Updated Bracket
Round Four Results
Round Five Results
 
HARAHAN, La. – Top seeded Jax State and No. 3 Arkansas State remain undefeated after day three of competition at the 2026 Conference USA Bowling Championships in Harahan, Louisiana.
 
The morning opened with four matches, two in the winner’s bracket and two in the contender’s bracket. The two undefeated matchups each went into the best-of-seven game, with No. 1 Jax State taking on third-ranked Nebraska and No. 3 Arkansas State facing second seed Vanderbilt.
 
Despite losing the first game, the Gamecocks were able to come from behind and beat Nebraska 2-1. In similar fashion, the Red Wolves bounced back from a game one loss to take down Vanderbilt and advance to the semifinal round.
 
In the contender’s bracket, the eighth-ranked Bearkats completed the sweep over No. 11 Tulane, sending them to round five Friday afternoon to take on the Huskers. No. 5 LA Tech also advanced to the fifth round after holding off No. 9 Sacred Heart with a 2-1 victory. They prepared to take on the Commodores next in match 17.
 
LA Tech rolled its momentum into the afternoon match and completed the upset over second-seed Vanderbilt with a 2-0 win. The Bulldogs will now set their site on round six Saturday morning.
 
Sam Houston did not have the same fate and ultimately fell 0-2 to Nebraska in match 18. The Huskers will advance to day four alongside LA Tech, Jax State and Arkansas State.
 
Competition will return Saturday morning at 9 a.m. CT as Jax State and Arkansas State will meet in semifinal match 19 and LA Tech and Nebraska face off in a rematch.
 
Round Four
Match 13 – No. 1 Jax State 2 (1034-1057-4), No. 4 Nebraska 1 (1049-1008-1)
Match 14 – No. 3 Arkansas State 2 (943-1105-4), No. 2 Vanderbilt 1 (1041-1087-1)
Match 15 – No. 5 LA Tech 2 (1054-1035-4), No. 9 Sacred Heart 1 (1037-1081-1)
Match 16 – No. 8 Sam Houston 2 (1030-1110), No. 11 Tulane 0 (944-1057)
 
Round Five
Match 17 – No. 5 LA Tech 2 (1028-1018), No. 2 Vanderbilt 0 (920-989)
Match 18 – No. 4 Nebraska 2 (1045-1086), No. 8 Sam Houston 0 (990-1079)
 
Championship Format
The Conference USA Championship is determined by the mega-match format. A mega-match encompasses three different rounds or points, and a team must get to two points to win the match.

The first round is the traditional format. Each team in the match has five players bowl a full game, and each individual's total score is added together for the team total. Whichever team has the highest score from all five individual games wins the point and leads the mega-match 1-0.

The second round of the mega-match is the Baker total pinfall portion, which consists of five games. The winner is determined by adding the pinfall of all five games together. In the Baker format, lineups are comprised of five bowlers with each being responsible for two frames in each game. The leadoff player bowls in frames one and six. The second person in the lineup bowls in frames two and seven, etc. If the team that wins the traditional round also wins the Baker pinfall round, they win the match 2-0. If the team that lost the traditional round wins the Baker point, the mega-match is tied 1-1 and goes to a best-of-seven Baker match play format.

In the best-of-seven tiebreaker format, instead of adding five games together to determine a total, all that matters is the score each game. Winning 300-175 of 176-175 has the same weight. The first team to four games wins the point and wins the mega-match 2-1.

How To Keep Up
The tournament bracket, results and TV links can be found on our Championship Central page. Each round of the tournament will be streamed live on ESPN+. Admission to the championship is free.