🎃 It's certainly a treat to have so many collegiate events this October! Here is an overview of all of the collegiate events happening this month!
Further details and events can be found on the Collegiate Calendar page:
For the CCA League, Season 4... 🥁
we have✨129 COLLEGIATE TEAMS✨from 78 unique universities across North America (shoutouts to our first ever Canadian teams!) Looking forward to a great season kicking off this Monday!
Check out our collegiate map here:
Registration for CCA League Season 2 has closed and the final count is...
✨ 60 UNIVERSITY TEAMS ✨
Check out the 44 different universities represented this season on the map and tune in for the Week 1 starting Monday!
For recent high school graduates/rising seniors unable to help jumpstart a
#Splatoon
varsity scene at their respective high school, here at the CCA we hope to guide college students through the processes to establishing clubs and competitive teams at their university!
We’re excited to share an official partnership with
@PlayVS
that will make
#SmashBrosUltimate
&
#Splatoon2
officially recognized varsity athletics at participating high schools beginning in Fall 2021!
Learn more, including how to join the waitlist today!
Thank you all for an inkredible CCA group photo @ Low Tide City 2023 last weekend! 🥳🎉
Everyone had an absolute blast meeting each other! We hope you all had as much fun as we did, and we can’t wait to meet more of you in the future! 🦑🐙💖
#LTC2023
#Splatoon3
📸
@EJYuTech
The CCA is hitting the road with a new invitational LAN!
⛱️CCA Road Trip 🚗is a Southern California collegiate LAN in collaboration with
@IVCesports
.
10 SoCal teams will compete to determine the champions of the southwest coast next Saturday, 2/24!
🎥
🚨THE LEAGUE IS BACK🚨
The registration period for the upcoming season of the CCA League opens today and closes Friday, March 1st. Don't delay and sign up for Season 5 today!
Thanks for helping us charge up those Booyah Bombs 🥣! Introducing...
✨ BOOYAH BOWL 2 ✨
16 collegiate teams from CCA League Season 2 & 3 will battle it out to crown a champion among champions in this invitational event!
🦑 It all goes down Sunday, June 25 at 11am PT/2pm ET!
The first ever CCA Road Trip has reached its final destination. Thank you to everyone who helped and competed!
CONGRATS TO
@UCSDesports
GOLD for winning Grand Finals 3-1 vs.
@csulbesports
Gold!
🏆 UCSD Esports Gold
🥈 CSULB Gold
🥉 UCSD Esports Navy
Your CCA League Season 5 Division Champions!
D1 UCSD Esports Gold (
@UCSDesports
)
D2 Splatlanders
D3 CSULB Black
D4 WPI Grizzco Union Busters (
@WPI_Splatoon
)
D5 The TableTerp Troupe
D6 Auburn Navy (
@GamingAuburn
)
With the CCA League: Season 3 starting this upcoming Monday... we have once again exceeded our signups record and reached✨83✨collegiate teams, with 62 unique universities!!
📝Stay tuned for Week 1 info dropping early this coming week!
We are saddened by the passing of our dear friend and cofounder Ethan. His talent and dedication to the collegiate Splatoon scene will forever be appreciated.
We will miss you, Ethan. Thank you for everything. 💛
We are regretful to share with you all the passing of our good friend Ethan. Known as Ewang/Jolteon79, he was a shining light of the Purdue community. He devoted his heart and soul into the student org, ITAP, & the greater Splatoon scene. We miss you, Ethan. May you rest in peace
Introducing Division 1 of CCA League: Season 3!
From long-established collegiate forces to newer students that have proven their skills in Entrance Exam, Division 1 is a highly contested pool of teams this season. You'll want to tune in to its developments throughout the season!
With a Season 3 on the horizon, let's take a moment to look back at Season 2's brightest stars.
Introducing: The All-CCA First Team from Season 2 of the CCA League!
Get your pencils, TI84s, and cheatsheets ready; CCA: Entrance Exam 2 is rapidly approaching!
Duke it out with fellow collegiate teams on Saturday, September 16th at 11am PT/2pm ET and see whose study group can perform the best on this exam ✍️📚
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new CCA Stats visualization tool, courtesy of our newest staff member,
@HaakonHK
This dashboard allows you to look at, analyze, and drill through the game data collected from Season 3 and Booyah Bowl 2. 📊
SRL Tourist Advisory Board with a heads-up from Mincemeat Metalworks:
"Thank you for your interest in our facilities. The metalworks will be closed from 1/22 at 4PM PT until 1/24 at 4PM PT for inventory and on-site inspection. We look forward to hosting you in the future."
