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The Mid‑Eastern Athletic Conference will sponsor women's flag football as a varsity sport in 2026‑27, host its first conference championship in 2027 and become the first Division I league to do so, a milestone that aligns with the sport's Olympic debut in 2028.
Arizona’s Rate Bowl is shedding its modern moniker for the historic Cactus Bowl name and relocating to Arizona State University’s stadium, a move championed by the Fiesta Sports Foundation as part of a wider effort to revitalize college football bowl traditions.
The Rate Bowl is being renamed the Cactus Bowl and will be played at Arizona State’s Mountain America Stadium on Dec. 26, marking the first postseason game in Tempe since 2015 and promising economic benefits for the city.
The 2026 UMB Bank Fiesta Sports Foundation Football Kickoff will feature keynote remarks from Mike Gundy and Jack Swarbrick, highlighting the start of the 2026‑27 college football season.
The 2026 Fiesta Sports Foundation Legacy Youth Football Clinic offered a non‑contact, skills‑focused experience for children from the Salt River Pima‑Maricopa Indian Community, featuring guest coach Sammy Moore and a roster of former college and NFL players.
The NCAA’s Access, Opportunity and Impact Committee has recommended that women’s flag football become a championship‑level sport, a step that could lead to the first official NCAA Tournament as early as spring 2028, just before the sport’s Olympic debut in Los Angeles.
Sierra and Sophia Smith launch the first ASU women's flag football program and host the inaugural Fiesta Bowl Flag Football Classic, a milestone in the sport's rapid expansion.
Women’s flag football is rapidly moving from club competition to varsity status across U.S. colleges, as the NCAA formally added the sport to its Emerging Sports for Women program earlier this year.
The NCAA’s inclusion of flag football and a slate of Power 4 commitments signal a rapid rise toward varsity status and a potential Olympic debut in 2028.
A wave of Division I schools are adding women’s flag football as a varsity sport, positioning the game for an Olympic debut in Los Angeles and sparking early conversations within the ACC.