IvyLoL Collegiate League of Legends

General

All games will be played on North American servers. Universities outside North America are allowed to participate, but we cannot compensate for latency problems that may be encountered
All accredited universities / postsecondary institutions (For US, must be in this list, international will be looked up case-by-case) are allowed to participate
Players must register with their school-provided email address. If they've registered with a different email in the pre-season tournament, they will be prompted to change their email to their university-provided email when they log in to the new site. Schools without standardized email addresses will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Email admin@ivylol.com if this is a problem for your school
Players must be currently attending the University they register for. Alumni and pre-freshmen are ineligible to participate. Graduate students are allowed to participate at the school they are currently attending
Players cannot compete in more than 1 team, and they must be on a team of the school at which they are attending

General

Total points
Points from previous head-to-head matchups
Points from intra-division games (If same division)
Strength of schedule
A Summoner's Rift head-to-head matchup to be played in case of a tie preventing set divisional or end-of-season tournament rosters

All games must be played on the standard server (not test realm) in Tournament Draft mode
Bans and picks will be standard draft style (1-2-2-2-2-1 picks) with the Home team getting first ban/first pick and choice of side. In the Premier League, Home and Away are swapped for game 2 in a match, and swapped back to the original Home/Away teams for game 3 (if needed).

Any amount of teams with 5 or more players may be formed by players within a particular school
Match Scheduling

Match scheduling must be done in the in-game scheduler. Working out a date/time with an opposing coordinator outside of the scheduler is completely fine, but the date/time still must be put into the scheduler.
Either team coordinator can propose or accept match times, but once a proposed match is accepted, the date/time is set.
A match proposal must be accepted in the on-site match scheduler by a week in advance of the match week (the Monday before the first Monday of the match week). If it is not, both teams will receive 1 penalty point.
Team coordinators can request an administrator to review nonscheduled or late-scheduled matches to remove their point penalty if they feel the opposing team was unavailable or unwilling to schedule the match.

Teams are divided into 4 divisions. Most games throughout the season will be played within the division
Every week, teams will play in a best of 1, Tournament Draft on Summoner’s Rift
Teams will be given a 15 minute grace period for showing up to the match. After 15 minutes, teams will earn 3 penalty points. Teams will forfeit their match 30 minutes after the start time
Team coordinator will be responsible for using the on-site match scheduler for scheduling matches with other teams
Winning a match will earn your team 1 point
Teams will report match using the on-site match scheduler

Throughout the season, certain actions will earn your team penalty points, which stand separate from regular season points. 10 penalty points accrued will result in removal from current season
Penalty points can earned from the following actions

9 points = Using a ringer (also results in match forfeit)
4 points = No-showing to a mutually agreed upon match
4 points = Failure to use match scheduler (match unplayed)
2 points = Failure to report match results
2 points = 15-30 minutes late to a match
1 points = Failure to use match scheduler (match played without date/time accepted in match scheduler)

After 10 regular season weeks, the top 4 teams with the most points from each division will play in a 16-team, best of 3, Tournament Draft on Summoner’s Rift, single elimination tournament
The top 2 teams at the end of the playoffs get auto-qualifiers for next season’s Premier League

32 teams will be admitted to play in the Premier League. The top 16 teams from Season 1 will be auto qualified. A open bracket will be played for the remaining spots.
Match Scheduling

Each team is allowed 2 reschedules per season where their match date/time must be proposed/accepted through the match scheduling system
Reschedules must be requested via the on-site match scheduler AT LEAST 10 days prior to and scheduled (meaning a proposal has been accepted in the on-site match scheduler) a week prior to the structured match date/time
Failure to reschedule a match will result in an administrator’s review and a match loss + penalty points for one or both teams
Late reschedules will only be granted if the opposing team agrees to play the match at the given date/time

Teams are divided into 4 divisions. Most games throughout the season will be intradivisional matches
Every week, teams will play in a best of 3, Tournament Draft on Summoner’s Rift at 5 PM EST
Teams will be given a 15 minute grace period for showing up to the match. After 15 minutes, teams will earn 2 penalty points. Teams will forfeit their match with a 4-point penalty 30 minutes after the scheduled start time
Winning a match will earn your team 3 points. The losing team will be awarded 1 point if they won a game within the match
Team coordinators will report match using the on-site match scheduler

Throughout the season, certain actions will earn your team penalty points, which stand separate from regular season points. 10 penalty points accrued will result in removal from current season
Penalty points can earned from the following actions

9 points = Failure to show for a scheduled Show Match
9 points = Using a ringer (also results in match forfeit)
4 points = No-showing to a mutually agreed upon match
4 points = Failure to use match scheduler for a rescheduled match (match unplayed)
2 points = Failure to report match results
2 points = 15-30 minutes late to a match
1 points = Failure to use match scheduler for a rescheduled match (match played without date/time accepted in match scheduler)

One Premier League match every week will be featured on the IvyLoL stream and casted by prominent members of the LoL community
Failure to show up for a show match will result in 9 penalty points

After the 7 regular season weeks, the top 2 teams from each division will auto qualify for the playoff bracket. Winning your regular season division will give teams a first round bye in the playoffs. In addition, 4 teams with the next-highest point totals (regardless of division) will receive wild cards spots.
Single elimination, best of 3, Tournament Draft on Summoner’s Rift
The top four teams will be flown out (cost of transportation covered) for a live season finals (location TBA). If a team is unable to make the trip, the next-highest-ranked team will attend in their place. If teams are tied for next-highest, there will be a playoff for the final spot.
All teams that make the playoffs will get auto-qualifiers for next season’s Premier League