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Collegiate Chess League
Represent your university and play for the Collegiate Chess Title!
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Selected matches broadcasted live on Twitch and chess.com
Personal Development
Exclusive development and networking opportunities with CEA corporate partners
SPRING 2021 SEASON
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Overview
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Tournament/Stream Schedule
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Development Series Schedule
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Rules
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Groups
Open to any collegiate chess player, any skill level, anywhere in the world with a working university email address.
Compete for the CEA Collegiate Chess Champion title against opposing collegiate teams in a one-of-a-kind competition.
Tournament Schedule
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January 23 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 1 |
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January 30 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 2 |
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February 06 2021 |
BYE Week |
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February 13 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 3 |
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February 20 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 4 |
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February 27 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 5 |
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March 06 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 6 |
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March 13 2021 |
BYE Week (Div6: Week 7) |
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March 20 2021 |
Regular Season: Week 7 (Div6: Week 8) |
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March 27 2021 |
Playoffs: “Wildcard Weekend” |
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April 3 2021 |
Playoffs: Quarterfinals” |
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April 10 2021 |
Playoffs: “Semi-Finals” |
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April 17 2021 |
Playoffs: “Finals” |
Streaming Schedule
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January 23 2021 |
7am PT: Mizzou A vs MIT A @ /collegiatechessleague 7am PT: UPitt vs LSU @ /johnkenn 10am PT: UTA A vs UCSD A @ /collegiatechessleague 10am PT: UCB A vs TTU @ /imjosiahstearman 12pm PT: Rutgers A vs Temple B @ /collegiatechessleague 12pm PT: Temple A vs UCF @ /xxnarcissus 3pm PT: UCLA A vs Caltech A @ /collegiatechessleague |
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January 24 2021 |
1pm PT: UIUC B vs Yale C @ /chemstud24 5pm PT: UIUC A vs Yale B @ /collegiatechessleague |
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January 29 2021 |
7:30pm PT: Stanford vs Caltech A @ /collegiatechessleague |
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January 30 2021 |
7am PT: Yale A vs MIT A @ /collegiatechessleague 10am PT: UCLA A vs UCSD A @ /collegiatechessleague 10am PT: Drexel C vs FSU B @ /dexelchess 3pm PT: Rutger A vs Dexel B @ /dexelchess 5pm PT: USC A - WUSTL B @ /collegiatechessleague |
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January 31 2021 |
7:30am PT: Princeton A vs Cornell A @ /collegiatechessleague 9am PT: UIUC C - FSU A @ /collegiatechessleague 10am PT: CCL Areana @ /collegiatechessleague 1pm PT: ASU A vs Drexel A @ /dexelchess |
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February 06 2021 |
Match TBD |
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February 13 2021 |
Match TBD |
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February 20 2021 |
Match TBD |
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February 27 2021 |
Match TBD |
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March 06 2021 |
Match TBD |
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March 13 2021 |
Match TBD |
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March 20 2021 |
Match TBD |
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March 27 2021 |
Match TBD |
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April 3 2021 |
Match TBD |
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April 10 2021 |
Match TBD |
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April 17 2021 |
Match TBD |
| Date | Event Title | Description | |
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February 20, 2021 |
Industry Roundtable |
Industry specific round tables with Corporate Tournament Series players |
Signup coming soon |
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March 6, 2021 |
Speaker Series |
Esports-focused speakers from the Corporate Series |
Signup coming soon |
More events will be announced soon
Rule Summary:
• Teams of 4
• All players of a team have to be students of the same university
• Games played online on chess.com
• Divisions of 16 teams, split into two groups.
• 7 weeks of Round Robin within these groups followed by 4 weeks of divisional playoffs
• By default: matches played on Saturdays at 10am Eastern (Group A) & 10am Pacific (Group B and Div6) - unless otherwise rescheduled with opponent team
• Matches are 5min+2sec increment and in a 4v4 team match everybody plays every opponent (4 games pP - matches take about 1.5h)
• 1 featured match live streamed on Twitch.
