2026 UFL season

2026 UFL season
LeagueUnited Football League
SportAmerican football
DurationRegular season:
March 27 – May 31
Playoffs:
June 7 – 13
Games43 (40 regular season games, 3 postseason games)
Teams8
TV partner(s)ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network, Fox, FS1
Streaming partner(s)ESPN app, Fox One, DAZN
Draft
Season MVPJack Plummer
Playoffs
Semifinals championsDC Defenders
  Semifinals runners-upOrlando Storm
Semifinals championsLouisville Kings
  Semifinals runners-upSt. Louis Battlehawks
2026 United Bowl
VenueAudi Field, Washington, D.C.
ChampionsLouisville Kings
  Runners-upDC Defenders
Finals MVPIan Wheeler

The 2026 UFL season was the third season of the United Football League.

Offseason

In July 2025, the UFL sold a large minority stake to their own self over to the Impact Capital, a private equity fund owned by multibillionaire sports drink founder Mike Repole, who assumed direction of the league's business operations.[1][2]

Even before Repole's management had been made public, news broke that the entire USFL Conference was being potentially shopped for relocation to potential expansion markets,[3] due to a number of factors: Birmingham and Houston due to declining and underperforming attendance; Memphis due to even worse attendance and the death of team sponsor Fred Smith;[4] and Michigan due to exorbitant stadium costs at Ford Field and an unwillingness to use the only other viable stadium in the Detroit market, Rynearson Stadium (though later reports suggested that the Panthers' future could be tied to AlumniFi Field, a planned 15,000-seat stadium scheduled to open in southwest Detroit in 2027 as the new home of soccer's Detroit City FC).[5][6]

Repole first addressed the Birmingham Stallions by challenging the Stallions fan base to purchase 5,000 season ticket deposits in order to keep the team in Alabama;[7] though the drive fell short of that number, Repole was impressed by the speed in which the city had invested in 2,200 season tickets and a corporate suite that had not yet even been put up for sale and confirmed the Stallions were safe from relocation for 2026, but he hoped the city would purchase 15,000 to 20,000 tickets per game for the upcoming season to continue beyond that.[8] Repole's overall target for attendance across the league is between 10,000 and 15,000 fans per game, compensating by using smaller, more intimate stadiums that would avoid the empty seats and lack of ambiance that Repole felt made the games feel like "a COVID game."[2]

Among potential relocation targets, Columbus, Ohio had been named as a potential new 2026 market for the UFL as early as April 2025.[9][10] The UFL confirmed the addition of a Columbus UFL team shortly after Repole's arrival.[1] Other possible candidates for relocation for the 2026 season were identified in the offseason including Louisville, Kentucky at Lynn Family Stadium. Boise, Idaho and Lexington, Kentucky were identified in early reporting but they either denied having heard from the league or stated they could not host games in 2026.[11] Boise had reached a "verbal agreement" with the previous UFL management for a team to play at Albertsons Stadium, one that was suddenly abandoned upon Repole's arrival.[12]

Though the UFL had initially planned to expand to 10 teams for 2026,[13] Repole paused those plans and chose to keep the league at eight teams for 2026, with intent to begin the oft-delayed expansion by 2028[1] and have a 16-team league by 2035.[2] The first of the two new teams for 2028 was revealed during the 2026 season, an Oklahoma City team that will play at MAPS 4 Stadium once it is complete.[14]

On October 7 the UFL announced three new franchises, the Columbus Aviators playing at Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio; The Louisville Kings playing at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky; and the Orlando Storm playing at Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The league also announced that the Arlington Renegades would become the Dallas Renegades and play at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas; and that the Houston Roughnecks would become the Houston Gamblers and move to Shell Energy Stadium. It was also announced that new head coaches, uniforms and the 2026 schedule would be announced at a later date.[15]

Players under contract to the Michigan Panthers, Memphis Showboats and San Antonio Brahmas were all transferred over to the Columbus Aviators, Louisville Kings and Orlando Storm, respectively, for the purposes of protecting players in the subsequent dispersal draft. However, the brand new teams are considered separate and will not inherit the history or records of the folded franchises.[16][17]

Teams

Relocations and rebrandings

Teams in the 2026 UFL season
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach
Birmingham Stallions Birmingham, Alabama Protective Stadium 47,100 A. J. McCarron
Columbus Aviators[18][19][20] Columbus, Ohio Historic Crew Stadium 19,968 Ted Ginn Jr.
Dallas Renegades Frisco, Texas Toyota Stadium 11,000 Rick Neuheisel
DC Defenders Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 Shannon Harris
Houston Gamblers Houston, Texas Shell Energy Stadium 22,039 Kevin Sumlin
Louisville Kings[20] Louisville, Kentucky Lynn Family Stadium 11,700 Chris Redman
Orlando Storm[21][20] Orlando, Florida Inter&Co Stadium 25,500 Anthony Becht
St. Louis Battlehawks St. Louis, Missouri The Dome at America's Center 67,277 Ricky Proehl
Locations of current teams for the 2026 UFL season.

