It currently has 32 teams with the Houston Texans joining in 2002. Teams are based in 30 US cities with two in Los Angeles (Chargers and Rams) and two teams representing New York but based in New Jersey (Giants and Jets). Each team is allocated college football players through the annual Draft held every April.

BRITISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE (BFL) was introduced in 2015 by Alex Thomas, administrator of AMT GRIDIRON, and uses 'affiliated' NFL teams to collate its seasons.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION (1960-)
NORTH DIVISION (1970-)
SOUTH DIVISION (2002-)
WEST DIVISION (1960-)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION (1967-)
NORTH DIVISION (1967-)
SOUTH DIVISION (2002-)
WEST DIVISION (1967-)
PRE-1970 ALIGNMENT
EASTERN CONFERENCE (1933-1966)
Capitol Division (1967-1969)
Century Division (1967-1969)
WESTERN CONFERENCE (1933-1966)
Central Division (1967-1969)
Coastal Division (1967-1969)
1970 AFL-NFL MERGER

RECENT EXPANSION HISTORY

CAROLINA PANTHERS 1995
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1995
Baltimore Ravens 1996
Cleveland Browns 1999
Houston Texans 2002