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REGULAR SEASON GAMES
SEASONS #
2015-2019 10
2020-2024 12
2025-PRESENT 10

1. STANDINGS

2025 BFL Season, and subsequent seasons, will choose its BFL teams' NFL affiliates will be chosen by way of the previous NFL season's playoffs teams made up of 7 NFL teams per AFC & NFC Conferences plus the next best team outside of the Playoffs teams to make up 8 per Conference. Teams are then seeded regardless of Division Champions. Prior to 2025, the top 6 NFL affiliates were chosen by way of their overall record and not by using the NFL's system which includes division champions.

Final standings are announced following NFL Week 11 where overall records of NFL affiliates are used which includes tie-breakers and as such, NP (Net Points) are discontinued, last used for the 2024 BFL Season. Teams that have a tie, but no other NFL Affiliate has a tie, are given an automatic win. However, if two or more affiliates have a tie then they will be ranked higher in the final standings if one of those is a BFL division chammpion. So far there has only ever been one NFL affiliate per season that has had a tie in 2021 & 2025 and therefore received a win.

2 PLAYOFFS

2.1 PLAYOFF GAMES

  1. The final full time score for each team is the primary score for the game.
  2. If this results in a tie, then each quarter score by each team is added as overtime until an outright winner is found. Therefore a maximum total of 4 OTs for regular playing plus any additional OT that is applied if that game remains as a tie.
  3. If this still results in a tie, then the very first score (touchdown or field goal or safety) by each team is added as overtime and this procedure will be added until no more scores are available for that week and ultimately this should result in an outright winner. This means that there is no limit as to how many overtime scores are used to break the tie.
  4. If the tie still cannot be broken, then Rule 1.3 is repeated as many times as possible until there is an outright winner.
  5. There has only been one game, 2023 BFL Championship Game where there was a tie at the end of regular time. At the end of the 4th quarter, both teams were drawn 33-33, therefore both teams' 1st quarter points were used to decide OT - Caledonian Knights (3) & Sussex Pirates (7) which resulted in the Pirates winning 40-36.

2.2 BYE WEEKS DURING THE PLAYOFFS

Since the 2021 BFL Season, as the NFL expanded its season to a 17 game/18 week season and therefore, unlike the 2020 season, there will be the potential of bye weeks during the BFL Playoffs.

  1. BFL Playoffs follow the NFL Regular Season Weeks 12-14 (14-16 in 2020-2024).
  2. Team(s) that have a bye week during the playoffs, will use their previous weeks score or previously played week for the score.
  3. Division Champions no longer automatically get a bye week but are given one of the higher seeds to host one of the Conference Semi-Finals.

2025 BFL SEASON
Kickoff SEPT 4
END NOV 16
(WEEK 11*)
Playoffs
Conference Semi-Finals November 20-24
(Week 12/Week 11 BC)
Conference Championships November 27 & 30
(Week 13)
BFL Bowl December 7
(Week 14)

* NFL Week 11 determines the Playoffs teams.

*BC - British Conference - Semi-Finals used NFL Week 11 Game results to decide the winners.

2026 BFL SEASON

NFL Affiliates will be announced following the 2025 NFL Season by Week 18 on January 7th 2026 or as and when Playoffs teams are announced i.e. if Buffalo Bills qualify as the highest team in the alphabet then they will be affiliated with the Caledonian Knights.

The schedule will be released in May 2026 and will be subject to change and amended as appropriate once BFL Playoffs teams have been announced and if NFL Bye Weeks are applicable.

STANDINGS

2026 BFL SEASON
BRITISH CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
- CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 0 0
- HUMBERSIDE DESTROYERS 0 0
- SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 0 0
- TYNESIDE MARINERS 0 0
WEST DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
- MANCHESTER DEMONS 0 0
- MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS 0 0
- SHEFFIELD SURGE 0 0
- YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 0 0
UNITED CONFERENCE
CENTRAL DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
- BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 0 0
- LEICESTER STALLIONS 0 0
- SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 0 0
- THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 0 0
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
- AVON FIRE 0 0
- LONDON MONARCHS 0 0
- SUSSEX PIRATES 0 0
- WELSH DRAGONS 0 0

2026 SEASON NOTES

NFL Affiliates were announced on 27-28 December 2025.