Players

In November 2025, Repole revealed in an interview that each team will carry 60-man rosters to training camp (compared to 75 in the 2024 season and 64 in the 2025 season), with regular season rosters set at 45 (down from 50 in the 2025 season) without specifying how many will be on the game day roster and if the teams will carry practice squads.[22] This would violate the terms of the CBA as negotiated in 2025.[23] It was later announced that teams would be able to carry a offseason roster of a 60 (minimum) to 64 (maximum) players.

Unionization and compensation

This is the second and final year of the UFL's collective bargaining agreement with the United Football Players Association. Under the agreement, player minimum salaries will be set at $6,400 per game, with each player also receiving seven months of health insurance and access to year-round coverage under COBRA.[24][25] UFL players will also be entitled for "players accolade bonuses" for Player of the week ($1,000), Player of the year ($5,000), and MVP ($7,500), with winners of the 2026 UFL Championship Game winning a $5,000 per-player bonus.[23]

Player movement

Free agency

Beginning in the 2025–26 offseason, UFL players who have accrued two years under contract to the same team were allowed to test free agency, although none of that happened since the league decided to reallocate all players through the multi-phase leaguewide draft.[26][27]

Draft

Previous plans to hold the draft in September 2025 fell through due to continued uncertainty about team composition.[28][29] The delay in the draft from its previous scheduling in July was in part because a large number of the players who were drafted in 2024 (including first overall selection Jason Bean) had opted to remain in the NFL,[30] prompting the league to place its draft after NFL preseason cuts and practice squad assignments to better assess who will be available.[31]

In an unanticipated move, Repole planned to liquidate all eight rosters and will redistribute players currently under UFL contracts in a process similar to the 2020 and 2023 XFL drafts, with no way for current coaches to protect their existing talent. Birmingham quarterback J'Mar Smith quit the league in protest of this decision and leaked the news of Repole's plans to the press.[28][32] When plans were finalized, the surviving teams were given permission to protect up to 12 players from their 2025 rosters.[33]

The 2026 UFL draft was held from January 9–14, 2026, at UFL HQ in Arlington, Texas.[33]

Trades

On February 11, 2026, the Columbus Aviators traded TE Briley Moore to the DC Defenders for DT Patrick Jenkins.[34]

On March 14, 2026, the DC Defenders traded OT Gottleib Ayedze to the Houston Gamblers for WR Braylon Sanders.[35]

On April 19, 2026, the DC Defenders traded QB Mike DiLiello to the Louisville Kings for QB Jason Bean.[36]

On April 19, 2026, the Birmingham Stallions traded QB Matt Corral and DE Amani Bledsoe to the Orlando Storm for QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson.[36]

On April 21, 2026, the Dallas Renegades traded QB Luis Perez to the St. Louis Battlehawks for OT Corey Stewart.[37]

On May 4, 2026, the Houston Gamblers traded DE Lonnie Phelps to the Louisville Kings for WR JaVonta Payton.[38]

Coaches

After initially implying that he would be joining the Tennessee State Tigers staff and leaving his position as interim head coach, Shannon Harris agreed to stay on as the DC Defenders' head coach on a permanent basis. He will work both jobs for their upcoming seasons.[39] He will be the only head coach returning with the same team he had coached in 2025.

Of the three coaches of teams who were relocated, Michigan's Mike Nolan was formally terminated November 15;[40] San Antonio's Wade Phillips had reached the end of his contract[41] (he had not taken any action on an offer to return to the UFL before Repole's arrival);[42] and Memphis's Jim Turner accepted a position as offensive line coach with Rutgers on December 22.[43] Payton Pardee, who had served as the interim coach of San Antonio during Phillips's illness in 2025, joined UTEP as its tight ends coach in January 2026.[44]

For the 2026 season the UFL signed all coaches to a year long contract, instead of the seasonal contracts they used in previous years.

Team Departing coach Incoming coach Reason for leaving Notes
Columbus Aviators N/a Ted Ginn Jr.

Todd Haley (week 3)

 N/a Ginn has never held a coaching position at any level. He had spent 14 seasons as a journeyman wide receiver in the National Football League.[45] Ginn was suspended on April 11 following an arrest for driving under the influence.[46][47][48] Haley, the team's offensive coordinator who had previously coached the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits, was named interim head coach for the team's April 12 contest.[49] Ginn was reinstated April 14.[50]
Louisville Kings N/a Chris Redman N/a Redman spent 9 seasons as a backup quarterback in the National Football League; his only coaching experience prior to this was as an assistant at the high school level.[51]
Orlando Storm N/a Anthony Becht Reassigned Becht had accrued a record of 22–10 (.688) in his three years coaching the Battlehawks, having the league's best record in 2025 but failing to win any postseason games. He was reassigned to Orlando on December 23, 2025, a position that brings him closer to his home in central Florida.[52]

Proehl had most recently been the Battlehawks' wide receivers coach in 2023.

