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
Picked byTBD
2026 UFL Championship

The 2026 UFL season is the upcoming third season of the United Football League.

Offseason

In July 2025, the UFL sold a large minority stake of itself to 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]

On October 7 the UFL announced three new franchises, the Columbus Aviators playing at 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.[14]

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.[15][16]

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[17][18][19] Columbus, Ohio Historic Crew Stadium 19,968 Ted Ginn Jr.
Dallas Renegades Frisco, Texas Toyota Stadium 20,500 Rick Neuheisel
DC Defenders Washington, D.C. Audi Field 20,000 Shannon Harris
Houston Gamblers Houston, Texas Shell Energy Stadium 20,656 Kevin Sumlin
Louisville Kings[19] Louisville, Kentucky Lynn Family Stadium 11,700 Chris Redman
Orlando Storm[20][19] 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 a practice squads.[21] This would violate the terms of the CBA as negotiated in 2025.[22] 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.[23][24] 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.[22]

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.[25][26]

Draft

Main article: 2026 UFL draft

Previous plans to hold the draft in September 2025 fell through due to continued uncertainty about team composition.[27][28] 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,[29] prompting the league to place its draft after NFL preseason cuts and practice squad assignments to better assess who will be available.[30]

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.[27][31] When plans were finalized, the surviving teams were given permission to protect up to 12 players from their 2025 rosters.[32]

The 2026 UFL draft was held from January 9–14, 2026, at UFL HQ in Arlington, Texas.[32]

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.[33] 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;[34] San Antonio's Wade Phillips had reached the end of his contract[35] (he had not taken any action on an offer to return to the UFL before Repole's arrival);[36] and Memphis's Jim Turner accepted a position as offensive line coach with Rutgers on December 22.[37] 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.[38]

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. 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.[39]
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.[40]
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.[41]

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.[42]

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.[43]

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.[44] 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.[45] The elder Holtz eventually died March 4, 2026.[46]

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.[47] His experience as a coach had theretofore been limited to youth-level flag football.[48]

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:[49][50]

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 no more than 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.
  • 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 (previously the 35-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 run a passing or running play instead.
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.
  • After a touchdown, offenses will have the option to kick from the 33-yard line for 1 extra point. Teams will also have an option to run a play from the 2-yard line for a 2-point conversion (matching the NFL standard), or run a play from the 8-yard line for 3 points. 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.
  • Overtime will retain a "shootout" format with run or pass plays still at the 5-yard line.

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 will continue to follow its model of a ten-week regular season, but move from a two-conference structure of 4 teams each to a single-table standings format featuring all 8 teams. How the scheduling will play out without conferences or divisions has yet to be determined, as 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. 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."[51] 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 (March 28 in 2025),[52] but that a move to the post-Super Bowl window was being considered for 2027.

Postseason

The top four teams in the UFL standings will be seeded in order of record in the league semifinals, with the winners advancing to the 2026 UFL Championship Game.[52]

Standings

2026 UFL standings
UFL League
Team W L PCT GB TD+/- TD+ TD- DIV PF PA DIFF STK
Birmingham Stallions 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
Columbus Aviators 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
Dallas Renegades 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
DC Defenders 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
Houston Gamblers 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
Louisville Kings 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
Orlando Storm 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
St. Louis Battlehawks 0 0 – – 0 0 0 0–0 0 0 0 –
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched regular season; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

Season schedule

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

Regular season

Week 1

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
March 27 8:00 p.m. ET Birmingham Stallions Louisville Kings Lynn Family Stadium Fox
March 28 12:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders St. Louis Battlehawks The Dome at America's Center ESPN
4:00 p.m. ET Houston Gamblers Dallas Renegades Toyota Stadium Fox
March 29 8:00 p.m. ET Columbus Aviators Orlando Storm Inter&Co Stadium ESPN

Week 2

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
April 3 8:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders Columbus Aviators Historic Crew Stadium Fox
April 4 Louisville Kings Orlando Storm Inter&Co Stadium ESPN
April 5 6:00 p.m. ET Birmingham Stallions Houston Gamblers Shell Energy Stadium NFL Network
April 7 8:00 p.m. ET St. Louis Battlehawks Dallas Renegades Toyota Stadium FS1

Week 3

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
April 10 8:00 p.m. ET Orlando Storm Louisville Kings Lynn Family Stadium Fox
April 11 12:00 p.m. ET Houston Gamblers DC Defenders Audi Field ESPN
April 12 Columbus Aviators Dallas Renegades Toyota Stadium ABC
3:00 p.m. ET Birmingham Stallions St. Louis Battlehawks The Dome at America's Center

