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The USAFL is proud to announce the seedings for the seven divisions to be contested at the 2025 USAFL National Championships at the Kino South Sports Complex in Tucson, AZ. This year’s tournament features 38 teams from across the USA.
The divisions were announced live on the USAFL YouTube page on Thursday, October 2nd, hosted by USAFL.com’s Brian Barrish, USAFL President April Munn and USAFL International Program head Dan Sarbacker. The full video can be viewed below.
Game schedules and field assignments will be announced soon. The USAFL is proud present live coverage of matches over the course of two days. Coverage begins on Saturday, October 18th and Sunday, October 19th at 9am PDT.
Update: 10/3/25 – Due to updated player counts, there has been a change to the number of teams in Men’s Division 4. Please see below for more information.
*Denotes Reserve Team
women’s Divisions
Teams are seeded 1-8; matches on Saturday are played to determine the four Division 1 semifinal teams and the four Division 2 semifinal teams.
Opening Round Matches:
- Qualifying Matches
- #1 Minnesota Freeze (w/ Chicago & Wisconsin) vs #4 New York Magpies (w/ Boston & Columbus)
- #2 Golden Gate Iron Maidens vs #3 Denver Bulldogs (w/ North Texas)
- Play-In Matches
- #5 Austin Crows (w/ Wasatch, St Louis & Houston) vs #8 DC Eagles (w/ Virginia, Philadelphia & Bayou)
- #6 Portland Sockeyes (w/ Seattle & Sacramento) vs #7 Arizona Hawks (w/ San Diego, Orange County & North Star)
Full Bracket:
Men’s Division 1
Two Pools of three teams each. After round robin play on Saturday, the top two teams in each pool advance to the semifinals on Sunday. The two third place teams play in a consolation match.
| POOL A | POOL B |
| Austin Crows | Denver Bulldogs |
| New York Magpies | Golden Gate Roos |
| Sacramento Suns | Houston Lonestars |
Men’s Division 2
Two Pools of three teams each. After round robin play on Saturday, the top two teams in each pool advance to the semifinals on Sunday. The two third place teams play in a consolation match.
| POOL A | POOL B |
| Seattle Grizzlies | San Diego Lions |
| Los Angeles Dragons | DC Eagles |
| Baltimore Dockers | Austin Crows* |
Men’s Division 3
Two Pools of four teams each. After round robin play, the top teams from each Pool advance to the Grand Final.
| POOL A | POOL B |
| Chicago Swans | North Texas Devils |
| Columbus Cats | Minnesota Freeze |
| Arizona Hawks | Portland Steelheads |
| Nashville Kangaroos (w/ Rome & Birmingham) | Philadelphia Hawks/Boston Demons |
Men’s Division 4
(Updated 10/3/25) Five team round robin; team with best record is declared the champion. Teams in italics are different than what was announced on 10/2:
| Denver Bulldogs* (w/ Wisconsin & Seattle*) |
| Oklahoma Buffaloes (w/ Kansas City & Las Vegas) |
| St. Louis Blues AFC (w/ DC Eagles*) |
| Orange County Giants (w/ Cleveland & Arizona*) |
| Wasatch WarGulls (w/ North Texas*) |
Men’s Division 5
Four team round robin. Top two play off for the Grand Final.
| North Carolina Tigers / Des Moines Roosters |
| Virginia Lions (w/ Minnesota*) |
| Baton Rouge Tigers (w/ Bayou, Sacramento*, Golden Gate*) |
| Maine Cats (w/ Wilmington) |