St. Louis Battlehawks Anthony Becht Ricky Proehl
Houston Gamblers Curtis Johnson Kevin Sumlin Fired Johnson had spent three seasons as Houston's head coach, accruing a record of 11–19 (.367) and no playoff appearances. He was fired November 29 as part of Repole's internal overhaul.[53]

Sumlin returns to the Gamblers after coaching the team during its inaugural season in 2022. In the interim, he had been assistant head coach at Maryland in 2023 and 2024.

Dallas Renegades Bob Stoops Rick Neuheisel Retired Stoops was the first head coach to be hired in either of the UFL's predecessors and had been the only coach in the Renegades' history. He accrued a record of 16–21 (.432) over the course of 3½ seasons in the XFL and UFL, including an XFL Championship in 2023. He announced his retirement from football on December 15, 2025.[54]

Neuheisel was previously the head coach at Colorado, Washington, UCLA and the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football. He has a career record of 87-59 in college football and a 5-3 record as head coach of the Arizona Hotshots.

Birmingham Stallions Skip Holtz A. J. McCarron Unclear Holtz, the winningest coach in UFL history with three league championships and a 39–8 (.830) record in four years as coach of the Stallions, announced that he would not be returning as the Stallions' head coach on December 16, 2025, a move that Holtz stated was "not retiring" and a "pause" while he pursued other opportunities.[55] Holtz's father Lou Holtz entered end-of-life care shortly after the announcement, prompting the younger Holtz to devote much of his time to the elder's care.[56] The elder Holtz eventually died March 4, 2026.[57]

McCarron was most recently the starting quarterback for the St. Louis Battlehawks in the 2023 and 2024 seasons; he had spent 2025 out of football after an attempt to sign with the San Antonio Brahmas was nixed by the Brahmas general manager. At the time of his acceptance of the Stallions position, he had been the frontrunner candidate in the Lieutenant Governor of Alabama race for 2026; McCarron withdrew his candidacy the day after Holtz's exit and was formally announced as coach the day after that.[58] His experience as a coach had theretofore been limited to youth-level flag football.[59]

Rule changes

On February 24, 2026, the UFL announced a series of rule changes for 2026 meant to "turbocharge offenses" and increase player safety. The changes include the following:[60][61]

Standard play
  • A coin toss will be used before the start of the game and, if necessary, overtime, with the visiting team making the call and the winner making the choice to receive, kick off, defend goal, or defer to the second half. The UFL (and before it the XFL) had previously given all privileges of what a coin toss winner would receive to the home team as a home-field advantage, replacing the original XFL's ill-fated "opening scramble."
  • Only one foot will be required to land in-bounds for a forward pass to be deemed complete. (This restores the XFL standard, which Daryl Johnston had vigorously opposed before his dismissal.)
  • The tush push, defined by the UFL as "a play in which, after the quarterback takes the snap, he immediately drives forward as the offensive line surges and is assisted by additional players behind him who physically push him forward into the surging offensive line", is prohibited.
  • The UFL will return to the standard used in all other levels of the game that limits the distance of a penalty to up to half the distance to the goal.
Kickoffs
  • A minor adjustment to the "dynamic kickoff" will move each team's line five yards toward the kicker. This means that the kicking team's lineup will move from the receiving team's 40-yard line to the 45 (with the kicker at their own 30), while the receiving team must have at least 9 players lined up between their 35- and 40-yard lines (previously their 30- and 35-yard lines).
  • If a ball is kicked into the end zone and results in a touchback, the ball will be placed at the receiving team's 40-yard line as consequence. (The ball had previously been placed at the 35-yard line.)
  • If a kick lands within the "receiving zone" (between the receiving team's goal line and 20-yard line) but travels into the end zone without a return, the ball will be placed at the receiving team's 20-yard line.
Punts
  • Teams on offense will be forbidden from punting if they cross midfield except after a two-minute warning; they will only be permitted to punt if the scrimmage line is at or on their side of the 50-yard line.
  • The punt prohibition will stand even if the offense loses ground after crossing midfield, meaning the team cannot take intentional penalties, sacks, or kneels to become eligible to punt, and must attempt to achieve the first down or attempt a four-point field goal by placekick or drop kick (see below).
Scoring
  • Midfield will now serve as a "four-point line" for field goal attempts, with any field goal of 60 or more yards earning four points instead of three. Made directly at Repole's behest, this rule is a revival and modification of one used by NFL Europe, which had awarded four points to field goals of 50 or more yards. Eight such field goals would eventually be scored in 2026, four in the regular season: two by DC's Matt McCrane, one by Louisville's Tanner Brown, and one by Columbus's Jonah Dalmas.[62] McCrane and Brown would each kick two additional four-pointers during the playoffs.[63][64]
  • After a touchdown, offenses will have the option to kick an extra point, with the 33-yard distance for such kick attempts matching the NFL standard. Teams will also have an option to run a play from the 2-yard line for a 2-point conversion, or run a play from the 8-yard line for 3 points. The new 1- and 2-point options match the equivalents used in the NFL. Previously, the UFL did not permit kicks for 1 point, and teams were required to run or pass from the 2-, 5-, or 10-yard lines for 1, 2, or 3 points respectively. This reverts to the USFL rule; the previous UFL rule had been inherited from the XFL.
Overtime
  • Overtime will retain its best-of-three-session "shootout" format, with teams alternating scrimmage plays from the 5-yard line and earning 2 points for each scoring play; sudden-death sessions will also be played to determine a winner if the teams remain tied after three sessions.
  • In a change announced before Week 4, a rule that awarded an automatic two points to the offense when the defense commits two nonconsecutive live-ball penalties in overtime was repealed. The rarely-employed rule, which was originally intended to discourage defenses from intentionally preventing OT scores (and also help ensure a timely end to the game), was invoked during the Week 3 Orlando/Louisville matchup, after the Kings committed a holding penalty on the Storm's fourth OT attempt; that penalty, when combined with a Louisville pass interference foul in the third OT session, gave Orlando two points and the win.[65][66] Beginning in Week 4, a graduated scale will determine placement of the ball after each defensive live-ball foul: The first penalty, as before, will give the offense a retry from the 1-yard line, but any subsequent live-ball foul by the same defense will see the offense attempt the retry from halfway closer to the goal line (i.e. the half-yard line after the second foul, nine-inch line after the third, 4.5-inch line after the fourth, and so on if necessary). The change, while continuing to disincentivize defensive OT penalties, ensures that the OT cannot end on a penalty.[67][68] (The unfair act rule that awards a score for consecutive fouls in an attempt to prevent a score remains on the books.)

