SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Association of Collegiate Anglers recently contested its second double points event of the 2025-26 season to count towards the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. Over 280 teams competed at the AFTCO Collegiate Bass Open on Lake Dardanelle, with 1st place earning 1,750 points and schools receiving points for their two highest-placing teams inside of the Top 150 of the final tournament standings.
Carson-Newman University remains in 1st place, holding onto a narrow lead. The University of Montevallo is trailing by just a mere 35 points in 2nd, and the University of North Alabama is in 3rd.
All of the current Top 25 ranked teams in this standings update competed at Lake Dardanelle last weekend. Here is a look at teams that made significant moves up in the Top 25:
5) Wabash Valley College – Previously Ranked 7th
6) Tarleton State University – Previously Ranked 9th
11) LSU-Shreveport – Previously Ranked 14th
15) Campbellsville University – Previously Ranked T-21st
16) Missouri State University – Previously Ranked T-21st
Click here to view the complete updated rankings.
Three schools moved up into the Top 25 after being previously ranked on the outside looking in. Northwestern State University moved from 30th to 20th, Troy University climbed from 33rd to 22nd, and Catawba Valley C.C. jumped up five places to 24th.
Seven teams earned over 3,000 points at the AFTCO Collegiate Bass Open. LSU-Shreveport earned the most points of any team at Lake Dardanelle with 3,440.
Top ranked Carson-Newman was one of the seven teams to amass over 3,000 points at the second ACA double points event of the season. Nolan Gray & Szymon Piton placed in 16th, and Nicholas DellaPorta & Drew Pitts finished in 20th. Those two Top 20 finishes earned Carson-Newman 3,160 points.
From the previous points update to now, the University of Montevallo has closed the gap between 2nd and 1st from 285 points to just 35 points. Montevallo out gained Carson-Newman at Lake Dardanelle by 250 points. Thomas Turnbull & Dylan Sorrells took 3rd, and Mason Carden & Grant Laney finished in 8th.
The ACA will provide another major points update following the conclusion of the upcoming MLF College Series event at Lake Hartwell.
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The Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) is a division of CarecoTV that was created over twenty years ago to facilitate growth, development, and provide 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 allowing fans to follow anyway they choose on any device. These major events have no entry fees and no membership costs associated with them for the college anglers competing. 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
For more information on the ACA or the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, visit www.CollegiateBassChampionship.com.
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