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Ballot Bowl Overview

The California University and College Ballot Bowl is a friendly competition where higher education campuses compete to register students to vote, encourage students to submit a plan to vote and showcase civic engagement efforts. The California Secretary of State Students Vote Project (SVP) hosts the Ballot Bowl during an even numbered year ahead of the general election.

How to Play

The California University and College Ballot Bowl competition will have campuses compete to earn the most points to become the Ballot Bowl Champion. Campuses do not need to sign up to participate and can earn points by registering students to vote, encouraging students to submit a plan to vote and submitting a Civic and Voter Empowerment Action Plan.

Competition Dates: Monday, August 10, 2026 – Tuesday, November 3, 2026


Competition Resources

The table below shows each campus standing in the competition. Toggle through each tab to see campus progress overall and by higher education system. Please note action plan points will not be added until the end of the competition.


2026 California University and College Ballot Bowl

Ranking Campus Voter Registrations (#) Voter Registrations (%) Voting Plan Submissions (#) Voting Plan Submissions (%) Action Plan Recieved Total Points Group
1 Stanford University 1599 7.57% 23 0.11% Yes 655 50003
2 California State University, Channel Islands 36 0.73% 320 6.50% Yes 511 50002
3 University of Redlands 22 0.60% 230 6.31% Yes 469 50003
4 University of California, Merced 12 0.13% 389 4.25% Yes 376 50004
5 California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 38 0.61% 188 3.00% Yes 337 50002
6 California State University, Long Beach 110 0.26% 442 1.05% Yes 284 50002
7 California State University, San Bernardino 19 0.10% 357 1.87% Yes 266 50002
8 Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo & Maritime Academy) 155 0.67% 80 0.34% Yes 225 50002
9 California State University, Dominguez Hills 14 0.10% 145 1.00% Yes 224 50002
10 Mount Saint Mary’s University 4 0.14% 43 1.54% Yes 206 50003
11 Sonoma State University 2 0.04% 53 1.06% Yes 204 50002
12 Fullerton College 9 0.05% 172 0.86% Yes 202 50001
13 Cuyamaca College 2 0.02% 54 0.56% Yes 182 50001
14 University of California, Davis 35 0.09% 176 0.43% Yes 180 50004
15 Crafton Hills College 5 0.07% 49 0.70% Yes 162 50001
16 University of California, Irvine 10 0.03% 56 0.15% No 160 50004
16 Bakersfield College 20 0.06% 73 0.24% Yes 160 50001
16 San José State University 37 0.10% 70 0.20% Yes 160 50002
16 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 39 0.14% 52 0.19% Yes 160 50002
16 California State University, Sacramento 40 0.13% 77 0.25% Yes 160 50002
16 California State University, Fresno 59 0.24% 7 0.03% Yes 160 50002
17 University of California, Santa Cruz 114 0.58% 0 0.00% Yes 145 50004
17 University of California, Santa Barbara 139 0.53% 0 0.00% Yes 145 50004
18 Cypress College 1 0.01% 1 0.01% No 140 50001
18 Gavilan College 1 0.01% 1 0.01% Yes 140 50001
18 Los Angeles Valley College 1 0.01% 3 0.02% No 140 50001
18 Napa Valley College 1 0.02% 18 0.35% Yes 140 50001
18 Riverside City College 1 0.00% 1 0.00% No 140 50001
18 University of Southern California 1 0.00% 1 0.00% No 140 50003
18 Mission College 2 0.03% 2 0.03% Yes 140 50001
18 Orange Coast College 2 0.01% 21 0.12% Yes 140 50001
18 Chapman University 2 0.02% 3 0.03% Yes 140 50003
18 Los Angeles City College 3 0.02% 14 0.08% Yes 140 50001
18 Mt. San Antonio College 3 0.01% 2 0.00% Yes 140 50001
18 Azusa Pacific University 3 0.04% 37 0.47% No 140 50003
18 University of California, Riverside 5 0.02% 2 0.01% Yes 140 50004
18 Lake Tahoe Community College 6 0.13% 1 0.02% Yes 140 50001
18 Oxnard College 6 0.08% 1 0.01% No 140 50001
18 San Joaquin Delta College 6 0.03% 33 0.15% Yes 140 50001
18 Sierra College 6 0.03% 1 0.00% Yes 140 50001
18 San Bernardino Valley College 7 0.05% 5 0.03% Yes 140 50001
18 California State University, Bakersfield 8 0.07% 2 0.02% Yes 140 50002
18 Grossmont College 8 0.05% 4 0.03% Yes 140 50001
18 College of the Redwoods 8 0.13% 7 0.12% No 140 50001
18 Folsom Lake College 10 0.09% 8 0.07% Yes 140 50001
18 Long Beach City College 10 0.04% 2 0.01% Yes 140 50001
18 California State University, Chico 11 0.07% 2 0.01% No 140 50002
18 California State University, Monterey Bay 12 0.15% 3 0.04% Yes 140 50002
18 Saddleback College 13 0.04% 2 0.01% No 140 50001
18 Sacramento City College 14 0.07% 6 0.03% No 140 50001
18 California State University, Northridge 15 0.04% 1 0.00% Yes 140 50002
18 University of California, Berkeley 17 0.04% 1 0.00% Yes 140 50004
18 California State University, Los Angeles 20 0.09% 6 0.03% Yes 140 50002
18 San Francisco State University 23 0.11% 3 0.01% Yes 140 50002
18 University of California, San Diego 27 0.06% 3 0.01% Yes 140 50004
18 California State University, San Marcos 28 0.18% 1 0.01% Yes 140 50002
18 University of California, Los Angeles 33 0.07% 1 0.00% No 140 50004
18 California State University, Fullerton 45 0.10% 3 0.01% Yes 140 50002
19 Allan Hancock College 53 0.37% 0 0.00% No 100 50001
20 University of the Pacific 0 0.00% 50 0.68% No 82 50003
21 Berkeley City College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 College of the Desert 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 East Los Angeles College 1 0.00% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Golden West College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Los Medanos College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Merritt College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Monterey Peninsula College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Pasadena City College 1 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 San Diego City College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 San Diego Miramar College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 College of San Mateo 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Santa Barbara City College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Thomas Aquinas College 1 0.18% 0 0.00% No 80 50003
21 University of La Verne 1 0.02% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50003
