The 2026 regular season has come to a close after an exciting PBR Outlaw Days, and the stage is set for the Teams Championship in November.

It was an incredible finish to a memorable season in Kansas City; however, some teams are happier than others.

The Thunder, Gamblers, and Stampede secured byes in Kansas City, while the Wildcatters, Freedom, and Ridge Riders will participate in the Play-In game at the Teams Championship.

The home-team Outlaws won two of three games in front of their fans and concluded what’s been a career year for many of its riders.

The Cowboys, however, had their worst finish of the season at the worst possible time.

Here’s what you missed at PBR Outlaw Days last weekend and the ramifications for the upcoming Teams Championship:

Austin Gamblers:

The Gamblers finished 3-0 for the third time this season. All three of the team’s undefeated event finishes came in their last six events, in which they produced a 14-4 record. The Gamblers started their season 8-9 before their second-half surge.

Their one constant throughout the good and bad this season, though, has been Jose Vitor Leme, who earned his 3rd League MVP award after finishing the year with 29 rides in 33 attempts worth 2570 points. Leme set the record for most rides in a season and the best ride percentage in a season at 87.88%. Leme was 2-for-2 in Kansas City, scoring 90+ each time. His first ride was a season-high 92.20 on Super Trooper, which tied him with Chris Shivers for the most 90-point rides of all time at 94. He was then 90.55 in Game 2 on Moonlight Graham for his 95th career 90-point ride, taking the record all for himself. Leme clinched the MVP with his record-breaking ride, ending up 93.50 points ahead of Paulo Edaurdo Rossetto.

The Gamblers entered Kansas City in 2nd place and made sure to keep their position. Their first two opponents matched them ride-for-ride, but were outscored thanks to Leme’s 90s. In Game 3, none of the Gamblers’ starting five rode, and instead their depth got a chance to shine. Andrew Alvidrez and Vinicius Pinheiro Correa were 88.70 and 89.00, respectively, both scoring their season-highs. It was enough to defeat the Rattlers and finish the season with a 22-13 record.

For the second straight season, the Gamblers finished 2nd, and they have now finished 2nd or better in four of five seasons. When Austin won their Championship in 2024, though, the team finished a franchise-worst 5th in the regular season. They’ll be a must-watch squad after their bye on Day 1 of the Teams Championship.

Oklahoma Wildcatters:

The Wildcatters end their season on a high note with just their second positive event finish of the year. Oklahoma finished 2-1 in Kansas City, breaking and extending their win total to a new franchise record of 13. Since promoting Shawn Ramirez to head coach, the Wildcatters have scored a total of 21 rides over the last three events, at least six in each. Beforehand, the Wildcatters had scored six rides in an event only once. Furthermore, the Wildcatters have scored four rides in a game in each of their final three events, which they hadn’t done once all season previously.

The Wildcatters scored 354.15 points on four rides in Game 1 in Kansas City and just barely beat the Rattlers by .15-points. It was the closest match all season and their 12th win of the year. That win broke Oklahoma’s previous record of 11 regular-season wins.

The Wildcatters scored three in Game 3 to end their season with a record 13 wins, but they almost had 14. They lost to the Gamblers in Game 2 by less than two points. Renan Almeida Alves’ 89.1 on Aggie Pete wasn’t enough to overtake Jose Vitor Leme and the Gamblers.

Regardless, Eduardo Matos, Winy dos Santos, and Natanael Serra scored in both of the team’s wins in Kansas City. Matos ended his year with a career-high 19 total rides.

Oklahoma had an excellent end to their season, but they still finished dead last and will face their toughest test yet in the Play-In game at the Teams Championship.

Florida Freedom:

The Freedom did nearly everything they could have done to escape the Bottom 3 of the standings and the Play-In game, including scoring a season-high 618.10 points, but it wasn’t enough. Despite another three-straight rides (six overall) from the newly acquired Luciano De Castro, the Freedom were a win short of 7th place and finished the year 9th.

The Freedom entered Kansas City in 9th, and got off to a hot start, with two straight wins against the top-seeded Stampede and Cowboys. Both opponents scored only once. The Freedom scored twice in Game 1, and then four times in Game 2 for a season-high 356.45 points.

They needed to defeat the Arizona Ridge Riders in Game 3 to finish the season in 7th place and out of the Play-In, but found themselves outscored 3-to-1. De Castro was the only one to score, doing so against his old team for the first time. He’ll get to face them for a second straight time now in the Play-In game.

