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ALT Overwatch Collegiate Matchup Highlight Bellevue University vs University of Texas at Dallas (Varsity)
ALT Matchup Highlight Overwatch Collegiate Watch on Twitch: OW_ESPORTS, NACESPORTS Watch on YouTube: OW_ESPORTS, NACEGG Bellevue University vs University of Texas at Dallas Back for Blood After both fell one game short of the top four last spring, the Bruins and Comets return with something to prove. Bellevue has opened its Varsity season strong, securing two out-of-conference victories and an impressive win over top-rated Grand View. UT Dallas, meanwhile, suffered a decisive loss to that same Grand View squad but is looking to shake off its early-month struggles and find its stride. For the Comets, pulling off the upset will take a complete team effort, but there’s no shortage of fire in Dallas. Three map wins separate these two programs from a statement victory on the collegiate main stage.
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ALT Varsity Conference Playoffs Compete in an in-conference tournament to fight for an auto-bid to the NACE Championship bracket. Legacy conferences default to a single elimination, high seed advantage bracket. Bracket: Round 1 Match 1: 8th seed vs 5th seed Match 2: 7th seed vs 6th seed Quarterfinals Match 3: 4th seed vs Winner of Match 1 Match 4: 3rd seed vs Winner of Match 2 Semifinals Match 5: 1st seed vs Winner of Match 3 Match 6: 2nd seed vs Winner of Match 4 Finals Match 7: Winner of Match 5 vs Winner of Match 6 The winner of Match 7 receives an auto-bid to the NACE Championship. Season timeline: September through April, with Conference Playoffs highlighted in March.
ALT Nationals Qualification Every Varsity team qualifies for Nationals. How many brackets a game title gets depends on how many Varsity teams it has. Titles with up to 48 teams play only the Championship, the Classic is added above 48 teams, and the Invitational at 80+ teams. The Top 8 teams from the NACE Championship qualify for the end-of-year LAN. The NACE Classic and Invitational provide an online nationals bracket for those outside of the NACE Championship. Amount of teams in league: 0 and up: NACE Championship. Conference auto-bids and the highest ranked at-large. Top 8 qualify for LAN. 48 and up: NACE Classic. Online national bracket, seeded by final NACE rankings. 80+: NACE Invitational. Online national bracket, seeded by final NACE rankings. Season timeline: September through April, with April highlighted.
ALT New NACE Rankings A resume-based ranking for Varsity like NPI (college hockey) and NET (college basketball). It updates in realtime and decides at-large Nationals bids. In-depth example leaderboard at nacesports.org/varsity. Your full season (conference play, out-of-conference play, conference playoffs) feeds into your season resume, which becomes your NACE ranking, which decides at-large bids. Ranking Factors Quality Wins: Beating high-ranked teams. Quality Win (QW) = top 20% win. Solid Win (SW) = top 40% win. Bad Losses: Losing to low-ranked teams. Bad Loss (BL) = bottom 40% loss. Terrible Loss (TL) = bottom 20%. Strength of Schedule: How tough your opponents were throughout the season. Win Precentage: Share of your matches that you won. Example leaderboard (columns: rank, team name, resume score, record, qualified to)
ALT Varsity Season Schedule The Varsity Season takes place from October to April and is composed of: Regular Season Play (In-conference, Out-of-conference) Conference Playoffs Nationals Timeline: September is Registration + Eligibility. October through February is the Regular Season, with In-Conference Play and Out-of-Conference Play running side by side. A Spring Eligibility Check for Playoffs falls in January through February. March is Conference Playoffs. April is National Playoffs. NACE rankings update all season.
ALT Varsity Regular Season The Varsity regular season takes place from October 12th through February 15th. Eligibility Week: Oct 12 - 16 Eligibility Week: Feb 12 - 19 In-Conference Play: Round robin within a designated conference. Out-of-Conference Play: 6 weeks of Swiss format games across all schools. Season timeline: Oct 12th to Feb 15th. Months shown: October, November, December, January, February. NACE rankings update all season.
ALT Varsity Regular Season In-Conference: Every Varsity team is placed in their own conference based on self-select OR skill and regionality. Varsity teams compete in Round Robin against members within their conference. Out-of-Conference: Every Varsity team plays 6 Swiss matches against teams from other conferences. You face teams with the same out-of-conference record as you. Every Varsity team will play both in-conference and out-of-conference matches throughout the regular season.
ALT New Out of Conference Play Everyone Starts 0-0: Round 1 match-ups are completely random. Compete against teams from other conferences with a 0-0 record. Matched by Record: After Round 1, you will be paired against opponents with the same out-of-conference record as you. Win your Round 1 match and you face a 1-0 team. Lose and you face a 0-1 team. Counts in Your Ranking: Your final Out-of-Conference record is part of your NACE ranking resume. Your rank will count towards both qualifying and the subsequent seeding for the NACE National Championship. Example: San Diego Smores OOC Season Overview, starting at 0-0. Match 1: Win, paired against opponent at 0-0 Match 2: Loss, paired against opponent at 1-0 Match 3: Win, paired against opponent at 1-1 Match 4: Win, paired against opponent at 2-1 Match 5: Loss, paired against opponent at 3-1 Match 6: Win, paired against opponent at 3-2 Final Out of Conference Record: 4-2, ranked 26th.