Teams Competing at the 2026 Varsity & Junior Varsity
National History Bowl National Championships
Note: Groger Rank is where the team ranks if it is listed in the latest Groger Ranks poll of the top standard (i.e. not just history) high school quiz bowl teams at grogerranks.com (rankings updated as of 3/6/26). Groger Ranks are only kept for Varsity teams. Note: If a team qualified at more than one tournament, normally only the first tournament they qualified at is listed in the results.
VARSITY
| School | State | Qualified At | Prelim Points | Record | Results | Groger Ranks as of 3/6/26 | Madden Ranks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia A | CA | Late Winter Online | 1600 | 3-1 | Champion | 176 | 20 |
| Arcadia B | CA | March Online | 1900 | 5-0 | Second Place | - | |
| Archbishop Mitty | CA | Mid-Winter Online | 1710 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | 147 | 21 |
| Beaumont Middle College | CA | Nevada | 350 | 1-1 | Second Place | ||
| California HS | CA | March Online | 1410 | 4-0 | Quarterfinalist | 319 | |
| Design Tech | CA | Late Winter Online | 1170 | 4-0 | Semifinalist | ||
| Harvard-Westlake | CA | Late Winter Online | 1030 | 1-3 | Semifinalist | ||
| King's Academy | CA | November Online | 1030 | 2-2 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Mission San Jose | CA | Mid-Winter Online | 1470 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | 20 | 29 |
| Brunswick A | CT | Southern Connecticut | 1040 | 4-0 | Semifinalist | ||
| Brunswick B | CT | Southern Connecticut | 970 | 5-0 | Semifinalist | ||
| Hopkins School | CT | Connecticut State | 1450 | 4-1 | Second Place | ||
| Marine Science Magnet | CT | Southern Connecticut | 1170 | 2-3 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| South Windsor | CT | Connecticut State | 1730 | 5-0 | Semifinalist | ||
| Xavier | CT | Southern Connecticut | 1630 | 4-0 | Champion | 24 | |
| Georgetown Day School | DC | DC Metro Championships | 1190 | 2-2 | Quarterfinalist | 340 | |
| American Heritage - Palm Beach | FL | South Florida Fall | 1490 | 3-2 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Archimedean A | FL | South Florida Fall | 1390 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | ||
| Archimedean B | FL | South Florida Fall | 980 | 2-3 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Belen Jesuit | FL | South Florida Fall | 1650 | 5-0 | Second Place | ||
| Berkeley Prep | FL | Central Florida Fall | 1090 | 3-1 | Semifinalist | ||
| Coral Gables | FL | South Florida Fall | 1240 | 2-3 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Frazer | FL | Wild Card | |||||
| Largo | FL | Central Florida Fall | 770 | 2-2 | - | ||
| Pine Crest | FL | South Florida Fall | 1330 | 4-1 | Semifinalist | ||
| Ransom Everglades | FL | South Florida Fall | 1800 | 4-1 | Champion | 188 | 6 |
| Trinity Prep | FL | Central Florida Winter | 740 | 1-3 | Semifinalist | ||
| George Walton Academy | GA | East Georgia | 980 | 2-2 | - | ||
| Innovation Academy | GA | East Georgia | 1710 | 4-1 | Second Place | 19 | 16 |
| Northview | GA | East Georgia | 1690 | 3-1 | Champion | 6 | 3 |
| Boise | ID | Mid-Winter Online | 1820 | 5-0 | Second Place | 83 | 17 |
| Hillcrest | ID | Idaho Falls | 1140 | 4-1 | Fourth Place | ||
| Idaho Falls | ID | Idaho Falls | 1250 | 3-2 | Champion | ||
| Thunder Ridge | ID | Idaho Falls | 1210 | 4-1 | Third Place | ||
| Barrington | IL | Northern Illinois | 1100 | 3-1 | Semifinalist | 69 | |
| Homewood-Flossmoor | IL | Chicagoland Fall | 1240 | 4-1 | Second Place | 203 | |
| Mahomet-Seymour | IL | Early January Online | 1320 | 4-0 | Champion | 77 | 26 |
| Stevenson A | IL | Chicagoland Fall | 1790 | 5-0 | Champion | 1 | 1 |
| Stevenson B | IL | Chicagoland Fall | 1240 | 4-1 | Second Place | 104 | 15 |
| Montgomery Blair A | MD | Maryland | 1670 | 4-0 | Semifinalist | 4 | 5 |
| Montgomery Blair B | MD | Maryland | 1600 | 4-0 | Champion | 259 | |
| Poolesville A | MD | DC Fall | 1590 | 4-1 | Semifinalist | 135 | 7 |
| Poolesville B | MD | DC Fall | 1470 | 4-1 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Poolesville C | MD | Shenandoah Valley | 1360 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | ||
