CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A team of food science and human nutrition students from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign were the crème de la crème at the Institute of Food Technologists Student Association College Bowl Competition in Chicago on July 14.

The Illinois team defeated the University of California, Davis, in the final round to clinch its inaugural national title. What made the victory even sweeter was that the final score was 48 to -4 — the largest point spread ever in the finals, according to the event’s announcer.