SAN ANTONIO, TX (February 8, 2024) – The Association of Collegiate Anglers announces the latest update to the standings for the 2023-24 Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. This is college fishing’s only all-encompassing National Rankings system, and the race for this year’s title is just now past the halfway mark of the season. With hundreds of teams now preparing for the late winter and early spring stretch run of the season, it’s apparent that several schools are looking to climb into the Top 25 and finish as high up in the rankings as possible, while also hoping to crack that prestigious place in the Top 10 in the nation.

A familiar school has taken over 1^st place as the University of Montevallo has moved up two places to be ranked number one in the most recent rankings of the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. Carson-Newman University falls one place down to 2^nd, and the University of North Alabama slides to 3^rd after previously being ranked 2^nd. Montevallo and UNA are both past multi-time winners of the School of the Year title, while Carson-Newman is looking to finish the year ranked number one for their first time ever.

Each of the Top 3 teams have competed in the same number of double points events on the season. With each team on equal footing at this point in February, the current standings provide a good snapshot of just how tight the race for that number one spot truly is.

Here is a look at teams that made significant moves up in the latest update to the standings for the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia:

4) Lander University – Previously Ranked 6^th

7) Emmanuel University – Previously Ranked 13^th

11) Adrian College – Previously Ranked 12^th

14) University of Tennessee – Previously Ranked 15^th

15 Drury University – Previously Ranked 16^th

18) Dallas Baptist University – Previously Ranked 19^th

21) Bryan College – Previously Ranked 24^th

Click here to see the complete updated rankings.