2025-2026 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented
by Abu Garcia
The Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented Abu Garcia Qualifying Events list will be updated periodically as 2025/2026 schedules are released and additional student-run events are approved for SOY sanctioning. (Last updated: August 21, 2025)
| Qualifying Event | League | Lake/Location | Date(s) |
| College Bass Tour | School-Run/Other Event | Muskegon | June 15, 2025 |
| Bassmaster College Series – National Championship | B.A.S.S. | Cherokee Lake | July 10-12, 2025 |
| College Bass Tour | School-Run/Other Event | Lake St. Clair | July 13, 2025 |
| College Bass Tour | School-Run/Other Event | St. Mary’s River | August 2-3, 2025 |
| Carson-Newman Collegiate Series | School-Run/Other Event | Cherokee Lake | August 30, 2025 |
| Palmetto Boat Center – College Tournament Trail | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Hartwell | September 6, 2025 |
| Clemson Fall Tournament Trail | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Hartwell | September 7, 2025 |
| Carson-Newman Collegiate Series | School-Run/Other Event | Norris Lake | September 13, 2025 |
| UNA College Bass Open | School-Run/Other Event | Pickwick Lake | September 14, 2025 |
| MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing | MLF | Potomac River | September 14, 2025 |
| Wabash Valley College Invitational | School-Run/Other Event | Kentucky Lake | September 18, 2025 |
| SC BASS Nation College Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Hartwell | September 20, 2025 |
| Bass Pro Shops Big Bass Bash presented by Berkley | ACA | Kentucky Lake – Paris, TN | September 20-21, 2025 |
| McKendree University – Fall Invitational | School-Run/Other Event | Vandalia Lake – Vandalia, IL | September 27, 2025 |
| Palmetto Boat Center – College Tournament Trail | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Norman | September 27, 2025 |
| McKendree University – Fall Invitational | School-Run/Other Event | Springfield Lake – Springfield, IL | September 28, 2025 |
| Montevallo Collegiate Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Guntersville | September 28, 2025 |
| MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing | MLF | Pickwick Lake | October 3, 2025 |
| Auburn Bass Club – Open Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Guntersville | October 5, 2025 |
| SC BASS Nation College Series | School-Run/Other Event | Santee Cooper | October 11, 2025 |
| AFTCO Collegiate Bass Open | ACA | Lake Dardanelle – Russellville, AR | October 11-12, 2025 |
| Clemson Fall Tournament Trail | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Keowee | October 19, 2025 |
| Auburn Bass Club – Open Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Martin | October 19, 2025 |
| MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing | MLF | Lake Hartwell | October 24, 2025 |
| Palmetto Boat Center – College Tournament Trail | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Lanier | October 25, 2025 |
| Oklahoma College Bass Championship | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Murray – Ardmore, OK | November 1-2, 2025 |
| Montevallo Collegiate Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lay Lake | November 2, 2025 |
| SC BASS Nation College Series | School-Run/Other Event | Clark’s Hill | November 8, 2025 |
| Carson-Newman Collegiate Series | School-Run/Other Event | Watts Bar Lake | November 8, 2025 |
| Southern Collegiate Bass – Open Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Eufaula | November 9, 2025 |
| Logan Parks NSANE Tournament | Bonus Points | Lake Martin | November 14-16, 2025 |
| Clemson Fall Tournament Trail | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Jocassee | November 16, 2025 |
| Auburn Bass Club – Open Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Jordan | December 7, 2025 |
| Southern Collegiate Bass – Open Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Logan Martin | February 8, 2026 |
| Southern Collegiate Bass – Open Series | School-Run/Other Event | Lake Martin | March 15, 2026 |
| Hartwell Slam | ACA | Lake Hartwell – Anderson, SC | March 28-29, 2026 |
| Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops | ACA | Pickwick Lake – Florence, AL | May 21-22, 2026 |