Debate Land Public Forum & Lincoln Douglas Rankings

Debate Land is proud to offer comprehensive national circuit rankings for Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate. We believe that by providing comprehensive and transparent rankings, we can foster a more inclusive, legitimate, and competitive debate community. Debate Land uses a proprietary metric of ranking debaters colloquially known as the OTR Score. It awards points based on scaled tournament attendance, high performance (deep elimination round runs), and success against difficult opponents. Every system has flaws, but the OTR 3.0 Score is an open-source metric widely available to debaters.

Last Updated:  

October 21, 2025

1) The first 500 teams are displayed. For full results, see Debate Land.
2) Read our methodology.
3) View results from past years.

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NSD Alumni represent 44 of the top 100 teams in the United States!

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

301

Alisha Kim

0.082

302

Camille Johns

0.081

304

Madelyn Hyde

0.081

305

Manya Vattikuti

0.080

306

Madeleine De Leon-Wagner

0.079

307

Aadhya Mamillapalli

0.078

308

Rohan Boonapalli

0.076

310

Maris Vega

0.066

311

Ella Layton

0.066

312

Judah Carpenter

0.063

313

Srihan Yerram

0.062

314

Paige Bianchini

0.059

315

Albert Cai

0.059

316

Karenna Mehta

0.059

318

Matthew Wang

0.056

319

Esther Goldman

0.056

320

Shivansh Sathya

0.056

321

Eesha Gunukula

0.055

322

Max Feinsten

0.055

323

Serena Blutter

0.055

324

William McLain

0.055

325

Nathan Wu

0.055

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NSD Alumni represent 48 of the top 100 teams in the United States!

Rank

Team Code

Debaters

OTR

351

Ethan Zheng & Aaron Burke

0.058

352

Vinay Sant & Dhanush Tella

0.058

353

Isaac Hobbs & Isabella Lore

0.058

354

Matthew Pascutti & Jacob Auerbach

0.058

355

Karthik Uppalapati & Leana Paradkar

0.058

356

Jackie Zhao & Nate Lavichant

0.057

357

Chloe Meredith & Ava Mehta

0.056

358

Daniel Zhang & Timothy Volkov

0.056

359

Winston Cai & Ayaan Mohapatra

0.056

360

Anakha Ajai & Maahi Patmidi

0.056

361

Ngawang Namgyal & Odessa MuA+-oz

0.056

362

Ginevra Voltolina & Joseph Holland

0.056

363

Sebastian Taylor & Nabeel Ishoof

0.055

364

Rahul Iyengar & Blake Miller

0.055

365

Eloise Snodgrass & Sophia Rodriguez

0.055

366

Edward Napoli & Clayton Prisament

0.054

367

Ilina Jetley & Kassidy Khuu

0.054

368

Lilly Spitzer & Suniva Achuthan

0.054

369

Brent Bang & Jesse Park

0.054

370

Julia Donson & Lorelei Fessler

0.054

371

Ezra McCullers & Asa Hein-Martin

0.054

372

Aidan Hosler & Remy Sardar

0.054

373

Mansi Bansal & Nikki Shah

0.054

374

Amelia Liu & Sophie Hao

0.054

375

Angela Miao & Ayden Chung

0.054