Season structure

Preseason

This is the fourth year of the league's agreement with Arlington, Texas, to serve as the league's centralized hub. Repole indicated that the hub model would be continuing for 2026 but that time in individual markets would be increased (he mentioned potential two- to three-day stays during game weeks and ten-day stays when teams play back-to-back home games) so that teams can build followings in their home cities.[2]

Regular season

The UFL continued to follow its model of a ten-week regular season in 2026, but moved from a two-conference structure of 4 teams each to a single-table standings format featuring all 8 teams. The scheduling formula used by all of the eight-team spring leagues of the 21st century have all relied on two four-team divisions to ensure an even schedule of playing each division rival home and away and the other division teams once; because Repole rejected this model, the final schedule, other than there being five home and away games for each team, has no clear regularity in which opponents play how many times.

In a late August 2025 interview, Repole indicated that the season would likely run from the weekend of "March 1 through the end of June."[69] This would have been four weeks earlier than previous years and closer to the XFL's post-Super Bowl window. Repole reversed this and stated that the season would again start on the last Friday in March as the previous two seasons had (which, for 2026, lands on March 27),[70] but that a move to the post-Super Bowl window was being considered for 2027.

Postseason

The top four teams in the UFL standings were seeded in order of record in the league semifinals (1st place team playing 4th place, 2nd versus 3rd), with the winners advancing to the 2026 United Bowl, the league's championship game.[70] Due to schedule conflicts at Inter&Co Stadium, and with other stadiums in the immediate Orlando area also unavailable, the Orlando Storm were forced to find another venue to host their home game; after it was initially announced that the game would be held at a neutral site (in Columbus), the Storm announced on June 1 that Daytona Municipal Stadium had agreed to host the Storm's playoff game.[71]

Standings

2026 UFL standings
Team W L PCT GB TD+/- TD+ TD- PF PA DIFF STK
(y) Orlando Storm 82.800–9261723218646W4
(x) St. Louis Battlehawks 64.6002-2212321219715L1
(x) Louisville Kings 64.60021272626521946W4
(x) DC Defenders 55.50036312528122457L4
(e) Dallas Renegades 46.400423028224259-35W1
(e) Birmingham Stallions 46.4004-12425190229-39L2
(e) Houston Gamblers 46.4004-62026189236-60W1
(e) Columbus Aviators 37.3005-62733216259-43L1
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched conference; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

Season schedule

All games stream on ESPN+ or Fox Sports app unless otherwise noted.

