ACO crowns 96 new pros for 2026 cornhole season
The ACO has locked in 96 new pros for Season 22, with pro status opening the road to Worlds, Pro Series Skins and the sport’s biggest points events.
The American Cornhole Organization has crowned 96 new pros for the 2026 season, locking the top 96 finishers in the ACO World Singles Standings into ACO-PRO status. Pro status is earned at the end of the season, and it sends those players into elite ACO events rather than the broader field.
The new pro group comes out of Season 21, which ran from September 2025 through May 2026. Under ACO rules, finishing in the top 96 of the World Singles Standings is one path to pro status, and those players now move into the sport’s highest-visibility tier. ACO-PRO players are invited to compete for free in ACO Pro Series Skins events, a perk that adds more top-level starts without entry cost.
The ACO Majors World Cornhole Tour is the main points-earning circuit. ACO Majors are open to all skill levels, but they are where players chase world-ranking points, and the Season 21 schedule sent the tour through Toledo, Atlantic City, Lake Tahoe, Tulsa and Owensboro. With 96 spots now filled, anyone outside the cutoff must build back toward the line through the next season’s points race.
The ACO World Championships of Cornhole 21 is scheduled for July 20-25, 2026, in Owensboro, Kentucky, and the weeklong event is free for spectators. Worlds crowns the sport’s top players on the last Saturday in July, the day the ACO identifies as World Cornhole Day.
The ACO has run as cornhole’s official governing body since 2005 and is headquartered in Camp Dennison, Ohio. Season 21 also brought a free entry-level membership option and ACO Level-Up, a PPR-based handicapping format for Regionals.
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