Season 2 · 2026–27 · Online · Open to Georgia water professionals

Play Madden.
Send Georgia's operators to ACE.

A 32-team, NFL-style Madden tournament for utility operators, engineers, contractors and vendors across Georgia. Every dollar raised funds travel for Georgia's Top Ops champions to compete at the AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition.

Why we play

Top Ops is the operators' championship. This tournament gets them there.

AWWA's Top Ops competition is a fast-paced, quiz-bowl style contest where three-person teams of water operators answer questions on treatment, distribution, math, safety and regulations. Georgia's section champion earns the right to represent us at AWWA ACE — but travel isn't free. The Madden Tournament exists to recognize the operators who run our water systems every day and to make sure the winning team gets to compete on the national stage.

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Play from home

Games are played online against your assigned opponent, on your schedule, before each round's deadline. No console? Ask about the traveling tournament Xbox.

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$800 on the line

Regular-season play seeds a single-elimination playoff. Conference Championships and the GAWWA Super Bowl are streamed live on Twitch.

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100% to operators

Sponsor donations go straight to Georgia AWWA to cover Top Ops travel to ACE and to build a fund that directly recognizes Georgia operators.

How it works

An NFL season, compressed into a few months

Same structure as last year, tightened up with what we learned. Exact dates are published at kickoff.

Full format, schedule & rules →

32
teams in the inaugural 2025–26 season
$1,900+
raised for Top Ops travel
6
founding sponsors
20+
Georgia utilities, firms & vendors represented
Thank you

2025–26 founding sponsors

These organizations and individuals put the first dollars behind Georgia's operators. Join them for Season 2.

See sponsorship levels