University Challenge 2025–26

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The 55th series of University Challenge began on 14 July 2025 on BBC Two.^[1]

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• Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
• Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
• Teams with orange scores had to win one more match to return in the next round.
• Teams with yellow scores indicate that two further matches had to be played and won (teams that lost their first quarter-final match).
• A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

• University Challenge homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table