| Poolesville D | MD | DC Metro Championships | 1190 | 3-2 | - | ||
| Winston Churchill | MD | Maryland | 1780 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | 95 | 14 |
| Newton North | MA | Greater Boston Winter | 1430 | 4-0 | Champion | 32 | |
| Newton South | MA | Greater Boston Winter | 870 | 4-0 | Second Place | ||
| Quincy | MA | Greater Boston Winter | 860 | 3-1 | Semifinalist | ||
| Scituate | MA | New England Winter | 1300 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | ||
| Richton | MS | Mississippi Winter | 930 | 3-3 | Second Place | ||
| Team Suh Academy | NH | March Online | 1200 | 3-2 | - | ||
| Cherry Hill A | NJ | Northern New Jersey | 1290 | 3-2 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Cherry Hill B | NJ | Mid-Atlantic Champs | 1180 | 3-2 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Glen Ridge | NJ | NYC Metro Winter | 1550 | 5-0 | Finalist | ||
| Livingston A | NJ | New Jersey State | 1730 | 5-0 | Semifinalist | 22 | 9 |
| Livingston B | NJ | New Jersey State | 1350 | 2-3 | Quarterfinalist | 43 | |
| Mountain Lakes | NJ | New Jersey State | 1700 | 4-1 | Quarterfinalist | 254 | 23 |
| Northern Highlands | NJ | Central New York Fall | 660 | 2-0 | Champion | 331 | |
| Ranney | NJ | Wild Card | |||||
| Seton Hall Prep | NJ | Northern New Jersey | 1790 | 5-0 | Third Place | 168 | 8 |
| Eastchester | NY | New Jersey State | 1950 | 4-1 | Quarterfinalist | 49 | 13 |
| Fordham Prep | NY | Connecticut State | 1470 | 5-0 | Champion | ||
| Great Neck North | NY | Metro NYC Winter | 1090 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | ||
| Hunter College HS | NY | Northern New Jersey | 1560 | 4-1 | Fourth Place | 56 | 30 |
| Locust Valley | NY | Metro NYC Winter | 1090 | 2-3 | Finalist | ||
| Riverdale Country | NY | Metro NYC Winter | 1280 | 4-1 | Finalist | ||
| Shaker A | NY | Central New York Fall | 2190 | 6-0 | Champion | ||
| Shaker B | NY | Late Winter Online | 1280 | 3-2 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Stuyvesant A | NY | November Online | 1550 | 4-1 | Semifinalist | 22 | |
| Stuyvesant B | NY | November Online | 910 | 2-2 | - | ||
| Yonkers | NY | March Online | 990 | 3-1 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Team FC Eastlonia | NC | November Online | 1040 | 2-2 | Semifinalist | 67 | 25 |
| Team Gator | NC | Late Winter Online | 1300 | 2-3 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Northmont | OH | Ohio State | 1410 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | 213 | 28 |
| Tippecanoe | OH | Western Ohio | 1450 | 3-3 | - | ||
| Walnut Hills | OH | Western Ohio | 2180 | 6-0 | Champion | 143 | 19 |
| George School | PA | Greater Philadelphia Winter | 1130 | 3-1 | Champion | ||
| Moravian Academy | PA | New Jersey State | 1740 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | 64 | 12 |
| PALCS | PA | Greater Philadelphia Winter | 1190 | 2-2 | Second Place | ||
| Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola | PR | Puerto Rico | 1660 | 5-0 | Second Place | ||
| South Carolina Governor's School for Sci/Math | SC | South Carolina State | 1140 | 3-1 | Second Place | ||
| Science Hill | TN | Knoxville | 1170 | 4-1 | Second Place | ||
| Greenhill | TX | March Online | 1710 | 3-2 | Semifinalist | 71 | |
| LASA | TX | Central Texas | 2220 | 6-0 | Champion | 108 | 31 |
| St. Stephen's Episcopal | TX | Central Texas | 1710 | 4-2 | Second Place | ||
| Compass Homeschool | VA | Washington DC Fall | 1670 | 4-1 | Quarterfinalist | 73 | 27 |
| McLean | VA | Washington DC Fall | 1660 | 4-1 | Champion | 41 | 11 |
| Oakton | VA | Early January Online | 830 | 2-2 | Second Place | ||
| Tandem Friends School | VA | Wild Card | |||||
| Thomas Jefferson HS of Sci/Tech | VA | November Online | 1620 | 4-0 | Champion | 35 | 2 |
| Trinity Christian | VA | Washington DC Fall | 1500 | 2-3 | Semifinalist | 200 | 10 |
| Woodson A | VA | Mid-Winter Onliner | 1490 | 4-1 | Quarterfinalist | ||
| Woodson B | VA | Maryland | 1310 | 3-1 | Second Place | ||
| Hazen | WA | November Online | 2130 | 5-0 | Second Place | 23 | 4 |
| Morgantown | WV | Ohio State | 1840 | 5-0 | Second Place | 18 |