions. Unlike at NAQT ICT, the Division II title is awarded to the highest-finishing Division II team in the overall field, rather than being played in a separate tournament. Unofficial winners by the current criteria are noted for pre-2008 tournaments, when known.

For most of its existence, ACF Nationals was smaller than ICT, and was open to any collegiate team, provided that most of those teams submitted a packet (unlike ICT, which had a strict system of invitations and was written entirely by NAQT personnel). In 2015, in part due to exploding interest in nationals attendance, ACF instituted the A-Value, a measure which generated a list of Nationals invitees based on teams' performance at the preceding ACF Regionals. As of now, the Nationals field is capped, and teams are invited by having a large enough A-value for the year, or by being issued autobids for hosting or editing Regionals.

Some additional kinds of information on editors and circumstances of ACF Nationals can be found at the ACF page.

Pedigree

There are three ways of looking at when ACF Nationals began:

  • Most commonly, the national tournaments run by the Academic Competition Foundation from 1991 to 1997 are considered as part of the same series of events as those run by the Academic Competition Federation from 1998 onwards. While the two organizations are technically distinct, one picked up directly from the other with the exact same philosophy about tournament structure and question content, and many of the same personnel. Under this definition, by far the generally accepted one, ACF Nationals first ran in 1991 and the 2022 tournament was the 30th instance of the event (accounting for no tournament in 1992 and 2020).
  • If only the present "ACF" entity is counted, then ACF Nationals began in 1998 and the 2022 tournament was the 24th instance. This distinction is almost never made, particularly because the Federation version of ACF was not incorporated as a legal entity until later in the 2010s, meaning that the 1991-1997 version is technically just as valid as anything that happened from 1998 until quite recently.
  • The 1991 version of ACF was the direct successor, in ideology and personnel, to prior events such as the National Invitation Tournament (1979-1985) and All-American Invitational (1988-1989). Considering the three events as one chain of "ACF-style" national championships, the tournament is 43 years old as of 2022 and has run 38 times. There is no information about the 1979 and 1980 NITs other than that they occurred. The NIT/AAI series did not run a championship in 1982, 1986, 1987, or 1990.

ACF Nationals Master Info Table

Year Overall National Champion Undergraduate Champion Division II Champion Host City Field Size Head Editor(s)
2024 Chicago Cornell None Durham, NC 48 Nick Jensen
2023 Georgia Tech Yale WUSTL Cambridge, MA 48 Taylor Harvey
2022 Georgia Tech Yale Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 51 John Lawrence
2021 Florida Brown Brown Evanston, IL 24 Ryan Westbrook & Matt Bollinger
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Columbia Berkeley Harvard Philadelphia, PA 48 Auroni Gupta
2018 Chicago Berkeley Harvard Cambridge, MA 47 Andrew Hart
2017 Maryland Berkeley MIT New York, NY 38 Matt Bollinger
2016 Michigan Maryland Oklahoma Ann Arbor, MI 44 Rob Carson
2015 Penn Stanford Northwestern Ann Arbor, MI 48 Ryan Westbrook
2014 Virginia Yale North Carolina New York, NY 34 Jerry Vinokurov
2013 Illinois Chicago Illinois New York, NY 36 Jonathan Magin
2012 Yale Illinois Haverford College Park, MD 28 Jonathan Magin
2011 Yale Michigan State College Pittsburgh, PA 28 Jerry Vinokurov
2010 Stanford Minnesota State College College Park, MD 28 Ezequiel Berdichevsky
2009 Chicago Minnesota Stow Munroe Falls St Louis, MO 24 Matt Weiner
2008 Chicago Minnesota Minnesota Waltham, MA 17 (+4 exhibition) Eric Kwartler & Ryan Westbrook
2007 Chicago Carleton College Illinois Nashville, TN 27 Andrew Yaphe & Ezequiel Berdichevsky
2006 Texas A&M Chicago None Ann Arbor, MI 19 (+2 exhibition) Andrew Yaphe
2005 Michigan Harvard Chicago Evanston, IL 21 Andrew Yaphe
2004 Chicago Harvard Harvard College Park, MD 22 Ezequiel Berdichevsky
2003 Berkeley Harvard Princeton Atlanta, GA 22 Raj Bhan
2002 Michigan Princeton Texas A&M College Park, MD 27 Raj Bhan
2001 Michigan Berry Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 16 David Hamilton
2000 Chicago Princeton Princeton College Park, MD 22 (+2 exhibition) David Hamilton
1999 Chicago Texas Arkansas Chicago, IL 22 David Hamilton
1998 Virginia South Carolina Harvard College Park, MD 21 John Sheahan
1997 Virginia Virginia Carleton College Urbana, IL 23 Vishnu Jejjala
1996 Georgia Tech Maryland N/A Knoxville, TN 39 Jim Dendy
1995 Harvard Georgia Tech N/A Knoxville, TN 39 Jim Dendy
1994 Chicago Maryland N/A College Park, MD 24 Jim Dendy
1993 Chicago N/A N/A College Park, MD 12 John Nam (?)
1992 Tournament not held
1991 Tennessee N/A N/A Knoxville, TN 12 Carol Guthrie (?)

