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On October 22, the [[Oregon Lightning]], partially owned by the head coach of the 2024 AFL's [[Oregon Blackbears]] Chuck Jones, were announced as AF1's newest expansion team. The expansion marks the continuation of arena football in Oregon under a new structure—legally, a continuation of the Oregon High Desert Storm of the [[American West Football Conference]]—following the Blackbears' entanglements with Hutton and its unsuccessful efforts to remain in the AFL in 2024.<ref name="orlightning">{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2024 |title=Oregon Lightning Joining Arena Football One for 2025 |url=https://theaf1.com/2024/10/22/oregon-lightning-joining-arena-football-one-for-2025/ |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> On November 13, the [[Corpus Christi Tritons]] were announced to be joining AF1; the Tritons had been part of [[American Indoor Football]] for the 2024 season but had been excluded when most of the AIF's teams joined the [[National Arena League]].<ref name="ccaf1">{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Corpus Christi Tritons Join Arena Football One |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/corpus-christi-tritons-join-arena-football-one |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref>
On October 22, the [[Oregon Lightning]], partially owned by the head coach of the 2024 AFL's [[Oregon Blackbears]] Chuck Jones, were announced as AF1's newest expansion team. The expansion marks the continuation of arena football in Oregon under a new structure—legally, a continuation of the Oregon High Desert Storm of the [[American West Football Conference]]—following the Blackbears' entanglements with Hutton and its unsuccessful efforts to remain in the AFL in 2024.<ref name="orlightning">{{Cite web |date=October 22, 2024 |title=Oregon Lightning Joining Arena Football One for 2025 |url=https://theaf1.com/2024/10/22/oregon-lightning-joining-arena-football-one-for-2025/ |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> On November 13, the [[Corpus Christi Tritons]] were announced to be joining AF1; the Tritons had been part of [[American Indoor Football]] for the 2024 season but had been excluded when most of the AIF's teams joined the [[National Arena League]].<ref name="ccaf1">{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2024 |title=Corpus Christi Tritons Join Arena Football One |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/corpus-christi-tritons-join-arena-football-one |access-date=November 13, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref>


On November 15, the [[Arizona Bandits]], previously announced as a 2025 AFL expansion team, were officially announced as members of AF1.<ref name="azbandits">{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Arizona Bandits Bring Arena Football Back in 2025 |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/arizona-bandits-bring-arena-football-back-in-2025 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> That same day, the AF1 announced it would be aligned into three divisions with a twelve-game schedule across a 14-week regular season, with the specific schedule and alignment to be announced on November 19.<ref name="skedcoming">{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2024 |title=AF1 Schedule Drops Tuesday, November 19 |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/af1-schedule-drops-tuesday-november-19 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> On November 18, the AF1 divisional alignment was announced,<ref name="af12025lineup">{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2024 |title=AF1 Announces Teams and Divisional Alignment |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/af1-announces-teams-and-divisional-alignment |access-date=November 18, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> with the [[Monterrey Kings]] and [[Stockton Crusaders]] electing to postpone their inaugural seasons until 2026.<ref name="mtysto2026">{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2024 |title=Monterrey and Stockton Delay Entry to 2026 |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/monterrey-and-stockton-delay-entry-to-2026 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref>
On November 15, the [[Arizona Bandits]], previously announced as a 2025 AFL expansion team, were officially announced as members of AF1.<ref name="azbandits">{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Arizona Bandits Bring Arena Football Back in 2025 |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/arizona-bandits-bring-arena-football-back-in-2025 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> That same day, the AF1 announced it would be aligned into three divisions with a twelve-game schedule across a 14-week regular season, with the specific schedule and alignment to be announced on November 19.<ref name="skedcoming">{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2024 |title=AF1 Schedule Drops Tuesday, November 19 |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/af1-schedule-drops-tuesday-november-19 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> On November 18, the AF1 divisional alignment was announced,<ref name="af12025lineup">{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2024 |title=AF1 Announces Teams and Divisional Alignment |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/af1-announces-teams-and-divisional-alignment |access-date=November 18, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> with the [[Monterrey Kings]] and [[Stockton Crusaders]] electing to postpone their inaugural seasons until 2026.<ref name="mtysto2026">{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2024 |title=Monterrey and Stockton Delay Entry to 2026 |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/monterrey-and-stockton-delay-entry-to-2026 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |website=TheAF1.com}}</ref> On December 27, 2024, Wichita Regulators' owner Chris Zachary announced on the team's social media sites that the team was going dormant for the 2025 season, but would return in 2026.