🚨Collegiate Crossfire Incoming!🚨
In collaboration with TOs and teams from NSE, the top collegiate teams from North America and the United Kingdom will be facing off for the first time ever!
Join us for this special invitational on Saturday, June 8th at
In half an hour... tune in to the first of its kind! The CCA: Booyah Bowl collegiate invitational will commence! Be sure to catch all the action starting at 1pmET on
We have CCA merch now!
First item: your favorite Season 4 meme in T-Shirt form! Get a limited edition DEBALLS shirt before it gets timed out on January 1st.
Also, stickers are back until December 31st, so pick some up if you missed our last year sale!
The start of the new season has brought insane growth and a lot of milestones within these past two weeks.
Thank you to everyone for continuing to support the Collegiate Cephalopod Association! 💙💜
(The graphic originally said 500 Twitch followers, but that changed real fast.)
📊 CCA Stats Showcase:
Let's look at the most aggressive, supportive, and utility-focused players so far this season:
- [KU] »-Greyyex→ for Aggression with 57.72 (LA: 19.2)
- [DPU] Allyn for Support with 56.61 (LA: 33.86)
- [UNCG] spl0rped for Utility with 60.14 (LA: 37.27)
Signups for the CCA League are now open! Link Below!
Additionally, we are proud to announce that we have partnered with
@msiUSA
to bring the first collegiate Splatoon league to life by providing a prize package for our inaugural winners.
Check out our Discord for more info!
Looking for more summer action before college starts back? The CCA is taking a nice summer vacation with it's newest tournament...Study Abroad!
Study Abroad is a free agent tournament where you will be paired up with other people from different schools.
Every one of the ✨129✨ teams has been seeded for CCA League Season 4!
Curious about your division placement? Come join the CCA Staff as we host the CCA League Season 4 Division Reveal Show today at 5pm PST/8pm EST!
📺Only on:
The first ever
#Splatoon2
collegiate tournament is here! Grab your college friends to battle it out in the CCA: Rush Weekend Tournament on August 8th! Join our server to learn more about signups!
✨ Celebrate the end of the academic year with CCA Booyah Bowl 3! ✨
Top CCA teams will play to prove the top team from the last academic year! Featuring 8 division winners and the most notable teams from the 23-24 academic year!
Catch it live tomorrow starting at 2pm ET!
Congrats to our winners for the first ever
#Splatoon2
tournament: Rainbow Sparkly Unicorns! They will receive a cash prize of $100 for reigning supreme!
Thank you all for tuning in and watching students battle it out for the top. Be sure to stay in the loop for more events!
We've been cooking with some fun stream innovations this season, like VC drop-ins and mini maps!
Tune in tonight to see these features LIVE during our special FGCU BIG RUN at 8pm ET!
Thanks to PSU, UCSD, Banana Split, HSK, and Stars of Orion for letting us into their VCs!
The CCA is back and we’re hosting our first collegiate invitational, the Booyah Bowl! At least 8 college teams across the United States will compete for gold on Sunday, January 16th 🐙
The event will streamed on Twitch, so tune in and see how much the collegiate scene has grown!
🎉 Giveaway Time! 🎉 Which side can reach their goal first: Twitter or Twitch?
How to win:
- Like, RT, and Follow & we’ll randomly pick the Twitter winner!
First to reach the goal, winner gets to pick their stickers! When the other goal is met, staff will pick for you!
Join us TONIGHT for the OFFICIAL CCA League Season 3 Opener!
1⃣ 2 new teams make their CCA League debuts.
2⃣ Last season's Division 1 and 2 runners-up begin their campaigns.
3⃣ The oldest CCA team and the fastest growing CCA team clash.
📺 ONLY on !
We have a RECORD-BREAKING event today featuring...
✨ 63 Collegiate Teams! ✨
Tune in starting at 11am PT/2pm ET to see the next generation of collegiate players battle it out!
Who doesn't like stats? We're proud to share the CCA League: Season 3 Stats Spreadsheet! We covered ALL 83 collegiate teams and their matches for the regular season!
Thanks to
@HaakonHK
for working with us and for the creation of this spreadsheet!
The regular season has come to a close, here’s how the teams currently stand heading into playoffs!
- Red Emberz and UCSD losing 3 games combined
- VCU swims by PSU in 7
- Knight Sharks barely survive in 7, letting OU keep 5th
Official playoff matchups will be noted later.