Expanded Top Finishers Table

Year Champion Second Place Third Place Fourth Place Top Individual Scorer Other All-Stars Stats
1991 Tennessee Georgia Tech Maryland NC State
1993 Chicago Maryland Harvard Harvard B
1994 Chicago Maryland Brigham Young Maryland B Bill Crew
Central Florida 		John Saluda (North Carolina) • Josh Boorstin (Chicago) • John Harris (Virginia) Stats
1995 Harvard Georgia Tech Berkeley South Carolina Tom Waters
South Carolina 		Jeff Johnson (Harvard) • John Sheahan (Chicago) • Marc Swisdak (Colorado) • Eric Tentarelli (Cornell)
Christine Moritz (Emory) • Mike Mahurin (Midwestern State) • Tim Pulju (Rice) 		Stats
1996 Georgia Tech Maryland Virginia Illinois Andrew Yaphe
Virginia 		Jeff Johnson (Harvard) • R. Hentzel (Iowa State) • Jason King (Georgia Tech) • Eric Tentarelli (Cornell)
Robert Trent (Iowa) • Christine Moritz (Emory) • Mike Musgrove (Georgia Tech) 		Stats
1997 Virginia Chicago Maryland Georgia Tech John Sheahan
Chicago 		Mike Starsinic (Ohio State) • Andrew Yaphe (Virginia) • James Anderson (Illinois) • Jason King (Georgia Tech)
Peter McCorquodale (MIT) • R. Hentzel (Iowa State) • Dave Hamilton (Maryland) 		Stats
1998 Virginia Harvard Maryland Oklahoma Andrew Yaphe
Virginia 		Jeff Johnson (Harvard) • Eric Bell (Oklahoma) • Long Nguyen (Georgia Tech) • Jeff Stewart (Princeton)
T.C. Ford (South Carolina) • Ravin Garg (Michigan) • Gautam Mukunda (Harvard) 		Stats
1999 Chicago Maryland Illinois Berkeley Andrew Yaphe
Chicago 		Robert Trent (Iowa) • Mike Wehrman (Arkansas) • Subash Maddipoti (Quincy) • Dave Hamilton (Maryland)
Dave Goodman (Michigan) • Jason Hong (Berkeley) • Seth Kendall (Kentucky) 		Stats
2000 Chicago Illinois Harvard Virginia Andrew Yaphe
Chicago 		John Kenney (Virginia) • Jeff Hoppes (Princeton) • Raj Bhan (WUSTL) • Joon Pahk (Harvard)
Mike Wehrman (Arkansas) • Patrick Friel (UCLA) • Shaun Hayeslip (Maryland) 		Stats
2001 Michigan Virginia Michigan B Kentucky John Kenney
Virginia 		Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Steve Watchorn (Wisconsin) • Ezequiel Berdichevsky (Michigan) • Eric Smith (Texas)
Chris Vichich (Illinois) • Robert Trent (Vanderbilt) • Ed Cohn (Chicago) 		Stats
2002 Michigan Kentucky Princeton Virginia John Kenney
Virginia 		Matt Weiner (Pitt) • Raj Dhuwalia (Florida Atlantic) • Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Vik Vaz (Harvard)
David Hayes (Rutgers) • Nathan Freeburg (Florida State) • Jeff Hoppes (Princeton) 		Stats
2003 Berkeley Michigan Kentucky Texas A&M Wesley Mathews
Indiana 		Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Raj Dhuwalia (Florida) • Robert Trent (Vanderbilt) • Vernon Davenport (South Carolina)
Nathan Freeburg (Florida State) • Seth Teitler (Berkeley) • Vik Vaz (Harvard) 		Stats
2004 Chicago Berkeley Texas A&M Kentucky Wesley Mathews
Indiana 		Kelly McKenzie (Kentucky) • Adam Kemezis (Michigan) • Matt Cvijanovich (Iowa State) • Chris Frankel (Princeton)
Jason Keller (Rutgers) • Andrew Yaphe (Chicago) • Nathan Freeburg (CUNY) 		Stats
2005 Michigan Chicago Berkeley Princeton Matt Weiner
VCU 		Subash Maddipoti (Chicago) • Seth Kendall (Kentucky) • Fred Bush (Rochester) • Jason Keller (Rutgers)
Chris Frankel (Princeton) • Ryan Westbrook (Michigan) • Jerry Vinokurov (Berkeley) 		Stats
2006 Texas A&M Michigan Chicago Illinois Matt Lafer
Matt Lafer 		Matt Weiner (VCU) • Chris Frankel (Princeton) • Jerry Vinokurov (Brown) • Jason Keller (Rutgers)
Paul Litvak (Carnegie Mellon) • Leo Wolpert (Virginia) • Chris Romero (Texas A&M) 		Stats
2007 Chicago Brown Texas A&M VCU Matt Weiner
VCU 		Seth Kendall (Kentucky) • Ryan Westbrook (Wayne State) • Mike Sorice (Illinois) • Jerry Vinokurov (Brown)
Seth Teitler (Chicago) • Patrick Hope (Carleton College) • Will Turner (Michigan) 		Stats
2008 Chicago Brown Maryland Illinois Mike Sorice
Illinois 		Matt Keller (Vanderbilt) • Jerry Vinokurov (Brown) • Jonathan Magin (Maryland) • Ray Luo (UCLA)
Seth Teitler (Chicago) • Jason Keller (Rutgers) • Billy Beyer (Florida State) 		Stats
