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Rice, Freeman Win RodeoHouston: 2026 Team Roping Draw, Format and Results

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Korbin Rice and Cooper Freeman won 2026 RodeoHouston. | Impulse Photography/Mallory Beinborn

Taylor VollinMar 22, 2026

RodeoHouston 2026 kicks off inside NRG Stadium March 2-21, paying out $65,000 a man to the team roping winners. Here’s everything you need to know about the team roping and the 40 teams set to rope at one of the largest rodeos of the year.

RodeoHouston team roping guide

2026 RodeoHouston team roping results

Super Series 1

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Round 1: 1. Denim Ross/Kavis Drake

6.5 seconds

$3,000

2

Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp

7.0

$2,000

3

Riley Minor/Brady Minor

7.1

$1,000

4

Clint Summers/Jade Corkill

11.7

$750

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Round 2: 1. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich

5.2 seconds

$3,000

2

Coleman Proctor/Travis Graves

5.5

$2,000

3

Clint Summers/Jade Corkill

5.9

$1,000

4

Andrew Ward/Jake Long

6.9

$750

5

Riley Minor/Brady Minor

10.9

$500

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Third round: 1. Clint Summers/Jade Corkill

0.3 seconds

$3,000

2

Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake

4.5

$2,000

3

Riley Minor/Brady Minor

5.4

$1,000

4

Kavis Drake/Denim Ross

5.7

$750

5

Tyler Wade/Wesley Thorp

5.9

$500

6

Jake Smith/Douglas Rich

10.7

$250

Qualifiers: 1. Clint Summers/Jade Corkill, $4,750 each; 2. Kavis Drake/Denim Ross, $3,750; 3. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, $3,250; 4. Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake, $2,000.

Super Series II

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

First round: 1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira

5.0 seconds

$3,000

2

Luke Brown/Buddy Hawkins

5.8

$2,000

3

Cash Duty/Jake Edwards

6.0

$1,000

4

Kolton Schmidt/Chase Tryan

6.1

$750

5

Chad Masters/Jace Helton

6.3

$500

6

Cory Kidd V/Will Woodfin

10.7

$250

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Second round: 1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira

4.9 seconds

$3,000

2

Clay Smith/Nicky Northcott

5.0

$2,000

3

Chad Masters/Jace Helton

5.3

$1,000

4

Cory Kidd V/Will Woodfin

5.5

$750

5

Luke Brown/Buddy Hawkins II

6.0

$500

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Third round: 1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira

4.8 seconds

$3,000

2

Kolton Schmidt/Chase Tryan

4.9

$2,000

3

Chad Masters/Jace Helton

5.0

$1,000

4

Cash Duty/Jake Edwards

5.2

$750

5

Luke Brown/Buddy Hawkins II

6.3

$500

6

Clay Smith/Nicky Northcott

6.7

$250

Qualifiers: 1. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, $9,000 each; 2. Luke Brown/Buddy Hawkins, $3,000; 3. Kolton Schmidt/Chase Tryan, $2,750; 4. Chad Masters/Jace Helton, $2,500.

Super Series III

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

First round: 1. Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin

4.8 seconds

$3,000

2

Marcus Theriot/Chase Graves

5.3

$2,000

3

Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry

5.9

$1,000

4

Cyle Denison/Lane Mitchell and Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham

6.1

$625

6

Cody Snow/Hunter Koch

6.2

$250

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Second round: 1. Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry

4.8 seconds

$3,000

2

Marcus Theriot/Chase Graves

8.8

$2,000

3

Tee McLeod/Trey Yates

9.8

$1,000

4

Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin

10.1

$750

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Third round: 1. (tie) Tee McLeod/Trey Yates and Marcus Theriot/Chase Graves

5.1 seconds

$2,500

3

Cody Snow/Hunter Koch

9.2

$1,000

4

Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry

9.6

$750

5

Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin

10.0

$500

6

Dawson Graham/Dillon Graham

10.3

$250

Qualifiers: 1. Marcus Theriot/Chase Graves, $6,500 each; 2. Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry, $4,750; 3. Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin, $4,250; 4. Tee McLeod/Trey Yates, $3,500.