✨ Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight ✨
Welcome UCSD Esports Gold 🔱 to the Booyah Bowl!
@UCSDesports
returns for their 2nd Booyah Bowl with 3 straight 4th place finishes this school year in Season 2, 3, and Entrance Exam, hoping to finally break the trend and claim their crown.
🚨Registration for the CCA League: Season 3 is now OPEN!🚨
Gather a squad at your university and register today! Signups will close on Feb 24th at 11:59pmET, so be sure to join our Discord to learn more!
don't procrastinate ;)
That's the set! With a final score of 5-3 after a long and grueling one-day playoffs, give it up for your Season 3 Division 1 champions:
@BananaSplit_UCD
EaUCD Banana Split!
Pushing onward! The CCA officially recognizes the Season 3, All-Division 3 Roster! Congratulations to these players who showed they can turf with the best this season!
Roster:
@SpaceSeals
drey
@Curling_Bombs
@ninetysplat
Here at the CCA we're proud to have
@msiUSA
as the official sponsor of Season 3 of the CCA League! As part of our partnership, MSI will be providing prizing this season for the winning team of Divisions 1 through 4!
Each member of the winning team will receive the following...
We are LIVE on Twitch with Booyah Bowl 2!
Grab your favorite cereal and get ready for some action! Head on over to either of our Twitch streams!
CCA -
SplatoonTourney -
GLHF, and... BOOYAH!!!
🚨SURPRISE REVEAL🚨
You've been waiting for it! We will be sharing the finalized CCA League: Season 3 divisions LIVE
Join us right after the LUTI Div 8 finals at approx 4pmET/1pmPT to get a first look at how Season 3 will shake out!
📺Only on:
Our top 2 teams from each division last season received a prize package from
@msiUSA
! We even had the opportunity to hand deliver a couple of prizes to ITAP members at Riptide.
Who will be the next CCA League Champions? Stay tuned.
Three cheers for the players nominated to be your Season 5, All-Division 3 team roster in the CCA!
△↑ Koreki
#9390
| UTK
@spl_fox
| VCU
@SpaceSeals
| WM
X7
#6118
| UCB
Congrats and great job for your performances this last season! We got 2 more All-Division to announce!
We're kicking off our spring semester with our first one-off event of 2024! CCA: Entrance Exam 3 is open for signups!
Registration closes on Thursday, Feb 8th at 11:59pmET.
Sign up HERE:
Be sure to join our Discord to stay in the loop for this event!
Studying last minute for the big Entrance Exam (3) tomorrow? Not to worry, the CCA has you covered! Come check out our super informative study guide, curated by TA
@CtrlAltDefrost
!
You can view it HERE:
Congratulations to your Booyah Bowl Winners - ITAP!
Thank you all for your support - we hope you had fun competing and supporting the stream!
1st - Inkling Technology at Purdue (
@Splatoon_Purdue
)
2nd - Comet Blasters (
@UTD_Splat
)
3rd - USCD Esports (
@TritonSplatoon
)
Championship Weekend is HERE!
It's been a long journey for our final 2 teams in each division. Take a peek at some of the highlights from the regular season to get hyped up for our 5 GRAND FINALS matches this weekend!
Full video:
Next up is Division 2 of CCA League: Season 3!
Come watch some of the standout teams from the lower divisions of Season 2 try their luck against their more experienced peers. Will their studying pay off? Keep a close eye on this division during the season!
Let's keep it moving! The Collegiate Cephalopod Association officially recognizes the Season 3, All-Division 5 Roster! Congratulations to the nominees for their spectacular showing this past season!
Roster:
1/4noomy!
@Ovengoats
CSS Kiza
Nikki
A long-time coming, but the CCA League has concluded.
Congrats to UCSD Esports and Inkling Technology at Purdue for their Division A Co-Championship of the inaugural CCA League!
🚨Warning! 🚨
Trusted CCA scientists have spotted a potential 3-stage eclipse occurring this Sunday starting at 10:30pm ET!
Sparks of RED EMBERZ may be detected throughout the entire occurrence. This is surely to be a BIG event that collegiate folks should RUN to observe...
Week 2 shaking up the rankings once more:
- UCSD continuing to stay dominate throughout the season
- PSU dropping another game 4 but staying strong
- GMU hanging on with another game 7 thriller
- VCU just outside the top 5 after a 4-0 last week
Surprise! 🦍🌊
Join us for the first-ever Collegiate Splatoon LAN at Riptide! We hope you'll be able to join the wave of collegiate events at Riptide on Saturday, Sept 9th.