2009 Chicago Brown Stanford Minnesota Andrew Yaphe
Stanford 		Jerry Vinokurov (Brown) • Chris Ray (Maryland) • Ike Jose (Stow Munroe Falls) • Mike Sorice (Illinois)
Auroni Gupta (UCSD) • Evan Adams (VCU) • Charlie Dees (Missouri) 		Stats
2010 Stanford Minnesota Chicago Maryland Andrew Yaphe
Stanford 		Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Seth Teitler (Chicago) • Brendan Byrne (Minnesota) • Dallas Simons (Harvard)
Auroni Gupta (UCSD) • Chris Ray (Maryland A) • Mike Sorice (Illinois) 		Stats
2011 Yale Minnesota Illinois Chicago Matt Bollinger
Virginia 		Auroni Gupta (UCSD) • Chris Ray (Maryland A) • Mike Sorice (Illinois) • Henry Gorman (Rice)
Robert Harden (South Carolina) • Evan Adams (VCU) • Trevor Davis (Carnegie Mellon) 		Stats
2012 Yale Virginia Michigan Penn Ike Jose
Illinois 		Matt Bollinger (Virginia) • Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Chris Ray (Maryland) • Henry Gorman (Rice)
Matt Jackson (Yale) • Andrew Hart (Minnesota) • Sean Smiley (VCU) 		Stats
2013 Illinois Yale Michigan Penn John Lawrence
London 		Andrew Hart (Minnesota) • Matt Bollinger (Virginia) • Ike Jose (Illinois) • Matt Jackson (Yale)
Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Henry Gorman (Rice) • Chris Ray (Maryland) 		Stats
2014 Virginia Yale Penn Chicago Matt Bollinger
Virginia 		Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Will Nediger (Michigan) • Richard Yu (WUSTL) • Matt Jackson (Yale)
John Lawrence (Chicago) • Aaron Rosenberg (Illinois) • Stephen Liu (Harvard) 		Stats
2015 Penn Chicago Maryland Stanford
Virginia 		Auroni Gupta
UCSD 		Dylan Minarik (Northwestern) • Matthew Bollinger (Virginia) • Will Nediger (Michigan) • Neil Gurram (MIT)
Eric Mukherjee (Penn) • Andrew Wang (Illinois) • Jordan Brownstein (Maryland) 		Stats
2016 Michigan Chicago Stanford Maryland
Yale 		Jordan Brownstein
Maryland 		Kurtis Droge (Louisville) • Neil Gurram (MIT) • Will Alston (Dartmouth) • Kenji Golimlim (Michigan)
Andrew Wang (Illinois) • Jason Golfinos (Princeton) • Caleb Kendrick (Oklahoma) 		Stats
2017 Maryland Michigan Yale Columbia Jordan Brownstein
Maryland 		Eric Mukherjee (Penn) Jacob Reed (Yale) • John Lawrence (Chicago) • Jason Golfinos (Princeton)
Rafael Krichevsky (Columbia) • Stephen Liu (Stanford) • Jasper Lee (Tennessee) 		Stats
2018 Chicago Penn Yale Columbia Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
Missouri 		Jacob Reed (Yale) • Rafael Krichevsky (Columbia) • Caleb Kendrick (Oklahoma) • Aseem Keyal (Berkeley)
Kenji Shimizu (Michigan) • Chris Ray (Ohio State) • Charles Hang (WUSTL) 		Stats
2019 Columbia Chicago Minnesota Maryland Jakob Myers
Michigan State 		Chris Ray (Ohio State) • Charles Hang (WUSTL) • Derek So (McGill) • Natan Holtzman (Stanford)
Caleb Kendrick (Maryland) • Eric Xu (Virginia) • Justine French (UCLA) 		Stats
2021 Florida Columbia Stanford Ohio State Will Alston
Columbia 		Jason Golfinos (Harvard) • Chris Ray (Ohio State) • Auroni Gupta (Illinois) • Tracy Mirkin (Florida)
Hari Parameswaran (Georgia Tech) • Tim Morrison (Stanford) • William Golden (Texas) 		Stats
2022 Georgia Tech Stanford Ohio State WUSTL Matt Bollinger
Georgia Tech 		Tracy Mirkin (Florida) • Matthew Lehmann (WUSTL) • Jason Golfinos (Harvard) • Daniel Sheinberg (Yale)
Vincent Du (North Carolina) • Caleb Kendrick (Maryland) • Chris Ray (Ohio State)
William Golden (Texas) • Eric Bobrow (Johns Hopkins) • Clark Smith (Ohio State) • Justin Hawkins (Indiana) 		Stats
2023 Georgia Tech Chicago Cornell WUSTL Matt Jackson
Chicago 		Tracy Mirkin (Florida) • Caleb Kendrick (Maryland) • Clark Smith (Ohio State) • Matthew Lehmann (WUSTL) •
Amogh Kulkarni (Chicago) • Chris Ray (Ohio State) • Arya Karthik (Georgia Tech) 		Stats
2024 Chicago WUSTL North Carolina Stanford
Waterloo
Cornell 		Matt Jackson
Chicago 		Jason Hong (Brown) • Matthew Lehmann (WUSTL) • Sky Li (Toronto) • Joseph Chambers (Virginia)
Jakob Myers (Indiana) • Conor Thompson (Iowa State) • Andrew Wang (Illinois) 		Stats

