Regional winners advanced to the championship event, which was also double-elimination.

All matches were bowled under the standard format for regionals (best-of-three matches using specified formats in a specific order) except the championship final, which was Baker best-of-seven.

A total of 16 teams competed in the double-elimination tournament, with eight conference champions receiving automatic bids and eight teams receiving at-large bids.

[2] The top four teams in the tournament were seeded and assigned to separate regions; they were the only teams seeded for this tournament The Southland Bowling League (SBL) had the most bids of any conference with six, while the Northeast Conference (NEC) had three.

Additionally, one independent team received an at-large bid to the tournament.