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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.


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 1622 7.68% 107 0.51% Yes 1137 50003
2 California State University, Channel Islands 47 0.95% 595 12.08% Yes 1085 50002
3 University of Redlands 29 0.80% 243 6.67% Yes 891 50003
4 Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo & Maritime Academy) 290 1.25% 886 3.81% Yes 884 50002
5 California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 42 0.67% 211 3.36% Yes 737 50002
6 California State University, Sacramento 60 0.19% 664 2.12% Yes 728 50002
7 University of California, Merced 19 0.21% 403 4.41% Yes 721 50004
8 California State University, San Bernardino 46 0.24% 436 2.29% Yes 688 50002
9 Cuyamaca College 3 0.03% 200 2.09% Yes 668 50001
10 Fullerton College 11 0.06% 252 1.26% Yes 624 50001
11 California State University, Long Beach 153 0.36% 751 1.78% Yes 621 50002
12 Mount Saint Mary’s University 5 0.18% 59 2.11% Yes 613 50003
13 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 50 0.18% 927 3.41% Yes 602 50002
14 University of California, Santa Cruz 141 0.71% 1 0.01% Yes 585 50004
15 Sonoma State University 7 0.14% 60 1.20% Yes 584 50002
16 San José State University 56 0.16% 97 0.27% Yes 580 50002
16 University of California, San Diego 63 0.15% 66 0.15% Yes 580 50004
17 El Camino College 1 0.00% 1 0.00% Yes 540 50001
17 Mt. San Antonio College 4 0.01% 2 0.00% Yes 540 50001
17 American River College 13 0.04% 5 0.02% Yes 540 50001
17 California State University, Los Angeles 24 0.11% 9 0.04% Yes 540 50002
17 California State University, San Marcos 34 0.22% 2 0.01% Yes 540 50002
17 San Francisco State University 34 0.16% 5 0.02% Yes 540 50002
18 Orange Coast College 8 0.05% 21 0.12% Yes 520 50001
18 Long Beach City College 10 0.04% 3 0.01% Yes 520 50001
18 California State University, Monterey Bay 18 0.23% 8 0.10% Yes 520 50002
18 Chaffey College 31 0.13% 1 0.00% Yes 520 50001
18 California State University, Fresno 84 0.34% 17 0.07% Yes 520 50002
18 California State University, Fullerton 140 0.31% 7 0.02% Yes 520 50002
19 University of California, Santa Barbara 289 1.11% 1 0.00% Yes 515 50004
20 Mission College 3 0.04% 2 0.03% Yes 500 50001
20 Los Angeles City College 4 0.02% 14 0.08% Yes 500 50001
20 Sierra College 6 0.03% 1 0.00% Yes 500 50001
20 San Joaquin Delta College 7 0.03% 33 0.15% Yes 500 50001
20 Cosumnes River College 11 0.06% 1 0.01% Yes 500 50001
21 University of California, Berkeley 131 0.29% 31 0.07% Yes 490 50004
22 San Bernardino Valley College 8 0.05% 5 0.03% Yes 485 50001
23 Berkeley City College 2 0.03% 0 0.00% Yes 480 50001
23 Coastline College 4 0.03% 0 0.00% Yes 480 50001
23 Lake Tahoe Community College 6 0.13% 1 0.02% Yes 480 50001
23 Irvine Valley College 14 0.08% 0 0.00% Yes 480 50001
24 California State University, Bakersfield 13 0.12% 4 0.04% Yes 470 50002
24 California State University, East Bay 13 0.12% 13 0.12% Yes 470 50002
25 California State University, Dominguez Hills 16 0.11% 229 1.58% Yes 461 50002
26 Hartnell College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 460 50001
26 Feather River College 2 0.12% 0 0.00% Yes 460 50001
26 Shasta College 3 0.03% 0 0.00% Yes 460 50001
27 City College of San Francisco 4 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 450 50001
28 Folsom Lake College 11 0.10% 8 0.07% Yes 440 50001
29 Bakersfield College 22 0.07% 74 0.24% Yes 435 50001
30 San Diego State University 31 0.08% 2 0.00% Yes 430 50002
31 CalBright College 0 0.00% 1 0.01% Yes 425 50001
32 Copper Mountain College 0 0.00% 1 0.05% Yes 420 50001
32 Citrus College 7 0.07% 0 0.00% Yes 420 50001
32 Antelope Valley College 21 0.15% 1 0.01% Yes 420 50001
33 University of San Diego 8 0.08% 0 0.00% Yes 415 50003
34 Grossmont College 19 0.13% 5 0.03% Yes 410 50001
35 University of California, Davis 112 0.27% 203 0.50% Yes 407 50004
36 California State University, Northridge 27 0.07% 2 0.01% Yes 405 50002
37 Ohlone College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 400 50001
37 Whittier College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 400 50003
37 Gavilan College 1 0.01% 2 0.03% Yes 400 50001
37 Compton College 1 0.02% 0 0.00% Yes 400 50001
38 Los Medanos College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 385 50001
39 College of the Siskiyous 1 0.04% 0 0.00% Yes 380 50001
40 University of California, Riverside 14 0.05% 5 0.02% Yes 365 50004
41 Crafton Hills College 9 0.13% 50 0.71% Yes 352 50001
42 College of Alameda 0 0.00% 1 0.02% Yes 350 50001
42 Chapman University 2 0.02% 4 0.04% Yes 350 50003
43 Napa Valley College 3 0.06% 31 0.60% Yes 347 50001
44 Diablo Valley College 4 0.02% 0 0.00% Yes 345 50001
45 Palomar College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 340 50001
45 University of La Verne 1 0.02% 0 0.00% Yes 340 50003
46 University of San Francisco 0 0.00% 1 0.01% Yes 335 50003
46 Merced College 2 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 335 50001
47 Golden West College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 325 50001
47 Los Angeles Pierce College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 325 50001
47 San Diego Miramar College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 325 50001
47 Pasadena City College 3 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 325 50001
47 University of California, San Francisco 18 0.35% 0 0.00% Yes 325 50004
48 Santa Ana College 2 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 315 50001
49 Southwestern College 2 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 310 50001
50 San Diego City College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 300 50001
51 Harvey Mudd College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 295 50003
