The National Collegiate Athletic Association General Championship is awarded to the school with the most points garnered in an academic year in the NCAA. It is split into the Juniors' division (for male high school students) and to the Seniors' division (for college students).
The champion school in a given sport receives 30 points, with the runner-up receiving 20, and the last place receiving one point. All of the points from the different sports are then tabulated, and the school with the most points is the General Champion. Only sports that are official are included (cheerleading is excluded).
The awarded school is judged as the best athletic program in the NCAA for the given academic year.
The General Championship is similar to the NACDA Director's Cup of the American NCAA.
Points distribution Finish Current PreviousChampion 40 402nd 35 303rd 30 204th 25 155th 20 106th 10 87th 9 68th 8 59th 4 --10th 2 --
General champions
Denotes school won both juniors' and seniors' championship in the same year.
Early years The NCAA was founded by Ateneo, La Salle, FEU, NU, San Beda, UM, UP and UST in 1924. Only in 1960 the NCAA started the general championship race during the time of Ateneo, Letran, La Salle, JRC, Mapúa and San Beda also known as the old-timer six. AcademicYearSeniorsJuniors1960–61 (1) Not awarded1961–64 Not awarded 1964–65 (2) (1) 1965–66 (3) (1) 1966–67 (4) (2) 1967–68 (5) (1) 1968–69 (1) (2)
First expansion San Sebastian was added. Trinity was also added as a full member in 1974; it left the league in 1986. AcademicYearSeniorsJuniors1969–70 (6) (3) 1970–71 (7) (4) 1971–72 (8) (1) 1972–73 (1) (5) 1973–74 (9) (2) 1974–75 (2) (3) 1975–76 (10) (4) 1976–77 (3) (2) 1977–78 (4) (5)
First contraction Ateneo left in 1978 followed by La Salle in 1980. AcademicYearSeniorsJuniors1978–79 (11) (6) 1979–80 (1) (7) 1980–81 (5) (12) (8) 1981–82 Not awarded1982–83 (13) (1) 1983–84 (14) (1)
Second expansion Perpetual Help College of Rizal was added in 1984, the same year San Beda left which rejoined in 1986. AcademicYearSeniorsJuniors1984–85 (1) (1) 1985–86 Not awarded (6) 1986–87 (15) (2) 1987–88 (16) (3) 1988–89 (2) (2) 1989–90 (3) (3) 1990–91 (16) (4) 1991–92 (17) (5) 1992–93 (18) (2) 1993–94 (19) (6) 1994–95 (4) (7) 1995–96 (1) (7)
Third expansion
In 1996, PCU became a member and followed by CSB in 1998. PCU was suspended in 2007 and had an indefinite leave in 2009. AcademicYearSeniorsJuniors1996–97 (2) (8) 1997–98 (2) (9) 1998–99 (3) (4) 1999–00 (4) (5) 2000–01 (5) (6) 2001–02 (6) (7) 2002–03 (7) (8) 2003–04 (8) (9) 2004–05 (1) (10) 2005–06 (1) (3)* 2006–07 (2) (4)2007–08 (2) (11)2008–09 (3) (12)
Note: *In the 2005-06 season, San Sebastian College - Recoletos had more championships (4) than La Salle Green Hills (3), San Sebastian won the General Championship, despite being tied for first place.
Fourth expansion In 2009, AUF, Arellano and EAC were added as guest members. Only Arellano and EAC were accepted as probationary members. Lyceum was added as a guest member in 2011. In 2013, Arellano was granted full membership, followed by EAC and Lyceum in 2015. AcademicYearSeniorsJuniors2009–10 (9) (5)2010–11 (1) (6)2011–12 (2) (7)2012–13 (3) (8)2013–14 (4) (10) 2014–15 (5) (11) 2015–16 (4) (12) 2016–17 (5) (13) 2017–18 (6) (14) 2018–19 (7) (1) 2019–20 Not awarded due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Metro Manila.2020–21 2021–22 Not awarded due to not all sports being celebrated.2022–232023–24 (8) (2) 2024–25 (9) (15)2025–26 (5) (16)
Number of general championships by school
School Seniors Juniors Total 19827 91625 9817 01212 4610 527 505 224 123 202
NOTE LSGH, an NCAA juniors team, won eight (8) general championships as the DLSU juniors team and four (4) as the CSB juniors team.
Total NCAA Championships per school
School Total 97472401104613810506426234297 39026011170190360130625012231 1253508020012018010430926180 15417090230001002029247140 2201100000420150504007106 73100050220606022111589 09108070211220021813782 5011119302052014503281 1902500000900030000965 14014401000012000000045 33115820201000013636 30103020300000330422 51208000000000000521 60700000001000300017 00100000404000110011 0000003101100100007 Trinity College of Quezon City1010001000100000026 2000000000000000002 Saint Vincent de Paul0000000010000000001 0010000000000000001 0000000000000000000 0000000000000000000 0000000000000000000 University of Asia and the Pacific0000000000000000000 Championship data as of September 19, 2026. Notes
References
Champions list at the NCAA Philippines official website Champions list at Web Archive
See also UAAP Overall Championship