College Bowl - Top Four Finishers of CBI National Championship Tournament (1978-2008)

Top Four Finishers of CBI National Championship Tournament (1978-2008)

Year Host Champion 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
1978 University of Miami Stanford Yale Cornell Oberlin College
1979 University of Miami Davidson College Harvard Oberlin College Cornell
1980 Washington University in St. Louis Fresno St. Washington University in St. Louis MIT Washington St.
1981 Marshall University of Maryland Davidson Marshall Michigan St.
1982 University of New York UNC-Chapel Hill Rice UW-Madison Vassar
1984 Ohio St. University of Minnesota Washington University in St. Louis Princeton† Vassar†
1986 Georgia Institute of Technology UW-Madison Princeton Georgia Institute of Technology Utah
1987 Orlando, Florida University of Minnesota Georgia Institute of Technology NC State† Western Connecticut State University†
1988 University of Illinois at Chicago NC State Emory Princeton Kent St.
1989 College of DuPage University of Minnesota Georgia Institute of Technology Kent St. George Washington University
1990 University of Minnesota University of Chicago MIT George Washington University Rice
1991 University of Illinois at Chicago Rice Cornell University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin
1992 George Washington University MIT Stanford University of Pennsylvania Cornell
1993 USC University of Virginia University of Michigan University of Chicago Harvard
1994 University of Florida University of Chicago University of Virginia Brigham Young University†† George Washington University
1995 University of Akron Harvard University of Chicago University of Michigan Brigham Young University
1996 Arizona St. University of Michigan University of Virginia Princeton Cornell
1997 Montclair St. University of Virginia Harvard University of Oklahoma University of Chicago
1998 University of Texas at Dallas University of Michigan Cornell Stanford Chicago
1999 University of Florida University of Chicago University of Michigan University of Minnesota Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2000 Bentley College University of Michigan University of Arkansas University of Chicago Williams College
2001 Cal St. Los Angeles University of Michigan University of Chicago UT-Austin Cornell
2002 Kansas St. University of Michigan UCLA University of Florida University of Chicago
2003 University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago University of Florida University of Rochester UCLA
2004 Auburn University at Montgomery University of Minnesota University of Michigan University of Florida Georgetown
2005 University of Washington University of Minnesota University of Rochester Stanford Truman St.
2006 University of Hartford UCLA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Washington University in St. Louis University of Minnesota
2007 USC University of Minnesota USC Williams College Baylor
2008 Macalester College University of Rochester University of New Mexico University of Minnesota The Ohio State University

No tournament was held in 1983 or 1985, though regional tournaments were held in each year.

†Tied for third (lost in semifinals, no playoff for third place).

††In 1994, Brigham Young University finished second in the round-robin, qualifying for the final series. However, as the final best-two-out-of-three series was held on Sunday, the team declined to participate, and the University of Virginia took their place instead. Brigham Young was awarded third place.

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