College Curling USA is the governing body of collegiate curling in the US. The organization acts as the NCAA does in other college sports — setting game play, eligibility, and organizational rules. College Curling USA is affiliated with United States Curling Association (USCA), the organization responsible for organizing Olympic teams.
History The idea of college curling in the US began in the late 1980s when the Illinois State Curling Foundation (ISCF) began to look into college curling, filling a gap between junior and adult curling levels. The ISCF, along with curling clubs, began promoting the idea of curling to schools. National Tournament began in the early 1990s with only a few schools in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Since then, has boomed to more than 40 schools- mostly in the Northern tier of the US and Northeast US. New Programs are starting all over the US as new clubs are being established.
In the 2012-13 season, more than 200 curlers from 36 colleges or universities participated in College Curling USA sanctioned events.
In September 2013, the College Championship became a United States Curling Association sanctioned event.United States Curling Association Board of Directors Meeting usacurling.org Fall 2013
For the 2014 Curling College Championship held in Blaine, MN, Taco Bell became an official corporate sponsor.National College Tournament undeerway in Minnesota Team USA
Before the pandemic, the USA Curling College Tour and Championship had over 450 registered college students, participating in 15 college only bonspiels from the East Coast to the Midwest.
Format College teams compete in regional categories:
Until 2013 the regions were: Grand National (East Coast) Great Lakes Minnesota North Dakota Wisconsin
For the 2013 and 2014 championships, the regions were: Region 1: Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine Region 2: Lower Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana Region 3: Upper Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois Region 4: Minnesota and North Dakota Region 5: Remainder of the US
For the 2015 through 2017 championship the regions were: Region 1: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont Region 2: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania Region 3: Indiana, Illinois, Lower Michigan, Ohio, and Southern Wisconsin Region 4: Upper Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Northern Wisconsin Region 5: Remainder of the US
After 2017 the regional aspect of the championship was abandoned except for the relabeling of the former "Region 5" as the "Emerging Region."
After 2023 the "Emerging Region" was relabeled the "West Region." Before this change, all new college curling programs began in the Emerging Region, regardless of their school's location. This was in addition to the existing college curling programs located out West, which were originally given the label "Emerging" due to their geographic remoteness within the broader college curling world. This label change made the composition of all the regions purely geographic.
Since then, the three regions have been Northeast, Midwest, and West. The number of teams that receive nationals berths from each region varies year-to-year depending on that respective region's size (number of participating schools).
Invitations to the National Championship are awarded based on accumulated 'merit points'. Points are primarily earned by hosting and/or competing in a collegiate bonspiel. Points can also be collected through non-bonspiel (Match Play) intercollegiate play or, for the West Region schools only (due to their remoteness relative to the other regions and each other), through other non-collegiate/local bonspiels and league play. College athletes must be members of USA Curling and full-time students at the school they represent in order to earn points.
The national tournament is typically held in March.
Competing schools Arizona State University Babson College Bowdoin College Butler University Bowling Green State University Carthage College Castleton University Colgate University Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Creighton University Hamilton College Harvard University Johns Hopkins University Minnesota State University, Mankato Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan Technological University Pennsylvania State University Princeton University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology SUNY Polytechnic Institute Syracuse University United States Naval Academy University of Denver University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Nebraska Omaha University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Toledo University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Villanova University Western Michigan University Yale University
2026 National Tournament Location: Schenectady, NY Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Scheduled: March 12–15, 2026 Gold: University of Wisconsin - Madison Silver: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Bronze: Penn State Fourth: Bowdoin Consolation: RIT
2025 National Tournament Location: Midland, MI Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Scheduled: March 7–9, 2025 Gold: University of Wisconsin - Madison Silver: Michigan Technological University Bronze: RPI Fourth: Bowdoin Fifth: MIT Sixth: Navy Seventh: RIT Eighth: Harvard
2024 National Tournament Location: Rice Lake, WI Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Scheduled: March 8–10, 2024 Gold: University of Wisconsin - Madison Silver: Princeton University Bronze: Michigan Technological University Fourth: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Consolation: MIT
2023 National Tournament Location: Bowling Green, OH Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Scheduled: March 10–12, 2023 Gold: University of Pennsylvania Silver: Princeton University Bronze: University of Wisconsin - Superior Fourth: University of Minnesota Consolation: MIT
2022 National Tournament
Location: Fargo, ND - Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Runner-up: University of Pennsylvania Third: University of Wisconsin - Superior Fourth: Harvard Consolation: North Dakota State University
2022 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation) School PointsWisc-StevensPt 105RPI 82Syracuse 81Villanova 66Univ of Penn 64MIT 55Harvard 53.5Neb-Lincoln 53N Dakota St 50Wisc-Superior 45Minnesota 44Cornell 44Hamilton 44 Wisc-GreenBay 44Bowdoin 42PennState 40Yale 34.5 NotreDame 34 Colgate 10 RIT 10
Note: Wisc-Green Bay declined their invitation. Yale was invited in their place. College Curling USA Archives
2020 and 2021 National Tournaments Canceled due to the Covid Pandemic. The entirety of the 2020-2021 College Tour was canceled. The 2019-2020 College Tour took place as normal. The tour season was completed and the invitations had been sent out when the pandemic conditions reached a level where it was determined that the event could not take place. The National Championship was scheduled to take place at the Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club in Fargo, ND.
