University Challenge 2025–26

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

Results

  • 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.

First round

Team 1 Score Team 2 Total Broadcast date
University of Sheffield 170 210 University of Warwick 380 14 July 2025
University College London 210 170 School of Oriental and African Studies 380 21 July 2025
University of Bath 70 255 University of Southampton 325 28 July 2025
University of Newcastle 105 200 University of Edinburgh 305 4 August 2025
University of Manchester 170 150 New College, Oxford 320 11 August 2025
Cardiff University 115 180 University of Bristol 295 18 August 2025
Trinity College, Cambridge Linacre College, Oxford 25 August 2025[2]
University of Lincoln Lancaster University 1 September 2025[3]

Highest scoring losers play-offs

Team 1 Score Team 2 Total Broadcast date

Second round

Team 1 Score Team 2 Total Broadcast date

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2 Total Broadcast date

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2 Total Broadcast date

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2 Total Broadcast date

References

  1. ^ "University Challenge, 2025/26, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ^ "University Challenge, 2025/26, Episode 7". BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  3. ^ "University Challenge, 2025/26, Lincoln v Lancaster". BBC. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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