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Texas Esports Conference
2026-27 Season

High school esports

Built for Texas students, parents, and teachers.

The Conference runs Monday through Thursday, online by region: a six-week fall mini-season and a nine-week spring season, each ending at a 1-day LAN. First match 5:00 PM Central. Enrollment is open now. Schools can join any time this year and start at the next roster window.

Enroll your school $500/yr Conference platform Membership details
Weekly match nights
Same nights, all season

Every school fields one Varsity and one JV team per title. Smash runs on Switch, so a school playing the full Thursday slate can run both titles in the same room on the same night.

Monday Overwatch5v5 Tuesday Rocket League3v3 Wednesday VALORANT5v5
Thursday Marvel Rivals6v6
Thursday Smash Ultimate4v4 crews

When a match week’s Monday is a school holiday, Overwatch plays that Friday instead. It happens twice, both in spring: MLK week plays Friday January 22, Presidents Day week plays Friday February 19.

The 2026-27 season
Calendar at a glance
Oct 2
Fall rosters locked
Schools that join now start in the spring
Oct 5
Fall matches start
Every matchup and result on tec.rally.gg
Dec 5
Fall Playoffs and FinalsIn person
The whole fall postseason in one day. Location announced Friday, October 9
Jan 11
Spring Week 1
Nine match weeks, regional play
Feb 5-7
Metroplex Major
Scholastic Smash crews plus open singles, UNT Dallas
Apr 17
Spring Regional PlayoffIn person
One-day playoff at a regional venue, sets the top four in each title
May 8
ChampionshipIn person
Top four per title, one day, one stage
Week by week
Built around the school calendar

Fall break, Thanksgiving, winter break, and both halves of the split Texas spring break are protected. Flex weeks absorb the makeups.

Texas Esports Conference 2026 Fall Mini-Season
Six weeks into one Saturday
Matches from October 5, straight into the in-person Fall Playoffs and Finals
Sep 15
Priority enrollment ends
Sep 21
Rally Cry onboarding
Sep 28
Week 1, bye for every team
Oct 2
Rosters lock
Oct 5
Week 2
Oct 12
No matches, fall break
Oct 19
Week 3
Oct 26
Week 4 · Smash only
Nov 2
Week 5
Nov 9
Flex week · Smash plays, plus makeups
Nov 16
Week 6 · Smash plays, plus makeups
Nov 23
No matches, Thanksgiving
Nov 30
Seeding and travel prep
Sat Dec 5
Fall Playoffs and Finals, in person
Texas Esports Conference 2027 Spring Season
Nine weeks, then the stage
Nine match weeks of regional play into the Spring Regional Playoff and a top-4 Championship
Jan 4
Spring roster window
Jan 11
Week 1
Jan 18
Week 2 · MLK, Overwatch plays Fri
Jan 25
Week 3
Feb 1
Week 4 · Smash bye for the Major
Feb 8
Week 5
Feb 15
Week 6 · Pres Day, Overwatch plays Fri
Feb 22
Week 7
Mar 1
Week 8
Mar 8 + 15
No matches, spring break
Mar 22
Week 9
Mar 29-Apr 12
Flex week, then playoff prep
Sat Apr 17
Spring Regional Playoff, in person
Apr 19-May 3
Dark, championship travel prep
Sat May 8
Championship, top 4, in person

All match times Central. No weekend play outside the in-person dates.

In person
1-day LAN events, made realistic for teachers, parents, and students
Sat Dec 5 · Venue TBA

Fall Playoffs and Finals

The whole fall postseason in one day, one Saturday, one venue.

Sat Apr 17 · Regional venues

Spring Regional Playoff

A one-day playoff at a regional venue that sets the top four in each title.

Sat May 8 · Venue TBA

Championship

The top four in each title meet for the 2026-27 titles. One day, one stage.

Metroplex Major crown mark
Feb 5-7, 2027 · UNT Dallas

Metroplex Major

Scholastic Smash crews · collegiate crews · open singles

The biggest in-person stage on the calendar. Scholastic Smash crews compete Friday as part of a major Smash weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth, and the league schedule clears that week so crews can travel.

Metroplex Major details
Last season
Season Alpha results

The 2025-26 pilot ended in person at Boeing Center at Tech Port on May 17, 2026. Stephen F. Austin took VALORANT, Warren took Super Smash Bros., and Hebron won both Overwatch and Rocket League.

Texas Esports Conference Season Alpha Championships title card, Boeing Center at Tech Port, May 17, 2026 VALORANT Season Alpha Championship bracket: Stephen F. Austin defeats Hebron in the grand finals Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Season Alpha Championship bracket: Warren defeats Clements in the grand finals Overwatch Season Alpha Championship grand finals: Hebron defeats Independence Rocket League Season Alpha Championship grand finals: Hebron defeats Stafford
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Collegiate runs on tournaments

The collegiate track is not a season. Colleges compete in LANs and splits on their own calendar, hosted on member campuses across Texas through the year.

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PLAY THE 2026-27 SEASON
Enrollment for Texas high school programs is open now, and schools can join any time this year. Membership is $500 per school for the year and covers every title, both seasons, and a place at the in-person finals. Season play runs on the Conference platform at tec.rally.gg, where enrolled schools register a team per title and follow the schedule, standings, and match results.
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