2020 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation) School PointsRPI 187.2Nebraska 176.8Harvard 161.3RIT 158.9Bowdoin 148.7Yale 143.5Hamilton 132.9Syracuse 125.9MIT 119.8Wisc-StevensPt 118.8Villanova 118.0NDakotaSt 116.3PennState 115.8Colgate 113.8PennU 88.8WayneState 86.5 Minnesota 71.6 Wisc-GreenBay 62.2 Oklahoma 61.3 Denver 44.7 SUNY-Poly 40.2 Castleton 26.1 Carthage 15.3 NotreDame 12.0 ColbyCollege 8.8 Creighton 8.0 Maine 4.4 USA Curling College Tour and Championship Archives
2019 National Tournament
Location: Wayland, MA - Broomstones Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: North Dakota State University Runner-up: SUNY Polytechnic Institute Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fourth: Yale University Consolation: Syracuse University
2019 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation) School PointsSUNY-Poly 191.667NDakotaSt 149.875RPI 148.533Nebraska 142.667Wisc-StevensPt 142.092Colgate 137.600Bowdoin 133.400MIT 128.800RIT 122.150Yale 120.800Harvard 117.108Hamilton 109.417StNorbert 108.000Minnesota 106.625Syracuse 101.850Oklahoma 99.500 Villanova 93.750 WayneState 83.583 Penn 70.438 Wisc-GreenBay 39.500 Castleton 24.750 Cornell 23.750 Unity 17.800 Denver 12.000 NotreDame 8.000 Maine 7.000 Purdue 2.000
2018 National Tournament
Location: Eau Claire, WI - Eau Claire Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Runner-up: University of Nebraska - Lincoln Third: Yale University Fourth: University of Pennsylvania Consolation: Rochester Institute of Technology
2018 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation) School Region PointsRPI 2 107.175SUNY-Poly 2 86.875Oklahoma 5 82.500Bowdoin 1 77.167Nebraska 5 76.333Yale 1 71.600Wisc-StevensPt 3 68.000MIT 1 67.325Wisc-GreenBay 3 62.000RIT 2 58.250StNorbert 3 55.333Colgate 2 55.000Harvard 1 53.375Hamilton 2 46.825Penn 2 46.417WayneState 5 43.666 Maine 1 38.375 Minnesota 4 33.000 Villanova 2 21.917 Denver 5 18.333 Tufts 10.800 BowlGreen 3 8.500 NotreDame 3 6.000 Creighton 5 0.667 Haverford 2 0.667
2017 National Tournament
Location: Whitesboro, NY - Utica Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: University of Minnesota Runner-up: University of Nebraska - Lincoln Third: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Fourth: Harvard University
2017 USA Curling College Tour Results (Red indicates championship invitation) School Region PointsRPI 2 95.295SUNY-Poly 2 88.000Oklahoma 5 72.000Yale 1 67.400Wisc-StevensPt 3 65.600Bowdoin 1 60.837Nebraska 5 60.000Penn 2 56.700WayneState 5 56.000Hamilton 2 48.667RIT 2 42.500MIT 1 41.233Wisc-GreenBay 3 39.000Harvard 1 36.667StNorbert 3 36.000 Villanova 2 35.000 Colgate 2 33.667Minnesota 4 25.000 BowlGreen 3 16.333 Maine 1 14.500 BostonUniv 1 6.000 Carroll 3 6.000 Haverford 2 5.250 NotreDame 3 5.000 Denver 5 1.000 Cal-Berkeley 5 1.000
2016 National Tournament
Location: Chaska, MN - Chaska Curling Center Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: University of Pennsylvania Runner-up: University of Minnesota Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fourth: Colgate University Fifth: Hamilton College
2016 USA Curling College Results (Red indicates championship invitation) School Region PointsRPI 2 77.333RIT 2 72Bowdoin 1 71Nebraska 5 68.425Yale 1 65.23Wisc-StevensPt 3 61Colgate 2 59SUNY-Poly 2 51.58Hamilton 2 51Harvard 1 49.917Penn 2 49.36Minnesota 4 48Denver 5 44.75 Wisc-GreenBay (declined) 3 41.5MIT 1 40.95Oklahoma 5 40.625WayneState 5 37.975 Carroll 3 32.375 MichTech 4 31 BostonUniv 1 29.5 Villanova 2 20.555 Cal-Berkeley 5 14 ColSchofMines 5 13 BowlGreen 3 12.25 Maine 1 11 Marquette 3 10.5 Creighton 5 8 Haverford 2 7 StNorbert 3 5 NebMedCntr 5 4.9 Butler 3 3 UticaColl 2 1.75 Wellesley 1 1 WaukTech 3 0.75
2015 National Tournament
Location: Rochester, NY - Rochester Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Runner-up: University of Pennsylvania Third: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fourth: Rochester Institute of Technology Fifth: Boston University
2014 National Tournament
The 2014 College Championship was the first to be officially recognized by the USCA.
Location: Blaine, MN - Four Seasons Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin Champion: University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Runner-up: Villanova University Third: Carroll University Fourth: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013 National Tournament Location: Duluth, MN - Duluth Curling Club Teams: 16 Format: Four pool round-robin