Ultiworld is broadcasting 16 games from this year's Classic City Classic!
November 4, 2025 by Edward Stephens in News, Video
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College ultimate is back on the menu! With the 2025 club season officially in the books, it’s time to look ahead to collegiate competition in 2026. The season will not officially start until January, but unsanctioned fall events have been taking place for more than a month. The best annual spring preview tournament in the men’s division is the University of Georgia-hosted Classic City Classic, and it’s this weekend in Athens.
We’ve got you covered for all the exciting action this weekend. Follow along on the Classic City Classic 2025 event page for livestreams and updates throughout the weekend. It all starts Saturday, November 8th, LIVE on Ultiworld!
Tournament Primer
- Dates: November 8-9, 2025
- Location: Athens, GA
- 2025 Nationals Teams: 9 (men’s), 1 (women’s)
- Full Schedule and Results
How To Watch
You will need an Ultiworld Standard or All-Access subscription to be able to watch games from Classic City Classic 2025. All broadcasted games will be available on-demand for viewing immediately following the live broadcasts.
Full Broadcast Schedule
Tournament Preview
The number one rule of Classic City Classic is: Don’t get too excited about Classic City Classic. It’s college ultimate, and it’s a lot of fun, but we won’t really know much about the teams involved until the spring. They’re incomplete, they’re experimenting, they’re getting to know themselves. Only some of what we see on the field at CCC will carry over into the season proper, and only a fool would overindex on the results in Athens this weekend.
But the number two rule of Classic City Classic is: Get very excited about Classic City Classic. The well-intentioned raucousness of the proceedings makes it a good time in and of itself, but for those interested in taking the long view it offers a convenient vantage point for the season to come. Here are a few of the questions we’ll ask ourselves while we watch the action shake out?
How Strong Will CUT’s Title Defense Be?
Carleton CUT tore through Nationals last year on the strength of four straight top-notch recruiting classes. A lot of that core remains intact — including 2025 Player of the Year Declan Miller and rookie sensations Ellis Newhouse, Charlie Bitler, Nate De Morgan, Axel Olson, and Thomas Shope — but some key upperclassmen from the spring have moved on, notably Daniel Chen and Cullen Baker. Can the incoming freshman class help keep them on top?
Which Teams Make Up the Challenger Class?
Whether they end up repeating or not, CUT are definitely contenders for the 2026 title. Who should we rank with them in that group? One or two challengers to the college throne are likely to be found among the CCC field. Do you like UNC Darkside to bounce back from their quarterfinal defeat under the leadership of Josh Singleton to regain their former status? After going out in the semis and final the last two years, will Colorado Mamabird be able to make the final step to another college championship? Or could one of the other 2025 bracket teams — Michigan MagnUM or Penn State Spank or Vermont Chill — take a massive leap forward in 2026?
Is the Southeast Shifting?
Georgia Jojah have taken the Southeast a whopping seven years in a row, the second-longest streak of regionals dominance behind UNC’s eight in the Atlantic Coast. But in the last couple of years in-state rivals Georgia Tech Tribe have picked up major recruits to close the talent gap, most notably Adam and Sam Grossberg. The Grossbergs were close to knocking off Jojah in 2025, and they’ve only gotten better since then. Can Jojah’s institutional knowledge (and a pretty great upperclassmen set led by Scotty Whitley and Jack Krugler) hold off the hard-charging Tribe for another season, or is 2026 the year the tables turn?
Programs on the Rise
Beyond the top line stories, a few schools could prove that the good work they have been doing will amount to Nationals campaigns. Brown Brownian Motion, who couldn’t quite get out of a tough New England Regionals in the spring, have young players to build around. Christian Belus, Stewart Kelley, and Ryan Manuel turned in fantastic club seasons: could they lead UNC Wilmington Seamen back to the Big Dance after several seasons away? Or is there a new Wisconsin Hodags invasion poised to rise out of the North Woods on the strength of players like sophomore Zach Morton? And can Pittsburgh En Sabah Nur’s reportedly strong recruiting class bounce them right back into the national picture?
New Heights Possible for Melee, Athena, and Wreck
The women’s division of CCC is more of an undercard because of how regional the field is — for the big action, check out Blue Ridge Finale in Virginia — but it could have a couple of Nationals teams at the top of the ticket. Georgia Athena have been regulars at the College Championships since 2019, but there’s a chance that 2026 could be their most complete team in a decade. With star senior Quincy Booth out until the spring, CCC should give us a good look at how the rest of the squad is shaping up. Texas Melee, meanwhile, have dipped in recent seasons to being an upper-level regionals team, but they appear to be on track to fighting near the top of the division again. That could start with a trip to Rockford next spring. And Georgia Tech Wreck have more than a chance to be able to run with Athena or anybody else at the top of the Southeast.
