Best Collegiate Conference — 21 verified

Collegiate esports conferences sanction varsity programs at universities and community colleges — season schedules, regional play-offs, scholarships.

• Georgia Esports League — Georgia. The official statewide collegiate esports league of Georgia, founded 2017 by Todd Harris and Andrew Greenberg, relaunched in 2022 under Skillshot Media and Ghost Gaming with the Georgia Film Academy a
• National Association of Collegiate Esports — North Carolina. NACE is the only nonprofit membership association of US and Canadian colleges and universities with varsity esports programs. Founded 2016, it now represents 200+ member institutions and 4,000+ studen
• Collegiate StarLeague — New York. Founded 2009 as Collegiate Starleague, the original collegiate esports community. Acquired by Playfly Sports in 2020, rebranded NACE Starleague, and now operates as Playfly College Esports — the large
• ECAC Esports — Connecticut. The Eastern College Athletic Conference's esports program, launched 2017. With 200+ member colleges, 1,500 teams and 21 game titles, ECAC Esports serves 5,000+ intercollegiate competitors from Maine t
• National Esports Collegiate Conference — Pennsylvania. Founded prior to the 2020-21 academic year, NECC works with 400+ colleges and universities across North America. Hosts competitions in VALORANT, Marvel Rivals, SSBU, Rainbow Six, CS2, Rocket League, L
• NJCAA Esports — North Carolina. The National Junior College Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE), founded 2019, is the only national esports association exclusively for two-year colleges. The Official 2-Year College Partner of the
• PlayVS College League — California. PlayVS' collegiate esports platform, which integrated the acquired LeagueSpot infrastructure in 2026 to power the largest scholastic-to-collegiate network in North America. Based in Santa Monica, Cali
• Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup — Texas. The CECC is the largest collegiate esports championship in North America, run by Collegiate Sports Management Group. The 2026 May Madness in Waco hosts 320 teams from 185 schools across Overwatch 2, R
• American Collegiate Esports League — West Virginia. Student-formed nonprofit collegiate esports league originating at West Virginia University, organized into Eastern, Mid-West, North-East, South-East and Western regional conferences with weeknight lea
• Big East Conference Esports — Rhode Island. BIG EAST Esports has been part of the conference's offerings since March 2018, partnered with Playfly and NACE Starleague since 2023 to run Rocket League, League of Legends, OW2 and SSBU conference pl
• Peach Belt Conference Esports — Georgia. The PBC was the first NCAA conference to hold an Esports Championship (2018, League of Legends). Today offers titles in LoL, OW2, Rocket League, VALORANT and Marvel Rivals across schools in FL, GA, SC
• Mountain West Esports — Colorado. Officially sanctioned by the Mountain West Conference since 2017-18, the program hosts grand finals for League of Legends, Overwatch 2 and VALORANT with NACE/national berths. 2026 Championships hosted
• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Esports — New Jersey. NCAA Division I conference that sponsors fully coeducational esports across League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, Super Smash Bros and VALORANT, with a championship LAN at Mount St. Mary's Univ
• Eastern Esports Conference — West Virginia. The founding regional conference of the American Collegiate Esports League, originally formed by gaming clubs at West Virginia University and surrounding schools in WV, VA, MD, KY and OH. Based in Mor
• East Coast Conference Esports — New York. The East Coast Conference, a Division II NCAA conference headquartered on Long Island, runs official esports competition across its member institutions. Based in Westbury, New York. Collegiate esports
• College League of Legends (RSAA) — California. The Riot Scholastic Association of America's official intercollegiate League of Legends competition for the US and Canada, introduced 2018. Operated alongside College VALORANT under Riot's UNIVERSITY
• College VALORANT — California. Riot Games' official collegiate VALORANT competition for the US and Canada, run by the Riot Scholastic Association of America. 2025-26 conferences cover all major NCAA divisions plus open enrollment.
• HBCU Esports League — Georgia. The first-ever HBCU Esports League, launched in Atlanta 2020 by Cxmmunity, Axis Replay and GameBRKZ. Partners with Twitch and PlayVS to bring 25+ HBCU schools into competition in Madden, NBA 2K and ot
• Collegiate Sports Management Group — Florida. Operator of the Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC) and EsportsU, organizing the largest collegiate esports championship in North America with 320 teams, 185 schools and 1,500+ student-athlete
• Big Ten Network Esports — Illinois. Some Big Esports Conference competitions are streamed live on the Big Ten Network, providing national broadcast distribution for collegiate esports involving Big Ten member universities. Based in Chic
• Playfly College Esports — Pennsylvania. Playfly Sports' collegiate esports division (formerly Collegiate StarLeague). Operates NACE Starleague, the Collegiate Chess League, the eNASCAR College iRacing Series and the BIG EAST Esports confere

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