This season marked the first championship of the Adamson Soaring Falcons[3] and the first time that the Ateneo Blue Eagles clinched a finals berth since 2016.

[4] The league partnered with the FPJ Panday Bayanihan foundation throughout the entirety of the season while Adidas was the title sponsor of the knockout round.

[5] All collegiate squads from the previous season, with the exception of the University of Makati, returned for the nineteenth edition of the league.

Fixtures were initially slated to be played at the newly opened PALMS Arena in Quezon City, but following issues with the pitch which resulted in the season opening date being pushed back, the venue remained unused for the rest of the season.

For the second division matches, the DLSU Biñan pitch was used in rotation with new venues around Metro Manila.