This Week, the Biggest Stage in Flag Football Is Live

Starting tomorrow, the best flag football players in the country — and beyond — are stepping onto the field for the 2026 NFL FLAG Championships. Four days. One stage. And for a lot of these athletes, the biggest crowd they've ever played in front of.

This isn't a local tournament anymore. This is national television.

What's Happening

The 2026 NFL FLAG Championships run Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26 in Westfield, Indiana. Divisions competing include boys U14, boys U15, girls U15, girls High School, and international teams — meaning this event spans the entire pipeline, from the youngest athletes chasing a championship to the high schoolers who are about to be recruited off of it.

And it's not just families in the stands watching. Games will air Friday, Saturday, and Sunday across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, NFL Network, Disney Channel, and Disney XD. That's seven networks, prime real estate, for a sport that a decade ago barely had a highlight reel.

The Field

This is the third year of the NFL FLAG Championships Presented by Toyota, and the biggest field the event has ever seen — more than 350 girls' and boys' teams from across the country, plus 12 international teams representing countries like Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Canada, and Great Britain.

Every team on that field earned it. The only way in is by winning a Regional or Super Regional Tournament, hosted by all 32 NFL clubs, across the fall and spring seasons. Nobody's just showing up — every roster in Westfield fought through a real bracket to get there. The event is being held at Grand Park Sports Campus, home of Indianapolis Colts Training Camp, and admission is free for fans who register through the NFL OnePass app.

2025 Girls Division Champions

Every age group has a champion coming back with something to prove — and this year, they're defending on a brand-new field. The championships have moved from the Hall of Fame Village in Canton, Ohio to Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, meaning every team in the bracket, champions included, is stepping onto ground nobody's won a title on yet.

• 10u: THT (Jets) def. NS Elite Lady Vipers (Cowboys)
• 12u: Mass Elite (Jets) def. VA Hurricanes Black (Steelers)
• 14u: Bad Rabbits (Raiders) def. Pirate Bay Krewe Red (Buccaneers)
• High School: Texas Fury (Texans) def. Bad Rabbits (Cowboys), 19–0

From 10u to high school, every one of these teams fought through a regional bracket just to get here — and now they're all defending, on a new field, in front of the biggest broadcast platform this event has ever had.

Why This Matters

ESPN is sending crews on-site specifically to cover the Girls High School division, alongside the Boys 14u and International brackets — which means every girl who made it to Westfield is playing in front of exactly the kind of exposure that didn't exist when this sport started growing. Scouts are watching. Networks are broadcasting. And the games count, all the way to Championship Sunday.

This is what the growth of women's flag football actually looks like in real time — not a stat on a slide, but a broadcast schedule, a bracket, and a group of athletes who get to call themselves national championship competitors.

Tune In

Catch the games Friday through Sunday across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, NFL Network, Disney Channel, and Disney XD. Whether you've got a player in the bracket or you're just watching to see how far this sport has come — this is the weekend to pay attention. For the full day-by-day schedule, check NFL.com's Ways to Watch.