Jeopardy! College Championship

Host

Alex Trebek

Contestants

High school students aged 13-17

Announcer

Johnny Gilbert

Broadcast

Packager

Sony Pictures Television

The College Championship has been held annually featuring college students, all full-time undergrad students without prior degrees. The structure is similar to the Teen Tournament and Tournament of Champions. The very first College Championship premiered on May 8, 1989.

Schedule

Occurance	Season	Airdate	Finale
Syndicated
1	5	May 8, 1989	May 19, 1989
2	6	May 7, 1990	May 18, 1990
3	7	May 6, 1991	May 17, 1991
4	8	May 4, 1992	May 15, 1992
5	9	May 3, 1993	May 14, 1993
6	10	May 2, 1994	May 13, 1994
7	11	May 1, 1995	May 12, 1995
8	12	February 12, 1996	February 23, 1996
9	13	May 12, 1997	May 23, 1997
10	14	May 4, 1998	May 15, 1998
11	15	May 3, 1999	May 14, 1999
12	16	February 7, 2000	February 18, 2000
13	17	November 8, 2000	November 21, 2000
14	18	November 7, 2001	November 20, 2001
15	19	November 11, 2002	November 22, 2002
16	20	November 10, 2003	November 21, 2003
17	21	November 10, 2004	November 23, 2004
18	22	November 7, 2005	November 18, 2005
19	23	April 30, 2007	May 11, 2007
20	24	May 5, 2008	May 16, 2008
21	25	May 4, 2009	May 15, 2009
22	26	February 1, 2010	February 12, 2010
23	27	November 8, 2010	November 19, 2010
24	28	February 1, 2012	February 14, 2012
25	29	May 6, 2013	May 17, 2013
26	30	February 10, 2014	February 21, 2014
27	32	February 1, 2016	February 12, 2016
28	33	February 13, 2017	February 24, 2017
29	34	April 9, 2018	April 20, 2018
30	36	April 6, 2020	April 17, 2020
Primetime
1	39	February 8, 2022	February 22, 2022

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Jeopardy! College Championship
1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
1999	2000-A	2000-B	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2007	2008
2009	2010-A	2010-B	2012	2013	2014	2016	2017	2018	2020
Jeopardy! National College Championship
2022	2025

Finalists by Entry

Entry	★	★	★
1	6	2	2
2	2	1	1
3	1	2	3
4	3	2	1
5	3	1	1

Entry 1

★	Kyle Hale (S19), Jim Coury (S29), Terry O'Shea (S30), Lilly Chin (S33), Nibir Sarma (S37), Jaskaran Singh (S38)
★	Nico Martinez (S22), Joey Beachum (S24)
★	Cliff Galiher (S23), Sam Deutsch (S32)

Entry 2

★	Keith Williams (S20), Dhruv Gaur (S34),
★	Kermin Fleming (S21)
★	Patrick Tucker (S25)

Entry 3

★	Shane Whitlock (S12)
★	Nick Yozamp (S26), Monica Thieu (S28)
★	Janet Wong (S16), Vinita Kailasanath (S18), Erin McLean (S27)

Entry 4

★	Billy Baxter (S8), Jeff Stewart (S10), Carolyn Cracraft (S15)
★	Ben Lyon (S11), Andrew Hutchings (S14)
★	Craig Barker (S13)

Entry 5

★	Tom Cubbage (S5), Scott Gillispie (S6), Pam Mueller (S17)
★	Phoebe Juel (S9)
★	Michael Thayer (S7)

Finalists by non-WC:WC

3:0	S19, S29, S30, S33, S37, S38 (6 times - 3:0)
2:1	S10, S11, S12, S14, S22, S28 (6 times - 2:1)
1:2	S5, S6, S8, S16, S17, S18, S23, S24, S35 (9 times - 1:2)
0:3	S7, S9, S13, S20, S21, S25, S26, S27 (7 times - 0:3)

Winnings

Period	Quarterfinalists	Semifinalists	Finalists (minimum guarantees)
			2nd runner-up	1st runner-up	Winner
Tournament #1 to #9 (1989–1997; Season 5–13)	$1,000	$5,000	$7,500	$10,000	$25,000
Tournament #10 to #11 (1998–1999; Season 14–15)	$2,500		$10,000	$15,000
Tournament #12 to #15 (Winter 2000–2002; Season 16–19)					$50,000
Tournament #16 (2003; Season 20)			$15,000	$25,000
Touranemnt #17 onward (2004–present; Season 21–30, 32–34, 36)	$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	$50,000	$100,000

Trivia

• There was no College Championship in Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 31, 35 and 37.
• The first winner, Tom Cubbage, also won the 1989 ToC, with Jeff Stewart runner-up at the 1994 ToC and Cliff Galiher third at the 2007 ToC.
• As of 2022, only Stanford has produced two winners (S18 and S22); it also has the most finalists with four. Harvard, Southern California, Notre Dame, MIT, and Texas A&M have each had three finalists.
• On five occasions, a College Championship featured two players representing the same school — Season 7 (Wayne State); Season 8 (North Carolina); Season 13 (Loyola - New Orleans); Season 15 (Northwestern); Season 17 (Washington).
• Trophies are also awarded to the winners of this competition.
• As with Wheel of Fortune's university specials, all contestants wear their university's uniform.