- Webster University- SPICE (Missouri) - GM Wesley So, GM Ray Robson, GM Georg Meier, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez
- University of Illinois (Illinois)
- UMBC (Maryland)
- UTD (Texas)
The Final Four is sponsored and hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton for the 3rd straight year. The SPICE chess team has won the last two straight years.