# Jeopardy! National College Championship

Jeopardy! National College Championship is a special tournament series of the quiz show Jeopardy! that aired on ABC from February 8 to 22, 2022.

## Format

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. 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".

## Contestants

The 36 contestants were announced on February 2, 2022.
| 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 |
| 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 |

## Production

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. Richards was dismissed and replaced by Michael Davies on August 31 of the same year. On December 2, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 8, 2022.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Winner(s) | Winner(s)' score | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) | Rating (18–49) |
| 1 | "Quarterfinals 1" | Applebaum Privat | $16,401 $14,300 | February 8, 2022 (2022-02-08) | 4.28 | 0.6 |
| 2 | "Quarterfinals 2" | Harris Kornman | $21,000 $17,201 | February 9, 2022 (2022-02-09) | 4.57 | 0.5 |
| 3 | "Quarterfinals 3" | Seshadri Rodriguez | $14,801 $20,300 | February 10, 2022 (2022-02-10) | 4.51 | 0.6 |
| 4 | "Quarterfinals 4" | Feltner Singh | $16,800 $19,900 | February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11) | 4.60 | 0.6 |
| 5 | "Quarterfinals 5" | Goslow Donegan | $26,021 $9,999 | February 15, 2022 (2022-02-15) | 4.14 | 0.5 |
| 6 | "Quarterfinals 6" | Vu Sullivan | $17,000 $8,401 | February 16, 2022 (2022-02-16) | 4.64 | 0.5 |
| 7 | "Semifinals 1" | Goslow Applebaum | $20,779 $18,801 | February 17, 2022 (2022-02-17) | 4.82 | 0.6 |
| 8 | "Semifinals 2" | Feltner Singh | $22,000 $24,400 | February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18) | 4.73 | 0.5 |
| 9 | "The Finals" | Singh | $51,700 | February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22) | 5.72 | 0.8 |

## Match summaries

| Game No. | Date | Contestant 1 | Contestant 2 | Contestant 3 |
| Quarterfinals 1 | February 8, 2022 | Applebaum ($16,401) | Guszkowski ($5,999) | Zhang ($5,200) |
| Quarterfinals 2 | February 8, 2022 | Feiner ($0) | Manansala ($12,399) | Privat ($14,300) |
| Quarterfinals 3 | February 9, 2022 | Pegues ($1) | Harris ($21,000) | Boparai ($1,199) |
| Quarterfinals 4 | February 9, 2022 | Kim ($6,000) | Macek ($0) | Kornman ($17,201) |
| Quarterfinals 5 | February 10, 2022 | Bisaccio ($8,601) | Persons ($0) | Seshadri ($14,801) |
| Quarterfinals 6 | February 10, 2022 | Rodriguez ($20,300) | Downing (-$1,200) | Odunade ($3,800) |
| Quarterfinals 7 | February 11, 2022 | Agyepong ($0) | Feltner ($16,800) | Lee ($3,400) |
| Quarterfinals 8 | February 11, 2022 | Singh ($19,900) | Niles ($0) | Salisbury ($18,000) |
| Quarterfinals 9 | February 15, 2022 | Greenman ($16,000) | Goslow ($26,021) | Brual ($8,001) |
| Quarterfinals 10 | February 15, 2022 | Torres ($200) | Muthalaly (-$2,000) | Donegan ($9,999) |
| Quarterfinals 11 | February 16, 2022 | Hellerman ($1,000) | Vu ($17,000) | Jackson ($3,119) |
| Quarterfinals 12 | February 16, 2022 | Blum ($1,598) | Dehadrai ($4,200) | Sullivan ($8,401) |
| Semifinals 1 | February 17, 2022 | Vu ($8,881) | Seshadri ($999) | Goslow ($20,779) |
| Semifinals 2 | February 17, 2022 | 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 | February 18, 2022 | Kornman ($0) | Singh ($24,400) | Sullivan ($3,599) |
| Finals | February 22, 2022 | Feltner ($7,400) [$5,800 + $1,600] | Singh ($51,700) [$32,400 + $19,300] | Goslow ($46,999) [$13,200 + $33,799] |