Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sept. 17, 2026) – The USA Ultimate club postseason has begun. This past weekend, over 500 teams competed in sectional championship events nationwide. With winners crowned, the field narrows as top teams from each of the more than 70 sectional events advance to regional championships in hopes of earning a bid to compete in the National Championships next month.

Regional championships will take place September 26-27 with select regional matchups streamed live from a variety of locations. The full streaming schedule will be available from USA Ultimate’s media partner Ultiworld. Active USA Ultimate members receive a 10% discount on annual Ultiworld subscriptions.

Each regional championship offers teams the chance to advance, but the number of bids available varies by region and division. Bid allocation is determined by the final regular season rankings, with each region receiving a minimum of one bid per division. Read on below for some of the top stories to watch in each division across the regional championship events.

Men’s Division

With the Pro Championships offering the last opportunity to affect bid allocations, several teams’ performances there had key impacts on the regional championships landscape. One of these was Austin Doublewide taking fifth place over Montréal Mephisto. Doublewide’s win ensured an extra strength bid for the South Central region. And, while Mephisto fell just outside of the top 16 in the final rankings, Portland Red Tide claimed the 16th spot, giving three championship bids to the Northeast.

This makes the Northeast an exciting region to watch. Home to top-ranked Boston Dig (3) and New York PoNY (5), the Northeast region has a strong team of talent all looking to advance to the National Championships. Red Tide (16), Mephisto (18), New York Blueprint (23) and Amherst Sprout (25) are all ranked in the top 25, while Ottawa Phoenix (29), Halifax Red Circus (32) and Hartford Colt (35) are also competitive contenders capable of putting up strong performances. With Dig and PoNY likely to secure two bids, these teams will likely find themselves in tight contention for the final bid.

The Great Lakes region also has the potential for some upheaval. Chicago Haymaker (19) had a strong start early in the regular season, but finished short of ranking well enough to claim an additional strength bid for the region. With only two championship bids available, they will be up against top-ranked Chicago Machine (2) and Toronto GOAT (11) — needing to unseat one in order to have a path to the National Championships.

Mixed Division

With Austin Disco Club’s Pro Championships win, Ann Arbor Hybrid is no longer in contention for a repeat triple crown. However, both teams are the strongest contenders in regions with two championship bids, and are likely to have a clear path to advance to Nationals.

Despite two universe point wins over top-ranked Boston Slow (5) at the Pro Championships, Boston Sprocket (17) was unable to claim the final strength bid for the Northeast. Instead, it went to the Northwest — thanks to Salt Lake Sego’s 15th place ranking, the first time Sego has claimed a strength bid for their region.

This leaves the Northeast with two bids. As one is likely to be claimed by number one-ranked New York XIST, Sprocket will be headed to the regional championships looking to upset Slow once again. Also in contention will be Montréal Odyssée (19), hoping to best both the Boston teams and earn the final bid out of the Northeast.

Another region likely to feature tight competition is the Southwest. With five teams ranked in the top 16, the Southwest gets four bids to the National Championships. Sacramento Tower (3), San Francisco Polar Bears (7), California Burrito (11), Los Angeles Lotus (13) and San Francisco Mischief (16) will all be playing to win, in hopes of not being the team to get shut out of the Championships.

Women’s Division

Washington Scandal remains the big story in the women’s division. After a blowout 15-3 win over Seattle Riot in the Pro Championships final — and on top of claiming the World Title — Scandal now has the potential to become the first team ever to win the Triple Crown in the women’s division. To do so, they will first need to advance out of a competitive region. The Mid-Atlantic has three championship bids up for grabs, and four top 25 ranked teams. Rounding out a field of five is Washington Agency (27), who will be looking to contend with Scandal (1), Philadelphia Flight (10), Pittsburgh Parcha (15) and Washington Grit (25) to advance to the National Championships.

Coming off their Pro Championships defeat, Seattle Riot (6) will be competing in the Northwest regionals against Portland Schwa (12) and Vancouver Traffic (16) who are all competitive for one of two championship bids.

In the South Central region Denver Molly Brown (3) is likely to claim one of the two available bids, leaving the Dallas Dimes (14) and Colorado Kelp (17) in contention for the second, and final, chance to advance.

In the Great Lakes region, Chicago Nemesis (19) has shown during the regular season they can compete with top teams, but they didn’t place high enough in the final rankings to earn a strength bid for the region. With one bid available in a region that also includes the Toronto 6ixers (5), the Great Lakes regional championships final promises to be an exciting game to watch.