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2026 AF1 Weekly Schedule

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✅ Week 1

  • Saturday, April 11
    • Minnesota Monsters vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT
  • Sunday, April 12
    • Michigan Arsenal vs. Kentucky Barrels — 5 p.m. EDT
    • Beaumont Renegades vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD
    • Oregon Lightning vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD

✅ Week 2

  • Sunday, April 19
    • Oceanside Bombers vs. Kentucky Barrels — 3 p.m. EDT

TBD (Week 2 floating game)

  • Michigan Arsenal vs. Nashville Kats — TBD

✅ Week 3

  • Saturday, April 25
    • Albany Firebirds vs. Oregon Lightning — 6 p.m. PDT

TBD (Week 3 floating games)

  • Oceanside Bombers vs. Beaumont Renegades — TBD
  • Washington Wolfpack vs. Nashville Kats — TBD
  • Minnesota Monsters vs. Michigan Arsenal — TBD

✅ Week 4 — May 2–3

  • Saturday, May 2
    • Albany Firebirds vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD
  • Sunday, May 3
    • Nashville Kats vs. Kentucky Barrels — 3 p.m. EDT
    • Minnesota Monsters vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD

TBD (Week 4 floating game)

  • Oregon Lightning vs. Michigan Arsenal — TBD

✅ Week 5 — May 9

  • Saturday, May 9
    • Kentucky Barrels vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT

TBD (Week 5 floating games)

  • Oregon Lightning vs. Nashville Kats — TBD
  • Washington Wolfpack vs. Beaumont Renegades — TBD
  • Minnesota Monsters vs. Michigan Arsenal — TBD

✅ Week 6 — May 16–17

  • Saturday, May 16
    • Washington Wolfpack vs. Oregon Lightning — 6 p.m. PDT
  • Sunday, May 17
    • Beaumont Renegades vs. Kentucky Barrels — 3 p.m. EDT

TBD (Week 6 floating games)

  • Oceanside Bombers vs. Nashville Kats — TBD
  • Albany Firebirds vs. Michigan Arsenal — TBD

Week 7 — May 22–24

  • Friday, May 22
    • Nashville Kats vs. Minnesota Monsters — 6 p.m. CDT
  • Saturday, May 23
    • Michigan Arsenal vs. Oregon Lightning — 6 p.m. PDT
    • Beaumont Renegades vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD
  • Sunday, May 24
    • Kentucky Barrels vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD

Week 8 — May 30

  • Saturday, May 30
    • Washington Wolfpack vs. Oregon Lightning — 6 p.m. PDT
    • Kentucky Barrels vs. Minnesota Monsters — 6 p.m. CDT
    • Oceanside Bombers vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT

Week 9 — June 5–7

  • Friday, June 5
    • Beaumont Renegades vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT
  • Sunday, June 7
    • Kentucky Barrels vs. Oregon Lightning — 3 p.m. PDT
    • Minnesota Monsters vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD

TBD (Week 9 floating game)

  • Nashville Kats vs. Michigan Arsenal — TBD

Week 10 — June 12–14

  • Friday, June 12
    • Michigan Arsenal vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT
  • Saturday, June 13
    • Oregon Lightning vs. Kentucky Barrels — 7 p.m. EDT
  • Sunday, June 14
    • Washington Wolfpack vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD

TBD (Week 10 floating game)

  • Minnesota Monsters vs. Nashville Kats — TBD

Week 11 — June 20–22

  • Saturday, June 20
    • Oregon Lightning vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD
  • Monday, June 22
    • Michigan Arsenal vs. Minnesota Monsters — 6 p.m. CDT

TBD (Week 11 floating games)

  • Albany Firebirds vs. Nashville Kats — TBD
  • Oceanside Bombers vs. Beaumont Renegades — TBD

Week 12 — June 27

  • Saturday, June 27
    • Albany Firebirds vs. Kentucky Barrels — 7 p.m. EDT
    • Michigan Arsenal vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD

TBD (Week 12 floating game)

  • Beaumont Renegades vs. Nashville Kats — TBD

Week 13 — July 3–5

  • Friday, July 3
    • Nashville Kats vs. Washington Wolfpack — TBD
  • Sunday, July 5
    • Kentucky Barrels vs. Minnesota Monsters — 6 p.m. CDT

TBD (Week 13 floating game)

  • Oregon Lightning vs. Beaumont Renegades — TBD

Week 14 — July 10–11

  • Friday, July 10
    • Oregon Lightning vs. Oceanside Bombers — TBD
  • Saturday, July 11
    • Washington Wolfpack vs. Minnesota Monsters — 6 p.m. CDT
    • Nashville Kats vs. Albany Firebirds — 7 p.m. EDT

TBD (Week 14 floating game)

  • Kentucky Barrels vs. Beaumont Renegades — TBD

Week 15 — July 18

  • Saturday, July 18
    • Beaumont Renegades vs. Minnesota Monsters — 6 p.m. CDT

TBD (Week 15 floating game)

  • Oceanside Bombers vs. Michigan Arsenal — TBD

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