Despite the imminent Play-In game hanging over the team, the Freedom should feel prepared and confident. They’ve ridden the best they have all year to end the season, scoring six and seven rides in their final two events. They scored a maximum of six rides just twice in their first ten events. Furthermore, 2x League MVP John Crimber will be making his return at the Teams Championship, whom they’ve been without since August 8th.

New York Mavericks:

The New York Mavericks capped off an incredible late-season push with two wins in Kansas City and got to 7th place. For the first time in franchise history, the Mavericks finished not last and won’t play in the Play-In match. They finished the season with a franchise-record 15 wins, tied with Arizona and Florida at 15-20, but finished ahead of them thanks to a tiebreaker in rides.

New York was in 10th place after events one through eight with an 8-15 record. But they turned it around in their last four events, finishing 7-5 and scoring 26 of their 66 rides in that timeframe.

The Mavericks scored six rides in Kansas City spread between four riders. Hudson Bolton and Afonso Quintino led the way with two rides each, while Marco Rizzo and Mauricio Gulla Moreira scored once.

Rizzo finished his second Teams season in 9th place with double the number of rides, 18, as he had last year. He led all Mavericks, with Gulla Moreira not far behind in 13th. The two rides from Bolton and Quintino made it so the Mavericks now have six riders with at least six rides. Bolton was a season-high 89.55 in Game 1.

The Mavericks have proved they’re not the same team as before, but they will need their depth to shine once again come Championship time.

Kansas City Outlaws:

Since bottoming out at 6-14 over halfway through the season, the Outlaws finished their final five events 10-5. They went 2-1 in Kansas City and secured the 6th seed with a 16-19 season record.

Sandro Batista finished 2-for-3 at home, and grew his ridestreak to nine. His final ride of that streak was a season-high 90.70-point score on Sky Diamond. That ride was Batista’s 23rd of the season, a career-high. It was also his 58th qualified ride as an Outlaw, which is a franchise record, passing Koltin Hevalow. He finished 3rd in the MVP race for the second time in his career, doing so also in 2024.

Hayden Welsh was a career-high 91.35 on Humdinger to give the Outlaws the Game 3 victory. He finished his season 10-19, one out short of being eligible for Rookie of the Year.

Eric Henrique Domingos scored a career-high 13 rides this season, and got his 13th alongside Welsh in their Game 3 victory.

As a team, the Outlaws scored 70 rides, the fourth most of any team this season, and will enter the Teams Championship with potent scoring potential. Furthermore, three of the four previous Championship-winning teams finished 5th or worse in the regular season.

Texas Rattlers:

The Texas Rattlers, for the first time in franchise history, finished with a negative record, at 17-18. They finished in 5th place, which is the lowest the franchise has ever finished in the regular season. Ironically, the Rattlers scored the most points at the event, 709.9 on eight rides, but finished 1-2.

Brady Fielder took the weekend off to prepare for their Championship campaign. He finished his season in 4th with 20 rides. The Rattlers rode extremely well in his absence, including riding four in Game 1. They lost that match, however, by just .15 points to the Wildcatters.

Daniel Keeping scored just once all weekend, but still finished 7th with a career-high 18 rides.

Qynn Andersen led the team in Kansas City, riding all three of his bulls. He was a career-high 90 on Huey in Game 2. Jean Carlos Teodoro was also a career-high in Game 2, scoring 91.05 points on Wicked Solo.

This explosion from the Rattlers’ depth couldn’t come at a better time entering the world championship. The Rattlers have scored 18 rides over the final two events, one more than any other team, and the last two Champions finished as the 5th seed in the regular season.

Arizona Ridge Riders:

The Ridge Riders finished their season in 8th, 170.4 points behind 7th. Two rides were all that separated them from escaping the Play-In. They finished 15-20 and ended with a negative record for the third time in franchise history.

Arizona scored seven rides, their third most all season, but finished 1-2 in Kansas City. Another win would’ve also gotten them in 7th. They got close in Game 1, but lost by 4.8 points to the Thunder.

Alex Cerqueira, whom the Ridge Riders traded Luciano De Castro for, has gone 0-for-6 since donning Arizona’s uniform. De Castro has gone 6-for-6 since joining the Freedom.

