Where to watch NCAA bowling championship: Channel, time, TV schedule, live stream for 2026 event
Where to watch NCAA bowling championship: Channel, time, TV schedule, live stream for 2026 event originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . After weeks of heated competition, it's time to name a champion.
The 2026 NCAA bowling finals will get underway this weekend. Twenty teams entered the playoff bracket, but only four remain — No. 1 Jacksonville State, No.
2 Vanderbilt, No. 3 Arkansas State and No. 4 Wichita State.
Even after winning last year's championship, Youngstown State is notably absent from these finals. The NCAA bowling championship began in 2004, and Nebraska holds the most titles of any program with six, but the Huskers did not make it past the regional round this year. Vanderbilt and Jacksonville State won championships in 2023 and 2024, respectively, but Wichita State has never made it to a title match.
Arkansas State has been the national runner-up four times. Who will claim national honors this year? Here's everything you need to know about the NCAA bowling championship, including TV channel and streaming options for the 2026 competition.