For more information view the CEA Handbook and more detailed CEA Chess Rulebook
| Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | Division 6 | |||||
| Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A | Group B | Group A |
| Mizzou A | UCB A | Mizzou B | UCB B | UIUC B | UCLA C | UIUC C | CPS | Rutgers A | UTA B | UNLV B |
| UChicago A | Stanford | UChicago B | UCLA B | Temple A | UW A | Purdue B | Caltech C | CMU B | UTRGV B | UF B |
| Princeton A | UCLA A | UIUC A | ASU A | UChicago C | ASU B | UToronto | UVA B | UA A | UCR | CPP B |
| Yale A | UTA A | UVA A | USC A | Northwestern B | Caltech B | UPitt | USC B | Harvard B | ASU C | Drexel C |
| Cornell A | UCSD A | Purdue A | CMU A | Northeastern A | Drexel A | LSU | UCSB | WM | NJIT | FSU B |
| Northwestern A | Caltech A | Yale B | UF A | MIT C | UMN | UIC | UUtah | Yale D | Queens College | UCR B |
| Harvard A | WUSTL A | Cornell B | UTRGV A | UCF | UCSD B | FSU A | UCD | Drexel B | UW B | UW C |
| MIT A | TTU | MIT B | WUSTL B | Yale C | CPP A | UMS | UNLV A | Temple B | WFU | Rutgers B |
| UA B | ||||||||||
| Northeastern B | ||||||||||
STANDINGS
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Division 1
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Division 2
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Division 3
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Division 4
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Division 5
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Division 6
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoffs
| Team | avg. Rating |
Mizzou A | UChicago A | Princeton | Yale A | Cornell A | Northwestern A | Harvard A | MIT A | Match Points |
Board Points |
| Mizzou A | 2855 | -/- | 12 | 12 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 93 |
| Princeton | 2469 | 4 | 9 | -/- | 12.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 66 |
| Cornell A | 2267 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 7 | 10 | -/- | 9 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 60 |
| UChicago A | 2515 | 4 | -/- | 7 | 11 | 7.5 | 12 | 11.5 | 12 | 4 | 65 |
| Yale A | 2419 | 1.5 | 5 | 3.5 | -/- | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 44 |
| Harvard A | 2196 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -/- | 8 | 2 | 53.5 |
| MIT A | 2121 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 8 | -/- | 1 | 38 |
| Northwestern A | 2212 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | 7 | 7 | -/- | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26.5 |
| Team | avg. Rating |
UCB A | Stanford | UCLA A | UTA A | UCSD A | Caltech A | WUSTL A | TTU | Match Points |
Board Points |
| UTA A | 2368 | 9.5 | 8 | 8.5 | -/- | 9 | 11 | 9.5 | 14 | 7 | 69.5 |
| UCB A | 2692 | -/- | 10.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13.5 | 6 | 77 |
| UCLA A | 2419 | 7.5 | 10 | -/- | 7.5 | 8.5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 76.5 |
| Stanford | 2479 | 5.5 | -/- | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11.5 | 11 | 4 | 63 |
| WUSTL A | 2151 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 12 | -/- | 16 | 3 | 50.5 |
| UCSD A | 2329 | 4 | 6 | 7.5 | 7 | -/- | 10 | 5.5 | 16 | 2 | 56 |
| Caltech A | 2238 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | -/- | 4 | 16 | 1 | 44 |
| TTU | 2126 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -/- | 0 | 7.5 |
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoffs
| Team | avg. Rating |
Mizzou B | UChicago B | UIUC A | UVA A | Purdue A | Yale B | Cornell B | MIT B | Match Points |
Board Points |
| Mizzou B | 2222 | -/- | 10.5 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 74.5 |
| Purdue A | 2072 | 5 | 6 | 11.5 | 8.5 | -/- | 13.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 5 | 69 |
| UVA A | 2099 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 3.5 | -/- | 7.5 | 16 | 10 | 11.5 | 4 | 65.5 |
| MIT B | 1887 | 3 | 8.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 8 | 12 | -/- | 4 | 46.5 |
| UChicago B | 2140 | 4.5 | -/- | 8 | 6.5 | 10 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 3 | 55.5 |
| UIUC A | 2118 | 4.5 | 8 | -/- | 12.5 | 4.5 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 58.5 |
| Yale B | 2030 | 6 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | -/- | 12 | 8 | 2 | 39 |
| Cornell B | 1928 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | -/- | 3 | 0 | 30.5 |
| Team | avg. Rating |
UCB B | UCLA B | ASU A | USC A | CMU A | UF A | UTRGV A | WUSTL B | Match Points |
Board Points |
| UCLA B | 2162 | 16 | -/- | 10.5 | 12.5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 84 |
| UCB B | 2399 | -/- | 0 | 10.5 | 12 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 8 | 10.5 | 6 | 67 |
| ASU A | 2121 | 5.5 | 5.5 | -/- | 12 | 9 | 10.5 | 16 | 10.5 | 5 | 69 |
| CMU A | 2056 | 3.5 | 6 | 7 | 12.5 | -/- | 10 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 71 |
| USC A | 2064 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | -/- | 3.5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 39 |
| WUSTL B | 1868 | 4.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 10.5 | -/- | 2 | 37.5 |
| UF A | 1942 | 2.5 | 5 | 5.5 | 7 | 6 | -/- | 11.5 | 8 | 1 | 45.5 |
| UTRGV A | 1869 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.5 | -/- | 5.5 | 1 | 31 |
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoffs
| Team | avg. Rating |
UIUC B | Temple A | UChicago C | Northwestern B | Northeastern A | MIT C | UCF | Yale C | Match Points |
Board Points |
| Temple A | 1845 | 12 | -/- | 13.5 | 13 | 8.5 | 13 | 12 | 14.5 | 7 | 86.5 |
| UIUC B | 1936 | -/- | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8.5 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 82.5 |
| Northeastern A | 1936 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | -/- | 8.5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 61.5 |
| Yale C | 1700 | 1 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 0 | 9.5 | 15 | -/- | 4 | 47 |
| UCF | 1723 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 10.5 | 7 | 10 | -/- | 0 | 3 | 51.5 |
| MIT C | 1730 | 2 | 3 | 9.5 | 16 | 3.5 | -/- | 4 | 6.5 | 2 | 44.5 |
| UChicago C | 1827 | 0 | 1.5 | -/- | 13 | 2 | 5.5 | 2 | 3.5 | 1 | 27.5 |
| Northwestern B | 1808 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -/- | 16 | 0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 1 | 32 |
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UCLA C | UW A | ASU B | Caltech B | Drexel A | UMN | UCSD B | CPP A | Match Points |
Board Points |
| UMN | 1762 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | -/- | 2 | 9 | 5 | 55.5 |
| CPP A | 1712 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10.5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | -/- | 5 | 62.5 |
| Drexel A | 1783 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 10 | -/- | 6.5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 62 |
| UW A | 1856 | 9 | -/- | 3.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 57 |
| Caltech B | 1797 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 12 | -/- | 6 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 54.5 |
| ASU B | 1832 | 12 | 11.5 | -/- | 3 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 62.5 |
| UCSD B | 1726 | 9.5 | 4 | 0 | 7.5 | 6 | 14 | -/- | 5 | 2 | 46 |
| UCLA C | 1899 | -/- | 7 | 4 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 9 | 1 | 46 |
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoffs
| Team | avg. Rating |
UIUC C | Purdue B | UToronto | UPitt | LSU | UIC | FSU A | UMS | Match Points |
Board Points |
| Purdue B | 1660 | 10 | -/- | 16 | 12 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 77 |
| UIC | 1584 | 14 | 7.5 | 14 | 13.5 | 8 | -/- | 16 | 11 | 6 | 84 |
| LSU | 1643 | 11 | 4.5 | 12 | 10 | -/- | 8 | 9 | 10.5 | 5 | 65 |
| UMS | 1559 | 9.5 | 5 | 16 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 9 | -/- | 4 | 60.5 |
| UPitt | 1657 | 12 | 4 | 16 | -/- | 6 | 2.5 | 11 | 5.5 | 3 | 57 |
| UIUC C | 1691 | -/- | 6 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 2 | 42 |
| FSU A | 1568 | 6.5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | -/- | 7 | 1 | 49.5 |
| UToronto | 1659 | 4 | 0 | -/- | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | avg. Rating |
CPS | Caltech C | UVA B | USC B | UCSB | UUtah | UCD | UNLV A | Match Points |
Board Points |
| UUtah | 1563 | 9.5 | 14 | 8.5 | 7 | 5.5 | -/- | 9.5 | 8 | 5 | 62 |
