Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 3, 2026) – Today USA Ultimate released the final rankings for the 2026 College regular season. Rankings determine the number of bids each region receives to the National Championships and are based on performance throughout the regular season for all teams that play a minimum of ten sanctioned games.
Four schools — Carleton, Colorado, North Carolina, and UC Santa Cruz — are ranked in the Division I top ten for both the Men’s and Women’s divisions. Carleton achieved the same feat in the Division III rankings, along with Macalester, Middlebury and St Olaf.
National Championship Bid Allocations by Region
| D-I Men’s | D-I Women’s | D-III Men’s | D-III Women’s | ||||
| Atlantic Coast | 2 | Atlantic Coast | 1 | Atlantic Coast | 1 | Atlantic Coast | 1 |
| Great Lakes | 1 | Great Lakes | 1 | Great Lakes | 1 | Great Lakes | 1 |
| Metro East | 1 | Metro East | 1 | Metro East | 1 | Metro East | 1 |
| New England | 3 | New England | 3 | New England | 3 | New England | 2 |
| North Central | 1 | North Central | 1 | North Central | 3 | North Central | 3 |
| Northwest | 5 | Northwest | 5 | Northwest | 2 | Northwest | 2 |
| Ohio Valley | 2 | Ohio Valley | 1 | Ohio Valley | 1 | Ohio Valley | 2 |
| South Central | 2 | South Central | 1 | South Central | 2 | South Central | 2 |
| Southeast | 1 | Southeast | 1 | Southeast | 1 | Southeast | 1 |
| Southwest | 2 | Southwest | 5 | Southwest | 1 | Southwest | 1 |
The top 20 teams for all divisions and regional bid allocations are published under College Rankings on USA Ultimate’s website. Full rankings for all teams can be viewed on USA Ultimate’s Event Management System and are linked below:
