2023 Nationals Divisions Announced

The USAFL is proud to announce the seedings for the seven divisions to be contested at the 2023 USAFL National Championships at the Premier Sports Campus at Lakewood Ranch, Florida.  This year's tournament features 43 teams from across the USA and Canada.

The divisions were announced live on the USAFL Facebook page on Thursday, September 28th, hosted by USAFL.com's Brian Barrish, USA Revolution head coach emeritus Tom Ellis, and USA Freedom player Lizzy Sawyer of the Wasatch WarGulls.

Game schedules and field assignments will be announced soon.  The USAFL is proud to team up with Gridiron Productions to stream more than 30 matches over the course of the two days.  Coverage begins on Saturday, October 14th and Sunday, October 15th at 9am EDT.

Note that the information below is subject to change.
*Denotes Reserves


Men's Division 1
Top team in each pool advances to the Grand Final.

Seed Pool A Pool B
1 Austin Crows Golden Gate Roos
2 New York Magpies Denver Bulldogs
3 Los Angeles Dragons San Diego Lions
4 Boston Demons Quebec Saints

Women's Division 1
Top two teams play in Grand Final.

Seed Team
1 Golden Gate Iron Maidens
2 Minnesota Freeze
3 Denver Bulldogs
4 Seattle Grizzlies

Men's Division 2
Top team in each pool advances to the Grand Final.

Seed Pool A Pool B
1 Sacramento Suns Seattle Grizzlies
2 D.C. Eagles Baltimore Dockers
3 Minnesota Freeze Houston Lonestars
4 Columbus Cats Calgary Kangaroos (w/Quebec*)

Women's Division 2
Four game round robin with no Grand Final.  First tiebreaker is head-to-head.

Seed Teams
1 Quebec Saints (w/ North Star)
2 Austin Crows (w/ North Texas & Boston)
3 New York Magpies (w/ Columbus, Arizona, & St Louis)
4 D.C. Eagles (w/ Philadelphia)
5 Houston/Sacramento (w/ Denver* & Wasatch)

Men's Division 3
Top team in each pool advances to the Grand Final.

Seed Pool A Pool B
1 Nashville Kangaroos (w/ Cleveland) Philadelphia/Virginia
2 Des Moines Roosters Chicago/Minnesota*
3 Oklahoma Buffaloes (w/ Kansas City) Arizona/Orange County (w/DC*)
4 North Texas Devils St Louis/Ohio Valley

Men's Division 4
Four game round robin with no Grand Final.  First tiebreaker is head-to-head.

Seed Teams
1 North Carolina Tigers
2 Tampa Bay Tiger Sharks (w/ Atlanta)
3 Jacksonville/Wisconsin
4 Ft. Lauderdale Fighting Squids (w/ Baton Rouge)
5 Rome Redbacks (w/ Birmingham & Wasatch)

Men's Reserves
Four game round robin with no Grand Final.  First tiebreaker is head-to-head.

Seed Teams
1 Golden Gate Roos*
2 Austin Crows*
3 Denver Bulldogs* (w/ North Texas*)
4 Sacramento Suns* (w/ Seattle*)
5 Boston Demons* (w/ New York)

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