Week 4

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
April 16 8:00 p.m. ET Louisville Kings Houston Gamblers Shell Energy Stadium NFL Network
April 17 Dallas Renegades Columbus Aviators Historic Crew Stadium Fox
April 18 12:30 p.m. ET St. Louis Battlehawks DC Defenders Audi Field ABC
4:00 p.m. ET Orlando Storm Birmingham Stallions Protective Stadium Fox

Week 5

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
April 24 8:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders Birmingham Stallions Protective Stadium Fox
April 25 7:00 p.m. ET St. Louis Battlehawks Orlando Storm Inter&Co Stadium ESPN
April 26 12:00 p.m. ET Columbus Aviators Houston Gamblers Shell Energy Stadium ABC
3:00 p.m. ET Louisville Kings Dallas Renegades Toyota Stadium

Week 6

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
April 30 8:00 p.m. ET St. Louis Battlehawks Louisville Kings Lynn Family Stadium FS1
May 1 Houston Gamblers Columbus Aviators Historic Crew Stadium Fox
May 2 12:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades DC Defenders Audi Field ABC
May 3 4:00 p.m. ET Birmingham Stallions Orlando Storm Inter&Co Stadium Fox

Week 7

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
May 8 8:00 p.m. ET Columbus Aviators St. Louis Battlehawks The Dome at America's Center Fox
May 9 1:30 p.m. ET Louisville Kings DC Defenders Audi Field
8:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades Birmingham Stallions Protective Stadium ESPN
May 10 6:00 p.m. ET Orlando Storm Houston Gamblers Shell Energy Stadium FS1

Week 8

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
May 15 8:00 p.m. ET Orlando Storm Dallas Renegades TBA Fox
May 16 12:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders Louisville Kings Lynn Family Stadium ABC
3:00 p.m. ET Houston Gamblers St. Louis Battlehawks The Dome at America's Center
May 17 1:00 p.m. ET Columbus Aviators Birmingham Stallions Protective Stadium Fox

Week 9

Date Time Away team Result Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating Refs
May 22 8:00 p.m. ET DC Defenders Orlando Storm Inter&Co Stadium Fox
May 23 3:00 p.m. ET Birmingham Stallions Columbus Aviators Historic Crew Stadium ABC
May 24 4:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades Louisville Kings Lynn Family Stadium Fox
7:00 p.m. ET St. Louis Battlehawks Houston Gamblers Shell Energy Stadium ESPN2

Week 10

Date Time
 Away team Result
 Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating
 Refs
May 29 8:00 p.m. ET Dallas Renegades St. Louis Battlehawks The Dome at America's Center Fox
May 30 3:00 p.m. ET Houston Gamblers Birmingham Stallions Protective Stadium ESPN2
May 31 12:00 p.m. ET Orlando Storm DC Defenders Audi Field ABC
6:00 p.m. ET Louisville Kings Columbus Aviators Historic Crew Stadium Fox

Postseason

The playoffs will start on June 7 and will end with the championship game on June 13.

Semifinals

Date Time
 Away team Result
 Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating
 Refs
June 7 3:00 p.m. ET TBD TBD TBD ABC
6:00 p.m. ET TBD TBD TBD Fox

UFL championship

Date Time
 Away team Result
 Home team Stadium Attendance Broadcast Viewership
(millions)		 Rating
 Refs
June 13 3:00 p.m. ET TBD TBD TBD ABC

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 / Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Semifinals Championship Total Average
Birmingham Stallions 0 0
Columbus Aviators 0 0
Dallas Renegades 0 0
DC Defenders 0 0
Houston Gamblers 0 0
Louisville Kings 0 0
Orlando Storm 0 0
St. Louis Battlehawks 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Average 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0

League finances

Personnel

Source: [53]

  • 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,[54] 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.[55]

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.[56] 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

The first viewership ratings for the NFL Network will be announced on April 5 2026 during the Houston Gamblers & Birmingham Stallions match at the Shell Energy Stadium.

In millions of viewers

Broadcaster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Conference finals Championship
game		 Total Average
ABC – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.0 0.0
– – – – – – – – – – – –
ESPN – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.0 0.0
– – – – – – – – – – – –
NFL Network – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.0 0.0
Fox – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.0 0.0
– – – – – – – – – – – –
FS1 – – – – – – – – – – – – 0.0 0.0
Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Average 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0   0.0

* 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.

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