T-Mobile's Friday Night 5G Lights Narrows the Field to 40 Schools Chasing a $1M Upgrade

Each finalist earns $25,000 and a T-Mobile-hosted Home Game Celebration as communities nationwide vote and rally for their hometown teams Four Division Champions will score $250,000, a Gronk Fitness gym and more BELLEVUE, Wash., October 08, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today announced the Top 40 Division Finalists in its Friday Night 5G Lights competition, kicking off an exciting new phase where small-town schools across the country will compete division by division for a shot at the ultimate prize: a $1 million home field upgrade. New this year, the Top 40 schools are divided into four divisions — West, Midwest, South and East — with 10 schools representing each region.