2027 NFL Affiliates are to be announced in December 2026.


2025 BFL SEASON
BRITISH CONFERENCE
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
1 HUMBERSIDE DESTROYERS*(2) 10 7-3
2 TYNESIDE MARINERS(3) 10 7-3
3 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 5-5
4 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 10 5-5
WEST DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
1 MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS(1) 10 8-2
2 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS(4) 10 6-4
3 SHEFFIELD SURGE* 10 5-5
4 MANCHESTER DEMONS 10 3-7
UNITED CONFERENCE
CENTRAL DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
1 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS(1) 10 8-2
2 LEICESTER STALLIONS*(2) 10 8-2
3 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS(4) 10 7-3
4 THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 10 6-4
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC
1 SUSSEX PIRATES(3) 10 7-3
2 AVON FIRE 10 6-4
3 LONDON MONARCHS 10 4-6
4 WELSH DRAGONS 10 3-7

2025 SEASON NOTES

Bandits' NFL Affiliate Packers drew with the Cowboys (who were not affiliated) and therefore picked up a win in Week 4, and as such finished as the 4th seed due to this win.

There were bye weeks for the 2025 BFL Playoffs in NFL Week 12, for British Conference teams only, therefore their NFL Week 11 result were used for these games.


2024 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 TYNESIDE MARINERS 12 11-1 289 35 54
2 MANCHESTER DEMONS 12 10-2 355 224 131
3 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 12 8-4 364 294 70
4 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 12 7-5 285 288 17
5 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 12 5-7 232 266 -34
6 MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS 12 3-8 186 267 -81
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 LONDON MONARCHS 12 11-1 383 203 180
2 SUSSEX PIRATES 12 10-2 320 218 102
3 WELSH DRAGONS 12 6-6 335 296 39
4 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 12 6-6 254 290 -36
5 THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 12 5-7 270 295 -25
6 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 12 5-7 248 339 -91

2024 SEASON NOTES

2024 North Division Semi-Final - CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (affiliated with the Baltimore Ravens) had a bye week in Week 14 so automatically used their Week 13 (1 December) result.


2023 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 12 9-3 324 187 137
2 TYNESIDE MARINERS 12 8-4 273 208 67
3 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 12 8-4 285 259 26
4 MANCHESTER DEMONS 12 6-6 328 227 101
5 MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS 12 5-6 212 242 -30
6 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 12 5-7 275 258 17
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SUSSEX PIRATES 12 10-2 329 288 41
2 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 12 9-3 388 220 168
3 THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 12 9-3 352 189 163
4 LONDON MONARCHS 12 6-6 263 242 21
5 WELSH DRAGONS 12 6-6 264 290 -26
6 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 12 4-8 159 292 -133

2022 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 12 9-3 333 209 124
2 MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS 12 9-3 350 270 80
3 MANCHESTER DEMONS 12 8-4 312 255 57
4 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 12 7-5 219 240 -21
5 TYNESIDE MARINERS 12 6-6 249 226 23
6 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 12 5-7 292 296 -4
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 LONDON MONARCHS 12 9-3 333 206 127
2 THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 12 8-4 282 190 92
3 WELSH DRAGONS 12 6-6 217 219 -2
4 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 12 4-8 235 283 -48
5 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 12 4-8 264 321 -57
6 SUSSEX PIRATES 12 3-9 201 280 -79

2021 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 12 8-4 303 259 44
2 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 12 8-4 282 260 22
3 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 12 8-4 304 290 14
4 MANCHESTER DEMONS 12 7-5 336 196 140
5 TYNESIDE MARINERS 12 7-5 244 286 -42
6 MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS* 12 6-6 254 267 -13
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 WELSH DRAGONS 12 9-3 377 270 107
2 LONDON MONARCHS 12 9-3 283 242 41
3 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 12 8-4 336 270 66
4 SUSSEX PIRATES 12 5-7 274 276 -2
5 THAMES VALLEY THUNDER* 12 4-8 239 249 -10
6 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 12 4-8 201 287 -86
2021 SEASON NOTES

2021 BFL SEASON WEEK 10: Due to BFL Rules, Tyneside Mariners got the win because their NFL affiliate Pittsburgh Steelers drew in their Week 10 game but no other NFL affiliate drew in their games.


