Academic Bowl Resources Center

Timeline for 2025-2026 Academic Bowl

• Registration Deadline: Friday, September 26th @ 6 pm ET
• Regionals Screening Test Form Deadline: October 10th
• Team Information Form Deadline: On the Day of your Screening Test Time Slot 
• Regionals Screening Tests: October 20th – 29th 
• Regionals Teams/Pools Announcement: November 3rd
• Team Payment and Photo Deadline: December 5th
• West Regional @ California School for the Deaf, Riverside: February 5th – 8th
• South Regional @ Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind: February 13th – 16th 
• East Regional @ Delaware School for the Deaf: February 19th – 22nd
• Midwest Regional @ Oklahoma School for the Deaf: February 26th – March 1st
• Nationals @ Gallaudet University: April 16th – 20th

Resources for Coaches

• Academic Bowl Scoresheet (12-12-10) 
• Academic Bowl Study Guide
• Coaching Academic Bowl Cheat Sheet 
• Grindrod Study Guide to the Academic Bowl
• Google Drive – Practice Matches Shared by YOU, coaches. The Youth Programs office cannot guarantee the accuracy of all questions and answers. 

PowerPoint Templates 

There are three blank Academic Bowl templates available for use:

Regular Match Template (12-12-10 format, what we use for Round Robin matches at Regionals/Nationals)

Playoffs Template (16-16-10 format for Playoff matches and Third Place matches)

Championship Match Template (20-20-15 format)