Montevallo Ranked Number One Entering Triple Points ACA National Championship
Carson-Newman is ranked 2nd, and UNA sits in 3rd
FLORENCE, AL (May 22, 2024) – Three weeks and only two events remain in the race for the 2023-24 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. The next points eligible event on the schedule is the triple points Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. Entering the Association of Collegiate Anglers’ National Championship event on Pickwick Lake, the University of Montevallo is ranked number one. 2nd ranked Carson-Newman University closes the gap by roughly 2,000 points behind 1st, and the University of North Alabama remains in 3rd.
The latest update to the points standings includes results from the Bassmaster Collegiate Series event on Sam Rayburn Reservoir last week. Here is a look at teams that made significant moves up in the standings following that tournament:
5) LSU-Shreveport – Previously Ranked 9th
12) University of Tennessee – Previously Ranked 13th
14) Drury University – Previously Ranked 15th
15) Tarleton State University – Previously Ranked 16th
19) Missouri State University – Previously Ranked 22nd
View the complete updated standings here.
The University of Montevallo entered the 2023-24 season as the back-to-back-to-back title winner of the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. Last year, at Lake Hartwell, Montevallo made history by becoming the first school to ever win the title three times. Now in 2024, they are looking to continue to add to that record. A victory in college fishing’s only all-encompassing National Rankings system this season would give Montevallo four titles. Montevallo enters the Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops with a season total of 33,605 points.
Trailing 2,335 points behind Montevallo in 2nd place is Carson-Newman University. Carson-Newman earned a total of 2,070 points at Sam Rayburn Reservoir to narrow the gap between 1st and 2nd. At this week’s triple points ACA National Championship on Pickwick Lake, schools have the opportunity to earn up to a maximum of close to 7,000 points. Carson-Newman is not mathematically eliminated from contention for that top spot, and could earn its first ever School of the Year title with a strong showing at Pickwick Lake.
Sitting in 3rd place is two-time title winning University of North Alabama. UNA trails Montevallo by 6,160 points, and Carson-Newman by 3,825. UNA enters the Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops with the opportunity to earn points at each of the two remaining points eligible events on the schedule. The two teams in front of them can only earn points at this week’s tournament. Before the season concludes, UNA could earn a total of nearly 9,000 points in the coming weeks. Being located on the banks of Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL, 3rd ranked UNA is a team to keep an eye on to make a major move.
24 of the Top 25 ranked teams are set to compete in the triple points Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops this week.
Following the conclusion of the tournament on Pickwick Lake, the ACA will update the points standings next week for the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia.