52 California State University, Stanislaus 3 0.03% 0 0.00% Yes 270 50002
53 Porterville College 0 0.00% 53 0.98% Yes 267 50001
54 California Institute of the Arts 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 255 50003
54 Santa Clara University 0 0.00% 1 0.01% Yes 255 50003
55 Norco College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 245 50001
56 MiraCosta College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 240 50001
57 Monterey Peninsula College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% Yes 235 50001
58 Allan Hancock College 105 0.73% 1 0.01% No 205 50001
59 Fresno City College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 190 50001
59 Santiago Canyon College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 190 50001
60 University of the Pacific 2 0.03% 54 0.73% No 182 50003
61 Azusa Pacific University 4 0.05% 42 0.53% No 162 50003
62 University of California, Irvine 34 0.09% 67 0.18% No 160 50004
62 University of California, Los Angeles 55 0.11% 4 0.01% No 160 50004
63 Cerro Coso Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% Yes 155 50001
64 College of the Desert 1 0.01% 1 0.01% No 140 50001
64 East Los Angeles College 1 0.00% 1 0.00% No 140 50001
64 Cypress College 2 0.01% 4 0.02% No 140 50001
64 Los Angeles Mission College 2 0.02% 4 0.03% No 140 50001
64 Riverside City College 2 0.01% 1 0.00% No 140 50001
64 University of Southern California 2 0.00% 1 0.00% No 140 50003
64 Los Angeles Valley College 5 0.03% 3 0.02% No 140 50001
64 Santa Monica College 6 0.02% 1 0.00% No 140 50001
64 College of the Redwoods 9 0.15% 7 0.12% No 140 50001
64 California State University, Chico 13 0.09% 5 0.03% No 140 50002
64 Oxnard College 15 0.19% 1 0.01% No 140 50001
64 Sacramento City College 17 0.08% 7 0.03% No 140 50001
64 Saddleback College 19 0.06% 4 0.01% No 140 50001
65 Contra Costa College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Merritt College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 San Jose City College 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 College of San Mateo 1 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Yuba College 1 0.02% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 California Lutheran University 1 0.03% 0 0.00% No 80 50003
65 Thomas Aquinas College 1 0.18% 0 0.00% No 80 50003
65 Woodbury University 1 0.10% 0 0.00% No 80 50003
65 Evergreen Valley College 2 0.02% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Santa Barbara City College 2 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Skyline College 2 0.02% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Vanguard University 2 0.08% 0 0.00% No 80 50003
65 College of the Canyons 3 0.01% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Chabot College 6 0.05% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Reedley College 7 0.06% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Moorpark College 8 0.06% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Ventura College 9 0.08% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Los Angeles Trade-Tech College 10 0.07% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 College of the Sequoias 10 0.07% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Victor Valley College 14 0.08% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
65 Butte College 20 0.16% 0 0.00% No 80 50001
66 Barstow Community College 0 0.00% 2 0.06% No 60 50001
66 Cerritos College 0 0.00% 1 0.00% No 60 50001
66 Cuesta College 0 0.00% 4 0.04% No 60 50001
66 Foothill College 0 0.00% 1 0.01% No 60 50001
66 ArtCenter College of Design 0 0.00% 2 0.07% No 60 50003
66 Biola University 0 0.00% 1 0.02% No 60 50003
66 California Baptist University 0 0.00% 1 0.01% No 60 50003
66 California Institute of Technology 0 0.00% 2 0.08% No 60 50003
66 Claremont McKenna College 0 0.00% 1 0.07% No 60 50003
66 Loyola Marymount University 0 0.00% 1 0.01% No 60 50003
66 Occidental College 0 0.00% 4 0.20% No 60 50003
66 Pacific Union College 0 0.00% 1 0.08% No 60 50003
66 Pepperdine University 0 0.00% 2 0.02% No 60 50003
66 Pomona College 0 0.00% 1 0.06% No 60 50003
66 Saint Mary's College of California 0 0.00% 4 0.13% No 60 50003
66 Scripps College 0 0.00% 1 0.09% No 60 50003
66 Westmont College 0 0.00% 1 0.07% No 60 50003
66 American Film Institute Conservatory 0 0.00% 2 0.45% No 60 50003
67 Cabrillo College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
68 Canada College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
69 Columbia College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
70 DeAnza College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
71 Glendale Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
72 Imperial Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
73 Laney College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
74 Las Positas College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
75 Lassen College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
76 Los Angeles Harbor College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
77 Los Angeles Southwest College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
78 College of Marin 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
79 Mendocino College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
80 Modesto Junior College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
81 Moreno Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
82 Mt. San Jacinto College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
83 Palo Verde College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
84 Rio Hondo College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
85 San Diego Mesa College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
