List of college quizbowl national champion teams
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This page lists all teams that have won the overall title at the College Bowl NCT, the National Invitation Tournament, the All-American Invitational, ACF Nationals, or Division I ICT, as well as the Undergraduate and Division II champions at ACF Nationals and ICT. For a list of players who have won ACF Nationals or ICT, see List of college quizbowl national champion players.
Overall champions
Pre-ACF (1978-1990)
| Year | College Bowl Champion | NIT/AAI Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Stanford | |
| 1979 | Davidson | Emory |
| 1980 | Fresno State | |
| 1981 | Maryland | Georgia Tech |
| 1982 | North Carolina | |
| 1983 | Michigan State | |
| 1984 | Minnesota | North Carolina |
| 1985 | North Carolina | |
| 1986 | Wisconsin | |
| 1987 | Minnesota | |
| 1988 | NC State | Georgia Tech |
| 1989 | Minnesota | Georgia Tech |
| 1990 | Chicago |
ACF (1991-1996)
| Year | College Bowl Champion | ACF Nationals Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Rice | Tennessee |
| 1992 | MIT | |
| 1993 | Virginia | Chicago |
| 1994 | Chicago | |
| 1995 | Harvard | |
| 1996 | Michigan | Georgia Tech |
ACF & NAQT (1997-2008)
| Year | College Bowl Champion | ACF Nationals Champion | NAQT ICT Champion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Virginia | Chicago | |
| 1998 | Michigan | Virginia | Stanford |
| 1999 | Chicago | ||
| 2000 | Michigan | Chicago | Illinois |
| 2001 | Michigan | Chicago | |
| 2002 | Michigan | ||
| 2003 | Chicago | Berkeley | Chicago |
| 2004 | Minnesota | Chicago | Berkeley |
| 2005 | Minnesota | Michigan | |
| 2006 | UCLA | Texas A&M | Berkeley |
| 2007 | Minnesota | Chicago | |
| 2008 | Rochester | Chicago | Maryland |
ACF & NAQT alone (2009-present)
| Year | ACF Nationals Champion | NAQT ICT Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chicago | |
| 2010 | Stanford | Chicago |
| 2011 | Yale | Minnesota |
| 2012 | Yale | Virginia |
| 2013 | Illinois | Yale |
| 2014 | Virginia | |
| 2015 | Penn | Virginia |
| 2016 | Michigan | Chicago |
| 2017 | Maryland | Michigan |
| 2018 | Chicago | Yale |
| 2019 | Columbia | Yale |
| 2020 | ||
| 2021 | Florida | Columbia |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | Stanford |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | Cornell |
| 2024 | Chicago | |
ACF & NAQT combined medal count (Division I overall)
See ACF Nationals and ICT for tournament-specific results.
| Team | Championships | Top 2 Finishes | Top 3 Finishes | Top 4 Finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley | 3 | 7 | 10 | 13 |
| Brigham Young | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brown | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Chicago | 19 | 28 | 36 | 40 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Columbia | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Florida | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Georgia Tech | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Harvard | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Illinois | 2 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
| Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Maryland | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Michigan | 7 | 12 | 20 | 22 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| NC State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Northwestern | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Penn | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Princeton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rochester | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stanford | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| VCU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Virginia | 6 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
| Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| WUSTL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Yale | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 |
Undergraduate champions
| Year | NAQT ICT Undergraduate Champion | ACF Nationals Undergraduate Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Maryland | |
| 1995 | Georgia Tech | |
| 1996 | Maryland | |
| 1997 | Virginia | |
| 1998 | Swarthmore | South Carolina |
| 1999 | Carleton College | Texas |
| 2000 | Princeton | |
| 2001 | Princeton | Berry |
| 2002 | Princeton | |
| 2003 | Harvard | |
| 2004 | Illinois | Harvard |
| 2005 | VCU | Harvard |
| 2006 | Williams | Chicago |
| 2007 | Carleton College | |
| 2008 | Harvard | Minnesota |
| 2009 | Minnesota | |
| 2010 | Minnesota | |
| 2011 | VCU | Michigan |
| 2012 | Ohio State | Illinois |
| 2013 | Ohio State | Chicago |
| 2014 | Yale | |
| 2015 | Maryland | Stanford B |
| 2016 | Berkeley | Maryland |
| 2017 | Oklahoma | Berkeley |
| 2018 | Berkeley B | Berkeley (A) |
| 2019 | Michigan State | Berkeley |
| 2020 | ||
| 2021 | Brown | |
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | Yale |
| 2023 | Brown | Yale |
| 2024 | Cornell | |
Division II champions
| Year | NAQT ICT Division II Champion | ACF Nationals Division II Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Carleton College | |
| 1998 | Harvard | |
| 1999 | Princeton | Arkansas |
| 2000 | Harvard C | Princeton |
| 2001 | Pitt | Michigan |
| 2002 | Yale | Texas A&M |
| 2003 | Berkeley | Princeton |
| 2004 | UCLA | Harvard |
| 2005 | Chicago | |
| 2006 | Stanford | |
| 2007 | Maryland | Illinois |
| 2008 | Carleton College | Minnesota |
| 2009 | Chicago | Ike Jose |
| 2010 | Brown | State College |
| 2011 | Yale | State College |
| 2012 | Harvard | Haverford |
| 2013 | Stanford | Illinois |
| 2014 | Harvard | North Carolina |
| 2015 | Texas | Northwestern |
| 2016 | Chicago B | Oklahoma |
| 2017 | Berkeley C | MIT B |
| 2018 | Chicago C | Harvard B |
| 2019 | Maryland | Harvard |
| 2020 | ||
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | Brown |
| 2022 | Yale | Minnesota |