Diving even further into the collegiate space, we are proud to announce the first ever Collegiate Splatoon 3 event in collaboration with the
@CCA_Splatoon
!
Interested teams please send an email to riptidessbm
@gmail
.com for more information and to reserve a spot!
The CCA League has officially launched, with a total 10 teams split into Divisions A and B. We got some familiar faces like ITAP, UCSD, PAL, and the Comet Blasters.
We also feature some newer teams, like the recently formed PSU Splatoon and the Roughriders from Crowder College!
You wanted more power rankings, you got them! Here's our top 5 teams coming out of Week 1 of Season 5. Be sure to keep an eye for more Power Rankings heading into Week 2!
✨Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight✨
Welcome Knight Sharks 🦈 to the Booyah Bowl!
The champions of Entrance Exam and the Division 1 runner-up for Season 2 and Season 3,
@UCFSplatoon
is in the hunt to get their revenge on the two teams that denied them their Division 1 crown.
🔖 Curious if your university has a Splatoon club? 🤔
Check out The CCA University Directory, which has information on almost every university program within the CCA community:
✨Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight✨
Welcome EaUCD Banana Split 🍌 to the Booyah Bowl!
@BananaSplit_UCD
took CCA by storm last season, winning Division 1 in their rookie season. Now everyone has one question: do they have what it takes to defend their title as the top CCA team?
We're so excited to announce our collaboration with
@FloridaGameCon
to host our next tournament on February 21st at 2pm EST.
What's more? This event is OPEN TO EVERYONE!
The prize pool is 4 CORSAIR HS50 PRO Headsets for the winning team!
Stay tuned for more info!💜
✨ CCA Team Spotlight ✨
With some fresh new fish on their roster, the Goomies (
@GoomiesSplatoon
) are making waves in Divison 5 this season!
With a strong start, they've got their eyes on the prize and they've shown they refuse to go down without a good fight!
✨Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight✨
Welcome Nightfall 🤘 to the Booyah Bowl!
Hailing from the University of Texas at Austin, one of the new cornerstones of the CCA community, and winning Division 3 in Season 3, Nightfall has proven itself to not be a team to take lightly.
Give a grand welcome to Division 5 of CCA League: Season 3!
Primarily occupied by secondary teams from higher division universities, Division 5 shows great promise for the future of the CCA. Who know what might happen here? Keep an eye on them throughout the season
✨Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight✨
Welcome Barracuda 🐟 to the Booyah Bowl!
Being the Season 2 Division 5 champions and a Season 3 Division 3 playoff team,
@UNCG_SpartanInk
are one of the big fishes in the lower divisions. But can they swim with the other fish in this bowl?
Find Division 3 making big waves in CCA League: Season 3!
With a plethora of teams now in their second semester, Division 3 is shaping up to be one of the most interesting and unpredictable divisions to watch. Just who will be top of the class? Watch it all unfolding at the CCA.
✨Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight✨
Welcome VCU Ink Black 🐏 to the Booyah Bowl!
As one of the fastest-improving teams in the CCA this year,
@Inkblack_spl
jumped from Division 4 runners-up to the top half of Division 1. Can they ride their momentum to a Booyah Bowl title?
Finishing strong! The CCA officially recognizes the Season 3, All-Division 1 Roster! Congratulations to these four players, who stand at the summit of Season 3, as well as all of the All-Div Teams!
Roster:
@KrakenMare77
(PSU)
@SpicyWeeeeee
(VCU)
yillB (UCF)
jonny (EaUCD)
We're excited to announce that we're going to be selling stickers!
We're accepting orders from now to June 27th @ 11:59PM Pacific. For more information, visit our ordering form here:
✨ Booyah Bowl Invitee Spotlight ✨
Welcome Life Could Bradley Dream (LC🅱️D) to the Booyah Bowl!
With their strong result in Entrance Exam and crown as the Season 3 Division 5 winners,
@BUsplat
made a name for themselves as one of the new squids on the block!
What is that in the sky?! It's the All-Div announcement for your CCA Season 5, All-Division 2 team!
fяεsγυrι~!
#5975
|UCSD
! batson
#1255
|CWRU
Apisto
#9327
|PU
@aesaphy
|SCAD
Congrats to all these players for their skills!!
Dawn of the final day, 1 All-Div announcement left...