Super Series IV

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

First round: 1. Brady Tryan/Paden Bray

6.7 seconds

$3,000

2

Brye Crites/Ross Ashford

7.4

$2,000

3

Shay Dixon Carroll/Denton Dunning

8.7

$1,000

4

Nelson Wyatt/Jonathan Torres

11.9

$750

5

Mason Appleton/Sid Sporer

12.2

$500

6

Wyatt Bray/Tyler Worley

17.1

$250

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Second round: 1. Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman

5.7 seconds

$3,000

2

Mason Appleton/Sid Sporer

5.8

$2,000

3

Shay Dixon Carroll/Denton Dunning

6.0

$1,000

4

Brady Tryan/Paden Bray

6.4

$750

5

Brye Crites/Ross Ashford

6.5

$500

6

Wyatt Bray/Tyler Worley

7.1

$250

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Third round: 1. Mason Appleton/Sid Sporer

7.0 seconds

$3,000

2

Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman

7.3

$2,000

3

Wyatt Bray/Tyler Worley

16.0

$1,000

Qualifiers: 1. Mason Appleton/Sid Sporer, $5,500 each; 2. Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman, $5,000; 3. Brady Tryan/Paden Bray, $3,750; 4. Brye Crites/Ross Ashford, $2,500.

Super Series V

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

First round: 1. Jr. Dees/Landen Glenn

5.3 seconds

$3,000

2

Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili

5.5

$2,000

3

Aaron Tsinigine/Jeremy Buhler

5.6

$1,000

4

Derrick Begay/Colter Todd

5.9

$750

5

Lightning Aguilera/Wyatt Cox

6.9

$500

6

Rhett Anderson/Calgary Smith

15.9

$250

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Second round: 1. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd

5.3 seconds

$3,000

2

Jr. Dees/Landen Glenn

6.0

$2,000

3

Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili

6.1

$1,000

4

J.C. Yeahquo/Logan Moore

6.9

$750

5

Aaron Tsinigine/Jeremy Buhler

7.2

$500

6

Rhett Anderson/Calgary Smith

10.8

$250

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Third round: 1. Aaron Tsinigine/Jeremy Buhler

4.4 seconds

$3,000

2

Rhett Anderson/Calgary Smith

4.6

$2,000

3

Jr. Dees/Landen Glenn

5.3

$1,000

4

Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili

12.9

$750

Qualifiers: 1. Jr. Dees/Landen Glenn, $6,000 each; 2. Aaron Tsinigine/Jeremy Buhler, $4,500; 3. Brenten Hall/Kaden Profili, $3,750; 4. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, $3,750.

Semifinals 1

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake

4.1 seconds

$3,000

2

Jake Smith/Douglas Rich

5.1

$2,000

3

Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira

5.2

$1,000

4

Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman

5.5

$750

Qualifiers: 1. Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake, $3,000 each; 2. Jake Smith/Douglas Rich, $2,000; 3. Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, $1,000; 4. Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman, $750.

Semifinals 2

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Derrick Begay/Colter Todd

5.1 seconds

$3,000

2

Brady Tryan/Paden Bray

5.2

$2,000

3

Chad Masters/Jace Helton

5.3

$1,000

4

Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry

5.8

$750

Qualifiers: 1. Derrick Begay/Colter Todd, $3,000 each; 2. Brady Tryan/Paden Bray, $2,000; 3. Chad Masters/Jace Helton, $1,000; 4. Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry, $750.

Wildcard 1

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin

4.3 seconds

$3,000

2

Aaron Tsinigine/Jeremy Buhler

4.4

$2,000

3

Tee McLeod/Trey Yates

5.3

$1,000

Qualifiers: 1. Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin, $3,000 each.

Wildcard 2

1. Kavis Drake/Denim Ross, 4.5 seconds, $3,000 each; 2. Marcus Theriot/Chase Graves, 18.9, $2,000.

Qualifiers: 1. Kavis Drake/Denim Ross, $3,000 each.

Final

5. Chad Masters/Jace Helton, 14.9, $2,500; 6. Kavis Drake/Denim Ross, Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, Dustin Egusquiza/JC Flake, Coy Rahlmann/Logan Medlin and Brady Tryan/Paden Bray, NT, $2,500.

Shootout

Place

Name

Time

Payout

1

Korbin Rice/Cooper Freeman

4.6 seconds

$65,000

2

Jake Smith/Douglas Rich

4.7

$30,000

3

Bubba Buckaloo/Cole Curry

5.4

$20,000

4

Derrick Begay/Colter Todd

9.3

$10,000

Finals Qualifiers

  • Brady Tryan & Paden Bray
  • Bubba Buckaloo & Cole Curry
  • Dustin Egusquiza & JC Flake
  • Kavis Drake & Denim Ross
  • Derrick Begay & Colter Todd
  • Kaleb Driggers & Junior Nunes Nogueira
  • Coy Rahlmann & Logan Medlin
  • Korbin Rice & Cooper Freeman
  • Chad Masters & Jace Helton
  • Jake Smith & Douglas Rich