Champions whose names are in bold were undefeated.

Medal count

Team Championships Total Top 2 Finishes Total Top 3 Finishes Total Top 4 Finishes
Berkeley 1 2 4 5
Brigham Young 0 0 1 1
Brown 0 3 3 3
Chicago 10 16 18 20
Columbia 1 2 2 4
Cornell 0 0 1 2
Florida 1 1 1 1
Georgia Tech 3 5 5 6
Harvard 1 2 4 5
Illinois 1 2 4 7
Kentucky 0 1 2 4
Maryland 1 5 10 14
Michigan 4 7 10 10
Minnesota 0 2 3 4
NC State 0 0 0 1
North Carolina 0 0 1 1
Ohio State 0 0 1 2
Oklahoma 0 0 0 1
Penn 1 2 3 5
Princeton 0 0 1 2
South Carolina 0 0 0 1
Stanford 1 2 5 7
Tennessee 1 1 1 1
Texas A&M 1 1 3 4
VCU 0 0 0 1
Virginia 3 5 6 9
Waterloo 0 0 0 1
WUSTL 0 1 1 3
Yale 2 4 6 7

Notes

  • The tournament was not held in 1992 or 2020.
  • There are no surviving stats from 1991 or 1993; as such, the all-stars are unknown. 1994 stats do not contain full individual information and only contain team stats + the names of the top four all-stars.
  • Undergraduate and Division II titles prior to 2008 are retroactive. In years listed as N/A, the stats do not contain enough information to retroactively determine Undergraduate and Division II eligibility.
  • No DII-eligible teams participated in 2006 or 2024.
  • The 2002 tournament was originally announced as "hosted by George Washington University;" however, it had to be moved to Maryland due to room access issues at GWU, and most of the staff was recruited by Maryland. GWU assisted in running the tournament.
  • ACF Nationals had champion teams from ten distinct schools in the ten years from 2013 to 2022.
  • The 2024 tournament was held at Duke University "with assistance from the University of North Carolina".

See Also

ACF tournaments
ACF Fall 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
ACF Winter 2009 2010 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
ACF Regionals 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ACF Nationals 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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