Will this year's Tarleton rodeo team bring home a National Championship? 56th Annual Stampede – Tarleton State University

This past weekend the 56th Annual Tarleton Stampede rodeo competition was held at Lone Star Arena in Stephenville, Texas.

The 56th Annual Tarleton Stampede Rodeo is the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region (NIRA) season finale. The event determines which cowboys and cowgirls go to the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming this summer. According to Visit Casper, the top 3 students in each event and the top 2 men and women’s teams from NIRA’s 11 regions will qualify for the CNFR. Learn more, here.

The men’s team has 15 colleges competing in their bracket, and the women’s team has 16 colleges competing in their bracket.

Men’s Team & Ranking:

1. Western Texas College

2. Tarleton State University

3. Clarendon College

4. Sul Ross State University

5. Weatherford College

6. Cisco College

7. Texas Tech University-Lubbock

8. South Plains College

9. West Texas A&M University

10. Vernon College

11. Odessa College

12. Ranger College

13. Howard County Jr College

14. New Mexico Jr College

15. Eastern New Mexico University

Women’s Team:

1. Texas Tech University-Lubbock

2. Weatherford College

3. Tarleton State University

4. Ranger College

5. Vernon College

6. Eastern New Mexico University

7. Sul Ross State University

8. South Plains College

9. Howard County Jr College

10. New Mexico Jr College

11. West Texas A&M University

12. Cisco College

13. Western Texas College

14. Frank Phillips College

15. Odessa College

16. Clarendon College

Overall, the Tarleton men’s team ranked #2 in their conference, and the women’s team ranked #3. Since 1947, Tarleton Rodeo teams have won 7 national championships and 28 individual national championships.

-By Lauren Roberts