Semifinals Qualifiers

Semifinals 1

  • Ross Ashford / Brye Crites
  • Aaron Tsinigine / Jeremy Buhler
  • Cooper Freeman / Korbin Rice
  • Jake Smith / Douglas Rich
  • Tee McLeod / Trey Yates
  • Dustin Egusquiza / JC Flake
  • Brenten Hall / Kaden Profili
  • Kaleb Driggers / Junior Nogueira
  • Marcus Theriot / Chase Graves
  • Luke Brown / Buddy Hawkins

Semifinals 2

  • Clint Summers / Jade Corkill
  • Bubba Buckaloo / Cole Curry
  • Brady Tryan / Paden Bray
  • Coy Rahlmann / Logan Medlin
  • Kavis Drake / Denim Ross
  • Mason Appleton / Sid Sporer
  • Kolton Schmidt / Chase Tryan
  • Derrick Begay / Colter Todd
  • Jr. Dees / Landen Glenn
  • Chad Masters / Jace Helton

Wildcard Qualifiers

Wildcard 1

  • Kolton Schmidt / Chase Tryan
  • Tee McLeod / Trey Yates
  • Coy Rahlmann / Logan Medlin
  • Jr. Dees / Landen Glenn
  • Brye Crites / Ross Ashford
  • Aaron Tsinigine / Jeremy Buhler

Wildcard 2

  • Luke Brown / Buddy Hawkins
  • Kavis Drake / Denim Ross
  • Marcus Theriot / Chase Graves
  • Clint Summers / Jade Corkill
  • Mason Appleton / Sid Sporer
  • Brenten Hall / Kaden Profili

RodeoHouston Team Roping Qualification Criteria

RodeoHouston features 40 teams.

  1. Past two RodeoHouston Super Series Champions (2024 & 2025).
  2. One Special Invitation from HLSR Management.
  3. 2025 Permit Finals Champion. If co-champions exist, the tie will bebroken based upon the tie-breakers listed in the Permit Finals GroundRules.
  4. 2025 Waller County Fair & Rodeo Champion. If co-champions exist, thetie will be broken based upon the published 2023 official PRCA worldstandings.
  5. 2025 Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo Champion. If co-champions exist,the tie will be broken based upon the published 2023 official PRCA worldstandings.
  6. Top 31 of the published 2025 official PRCA world standings.
  7. Top three of the published 2026 official PRCA world standings (as of Dec. 1, 2025), excluding the circuit finals, not already qualified through the above criteria.
  8. Any remaining or open positions will be filled from the published 2025 official PRCA world standings.

The 40 headers that are selected must rope with the 40 heelers that are selected to compete. If a contestant’s partner is drawn out due to qualification, the contestant who qualified will not be allowed to draw out. Contestants who are not able to be matched with their listed partner will be given the opportunity to choose a partner from the qualified list communicated by RodeoHouston, or a replacement partner will be drawn at random from the other contestants whose partners were drawn out due to qualification. If a contestants partner is disqualified, the contestant who was not disqualified will be allowed to continue through the competition.

What’s the payout at RodeoHouston?

RodeoHouston increased its total purse to over $2.5 million last year in 2025. The team roping in 2026 has a purse of $563,000 ($281,500 per side). In 2026, the RodeoHouston team roping champions will both pocket $65,000.

Go-Round (Super Series) Payout: $7,500
Three rounds per series, per event

  1. $3,000/man
  2. $2,000
  3. $1,000
  4. $750
  5. $500
  6. $250

Semifinals Payout: $6,750
Two semifinal rounds, per event

  1. $3,000/man
  2. $2,000
  3. $1,000
  4. $750

Wildcard Payout: $7,750
Two wildcard rounds, per event

  1. $3,000/man
  2. $2,000
  3. $1,000
  4. $750
  5. $500
  6. $500

Championship: $140,000
One payout/round, per event

  1. $65,000/man
  2. $30,000
  3. $20,000
  4. $10,000
  5. $2,500
  6. $2,500
  7. $2,500
  8. $2,500
  9. $2,500
  10. $2,500

What is the format at RodeoHouston?

RodeoHouston will feature five Super Series, each of which contains three rounds with eight contestants per event. The Top 4, based on total money won, in each Super Series will advance to the Semifinals.

There will be two Semifinal rounds with 10 contestants per event each round. The Top 4 in each Semifinals will advance to the Championship Round.

The remaining six teams from each Semifinals will compete in the Wild Card (a total of 12). The top team out of both (2) Wild Card rounds will advance to the Championship Round.