21 College of the Canyons 2 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Feather River College 2 0.12% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Merced College 2 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Santa Ana College 2 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Shasta College 2 0.02% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Skyline College 2 0.02% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Southwestern College 2 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Vanguard University 2 0.08% 0 0.00% No 80 50003
21 Coastline College 3 0.03% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Diablo Valley College 3 0.02% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Reedley College 3 0.02% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 City College of San Francisco 3 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Santa Monica College 3 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Chabot College 4 0.03% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Moorpark College 4 0.03% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 University of San Diego 5 0.05% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50003
21 Los Angeles Trade-Tech College 6 0.04% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Ventura College 6 0.05% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Citrus College 7 0.07% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 College of the Sequoias 8 0.05% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 California State University, East Bay 9 0.08% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50002
21 American River College 10 0.03% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Cosumnes River College 10 0.06% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Irvine Valley College 10 0.06% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 Victor Valley College 10 0.06% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 University of California, San Francisco 11 0.22% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50004
21 Antelope Valley College 13 0.09% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
21 San Diego State University 15 0.04% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50002
21 Butte College 20 0.16% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
21 Chaffey College 26 0.11% 0 0.00% Yes 80 50001
22 Barstow Community College 0 0.00% 1 0.03% No 60 50001
22 Copper Mountain College 0 0.00% 1 0.05% Yes 60 50001
22 Cuesta College 0 0.00% 4 0.04% No 60 50001
22 Los Angeles Mission College 0 0.00% 3 0.02% No 60 50001
22 Porterville College 0 0.00% 15 0.28% No 60 50001
22 Biola University 0 0.00% 1 0.02% No 60 50003
22 Loyola Marymount University 0 0.00% 1 0.01% No 60 50003
22 Occidental College 0 0.00% 1 0.05% No 60 50003
22 Saint Mary's College of California 0 0.00% 1 0.03% No 60 50003
22 CalBright College 0 0.00% 1 0.01% Yes 60 50001
22 American Film Institute Conservatory 0 0.00% 1 0.22% No 60 50003
23 My UC is not listed. 0 0.00% 14 0.00% No 0 50004
24 California State University, Stanislaus 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50002
25 College of Alameda 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
26 Cabrillo College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
27 Canada College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
28 Cerritos College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
29 Cerro Coso Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
30 Columbia College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
31 Contra Costa College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
32 DeAnza College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
33 El Camino College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
34 Evergreen Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
35 Foothill College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
36 Fresno City College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
37 Glendale Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
38 Hartnell College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
39 Imperial Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
40 Laney College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
41 Las Positas College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
42 Lassen College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
43 Los Angeles Harbor College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
44 Los Angeles Pierce College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
45 Los Angeles Southwest College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
46 College of Marin 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
47 Mendocino College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
48 MiraCosta College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
49 Modesto Junior College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
50 Moreno Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
51 Mt. San Jacinto College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
52 Norco College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
53 Ohlone College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
54 Palo Verde College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
55 Palomar College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
56 Rio Hondo College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
57 San Diego Mesa College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
58 San Jose City College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
59 Santa Rosa Junior College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
60 Santiago Canyon College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
61 College of the Siskiyous 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
62 Solano Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
63 Taft College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
64 Coalinga College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
65 Lemoore College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
66 West Los Angeles College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
67 West Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
68 Woodland Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
69 Yuba College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
70 No School Identified 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
71 Clovis Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
72 American Jewish University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
73 ArtCenter College of Design 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
74 University of Massachusetts Global 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
75 California Baptist University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
76 California College of the Arts 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
77 California Institute of Integral Studies 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
78 California Institute of Technology 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
79 California Institute of the Arts 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50003
80 California Lutheran University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
81 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
82 Claremont Graduate University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
83 Claremont McKenna College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
84 Concordia University Irvine 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
85 Dominican University of California 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
86 Fielding Graduate University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
87 Fresno Pacific University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
88 Golden Gate University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
89 Harvey Mudd College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50003
90 Humphreys University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
91 John Paul the Great Catholic University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
92 Keck Graduate Institute 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
93 La Sierra University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
94 Laguna College of Art & Design 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
95 Loma Linda University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
96 The Master’s University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
97 Menlo College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
98 Northeastern University Oakland 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
99 National University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
100 Notre Dame de Namur University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
101 Otis College of Art and Design 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
102 Pacific Union College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
103 Palo Alto University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
104 Pepperdine University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
105 Pitzer College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
106 Point Loma Nazarene University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
107 Pomona College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
108 Samuel Merrit University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
109 San Diego Christian College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
110 San Francisco Conservatory of Music 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
111 Santa Clara University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50003
112 Saybrook University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
113 Scripps College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
114 Simpson University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
115 Soka University of America 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
116 Southern California Institute of Architecture 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
117 Southern California University of Health Sciences 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
118 The Chicago School 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
119 Touro University California 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
120 University of San Francisco 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50003
121 University of the West 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
122 Western University of Health Sciences 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
123 Westmont College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
124 Whittier College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50003
125 Jessup University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
126 Woodbury University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
127 Hope International University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
128 Life Pacific University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
129 Los Angeles Pacific University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
130 Pacific Oaks College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
131 Touro University Worldwide 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
132 Zaytuna College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
133 Compton College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 0 50001
134 Madera Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
135 California Institute for Human Science 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
136 San Francisco Bay University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
137 North Orange Continuing Education 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
138 Minerva University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
139 Alder Graduate School of Education 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
140 Claremont Lincoln University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
141 Antioch University Los Angeles 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
142 Reach University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
143 San Diego College of Continuing Education 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
144 EDvance College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
145 Stanton University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
146 My Private University is not listed. 2 0.00% 2 0.00% No 0 50003
147 My Community College is not listed. 3 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
148 No School Identified 16 0.00% 6 0.00% No 0 50004