| Genre: | Game show |
| Presenter: | Mayim Bialik |
| Narrated: | Johnny Gilbert |
| Theme Music Composer: | Benjamin Sturley (Bleeding Fingers Music) Original Theme composed by Merv Griffin |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
| Executive Producer: | Michael Davies |
| Location: | Alex Trebek Stage Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City |
| Company: | Sony Pictures Television Studios |
| Network: | ABC |
Jeopardy! National College Championship is a special tournament series of the quiz show Jeopardy! that aired on ABC from February 8 to 22, 2022.
Participants enter 12 quarterfinal games, with 2 games broadcast per episode. Winners of every game advance to the semifinals and eliminated players receive a $10,000 consolation prize. The 12 semifinalists are then split into 4 matches, with the top 3 scorers entering the finals. The bottom 7 semifinalists receive a prize of $20,000, whilst the 4th place receives a $35,000 prize and entry into the daily show's upcoming Second Chance Tournament later in 2022.[1] The highest scorer of the 2-game final receives the 1st place prize of $250,000, and an entry into the Tournament of Champions, 2nd place receives $100,000 and 3rd place receives $50,000. Unlike the regular College Championship, there are no wild card spots for high-scorers among non-winners; it was "win or go home".
The 36 contestants were announced on February 2, 2022.[2]
| Name | University | Year | Major(s) | Residence | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaskaran Singh | University of Texas at Austin | Senior | Finance and economics | Plano, Texas | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 8 Finished 1st place in Semifinals 4 Finished 1st place in Finals | [3] | |
| Raymond Goslow | Kennesaw State University | Senior | Geospatial sciences | Austell, Georgia | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 9 Finished 1st place in Semifinals 1 Finished 2nd place in Finals | ||
| Liz Feltner | Northeastern University | Senior | Political science and business administration | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 7 Finished 1st place in Semifinals 3 Finished 3rd place in Finals | ||
| Isaac Applebaum | Stanford University | Junior | Computational biology | Bethesda, Maryland | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 1 Finished 1st place in Semifinals 2 Finished 4th place in Finals | ||
| Megan Sullivan | University of Virginia | Junior | Classics | Burke, Virginia | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 12 Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 4 | ||
| Joey Kornman | Brandeis University | Junior | Economics and classical studies | West Hartford, Connecticut | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 4 Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 4 | ||
| Kristin Donegan | Carnegie Mellon University | Senior | Biological sciences | Towson, Maryland | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 10 Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 3 | ||
| Emmey Harris | University of Minnesota | Sophomore | History | Lincoln, Nebraska | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 3 Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 3 | ||
| Stephen Privat | Louisiana State University | Junior | Political science | Lafayette, Louisiana | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 2 Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 2 | ||
| Lauren Rodriguez | Pomona College | Senior | Public policy and sociology | Moraga, California | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 6 Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 2 | ||
| Nam Vu | Georgetown University | Senior | Environmental biology | Farmingdale, New Jersey | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 11 Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 1 | ||
| Neha Seshadri | Harvard University | Senior | Economics | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 5 Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 1 | ||
| Aniket Dehadrai | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Senior | Chemistry and biology | Norman, Oklahoma | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 12 | ||
| Sam Blum | Vanderbilt University | Senior | Engineering science | Aventura, Florida | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 12 | ||
| Claire Jackson | Spelman College | Sophomore | English and Spanish | Oakland, California | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 11 | ||
| Fiona Hellerman | Tulane University | Senior | International relations and philosophy | Glenview, Illinois | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 11 | ||
| Sebastian Torres | Yale University | Junior | Ethics, politics, and economics | Tampa, Florida | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 10 | ||