==Teams==
==Teams==
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| [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]] || [[Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza|Mohegan Sun Arena]] ||align=center| 8,300 || align=center| 2024 || TBD
| [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]] || [[Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza|Mohegan Sun Arena]] ||align=center| 8,300 || align=center| 2024 || TBD
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! rowspan="4" style="background-color:white" | <span style="color: #000000">Central</span>
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!scope="row"|'''[[Corpus Christi Tritons]]'''
!scope="row"|'''[[Corpus Christi Tritons]]'''
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] || [[American Bank Center]] ||align=center| 10,000 ||align=center| 2023 || Johnny Anderson
| [[Corpus Christi, Texas]] || [[American Bank Center]] ||align=center| 10,000 ||align=center| 2023 || Johnny Anderson
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!scope="row"|'''[[Southwest Kansas Storm]]'''
!scope="row"|'''[[Southwest Kansas Storm]]'''
| [[Dodge City, Kansas]] || [[United Wireless Arena]] ||align=center| 5,300 || align=center| 2021 || Gary Thomas<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://southwestkansasstorm.footballshift.com/news/change-of-leadership-going-into-the-24-season |title=Change of Leadership going into the '24 Season |website=Southwest Kansas Storm |date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>
| [[Dodge City, Kansas]] || [[United Wireless Arena]] ||align=center| 5,300 || align=center| 2021 || Gary Thomas<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://southwestkansasstorm.footballshift.com/news/change-of-leadership-going-into-the-24-season |title=Change of Leadership going into the '24 Season |website=Southwest Kansas Storm |date=July 26, 2023}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|'''[[Wichita Regulators]]'''
| [[Park City, Kansas]] || [[Hartman Arena|Park City Arena]] ||align=center| 5,000 || align=center| 2023 || [[Clinton Solomon]]
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===Postseason===
===Postseason===
On November 18, Arena Football One announced, along with the divisional alignments, that the postseason format will feature 6 teams. The three division winners and three teams with the next best records, regardless of division, will make the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/af1-announces-teams-and-divisional-alignment |title=AF1 Announces Teams and Divisional Alignment |website=Arena Football One |date=November 18, 2024}}</ref>
On November 18, Arena Football One announced, along with the divisional alignments, that the postseason format will feature 6 teams. The three division winners and three teams with the next best records, regardless of division, will make the playoffs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theaf1.com/news/af1-announces-teams-and-divisional-alignment |title=AF1 Announces Teams and Divisional Alignment |website=Arena Football One |date=November 18, 2024}}</ref>
The division winner with the worst record gets to host a wild card game against the sixth-seeded team (third wild card). The two top division winners get first-round byes to the semifinals. The top two wild card teams, seeded fourth & fifth, play each other in the wild card round.
The semifinals has lowest-remaining seed plays the top seed & the other winner plays the runner-up. The semifinal winners will play in AF1 Bowl I.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:02, 31 December 2024

2025 Arena Football One season
LeagueArena Football One (2025)
SportArena football
DurationMarch 14 – June 13, 2025 (Regular season)
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)TBA
Arena Football One seasons
2026 →
2025 Arena Football One season is located in the United States
Firebirds
Firebirds
Kats
Kats
Predators
Predators
Mavericks
Mavericks
Tritons
Tritons
Liberty
Liberty
Storm
Storm
Bandits
Bandits
Outlaws
Outlaws
Lightning
Lightning
Wolfpack
Wolfpack
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East Division, Central Division, West Division

The 2025 season is the upcoming first season of the new Arena Football One. The regular season will begin on March 14, 2025, and run through June 13, 2025.

Background

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All eight of the inaugural teams in Arena Football One had played the 2024 season in the Arena Football League, which had been launched that year as a revival of two leagues bearing the Arena Football League name: the original that operated from 1987 to 2008, and the second—coincidentally also known as Arena Football 1 before acquiring rights to the AFL name prior to its first season—from 2010 to 2019. The 2024 AFL's lone season began with 16 teams, six of which had joined through a pre-launch merger with Champions Indoor Football. Within three weeks, five of the 16 teams had folded. After multiple complaints of promises that were left unfulfilled to teams, to players, and to G6 Sports and Entertainment (the holding company that had been licensing the trademarks and intellectual property to the league), a hasty reorganization ousted founding commissioner Lee Hutton. With direct backing from G6, the remaining teams committed to finishing the 10-week season; three additional teams would fold over the course of the season, leaving eight by the end of the regular season. Jeff Fisher, who had originally joined the league as an advisor to the Nashville Kats, assumed the role of temporary commissioner for the remainder of the season.