Regular season

Week 1

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
March 278:00 p.m. ETBirmingham Stallions1513Louisville KingsLynn Family Stadium14,034Fox0.650.7[72]
March 2812:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders1016St. Louis BattlehawksThe Dome at America's Center31,191ESPN0.940.9[73]
4:00 p.m. ETHouston Gamblers1736Dallas RenegadesToyota Stadium8,870Fox0.650.7[74]
March 298:00 p.m. ETColumbus Aviators1623Orlando StormInter&Co Stadium11,127ESPN0.470.5[75]

Week 2

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
April 38:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders4426Columbus AviatorsHistoric Crew Stadium14,810Fox0.650.7[76]
April 4Louisville Kings919Orlando StormInter&Co Stadium8,585ESPN0.290.3[77]
April 56:00 p.m. ETBirmingham Stallions2022Houston GamblersShell Energy Stadium7,744NFL Network0.170.2[78]
April 78:00 p.m. ETSt. Louis Battlehawks1531Dallas RenegadesToyota Stadium5,799FS10.160.2[79]

Week 3

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
April 108:00 p.m. ETOrlando Storm29 (OT)27Louisville KingsLynn Family Stadium11,082Fox0.670.7[80]
April 1112:00 p.m. ETHouston Gamblers745DC DefendersAudi Field12,167ESPN0.660.7[81]
April 12Columbus Aviators2328Dallas RenegadesToyota Stadium5,133ABC0.971.0[82]
3:00 p.m. ETBirmingham Stallions3034St. Louis BattlehawksThe Dome at America's Center20,2091.011.0[83]

Week 4

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
April 168:00 p.m. ETLouisville Kings24 (OT)22Houston GamblersShell Energy Stadium4,880NFL Network0.150.2[84]
April 17Dallas Renegades1428Columbus AviatorsHistoric Crew Stadium8,729Fox0.680.7[85]
April 1812:30 p.m. ETSt. Louis Battlehawks2228DC DefendersAudi Field7,940ABCN/AN/A[86]
4:00 p.m. ETOrlando Storm160Birmingham StallionsProtective Stadium18,340FoxN/AN/A[87]

Week 5

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
April 248:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders4528Birmingham StallionsProtective Stadium8,120Fox0.530.5[88]
April 257:00 p.m. ETSt. Louis Battlehawks2517Orlando StormInter&Co Stadium9,735ESPN0.560.6[89]
April 2612:00 p.m. ETColumbus Aviators1317Houston GamblersShell Energy Stadium5,166ABCN/AN/A[90]
3:00 p.m. ETLouisville Kings4725Dallas RenegadesToyota Stadium7,123N/AN/A[91]

Week 6

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
April 308:00 p.m. ETSt. Louis Battlehawks163Louisville KingsLynn Family Stadium10,456FS10.120.1[92]
May 1Houston Gamblers1724Columbus AviatorsHistoric Crew Stadium8,347Fox0.650.7[93]
May 212:00 p.m. ETDallas Renegades624DC DefendersAudi Field7,019ABC1.051.1[94]
May 34:00 p.m. ETBirmingham Stallions2017Orlando StormInter&Co Stadium9,107FoxN/AN/A[95]

Week 7

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
May 88:00 p.m. ETColumbus Aviators2031St. Louis BattlehawksThe Dome at America's Center18,563Fox0.680.7[96]
May 91:30 p.m. ETLouisville Kings3013DC DefendersAudi Field7,950N/AN/A[97]
8:00 p.m. ETDallas Renegades1721 (OT)Birmingham StallionsProtective Stadium4,705ESPN0.380.4[98]
May 106:00 p.m. ETOrlando Storm2423Houston GamblersShell Energy Stadium4,409FS10.480.5[99]

Week 8

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
May 158:00 p.m. ETOrlando Storm3124Dallas RenegadesPhantom Warrior Stadium[W8 1][100]4,001[101]Fox0.610.6[102]
May 1612:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders3033Louisville KingsLynn Family Stadium10,025ABC0.850.9[103]
3:00 p.m. ETHouston Gamblers2316St. Louis BattlehawksThe Dome at America's Center21,6090.951.0[104]
May 171:00 p.m. ETColumbus Aviators314Birmingham StallionsProtective Stadium4,824FoxN/AN/A[105]

Week 9

DateTimeAway teamResultHome teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		RatingRefs
May 228:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders1927Orlando StormInter&Co Stadium10,465Fox0.540.5[106]
May 233:00 p.m. ETBirmingham Stallions2936Columbus AviatorsHistoric Crew Stadium9,217ABC1.051.0[107]
May 244:00 p.m. ETDallas Renegades2337Louisville KingsLynn Family Stadium10,378Fox1.591.6[108]
7:00 p.m. ETSt. Louis Battlehawks2115Houston GamblersShell Energy Stadium6,217ESPN20.290.3[109]

Week 10

DateTime
Away teamResult
Home teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		Rating
Refs
May 298:00 p.m. ETDallas Renegades2016St. Louis BattlehawksThe Dome at America's Center24,621Fox0.670.7[110]
May 303:00 p.m. ETHouston Gamblers2613Birmingham StallionsProtective Stadium5,253ESPN2N/AN/A[111]
May 3112:00 p.m. ETOrlando Storm2923DC DefendersAudi Field9,924ABCN/AN/A[112]
6:00 p.m. ETLouisville Kings4227Columbus AviatorsHistoric Crew Stadium10,705Fox0.650.7[113]

Postseason

The playoffs started on June 7 and ended with the United Bowl on June 13.

