The 2007 Panasonic Academic Challenge was held at the Convention Center of the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida between Sunday, June 24 and Tuesday, June 26. 31 teams competed representing 29 states, the District of Columbia, and the US Virgin Islands.
Round 1: 1st Preliminary Round
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| Tennessee |
235 |
1 |
Kentucky |
334
|
| Idaho |
135 |
2 |
Florida |
217
|
| West Virginia |
112 |
3 |
Colorado |
201
|
| Indiana |
58 |
4 |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
99
|
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| Illinois |
396 |
1 |
Oklahoma |
339
|
| District of Columbia |
125 |
2 |
California |
328
|
| New Mexico |
122 |
3 |
Connecticut |
147
|
| Maine |
113 |
4
|
Round 2: 2nd Preliminary Round
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| New Jersey |
204 |
1 |
Ohio |
176
|
| New Hampshire |
184 |
2 |
Montana |
169
|
| Iowa |
131 |
3 |
Alabama |
156
|
| Wyoming |
84 |
4 |
Mississippi |
117
|
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| Missouri |
298 |
1 |
Maryland |
209
|
| Vermont |
177 |
2 |
Louisiana |
182
|
| Texas |
146 |
3 |
North Carolina |
119
|
| Pennsylvania |
115 |
4 |
Wisconsin |
31
|
Round 3: 1st Consolation Round
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| District of Columbia |
274 |
1 |
Vermont |
243 |
1 |
California |
420
|
| West Virginia |
205 |
2 |
Conneticut |
230 |
2 |
Pennsylvania |
179
|
| Mississippi |
193 |
3 |
North Carolina |
211 |
3 |
Alabama |
156
|
| Iowa |
148 |
4 |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
103 |
4 |
Indiana |
121
|
Round 4: 2nd Consolation Round
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| Idaho |
210 |
1 |
Montana |
224 |
1 |
Florida |
269
|
| Colorado |
184 |
2 |
New Hampshire |
209 |
2 |
Texas |
206
|
| Wyoming |
168 |
3 |
Wisconsin |
156 |
3 |
Louisiana |
178
|
| Maine |
119 |
4 |
New Mexico |
137
|
Round 5: Semifinals
| Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score |
Finish |
Team |
Score
|
| Kentucky |
268 |
1 |
Florida |
301 |
1 |
District of Columbia |
226
|
| California |
193 |
2 |
Illinois |
253 |
2 |
Missouri |
224
|
| Ohio |
184 |
3 |
Oklahoma |
164 |
3 |
Tennessee |
201
|
| New Jersey |
142 |
4 |
Montana |
126 |
4 |
Vermont |
128
|
| Idaho |
41 |
5 |
Maryland |
79
|
Round 6: Finals
| Team |
Score |
Finish
|
| Illinois |
252 |
1
|
| Missouri |
240 |
2
|
| Florida |
210 |
3
|
| California |
188 |
4
|
| District of Columbia |
148 |
5
|
| Kentucky |
91 |
6
|
Other Notable Players involved
Notes
- This was the first time in 20 years that both Maryland and Virginia were not in the finals (Virginia by virtue of not attending).
- This was only the fourth finals not to feature Maryland.
- Illinois was the first Midwestern team to win the tournament, and only the fourth team not from the East Coast.
- The theme of the tournament was the 20th anniversary of the PAC. Thus, many of the team boni used recycled themes from previous tournaments, though no player/coach claimed that any of the actual questions were recycled.
- One of the highlights of the closing awards banquet was the humorous team statement filed by Missouri, and publicly read while their picture was displayed:
- Missouri ... Despite numerous signs along Interstate-70 between St. Louis and Kansas City touting Missouri as the Cave State, we are not the Cave State. What we are is much more evident: we are the gateway to the downhill skiing excitement and cutting edge liberal scientific research of Kansas.