Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness

Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness was a college-themed edition of Team Ninja Warrior, in which 16 teams of three, each representing a top U.S. university/college, would race against each other to settle college rivalries, as well as to display the next generation of American Ninja Warrior competitors.

The competition was produced by and aired at Esquire Network, and premiered on November 22nd, 2016. For this competition, Matt Iseman served as the host, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila served as the co-host, and Kacy Catanzaro served as the sideline reporter.

Competition Format
In general, there were 3 rounds used in each episode of Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness:
 * Round One
 * There were 2 matchups, with 2 teams in each matchup.
 * Each matchup consisted of 3 heats, where 2 competitors (one competitor from each team) would race side-by-side on a series of obstacles.
 * The running order for each heat was decided by the captains of each team, with female competitors were required to face each other in the same heat.
 * In each heat, the competitor who completed the course (or made the furthest, in case of no competitor could complete the course) in the fastest time would receive points for his/her respective team: 1 point in the first two heats and 2 points in the third heat (also known as the anchor run).
 * The team who cumulated the most points would win the matchup and face the losing team from another matchup in Round Two (Knockout Round).
 * If there was a tie, a sudden death race was held to decide the winner, with each team must select one of their member to run the course. The competitor who won the sudden death race would win the matchup for his/her respective team.
 * Round Two (Knockout Round)
 * The competition worked the same as in Round One, with the team who won the first matchup in Round One would face the team who lost the second matchup in Round One, and vice versa.
 * This time, the 2 teams who cumulated the most points in each matchup would win the matchup and advance to Relay Showdown, while the 2 losing teams would be eliminated from the competition.
 * Relay Showdown
 * The two winning teams from Round Two (Knockout Round) would face each other in a relay run on an extended course.
 * Each competitor from each team must run on the course, and each competitor will face three obstacles each. The order of the competitors is the choice of the captains.
 * If a competitor failed on any obstacle, his/her respective team would receive a five-second penalty to the next competitor, starting the moment the opposing competitor was tagged (except at the third competitor, in which if he/she failed on any obstacle, his/her team's run would automatically over).
 * If there was one competitor from each team who failed on the same obstacle, the next competitor from each team would automatically run the obstacle (with a five-second countdown at the start).
 * The team who won the Relay Showdown would advance to the finals, while the losing team would be eliminated from the competition.

The competition run for a total of 5 episodes, with the first 4 episodes being served as the qualifying round and the fifth and final episode being served as the finals (called as College Championship). The 4 winning teams from each qualifying round episode would compete in the finals, with the 2 winning teams from the finals' Round Two (Knockout Round) would advance to Relay Showdown, with the winning team would be the champion of Team Ninja Warrior: College Madness.

Also, unlike on American Ninja Warrior, competitors were allowed to touch the water on Team Ninja Warrior, as long as competitors didn't lose the grip on the obstacle entirely.

Obstacles
① Sonic Swing

② Ring of Fire

③ Swing Jump

④ Floating Tiles

⑤ Pole Grasper (Episode 1-4), Spin Cycle (Episode 5)

⑥ Warped Wall

Relay Showdown's obstacles (extended course)

⑦ Duelling Salmon Ladders

⑧ Globe Graspers

⑨ Final Climb (40-foot Rope Climb)

Team
① Houston Cougars

② TCU Horned Frogs

③ Georgia Bulldogs

④ Florida Gators

Team
① Texas A&M Aggies

② Oklahoma Sooners

③ UCONN Huskies

④ MIT Engineers

Team
① UCLA Bruins

② USC Trojans

③ Stanford Cardinal

④ Colorado Buffaloes

Team
① Ohio State Buckeyes

② Michigan Wolverines

③ Wisconsin Badgers

④ Maryland Terrapins

Team
① Georgia Bulldogs (Episode 1's winning team during Relay Showdown)

② MIT Engineers (Episode 2's winning team during Relay Showdown)

③ UCLA Bruins (Episode 3's winning team during Relay Showdown)

④ Wisconsin Badgers (Episode 4's winning team during Relay Showdown)