86 Santa Rosa Junior College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
87 Solano Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
88 Taft College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
89 Coalinga College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
90 Lemoore College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
91 West Los Angeles College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
92 West Valley College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
93 Woodland Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
94 No School Identified 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
95 Clovis Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
96 American Jewish University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
97 University of Massachusetts Global 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
98 California College of the Arts 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
99 California Institute of Integral Studies 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
100 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
101 Claremont Graduate University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
102 Concordia University Irvine 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
103 Dominican University of California 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
104 Fielding Graduate University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
105 Fresno Pacific University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
106 Golden Gate University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
107 Humphreys University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
108 John Paul the Great Catholic University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
109 Keck Graduate Institute 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
110 La Sierra University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
111 Laguna College of Art & Design 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
112 Loma Linda University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
113 The Master’s University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
114 Menlo College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
115 Northeastern University Oakland 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
116 National University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
117 Notre Dame de Namur University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
118 Otis College of Art and Design 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
119 Palo Alto University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
120 Pitzer College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
121 Point Loma Nazarene University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
122 Samuel Merrit University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
123 San Diego Christian College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
124 San Francisco Conservatory of Music 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
125 Saybrook University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
126 Simpson University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
127 Soka University of America 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
128 Southern California Institute of Architecture 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
129 Southern California University of Health Sciences 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
130 The Chicago School 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
131 Touro University California 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
132 University of the West 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
133 Western University of Health Sciences 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
134 Jessup University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
135 Hope International University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
136 Life Pacific University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
137 Los Angeles Pacific University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
138 Pacific Oaks College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
139 Touro University Worldwide 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
140 Zaytuna College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
141 Madera Community College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
142 California Institute for Human Science 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
143 San Francisco Bay University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
144 North Orange Continuing Education 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
145 Minerva University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
146 Alder Graduate School of Education 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
147 Claremont Lincoln University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
148 Antioch University Los Angeles 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
149 Reach University 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
150 San Diego College of Continuing Education 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
151 EDvance College 0 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50003
152 Stanton University 0 0.00% 1 0.00% No 0 50003
153 My UC is not listed. 1 0.00% 16 0.00% No 0 50004
154 My Private University is not listed. 2 0.00% 2 0.00% No 0 50003
155 My Community College is not listed. 3 0.00% 0 0.00% No 0 50001
156 No School Identified 30 0.00% 7 0.00% No 0 50004