EGF Collegiate Power Series
EGF Announces New Division I Collegiate Power Series
New York, NY (April 16, 2020) The Electronic Gaming Federation (EGF) today unveiled plans to host the EGF Collegiate Power Series designed to allow Division I universities nationwide to compete to crown a national champion. This tournament has been moved to a stay-at-home competitive environment and will feature Rocket League competition streamed on Twitch, Mixer and YouTube, so fans from all schools can share in the bracketed tournament action.
The EGF Collegiate Power Series features a multi-week qualifying round starting on April 20th, that progresses to a championship bracket that will decide a winner on May 10th. The tournament features 38 schools including: USC, UCLA, Cal Berkeley, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Missouri, Syracuse and Washington State. The BIG EAST conference jumped on board early to form an entire division and has already started competition in the qualifying round. Full list of teams is below.
“We worked directly with universities during this time of Covid-19 and the massive shift to online education for the remainder of this school year and realized the great opportunity and need for community, consistent engagement and meaningful competition,” said Eric Johnson, CEO, EGF. “This tournament permits top varsity teams to stay connected and compete nationally with other Division I programs. We’re excited to share the rivalry matches as these big name schools go head to head.”
The esports (competitive video games) industry is on fire: having generated more than $1 billion globally in 2019. Industry analysts have estimated that over 2 billion people worldwide play or watch esports across all gaming titles. By 2022, the growth of esports from a competition and viewer standpoint is expected to exceed 300 million participants. Collegiate programs began in earnest in 2015 and now feature more than 200 teams in the U.S.
Participating teams scheduled to appear:
| Butler University | Canisius College | Central Michigan | College of Charleston | DePaul University |
| Duquesne University | Florida State University | Georgetown University | Georgia Inst of Tech | Marist College |
| Marquette University | Niagara University | Northeastern University | RIT | Saint Peter's University |
| San Jose State University | Seton Hall University | St. John's University | Syracuse University | U of Louisiana Lafayette |
| UC Berkeley | UCLA | UNC Chapel Hill | University of Connecticut | University of Delaware |
| University of Kentucky | University of Missouri | University of New Mexico | University of North Dakota | University of Washington |
| USC (Southern Cal) | Univerity of TX-Arlington | Utah Valley University | Villanova University | Washington State Univ |
| Western Kentucky | Wichita State University | Xavier University |
ABOUT EGF: Founded in 2015, EGF is recognized as the leading national governing body for organized high school level and collegiate D-I esports leagues. EGF's youth, high school and D-I collegiate leagues are inspired by the best aspects of traditional sports to create opportunities for students and schools to engage and advance. In addition to the EGFC D-I league and invitationals, in 2019, EGF announced the 2020 Walt Disney World EGF High School National Championship as part of a five year collaboration with Walt Disney World. For more information or to inquire about collegiate participation, please visit EGF.gg, follow @officialEGF on Twitter, Instagram and Twitch and Facebook or contact info@EGFederation.gg.