The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy features 38 teams across six different groups - five Elite groups and one Plate group.
It will be played in six cities - Bengaluru, Kolkata, Vadodara, Indore, Mumbai and Chennai - with all the knockout matches set to be played at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Top six teams from each group (five Elite and one Plate group) and the subsequent top-two ranked teams from the five Elite groups will qualify for the knockout stage.
SMAT 2021 Points Table Today
Elite Group A
| Position | Team | MP | W | L | N/R | Points |
| 1 | Punjab | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| 2 | Karnataka | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | J&K | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Railways | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 | Tripura | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Elite Group B
| Position | Team | MP | W | L | N/R | Points |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| 2 | Bengal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | Assam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Hyderabad | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Jharkhand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Odisha | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Elite Group C
| Position | Team | MP | W | L | N/R | Points |
| 1 | Baroda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |
| 2 | Gujarat | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Maharashtra | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 6 | Chhatisgarh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Elite Group D
| Position | Team | MP | W | L | N/R | Points |
| 1 | Saurashtra | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | Rajasthan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Goa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Services | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | Vidarbha | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Elite Group E
| Position | Team | MP | W | L | N/R | Points |
| 1 | Kerala | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | Haryana | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 3 | Delhi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 4 | Puducherry | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Andhra | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 | Mumbai | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Plate Group
| Position | Team | MP | W | L | N/R | Points |
| 1 | Bihar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| 2 | Chandigarh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Nagaland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Manipur | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 5 | Meghalaya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sikkim | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 8 | Mizoram | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |