ACF Nationals is the premier collegiate quizbowl national championship. For over 25 years, ACF Nationals has been the ultimate test of collegiate quizbowl teams’ skill on the hardest and biggest question set of the season.

2026 ACF Nationals

2026 ACF Nationals

2026 ACF Nationals will be held at on a date TBA. The tournament director will be Kevin Jiang.

Editors

2026 ACF Nationals is head edited by Henry Atkins.

Qualification

See the ACF Nationals Qualification page for more detailed information on how teams qualify for ACF Nationals based on their performance at ACF Regionals and/or by hosting ACF Regionals.

Registration

Distribution

Fees

Category	Fee / Discount
Base fee per team	$370
Buzzers	-$20 per buzzer system (with 8 functioning buzzers each)
Staffers	-$100 per pre-registered staffer capable of reading a round in ≤40 minutes
Submission discount(s) / opt-out fee	As noted below

The buzzer discount will be revoked, and a further penalty of $10 assessed, for buzzers that are non-functional upon arrival.

Teams will owe half the registration fee if they drop from the field with less than four weeks to go before the tournament and the full registration fee if they drop from the field with less than two weeks to go before the tournament.

Packet Submission

Submission Schedule

Submission Deadline	Packet Discount / Fee
TBA	-$75
TBA	-$50
TBA	-$25
TBA	±$0
TBA	+$25
TBA	+$50
TBA	+$75

Packet Distribution & Authorship

Tips & Guidelines

Eligibility

For information on who is eligible to play non-Fall ACF tournaments, see ACF’s official eligibility rules.

Past Tournaments

Sample questions from previous iterations of ACF Nationals are on the Collegiate Quizbowl Packet Archive.

Announcements and information about previous iterations of ACF Nationals are archived below:

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