The Championship Round will feature 10 teams. The Top 4 teams will return for the Championship Shootout Round that same day. The Shootout will begin immediately following the Championship Round.

2026 RodeoHouston team roping draw

Super Series 1: March 2-4

  • Andrew Ward / Jake Long
  • Coleman Proctor / Travis Graves
  • Dustin Egusquiza / JC Flake
  • Clint Summers / Jade Corkill
  • Jake Smith / Douglas Rich
  • Tyler Wade / Wesley Thorp
  • Denim Ross / Kavis Drake
  • Riley Minor / Brady Minor

Super Series 2: March 5-7

  • Kolton Schmidt / Chase Tryan
  • Clay Smith / Nicky Northcott
  • Luke Brown / Buddy Hawkins
  • Kaleb Driggers / Junior Nunes Nogueira
  • Chad Masters / Jace Helton
  • Cash Duty / Jake Edwards
  • Tanner Tomlinson / Coleby Payne
  • Cory Kidd / Will Woodfin

Super Series 3: March 8-10

  • Cyle Denison / Lane Mitchell
  • Tyler Tryan / Levi Lord
  • Marcus Theriot / Chase Graves
  • Dawson Graham / Dillon Graham
  • Coy Rahlmann / Logan Medlin
  • Cody Snow / Hunter Koch
  • Bubba Buckaloo / Cole Curry
  • Tee McLeod / Trey Yates

Super Series 4: March 11-13

  • Nelson Wyatt / Jonathan Torres
  • Korbin Rice / Cooper Freeman
  • Mason Appleton / Sid Sporer
  • Wyatt Bray / Tyler Worley
  • Shay Carroll / Denton Dunning
  • Brady Tryan / Paden Bray
  • Brye Crites / Ross Ashford
  • Kolby Krieger / Rance Doyal

Super Series 1: March 14-16

  • Lightning Aguilera / Wyatt Cox
  • Derrick Begay / Colter Todd
  • J.C. Yeahquo / Logan Moore
  • Brenten Hall / Kaden Profili
  • Jr. Dees / Landen Glenn
  • Aaron Tsinigine / Jeremy Buhler
  • Roan Oldfield / Creed West
  • Rhett Anderson / Calgary Smith

What’s the RodeoHouston schedule?

Event

Date

Time

Super Series I, Go-Round 1

Monday, March 2

6:45 PM

Super Series I, Go-Round 2

Tuesday, March 3

6:45 PM

Super Series I, Go-Round 3 and Super Series I Championship

Wednesday, March 4

6:45 PM

Super Series II, Go-Round 1

Thursday, March 5

6:45 PM

Super Series II, Go-Round 2

Friday, March 6

6:45 PM

Super Series II, Go-Round 3 and Super Series II Championship

Saturday, March 7

2:45 PM

Super Series III, Go-Round 1

Sunday, March 8

2:45 PM

Super Series III, Go-Round 2

Monday, March 9

6:45 PM

Super Series III, Go-Round 3 and Super Series III Championship

Tuesday, March 10

6:45 PM

Super Series IV, Go-Round 1

Wednesday, March 11

6:45 PM

Super Series IV, Go-Round 2

Thursday, March 12

6:45 PM

Super Series IV, Go-Round 3 and Super Series IV Championship

Friday, March 13

6:45 PM

Super Series V, Go-Round 1

Saturday, March 14

2:45 PM

Super Series V, Go-Round 2

Sunday, March 15

2:45 PM

Super Series V, Go-Round 3 and Super Series V Championship

Monday, March 16

6:45 PM

Semifinal 1

Tuesday, March 17

6:45 PM

Semifinal 2

Wednesday, March 18

6:45 PM

Wild Card 1

Thursday, March 19

6:45 PM

Wild Card 2

Friday, March 20

6:45 PM

RodeoHouston Championship

Saturday, March 21

2:45 PM

What are the concerts at RodeoHouston?

  • March 2: Riley Green
  • March 3: J Balvin
  • March 4: Rascal Flatts
  • March 5: Russell Dickerson
  • March 6: Lizzo
  • March 7: Dwight Yoakum
  • March 8: Forrest Frank
  • March 9: Luke Bryan
  • March 10: Megan Moroney
  • March 11: Creed
  • March 12: Chris Stapleton
  • March 13: Shaboozey
  • March 14: Kelly Clarkson
  • March 15: Pepe Aguilar
  • March 16: Cross Canadian Ragweed
  • March 17: Red Clay Strays
  • March 18: Koe Wetzel
  • March 19: Lainey Wilson
  • March 20: Parker McCollum
  • March 21: Tim McGraw
  • March 22: Cody Johnson

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