Semifinals
June 7, 2026 		United Bowl
June 13, 2026
      
1 Orlando Storm 22
4 DC Defenders 28
4 DC Defenders 20
3 Louisville Kings 27
2 St. Louis Battlehawks 20
3 Louisville Kings 29

Semifinals

DateTime
Away teamResult
Home teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		Rating
Refs
June 73:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders2822Orlando StormDaytona Stadium[71]6,317ABCN/AN/A[114]
6:00 p.m. ETLouisville Kings2920St. Louis BattlehawksThe Dome at America's Center18,111Fox1.071.1[115]

2026 United Bowl

DateTime
Away teamResult
Home teamStadiumAttendanceBroadcastViewership
(millions)		Rating
Refs
June 133:00 p.m. ETDC Defenders2027Louisville KingsAudi Field19,023ABC0.991.0[116]

Reference:

Attendance

Announced attendance figures for each home game. In the weekly columns, dashes (—) indicate away games, while bold font indicates the highest attendance of the week.

Team / Week12345678910 Semifinals ChampionshipTotalAverage
Birmingham Stallions———18,3408,120—4,7054,824—5,253N/aN/a 41,242 8,248
Columbus Aviators—14,810—8,729—8,347——9,21710,705N/aN/a 51,808 10,362
Dallas Renegades8,8705,7995,133—7,123——5,321——N/aN/a 32,246 6,449
DC Defenders——12,1677,940—7,0197,950——9,924—— 45,000 9,000
Houston Gamblers—7,744—4,8805,166—4,409—6,217—N/aN/a 28,416 5,683
Louisville Kings14,034—11,082——10,456—10,02510,378——19,023[W8 2] 55,975 11,195
Orlando Storm11,1278,585——9,7359,107——10,594—6,317N/a 55,465 9,244
St. Louis Battlehawks31,191—20,209———18,56321,609—24,62118,111N/a 134,304 22,384
Total 65,222 36,938 48,591 39,889 30,144 34,929 35,627 41,779 36,406 50,503 24,428 19,023 463,482  
Average 16,306 9,235 12,148 9,872 7,536 8,732 8,907 10,394 9,013 12,626 12,214 19,023   10,779

Awards

Players of the week

Week Offensive Player Defensive Player Special Teams Player Refs.
Player Pos. Team Player Pos. Team Player Pos. Team
1 Austin Reed QB Renegades Jordan Mosley S Battlehawks Matt McCrane K Defenders [117]
2 Nolan Henderson QB Gamblers Sam Kidd S Defenders John Hoyland K Gamblers [118]
3 Hakeem Butler WR Battlehawks Derick Roberson DE Defenders Jaden Shirden RB Kings [119]
4 Jordan Ta'amu QB Defenders Cam Gill LB Kings Tanner Brown K Kings [120]
5 Jordan Ta'amu (2) QB Defenders Tony Fields II LB Aviators Quindell Johnson S Kings [121]
6 Justyn Ross WR Stallions Travis Feeney LB Battlehawks Ryan Sanborn P Battlehawks [122]
7 Elijhah Badger WR Storm Jordan Mosley (2) S Battlehawks Colby Wadman P Stallions [123]
8 Jack Plummer QB Storm Tae Crowder LB Stallions Tanner Brown (2) K Kings [124]
9 Jalen Morton QB Aviators Darien Butler LB Storm Tanner Brown (3) K Kings [125]
10 Marcus Major RB Gamblers Kana'i Mauga LB Storm Jonah Dalmas K Aviators [126]
Jerome Kapp WR Storm

Season awards

Individual Awards
Award Winner Position Team Ref.
Most Valuable Player Jack Plummer QB Storm [127]
Offensive Player of the Year Hakeem Butler WR Battlehawks [128]
Defensive Player of the Year Cam Gill EDGE Kings [129]
Special Teams Player of the Year Tanner Brown K Kings [130]
Sportsman of the Year Cornell Powell WR Defenders [131]
Coach of the Year Anthony Becht HC Storm [132]
Assistant Coach of the Year Corey Chamblin DC Battlehawks [133]
All-UFL Team[134]
Position Player Team
QB Jack Plummer Storm
RB Deon Jackson Defenders
WR Hakeem Butler Battlehawks
Chris Rowland Storm
Tyler Vaughns Renegades
TE Tyler Neville Battlehawks
OT Gottlieb Ayedze Gamblers
Yasir Durant Defenders
OG Michael Gonzalez Storm
Gareth Warren Gamblers
C Mike Panasiuk Battlehawks
DT Isaiah Buggs Storm
Carlos Davis Battlehawks
EDGE Cam Gill Kings
Derick Roberson Defenders
LB Tae Crowder Stallions
Tony Fields II Aviators
Kyahva Tezino Stallions
DB Major Burns Gamblers
D.J. Miller Jr. Aviators
Corey Mayfield Jr. Kings
Kary Vincent Jr. Gamblers
K Tanner Brown Kings
P Ryan Sanborn Battlehawks
LS Marco Ortiz Gamblers
KR Chris Rowland Storm
PR Sean Fresch Battlehawks
CS Gary Jennings Jr. Battlehawks