| Anna Muthalaly | Duke University | Junior | Public policy | Hoover, Alabama | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 10 | ||
| Lucy Greenman | College of William & Mary | Senior | Health analytics | Sterling, Virginia | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 9 | ||
| Jeric Brual | New York University | Senior | Film and TV | Union, New Jersey | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 9 | ||
| Sarah Salisbury | University of Southern California | Sophomore | English | La Mesa, California | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 8 | ||
| Max Niles | Brown University | Senior | History and public policy | Washington, D.C. | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 8 | ||
| Kaden Lee | University of Washington | Junior | Aeronautical and astronautical engineering | Medical Lake, Washington | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 7 | ||
| Jess Agyepong | Howard University | Senior | Biology | Silver Spring, Maryland | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 7 | ||
| Elijah Odunade | University of Georgia | Junior | Political science | Norcross, Georgia | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 6 | ||
| Matt Downing | University of Notre Dame | Senior | Marketing and applied mathematics | Ronkonkoma, New York | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 6 | ||
| Pauline Bisaccio | Clemson University | Junior | Biochemistry and psychology | Fort Mill, South Carolina | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 5 | ||
| Chance Persons | Creighton University | Sophomore | Physics and chemistry | Burnsville, Minnesota | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 5 | ||
| Yejun Kim | Northwestern University | Senior | Chemical engineering | Naperville, Illinois | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 4 | ||
| Mitch Macek | Villanova University | Sophomore | Mathematics and education | Felton, Pennsylvania | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 4 | ||
| Mehek Boparai | University of Pennsylvania | Senior | English | Hanford, California | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 3 | ||
| Toussaint Pegues | California Institute of Technology | Senior | Mechanical engineering | Dallas, Texas | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 3 | ||
| Jasmine Manansala | Rice University | Junior | Computer science and cognitive science | San Antonio, Texas | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 2 | ||
| Ella Feiner | Princeton University | Senior | Chemical and biological engineering | Ridgewood, New Jersey | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 2 | ||
| Gus Guszkowski | Dartmouth College | Senior | Classics | Pomfret Center, Connecticut | Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 1 | ||
| Catherine Zhang | Cornell University | Senior | Computer science and sociology | Pennington, New Jersey | Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 1 |
On August 11, 2021, it was announced that ABC had ordered the series with Mayim Bialik as the host and Mike Richards as the executive producer.[4] Richards was dismissed and replaced by Michael Davies on August 31 of the same year.[5] On December 2, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 8, 2022.[6]
| Game | Date | Contestant 1 | Contestant 2 | Contestant 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals 1 | February 8, 2022 | Applebaum ($16,401) | Guszkowski ($5,999) | Zhang ($5,200) | |
| Quarterfinals 2 | Feiner ($0) | Manansala ($12,399) | Privat ($14,300) | ||
| Quarterfinals 3 | February 9, 2022 | Pegues ($1) | Harris ($21,000) | Boparai ($1,199) | |
| Quarterfinals 4 | Kim ($6,000) | Macek ($0) | Kornman ($17,201) | ||
| Quarterfinals 5 | February 10, 2022 | Bisaccio ($8,601) | Persons ($0) | Seshadri ($14,801) | |
| Quarterfinals 6 | Rodriguez ($20,300) | Downing (-$1,200) | Odunade ($3,800) | ||
| Quarterfinals 7 | February 11, 2022 | Agyepong ($0) | Feltner ($16,800) | Lee ($3,400) | |
| Quarterfinals 8 | Singh ($19,900) | Niles ($0) | Salisbury ($18,000) | ||
| Quarterfinals 9 | February 15, 2022 | Greenman ($16,000) | Goslow ($26,021) | Brual ($8,001) | |
| Quarterfinals 10 | Torres ($200) | Muthalaly (-$2,000) | Donegan ($9,999) | ||
| Quarterfinals 11 | February 16, 2022 | Hellerman ($1,000) | Vu ($17,000) | Jackson ($3,119) | |
| Quarterfinals 12 | Blum ($1,598) | Dehadrai ($4,200) | Sullivan ($8,401) | ||
| Semifinals 1 | February 17, 2022 | Vu ($8,881) | Seshadri ($999) | Goslow ($20,779) | |
| Semifinals 2 | Rodriguez ($3,599) | Applebaum ($18,801) | Privat ($3,602) | ||
| Semifinals 3 | February 18, 2022 | Donegan ($22,000) | Feltner ($22,000) | Harris ($21,600) | |
| Semifinals 4 | Kornman ($0) | Singh ($24,400) | Sullivan ($3,599) | ||
| Finals | February 22, 2022 | Feltner ($7,400) | Singh ($51,700) | Goslow ($46,999) |