For sales professors and their students
A curated, regularly checked directory of U.S. university sales competitions — built to help professors get their students competing, and winning.
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Showing all 32 competitions, grouped by status.
ISSA Show North America / Virginia Tech Sales Center
A tradeshow-integrated collegiate sales competition in the cleaning and facilities-management sector.
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Early-season national role-play competition that 'warms up' students for the fall circuit.
Florida State University Sales Institute
The nation's largest intercollegiate sales competition — role-play, sales management case, speed selling, and a career fair.
Indiana University – Kelley School of Business
Premier team-based collegiate selling competition built around a realistic multi-stage B2B selling scenario.
Bryant University Sales Institute
Tournament-style Northeast competition with role-play and speed-sell rounds plus heavy employer networking.
Cleveland State University
An Ohio-based collegiate sales competition listed on the SEF approved list.
William Paterson University – Russ Berrie Institute
Long-running national role-play sales challenge hosted by William Paterson's Russ Berrie Institute.
RNMKRS (faculty-run nonprofit platform)
The largest sales competition in the world by participation (1,000+ students, 47+ universities) — students sell to an AI buyer bot.
American Marketing Association (at the International Collegiate Conference)
An individual sales role-play competition run within the AMA's annual International Collegiate Conference.
Florida International University – Global Sales Center
The only collegiate sales competition with role-plays conducted in both English and Spanish.
Kennesaw State University – Center for Professional Selling
The oldest and one of the largest U.S. collegiate role-play sales competitions — a multi-round tournament-style sales-call challenge.
Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) National
PSE's flagship national (and regional) role-play sales competition using Carew sales modules.
University of Toledo – Schmidt School of Professional Sales
The first national collegiate sales competition certified by USCA for best practices and quality.
University of Central Oklahoma
UCO's Challenger Sales Institute regional competition (held in both fall and spring).
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg)
Pennsylvania-based collegiate sales competition (listed by SEF).
Illinois State University – Professional Sales Institute
A developmental national collegiate sales role-play competition hosted by Illinois State's Professional Sales Institute.
Metropolitan State University of Denver
A bracket-style virtual national sales competition modeled on March Madness.
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
A four-round championship (call-in, two pitches, group presentation) plus a career expo, competing for a Team Championship trophy.
West Virginia University – Chambers College of Business
WVU's virtual collegiate sales role-play competition.
Arizona State University – W. P. Carey School of Business
ASU's regional collegiate sales role-play competition in the Southwest.
Nicholls State University – Al Danos College of Business
An annual regional role-play sales competition (15+ years running) in Nicholls' Sales and Interactive Training Lab.
Florida State University – Dr. Hold / The National Alliance Program
A niche insurance-focused competition combining risk-management knowledge with sales role-play.
University of Kansas
Sponsored and judged exclusively by King's Hawaiian, with speed selling, elevator pitch, and team case rounds.
University of Northern Colorado – Monfort College of Business
A newer regional on-site sales competition (inaugural 2025), among the largest in Colorado.
Baylor University / Atlanta Hawks
Sports-industry sales championship held at an NBA arena, centered on selling tickets and packages.
Salisbury University
A two-day role-play and speed-selling competition run by the Mid-Atlantic Sales and Marketing Institute.
Oregon State University
Role-play selling to OSU Sales Academy corporate partners, with cash scholarship awards to top performers.
Robert Morris University
RMU's virtual collegiate sales challenge.
University of South Florida
USF's intercollegiate role-play sales competition.
Duquesne University
A two-day virtual competition, one of the largest in the U.S., offering $15,000+ in cash and prizes.
University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
UW–Whitewater's online invitational collegiate sales competition.
California State University, Chico
Spring regional sales competition for western U.S. universities (listed by SEF with a $10,000 total prize pool).
This list is community-maintained. If you run or know of a collegiate sales competition that isn't here, send it over and we'll add it.
Every submission is read by a person and confirmed against the official site before it goes live — usually within a few days.