OT7 Football aired on NBC and Peacock for the first time over its fifth-season championship weekend, bringing the 7v7 showcase to national television and streaming from Sullivan Field at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The finals were shown Saturday, June 13, and the championship game followed Sunday, June 14, with both broadcasts starting at 2 p.m. ET.
The weekend mattered because the scoreboard was only part of the draw. Eight teams — C1N, Wunna Warriors, Raw Miami, Lo-Pro, Cold Hearts, SFE, Cali Power and Trillion Boys — played in front of a field packed with high-end recruiting talent, including an expected 19 five-star recruits, 68 four-star recruits and 48 three-star recruits. In other words, the television debut was built as much around the next wave of college stars as it was around who won a game.
John Fanta handled play-by-play for NBC Sports, with Kieran Hickey-Semple as analyst. Former USC and Vanderbilt quarterback Mo Hasan and Overtime Chief Growth Officer Tom Weingarten reported from the field across both days, giving the broadcast a closer look at a format that leans hard into the personalities and athleticism of top high school players.
That fit the broader direction of the event. OT7 has become a recruiting-driven stage, and its championship weekend offered a national audience a live look at players already carrying major attention. C1N was coached by 2015 NFL MVP Cam Newton, while Wunna Warriors was founded and coached by Grammy-nominated artist Gunna, adding even more visibility to a weekend already shaped by prospects with national followings.
The new TV window also followed a wider partnership between NBC Sports and Overtime announced in April, covering OT7 and the Navy All-American Bowl. On June 8, the companies said they would also select the inaugural Girls Flag Football All-American Team, with honorees set to receive official All-American recognition and appear during national broadcasts of the Navy All-American Bowl and the OT7 Championship.
For Overtime, the move extends a business built on digital reach into a more traditional broadcast slot. The company says it produces more than 150 pieces of original content each week for over 115 million global followers, and three former OT7 participants were first-round picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, including Carnell Tate at No. 4 overall to the Tennessee Titans, Makai Lemon at No. 20 to the Philadelphia Eagles and KC Concepcion at No. 24 to the Cleveland Browns. The missing piece after the weekend broadcast is the one result viewers came for: which team actually finished on top.
