The televised quiz program is hosted and sponsored by Mississippi College and WDBD - Fox 40. Mississippi College students and personnel produce and film the competition on the Clinton campus. Academic teams are composed of four members each and compete in a quiz format with questions prepared by an independent organization and a time limit for submitting answers. The team scoring the highest number of points advances to the next round of competition and this continues until the championship match. The winner of the championship round will move on to compete in a national competition.
Preliminary rounds are currently underway.
Students who compete in Academic Competition are offered academic scholarships to Mississippi College. The amount of the scholarship increases with the number of games won by the student's team.