National Football League (abbreviated: NFL, National Football League) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of 32 teams. The league was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association and changed to its current name two years later. ¹⁾

They are divided into the NFC and the AFC conferences. There are 4 divisions of 4 teams in each conference. ²⁾

Every team in the NFL plays 16 games and has a bye week. The top six teams qualify into the playoffs after those 16 games. ³⁾