Eight clubs
The announcement names Birmingham, Columbus, Dallas, the D.C. Defenders, Houston, Louisville, Orlando, and St. Louis.
UFL
UFL
The UFL’s own 2026 announcement: eight teams, a 10-week regular season, and a four-team playoff.
History · Teams · United Bowl · Contact
A short history
On January 29, 2025, the UFL said Arlington, Texas would be the year-round football operations home for all eight teams. The offices are at 1401 Nolan Ryan Expressway.
The league’s 2026 schedule announcement names eight clubs, a 10-week regular season of 40 games that opened Friday, March 27, 2026, and a championship on Saturday, June 13, 2026.
Current teams
8 clubs from the published list. Open a club for its desk.
United Bowl
The UFL’s ticket announcement calls the championship the United Bowl and says the 2026 game was Saturday, June 13, at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., on ABC. It describes a new United Bowl Trophy for that game.
The league’s later note on the Louisville celebration says the Louisville Kings captured the 2026 United Bowl.
Contact
Football operations
Offices at UFL HQ
1401 Nolan Ryan Expressway
Arlington, Texas
theufl.com
Address on the privacy page
600 Steamboat Rd, Suite 107
Greenwich, CT 06830
privacy@theufl.com
877-640-1989
How the league plays
The regular season
Ten weeks and 40 regular-season games. The league said the season would open on Friday, March 27, 2026.
The playoff
The four teams with the best records play on Sunday, June 7. The championship game is Saturday, June 13, on ABC.
What this page is
The season announcement sets the calendar and the playoff field. It does not publish down-and-distance rules. Those lines on this site come from the NFL, CFL, and NCAA rulebooks.
Sources
UFL announcement of the 2026 schedule