Following ArenaBowl XXXIII, the surviving members of the AFL, including champions the Billings Outlaws, began hyping up "Arena Football is back" in various team social sites posing an image on September 4, 2024, saying, "A new era begins today." The next day it was announced that they would be playing in a newly-formed league called Arena Football One, sharing the name with a working title used by the 2010s AFL before its launch. The trademark was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 1, 2024, by Outlaws owner Steven Titus dba Arena Football One, LLC, of Gillette, Wyoming.[1] (G6 Sports Group still owns the AFL logo and its intellectual properties, but not the team IP's.)

The new league will be a full separation from G6, as all eight teams leave the AFL and join AF1. In a statement to Arena Insider, G6 executive Chris Chetty noted that after the league had narrowly completed the 2024 season, it had been left with numerous unpaid debts that he, though he would maintain responsibility, had been advised not to immediately pay off, but that the team owners had stipulated the debts be paid as a condition for returning.[2]

On September 6, 2024, AF1 formally announced its launch with a press release and new social media feeds, confirming that the new league would carry over Jeff Fisher as commissioner (now on a permanent basis) and Jerry Kurz, the founding commissioner of the 2010s AFL and a veteran of the original league, as chief executive officer along with the existing front office staff. In the statement, AF1 indicated that additional "expansion teams in emerging markets" would be among the teams to play the 2025 season.[3] Of those teams, the Arizona Bandits, a team that had previously been announced to be joining the AFL in 2025, released its own teaser at the same time as the eight inaugural teams.[4] In an interview with the Billings Gazette, Titus indicated that one of the expansion teams would be based in Mexico, and others would be in cities that had previously hosted arena football teams.[5]

On September 9, 2024, AF1 announced the Stockton Crusaders as their first expansion team joining the eight former AFL teams for the 2025 season.[6] On September 10, AF1 announced another expansion team to be based out of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania[7] and owned by Matt Rowland, a college friend of league president Jared Widman's.[8] On September 12, the Monterrey Kings were announced as the first AF1 team in Mexico.[9] Firebirds owner Mike Kwarta indicated in an interview that the twelfth team, which is scheduled to be formally announced the last week of September, would be Arizona.[10] The league had not ruled out further expansion before the season starts, with the schedule to be finalized by the end of October.[10]

In an interview with the Albany Times-Union, league sources indicated that an expansion draft would be held to allot players to the four new AF1 teams, with the existing teams allowed to protect 15 players.[10] The league will offer a base salary of $400 per game—less than the $1,000 that the AFL had initially promised in 2024 but higher than other indoor leagues, with teams allowed to pay higher salaries at their own discretion— and will not require players to play "ironman" on both offense and defense as they had under previous iterations of the league.[10] The league will follow traditional arena football rules and restrictions otherwise.[10] The season structure will feature two divisions (East and West) of six teams each, assuming no further expansion, all playing a 12-game regular season (up from 10 in 2024) and an eight-team playoff culminating in a yet-unnamed championship to be held at the home arena of the highest-seeded team.[10]

On October 22, the Oregon Lightning, partially owned by the head coach of the 2024 AFL's Oregon Blackbears Chuck Jones, were announced as AF1's newest expansion team. The expansion marks the continuation of arena football in Oregon under a new structure—legally, a continuation of the Oregon High Desert Storm of the American West Football Conference—following the Blackbears' entanglements with Hutton and its unsuccessful efforts to remain in the AFL in 2024.[11] On November 13, the Corpus Christi Tritons were announced to be joining AF1; the Tritons had been part of American Indoor Football for the 2024 season but had been excluded when most of the AIF's teams joined the National Arena League.[12]

On November 15, the Arizona Bandits, previously announced as a 2025 AFL expansion team, were officially announced as members of AF1.[13] That same day, the AF1 announced it would be aligned into three divisions with a twelve-game schedule across a 14-week regular season, with the specific schedule and alignment to be announced on November 19.[14] On November 18, the AF1 divisional alignment was announced,[15] with the Monterrey Kings and Stockton Crusaders electing to postpone their inaugural seasons until 2026.[16] On December 27, 2024, Wichita Regulators' owner Chris Zachary announced on the team's social media sites that the team was going dormant for the 2025 season, but would return in 2026.

