Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence

06/08/2025

06/08/2025

Watch the Sunday afternoon livestream here! Currently Lambert is playing Detroit Catholic Central in a 4th-place tiebreaker, and then afterwards Strake Jesuit will play Lexington in the grand finals!

06/08/2025

PACE NSC Afternoon schedule (All times CDT):

1:45 PM:
Detroit Catholic Central vs. Lambert. Winner to 4th place match, loser finishes 6th
Adlai E. Stevenson vs. William Fremd. Winner to 9th place match, loser finishes 11th
Strake Jesuit B vs. Alabama Cyber Tech. Winner finishes 13th, loser finishes 14th

2:30 PM:
Hunter vs. winner of DCC/Lambert. Winner is 4th, loser finishes 5th
Innovation Academy vs. winner of Stevenson/Fremd. Winner is 9th, loser finishes 10th

2:35 PM:
Lexington vs. Strake Jesuit (Grand finals)

06/08/2025

With one superplayoff game to go, Strake Jesuit can clear the field and be NSC Champions if they beat Lexington, but if the Massachusetts squad wins then they will will force a one-game final this afternoon. You can catch all the action at

06/07/2025

The NSC is here! 84 of the best quizbowl teams in the nation will vie for the championship trophy over two days of action, and there are many ways to follow along:

Tournament hub with liveblog: https://www.pace-nsc.org/
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srXuvar4HyY
Live stats: https://www.pace-nsc.org/live/

Welcome to the live standings page of the 2025 PACE NSC! Here you will find scores and standings of each of the 84 teams competing this weekend. You can use the menus above, or you can click on a team or bracket anywhere on the page to navigate around.

06/07/2025

https://www.pace-nsc.org/ is ready for the NSC! Saturday morning schedules are available athttps://www.pace-nsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/individual_team_prelims_schedule.pdf

06/06/2025

Scorigami: (Almost) every single score of every single game in NSC history

06/06/2025

Happy PACE NSC travel day! Safe travels to all teams and staffers making their way to Rosemont

05/28/2025

PACE NSC shirts are now on sale! Be sure to pick one up at https://www.customink.com/fundraising/pace-nsc-2025 and help support quizbowl in the process

Shirts will be shipped directly to you after NSC. PACE is a 501c(3) non-profit. Your donations help us fund the NSC, college scholarships, outreach, the HSQuizbowl forums, and many other projects.

04/28/2025

Do you know a quizbowl player, coach, or community member who has gone above and beyond in promoting the game? Nominations for the 2025 Benjamin Cooper Awards are now open! Check out the images to see descriptions of the two awards and email [email protected] with nomination statements.

02/26/2025

Come join us and staff the PACE NSC! We'll be in Chicago the weekend of June 7-8 and we want you to help make it an amazing experience for teams from all across the country.

Please note that filling out the form does not guarantee an invitation to staff, only an indication of interest.

Fill out this form to be added to the interest list for staffing PACE NSC in the current and future years. Filling out this form is NOT a guarantee of receiving a staffing invite for current or future NSCs. Every year, staffing invites are sent in phases by the tournament direction team based on tou...