2020 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 TYNESIDE MARINERS 12 11-1 370 254 116
2 MANCHESTER DEMONS 12 9-3 333 306 27
3 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS 12 7-5 316 231 85
4 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 12 6-6 274 255 19
5 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 12 4-8 288 323 -35
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 12 10-2 326 225 101
2 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 12 9-3 379 299 80
3 WELSH DRAGONS 12 8-4 353 321 32
4 LONDON MONARCHS 12 6-6 319 329 -10
5 SUSSEX PIRATES 12 5-7 285 288 -3

2019 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 10 9-1 287 108 179
2 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 6-4 284 239 45
3 MANCHESTER DEMONS 10 6-4 227 206 21
4 CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS* 10 6-4 245 232 13
5 TYNESIDE MARINERS 10 4-6 207 194 13
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SUSSEX PIRATES 10 8-2 238 199 39
2 WELSH DRAGONS 10 8-2 275 254 21
3 LONDON MONARCHS 10 6-4 286 197 89
4 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS* 10 6-4 243 198 45
5 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 10 4-6 169 174 -5

2018 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 9-1 404 294 110
2 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 10 8-2 299 225 74
3 TYNESIDE MARINERS 10 7-3 280 236 44
4 MANCHESTER DEMONS 10 3-7 176 219 -43
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SUSSEX PIRATES 10 9-1 378 239 139
2 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 10 9-1 389 282 107
3 LONDON MONARCHS 10 6-4 241 229 12
4 WELSH DRAGONS 10 4-6 205 231 -26

2017 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 8-2 290 203 87
2 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 10 8-2 227 165 62
3 MANCHESTER DEMONS 10 6-4 262 220 42
4 TYNESIDE MARINERS 10 4-6 204 247 -43
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 WELSH DRAGONS 10 6-4 242 199 43
2 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 10 6-4 231 210 21
3 LONDON MONARCHS 10 4-6 242 242 0
4 SUSSEX PIRATES 10 2-8 162 247 -85

2016 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 10 8-2 271 180 91
2 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 7-3 239 189 50
3 TYNESIDE MARINERS 10 7-3 222 187 35
3 MANCHESTER DEMONS 10 4-6 199 226 -27
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 WELSH DRAGONS 10 6-4 205 176 29
2 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 10 5-5 226 190 36
3 LONDON MONARCHS 10 4-6 244 246 -2
4 SUSSEX PIRATES 10 4-6 247 276 -29

2015 BFL SEASON
NORTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 TYNESIDE MARINERS 10 10-0 323 182 141
2 MANCHESTER DEMONS 10 8-2 222 183 39
3 YORKSHIRE VIKINGS 10 6-4 236 191 45
4 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES 10 5-5 224 248 -24
SOUTH DIVISION
RK TEAM NFL GP REC PF PA NP
1 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 10 8-2 336 216 120
2 SUSSEX PIRATES 10 7-3 249 198 51
3 WELSH DRAGONS 10 5-5 228 192 36
4 LONDON MONARCHS 10 3-7 190 228 -38
LEGEND
- DIVISION CHAMPIONS
- PLAYOFFS QUALIFICATION
- PLAYOFFS DISQUALIFICATION

* - Expansion teams

GP Games Played
REC Record
PF Total Points For (Dropped since the 2025 BFL season)
PA Total Points Against (Dropped since the 2025 BFL season)
NP Net Points (Dropped since the 2025 BFL season)
Affiliates STANDINGS

These are standings for all AFC & NFC Affiliates representing BFL teams since 2015.

New York Jets remain the only NFL team yet to be affiliated with a BFL team up to and including the 2026 BFL Season (12 seasons).

* - Most NFC appearances / ** - Overall most appearances.

AFC
A TEAM RA
11** Kansas City Chiefs 2025
8 Buffalo Bills 2026
8 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2026
6 Baltimore Ravens 2026
6 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2026
5 Houston Texans 2026
4 DENVER BRONCOS 2026
4 Cincinnati Bengals 2025
4 Los Angeles Chargers 2026
3 Jacksonville Jaguars 2026
2 Cleveland Browns 2024
2 Las Vegas Raiders 2022
2 Tennessee Titans 2022
2 Indianapolis Colts 2019
1 Miami Dolphins 2024
NFC
A TEAM RA
8* Seattle Seahawks 2026
7 Green Bay Packers 2026
7 Los Angeles Rams 2026
6 Dallas Cowboys 2025
5 Philadelphia Eagles 2026
5 San Francisco 49ers 2026
5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026
5 Minnesota Vikings 2025
4 New Orleans Saints 2021
3 Chicago Bears 2026
3 Arizona Cardinals 2022
2 Carolina Panthers 2026
2 Detroit Lions 2025
2 New York Giants 2023
1 Washington Commanders 2025
1 Atlanta Falcons 2017