League finances

Personnel

Source: [135]

  • Dany Garcia: Chairperson
  • Mike Repole: Director of business operations
  • Russ Brandon: President, CEO, and Executive of Football Operations
  • Doug Whaley: Senior Vice President of Player Personnel
  • Russ Giglio: Senior Director, Player Administration and Officiating Operations
  • Jim Popp: Director of Player Administration
  • Dr. Damond Blueitt: Medical Director

Media

Television

In the United States, the television rights for the UFL are being held by ESPN in now the fourth season of a five-year deal,[136] and league co-owner Fox. For the first time, two games will also air on NFL Network (they were originally planned to stream on the ESPN app), which has been owned by ESPN since January 2026.[137]

Broadcasters

ESPN will use the same commentary teams as they used in the 2025 season, with the additions of Brock Osweiler and Max Browne as their flex analysts. Tyler Fulghum and Pamela Maldonado will serve as the network's betting analysts, replacing Erin Dolan.[138] Fox Sports will likewise carry over most of the same on-air talent as previous years, including lead team of Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt.

Viewership

Through the first five weeks of the 2026 season, the UFL posted modest gains in viewership of 3% compared to 2025, due in part to changes in methodology of calculating Nielsen Ratings. Fox's ratings were unchanged compared to 2026, while ESPN showed substantial gains.[139]

In millions of viewers

Broadcaster12345678910Conference finalsChampionship
game		TotalAverage
ABC ––1.00.00.01.1–0.91.10.00.01.0 3.1 0.5
––1.0–0.0––1.0––––
ESPN 0.90.30.7–0.6–0.4––––– 3.0 0.6
0.5–––––––––––
ESPN2 ––––––––0.30.0–– 0.3 0.3
NFL Network –0.2–0.2–––––––– 0.4 0.2
Fox 0.70.70.70.70.50.70.70.61.60.01.1– 4.7 0.5
0.7––0.0–0.00.00.00.50.0––
FS1 –0.2–––0.10.5––––– 0.3 0.2
Total 2.8 1.4 3.4 0.9 1.1 1.9 1.6 2.5 3.5 0.0 1.1 1.0 21.2  
Average 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.0 1.1 1.0   0.5

* One decimal place is shown in table but two decimal places are used in all calculations.
* Viewership figures for games streaming on ESPN+ were not released.

Reception

Writing for The Courier-Journal, C. L. Brown gave the revamped league a positive review, remarking that "there's real talent here" and that there was "nothing gimmicky about" the overall product despite the rule changes; he also noted that the brisk weather gave the game an authentic autumn-like feel.[140]

