Top Ranked Montevallo Continues to Extend Its Lead -Bass Pro Shops School of the Year
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Modified May 7th, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Top Ranked Montevallo Continues to Extend Its Lead in the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia
University of North Alabama moves up to 2nd, and McKendree University is in 3rd
SAN ANTONIO, TX (May 7, 2025) – The Association of Collegiate Anglers releases the latest standings for the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. This points update features results from the latest Bassmaster College Series tournament, as well as numerous School-Run/Other events. Teams ranked in the Top 25 per this standings release will qualify to send up to three teams in addition to their one guaranteed team, for a maximum of four teams total(excluding additional qualifications via other criteria) to be entered into the historic 20th Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops.
In this latest points update, the University of Montevallo remains in 1st place. The University of North Alabama climbs one spot to be ranked 2nd, and McKendree University falls back to 3rd.
From the previous points update to now, the University of Montevallo has again almost doubled its lead in the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. During the last update, Montevallo led then 2nd ranked McKendree University by 1,970 points. Montevallo now leads 2nd ranked UNA by 3,830 points.
At the latest Bassmaster College Series event at Buggs Island, four-time defending title winning University of Montevallo placed its two highest-finishing teams in the Top 10. Brennan Berglund & Colton White placed 5th, and Storm Clark & Elisha Colley finished in 7th. Those two top finishes earned the team 2,400 points. Montevallo earned the most points of any school to compete at that double points tournament.
Carson-Newman University also earned significant points at the Buggs Island event to close the gap between 2nd and 4th to 425 points.
Along with UNA moving from 3rd to 2nd, two other teams improved their ranking inside of the Top 25 for this update to the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia:
11) Blue Mountain Christian University – Previously ranked 13th
The next major event on the points qualifying schedule for the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia is the Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. This year’s tournament marks the ACA’s historic 20thNational Championship, and will be worth triple points. With the standings in college fishing’s only all-encompassing National Rankings system packed so tight, the ACA’s final event of the 2024-25 season will be key in defining the final standings for this campaign.
The Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) is a division of CarecoTV that was created twenty years ago to facilitate growth, development, and structure within competitive collegiate bass fishing, with emphasis on competitive fishing events nationwide. The ACA created the original BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship which has now evolved into the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, which is now recognized as the longest-running consecutive collegiate bass fishing series in existence. The ACA has also created various other programs such as the Collegiate School of the Year Rankings system, College Bass Fishing Open, Collegiate Big Bass Bash and the College Bass Fishing Springtime Slam.
The ACA lineup of major college fishing events includes a variety of nationwide tournaments that are multi-day tournaments, all of which are televised and streamed on several networks, as well as streamed on a variety of connected platforms. These major events have no entry fees and no membership costs associated with them. The ACA also provides support to numerous schools operating regional events nationwide which is an effort to provide more opportunities to grow the exposure and awareness of college fishing.
The ACA owns the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, Bass Pro Shops School of Year presented by Abu Garcia program, and associated assets which is widely regarded as the most comprehensive and prestigious collegiate bass fishing title today.
Thanks in part to the large diversity of media exposure the ACA provides, the series boasts the largest amount of televised and streaming coverage of any collegiate fishing series. This includes a dedicated television series on numerous television networks and streaming platforms, as well as additional coverage of select events inside other programs.
This combination includes coverage from national and regional television networks as well as being streamed online on various apps and connected devices. You can also find coverage via video on demand online at any time of past events thanks to coverage on OutdoorActionTV.com and PursuitUp.com
