Week 5 Recap
PGF 2026 Season, Week 5: Jett Thompson and the Kings Finish the Regular Season on Top
Thompson locked the No. 1 seed at 64, Las Vegas finished the team race first at 143, Elijah Carlton climbed to No. 2, and the eight-man playoff field locked for April 8 in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS - The regular season closed the way the Kings wanted it to close: Las Vegas still on top, Jett Thompson still on top, and everybody else left to chase a bracket that no longer moves.
That was the Week 5 story in full. Thompson finished the race as the No. 1 seed at 64, the Kings closed the team title at 143, and Las Vegas held off Alabama by 15 points to finish the regular season in front. Behind him, Elijah Carlton made the loudest late move on the athlete board, climbing to the No. 2 seed at 52 while the playoff field finally locked for April 8.
Final PGF 2026 Regular-Season Team Standings
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings | 143 |
| 2 | Twisters | 128 |
| 3 | Phenoms | 71 |
| 4 | Wolverines | 61 |
The last Wednesday did not erase the chase. It settled it. Alabama pushed hard enough to keep the margin honest and finished second at 128, but the Kings had already built too much depth across five weeks to let the season slip. Thompson ended at 64, Austin Oranday finished fourth at 45, Chuy Magana held sixth at 31, and Las Vegas walked into the postseason looking like the deepest team in the league again.
Carlton's jump was the other big shift of the night. He opened the closer at 38 and finished at 52, passing Kevin Beuhring for the No. 2 seed and giving the Twisters two athletes in the top five even after the team race stayed in Las Vegas hands.
2026 PGF Playoff Field
| Seed | Athlete | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jett Thompson | Kings | 64 |
| 2 | Elijah Carlton | Twisters | 52 |
| 3 | Kevin Beuhring | Twisters | 46 |
| 4 | Austin Oranday | Kings | 45 |
| 5 | Travis Haven | Twisters | 39 |
| 6 | Chuy Magana | Kings | 31 |
| 7 | Jayden Groner | Wolverines | 30 |
| 8 | Shawn Melanson | Phenoms | 28 |
That table is the real ending of the regular season. Travis Haven closed fifth at 39. Chuy Magana stayed sixth at 31. Jayden Groner finished the run at 30 and held the seventh seed, which means Colorado still got one athlete through after spending most of the season chasing the line. Shawn Melanson grabbed the final spot at 28 and gave Philadelphia one man into the bracket as well.
The closer also made the quarterfinal picture easy to read. Thompson draws Melanson. Oranday gets Haven in one of the tightest seed-line matches on the board. Carlton meets Groner after both made late pushes, and Beuhring opens against Magana. There is no bubble anymore. There is just the bracket.
So the regular-season takeaway is simple. Las Vegas finished the job. Thompson earned the top line. Carlton forced his way into the second seed. And the PGF now turns from a five-week race into a one-night playoff sprint on Wednesday, April 8.