| UVA B | 1660 | 7 | 9 | -/- | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 8 | 5 | 61 |
| UNLV A | 1556 | 9 | 11.5 | 8 | 14 | 10.5 | 8 | 13 | -/- | 5 | 74 |
| CPS | 1681 | -/- | 9.5 | 9 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 59 |
| UCSB | 1564 | 3.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 8 | -/- | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 49.5 |
| USC B | 1613 | 10.5 | 10 | 6.5 | -/- | 8 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 50.5 |
| Caltech C | 1671 | 6.5 | -/- | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 2 | 43.5 |
| UCD | 1558 | 6 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -/- | 3 | 1 | 42.5 |
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Group A
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Group B
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Playoffs
| Team | avg. Rating |
Rutgers A | CMU B | UA A | Harvard B | WM | Yale D | Drexel B | Temple B | Match Points |
Board Points |
| Temple B | 1362 | 7 | 11.5 | 16 | 9 | 11.5 | 13 | 10 | -/- | 6 | 78 |
| Drexel B | 1364 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 8.5 | 10.5 | -/- | 6 | 6 | 70 |
| Rutgers A | 1553 | -/- | 5 | 16 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 72 |
| CMU B | 1500 | 9 | -/- | 16 | 4 | 13 | 12.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 4 | 63 |
| WM | 1467 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | -/- | 16 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 3 | 51.5 |
| Harvard B | 1452 | 6.5 | 12 | 9.5 | -/- | 6 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 64 |
| UA A | 1469 | 0 | 0 | -/- | 1.5 | 4 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Yale D | 1434 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | -/- | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 |
| Team | avg. Rating |
UTA B | UTRGV B | UCR A | ASU C | NJIT | Queens College | UW B | WFU | Match Points |
Board Points |
| UCR A | 1514 | 8.5 | 16 | -/- | 14 | 10 | 7.5 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 76 |
| Queens College | 1432 | 11.5 | 13 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7 | -/- | 4 | 10.5 | 5 | 63 |
| UTA B | 1540 | -/- | 16 | 7.5 | 9 | 11 | 4.5 | 12 | 8.5 | 5 | 68.5 |
| UW B | 1424 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 12 | -/- | 7 | 3 | 50 |
| NJIT | 1442 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 6.5 | -/- | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 55.5 |
| WFU | 1314 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 5.5 | 9 | -/- | 2 | 54.5 |
| ASU C | 1486 | 7 | 16 | 0 | -/- | 8.5 | 6.5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 49 |
| UTRGV B | 1532 | 0 | -/- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9.5 | 2 | 23.5 |
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Group A
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Playoffs
| Team | avg. Rating |
UNLV B | UF B | CPP B | Drexel C | FSU B | UCR B | UW C | Rutgers B | UA B | Northeastern B | Match Points |
Board Points |
| Drexel C | 1293 | 10 | 8 | 8.5 | -/- | 11 | 13.5 | 6 | 11 | -/- | 5 | 6 | 73 |
| UW C | 1151 | 7 | 7 | 8.5 | 9 | 5 | 13 | -/- | 7 | -/- | 16 | 5 | 72.5 |
| Northeastern B | 1270 | 10 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -/- | -/- | 5 | 54 |
| UCR B | 1170 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2.5 | 3 | -/- | 1 | 14 | -/- | 16 | 4 | 66.5 |
| CPP B | 1308 | 11.5 | 9.5 | -/- | 7.5 | 9 | 7 | 7.5 | 12 | -/- | 7.5 | 4 | 71.5 |
| Rutgers B | 1040 | 9.5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8.5 | 1 | 6 | -/- | -/- | 4 | 3 | 44 |
| UNLV B | 1342 | -/- | 8 | 4.5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 | -/- | 5 | 3 | 46 |
| UF B | 1331 | 8 | -/- | 6.5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | -/- | 2.5 | 3 | 62 |
| FSU B | 1217 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -/- | 12 | 11 | 6.5 | -/- | 16 | 3 | 66.5 |
| UA B | 890 | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0F | 0F | -/- | 0F | 0 | 0 |
* penalty point deduction
OT - game decided in overtime. boardpoints only count during regular 16 games. matchpoints decided after OT
F - match lost by forfeit