Signees to the NFL

Legend
Made an NFL team (active, practice squad or PUP)
Bold Made the active roster
Italics Made NFL Team but was later cut
Player Position UFL team NFL team Ref.
Eugene Asante LB Houston Gamblers Arizona Cardinals [141]
Shawn Bowman TE Orlando Storm Arizona Cardinals [142]
Jack Browning P Orlando Storm Arizona Cardinals [143]
Baylor Cupp TE Dallas Renegades Arizona Cardinals [144]
Josh Minkins S Orlando Storm Arizona Cardinals [143]
Quinton Newsome CB Houston Gamblers Arizona Cardinals [145]
Tre Stewart RB Orlando Storm Arizona Cardinals [144]
Keshawn Banks DE Orlando Storm Atlanta Falcons [146]
Devonnsha Maxwell DT DC Defenders Atlanta Falcons
Antwane Wells Jr. WR Columbus Aviators Atlanta Falcons [147]
Michael Barrett LB St. Louis Battlehawks Baltimore Ravens [148]
Austin Reed QB Dallas Renegades Baltimore Ravens [149]
Sincere Haynesworth C St. Louis Battlehawks Buffalo Bills [150]
D.J. Miller Jr. CB Columbus Aviators Buffalo Bills [151]
Ian Wheeler RB Louisville Kings Buffalo Bills [152]
Kyon Barrs DT Houston Gamblers Carolina Panthers [153]
Elijah Cooks WR Birmingham Stallions Carolina Panthers [154]
Cam Gill LB Louisville Kings Carolina Panthers [155]
Roc Taylor WR Columbus Aviators Carolina Panthers [154]
Kaden Davis WR Houston Gamblers Chicago Bears [156]
Tony Fields II LB Columbus Aviators Chicago Bears [157]
Antonio Grier LB Louisville Kings Chicago Bears [158]
Deantre Prince CB Louisville Kings Chicago Bears [159]
Travis Bell DT Louisville Kings Cleveland Browns [160]
Jashaun Corbin RB Orlando Storm Dallas Cowboys [161]
Chris Glaser G Columbus Aviators Dallas Cowboys [162]
Denzel Mims WR Dallas Renegades Dallas Cowboys [163]
Ameer Speed CB Houston Gamblers Dallas Cowboys [164]
Israel Antwine DT Houston Gamblers Denver Broncos [165]
Hakeem Butler WR St. Louis Battlehawks Denver Broncos [166]
Sean Fresch CB/PR St. Louis Battlehawks Denver Broncos [167]
Ron Stone Jr. DE Columbus Aviators Denver Broncos [168]
Tarik Black WR Louisville Kings Detroit Lions [169]
Ekow Boye-Doe CB DC Defenders Detroit Lions [170]
Bump Cooper CB Birmingham Stallions Detroit Lions [171]
Lucky Jackson WR Louisville Kings Detroit Lions [169]
Lawrence Keys III WR Houston Gamblers Detroit Lions [172]
Tay Martin WR Columbus Aviators Detroit Lions [169]
Jason Taylor II S Orlando Storm Detroit Lions [173]
Trey Dean S St. Louis Battlehawks Green Bay Packers [174]
Tra Fluellen S Dallas Renegades Green Bay Packers
Kaden Prather WR Louisville Kings Green Bay Packers [175]
Bryce Hall CB Louisville Kings Houston Texans [176]
Derek Parish DE DC Defenders Houston Texans [177]
Deuce Vaughn RB Orlando Storm Houston Texans [178]
Trey Wedig OT DC Defenders Indianapolis Colts [179]
Kellen Diesch OT Louisville Kings Kansas City Chiefs [180]
Gary Jennings Jr. WR St. Louis Battlehawks Los Angeles Chargers [181]
Alex Cook S Birmingham Stallions Los Angeles Rams [182]
Steven Gilmore Jr. CB Birmingham Stallions Los Angeles Rams [183]
Gottlieb Ayedze OT Houston Gamblers Miami Dolphins [184]
Major Burns S Houston Gamblers Miami Dolphins [185]
Jaheim Thomas LB Louisville Kings Miami Dolphins [186]
Kenny Dyson LB Houston Gamblers Minnesota Vikings [187]
Casey Rogers DT DC Defenders New England Patriots [188]
Tanner Brown K Louisville Kings New Orleans Saints [189]
Hunter Dekkers QB Houston Gamblers New Orleans Saints
Jalen Moreno-Cropper WR Houston Gamblers New Orleans Saints
D. J. James CB Orlando Storm New York Giants [190]
Cam Camper WR Orlando Storm New York Jets [191]
Patrick Jenkins DT Columbus Aviators New York Jets/Cleveland Browns [192]
Isaiah Bolden CB Louisville Kings Philadelphia Eagles [193]
Erik Ezukanma WR DC Defenders Philadelphia Eagles [194]
Jaylen Mahoney S Orlando Storm Philadelphia Eagles [173]
Shaun Wade CB Dallas Renegades Philadelphia Eagles [194]
Cornell Powell WR DC Defenders Pittsburgh Steelers [195]
Jacoby Windmon LB Columbus Aviators Pittsburgh Steelers [196]
Isaiah Winstead WR Louisville Kings Pittsburgh Steelers [197]
Jah Joyner DE Houston Gamblers San Francisco 49ers [165]
Roman Parodie CB Houston Gamblers Tampa Bay Buccaneers [198]
Hudson Clark S Birmingham Stallions Tennessee Titans/Arizona Cardinals [199]
Mario Goodrich CB Birmingham Stallions Tennessee Titans [200]
Dyontae Johnson LB Birmingham Stallions Tennessee Titans [201]
Corey Mayfield Jr. CB Louisville Kings Tennessee Titans [202]
Boogie Basham LB DC Defenders Washington Commanders [203]
Curtis Jacobs LB DC Defenders Washington Commanders [204]
Quindell Johnson S Louisville Kings Washington Commanders [205]
Tre' McKitty TE Louisville Kings Washington Commanders [206]

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Notes

  1. ↑ The May 15 Storm/Renegades game, billed as Hats Off to Heroes, was held at a stadium on the campus of Fort Hood, an active U.S. Army base in North Texas; the game was closed to the general public, with attendance limited to personnel stationed at the fort and family members with authorized access thereto.
  2. ↑ Neutral site game at Audi Field
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