Everton Natan da Silva has been the only constant for Arizona this season. He finished 5th, tying his career-high of 19 rides. Da Silva went 1-for-3 in Kansas City, though.

Arizona will enter the Play-In Game for the second time in three years and had the worst finish to their season compared to the Freedom and Wildcatters, whom they’ll face.

Missouri Thunder:

The Thunder entered Kansas City with the No. 1 seed clinched, and finished 1-2 at the event. It’s just the second negative event finish the Thunder have suffered this season. At 24-11, the Thunder have had their best season in franchise history. Previously, Missouri hadn’t finished better than 6th, and hadn’t won more than 15 games in a season.

Paulo Eduardo Rossetto entered the event with a puncher’s chance to steal the MVP award away from Jose Vitor Leme, but finished 93.50 points shy. Regardless, Rossetto covered 3-of-3 in Kansas City, which brought his season ride total to 28-of-35. It’s the second-most rides and the second-best ride percentage (80%) in Teams history, next to Leme this season.

After a narrow Game 1 victory over Arizona, which saw Rossetto score his sixth 90-point ride of the season, worth 90.10, the Thunder lost their final two games by a ride each.

One more win would’ve tied the Thunder with the 2025 Florida Freedom at 25-10 for the best winning percentage in Teams history.

Regardless, the Thunder enter the Teams Championships with the most rides per game, 2.4, and a Day 1 bye. They finished as reserve World Champions last season, and are intent on returning to the Championship match for retribution.

Nashville Stampede:

The Stampede did nearly everything they shouldn’t have, but still wound up in 3rd place and secured a Day 1 bye at the Teams Championships.

The Stampede finished their season on a 3-9 streak, including losing their first two matches in Kansas City.

Only Riquelmi Silva scored for the Stampede in Games 1 and 2, and their opponents outscored them two and three rides each.

They needed a win in Game 3 to have a chance at 3rd place, which they did against the Thunder, scoring three. Gustavo Luiz da Silva, Rogério Venâncio, and Damião Soares combined for 262.10 points in Game 3. That brought their season record to 19-16, which is a franchise best. The Stampede needed the Carolina Cowboys to lose their third game of the event to secure 3rd place, which they did. The Cowboys finished 19-16, but with eight fewer rides than the Stampede. The Stampede’s 76 rides this season are the third most in the league, and earned them the first Day 1 bye in franchise history.

Carolina Cowboys:

The Cowboys entered Kansas City in 3rd place with a game lead over the Stampede. The Stampede finished the event 1-2, and all the Cowboys needed to do was win just a single game. However, the Cowboys collapsed and, for the first time this season, finished 0-3. They finished 19-16, tied with the Stampede, but were at an eight-ride deficit and lost the tiebreaker, putting them 4th.

While missing out on a bye stings, the Cowboys won the Championship last year as the 5th seed, and their roster this season is more than formidable.

Guilherme Valleiras and Thiago Salgado lead the team in 10th and 14th place, respectively. They scored a combined 32 of the team’s 68 total rides this season. Behind them are Clay Guiton, Adriano Salgado, and Jess Lockwood, who’ve combined to ride another 26 bulls.

Guiton led the team with two scores at the event, including a season-high 90.15 on Blackie Chan in Game 1. Both his scores came in the two closest losses for the Cowboys over the weekend, losing both by less than a ride. He closed out his season on an 8-for-12 run after starting 1-for-15.

Valleiras took the event off to prepare for the Championship. He finished the season with a career-high 17 rides.

Salgado also scored twice in Kansas City and finished his season with 15 rides, nine fewer than his career high of 24.

The Cowboys disappointed in their final game of the season, but got some bulletin board material to inspire them to chase back-to-back Teams Championships.

2026 Final Season Standings:

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Rides
1	Missouri Thunder	24-11	7389.1	84
2	Austin Gamblers	22-13	7177.4	82
3	Nashville Stampede	19-16	6689.4	76
4	Carolina Cowboys	19-16	5984.05	68
5	Texas Rattlers	17-18	6110.25	69
6	Kansas City Outlaws	16-19	6162.4	70
7	New York Mavericks	15-20	5774.35	66
8	Arizona Ridge Riders	15-20	5603.95	64
9	Florida Freedom	15-20	4727.55	54
10	Oklahoma Wildcatters	13-22	4943.6	56