Teams

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Division Team Location Arena Capacity Founded Head coach
East Albany Firebirds[17] Albany, New York MVP Arena 13,785 2023 Damon Ware
Nashville Kats Nashville, Tennessee Nashville Municipal Auditorium 8,000 1997 Dean Cokinos
Orlando Predators Orlando, Florida Kia Center 17,192 1991 E. J. Burt
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Mohegan Sun Arena 8,300 2024 TBD
Central Corpus Christi Tritons Corpus Christi, Texas American Bank Center 10,000 2023 Johnny Anderson
Salina Liberty Salina, Kansas Tony's Pizza Events Center 7,583 2015 Heron O'Neal
Southwest Kansas Storm Dodge City, Kansas United Wireless Arena 5,300 2021 Gary Thomas[18]
West Arizona Bandits Tempe, Arizona TBA TBA 2023 TBA
Billings Outlaws Billings, Montana MetraPark First Interstate Arena 8,700 2021 Cedric Walker
Oregon Lightning Redmond, Oregon First Interstate Bank Center 4,000 2021 Chuck Jones
Washington Wolfpack Everett, Washington Angel of the Winds Arena 8,149 2023 J.R. Wells

Standings

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2025 Arena Football One Standings
East Division
Team W L PCT GB DIV PF PA DIFF STK
Albany Firebirds - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Nashville Kats - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Orlando Predators - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Central Division
Team W L PCT GB DIV PF PA DIFF STK
Corpus Christi Tritons - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Salina Liberty - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Southwest Kansas Storm - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
West Division
Team W L PCT GB DIV PF PA DIFF STK
Arizona Bandits - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Billings Outlaws - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Oregon Lightning - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
Washington Wolfpack - - – - 0-0 - - 0 -
(x)–clinched playoff berth; (y)–clinched division; (e)–eliminated from playoff contention

Season schedule

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Regular season

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Week 1

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
March 14 Albany Firebirds - - Orlando Predators Kia Center TBA
March 15 Billings Outlaws - - Oregon Lightning First Interstate Bank Center TBA
Nashville Kats - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA
Arizona Bandits - - Washington Wolfpack Angel of the Winds Arena TBA
March 16 Salina Liberty - - Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center TBA
Wichita Regulators - - Southwest Kansas Storm United Wireless Arena TBA

Week 2

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
March 21 Nashville Kats - - Albany Firebirds MVP Arena TBA
March 22 Billings Outlaws - - Arizona Bandits TBA TBA
Southwest Kansas Storm - - Wichita Regulators Park City Arena TBA
March 23 Orlando Predators - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA
March 20–24 Oregon Lightning - - Washington Wolfpack Angel of the Winds Arena TBA

Week 3

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
March 28 Arizona Bandits - - Orlando Predators Kia Center TBA
Billings Outlaws - - Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center TBA
March 28 or 30 Salina Liberty - - Southwest Kansas Storm United Wireless Arena TBA
March 28–30 Wilkes Barre/Scranton Mavericks - - Nashville Kats Nashville Municipal Auditorium TBA
Washington Wolfpack - - Oregon Lightning First Interstate Bank Center TBA

Week 4

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
April 3 Corpus Christi Tritons - - Wichita Regulators Park City Arena TBA
April 5 Southwest Kansas Storm - - Salina Liberty Tony's Pizza Events Center TBA
April 3, 6 or 7 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks - - Washington Wolfpack Angel of the Winds Arena TBA
April 4–6 Albany Firebirds - - Nashville Kats Nashville Municipal Auditorium TBA

Week 5

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
April 11 Billings Outlaws - - Albany Firebirds MVP Arena TBA
April 13 Oregon Lightning - - Arizona Bandits TBA TBA
April 11–13 Orlando Predators - - Wichita Regulators Park City Arena TBA
Corpus Christi Tritons - - Salina Liberty Tony's Pizza Events Center TBA
Washington Wolfpack - - Nashville Kats Nashville Municipal Auditorium TBA

Week 6

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
April 19 Wichita Regulators - - Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center TBA
April 20 Arizona Bandits - - Billings Outlaws MetraPark First Interstate Arena TBA
April 17 or 21 Oregon Lightning - - Washington Wolfpack Angel of the Winds Arena TBA
April 18 or 19 Nashville Kats - - Orlando Predators Kia Center TBA
April 18–20 Albany Firebirds - - Salina Liberty Tony's Pizza Events Center TBA
Southwest Kansas Storm - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA

Week 7

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
April 25 Arizona Bandits - - Oregon Lightning First Interstate Bank Center TBA
Southwest Kansas Storm - - Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center TBA
Orlando Predators - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA
Washington Wolfpack - - Billings Outlaws MetraPark First Interstate Arena TBA
April 26 Wichita Regulators - - Salina Liberty Tony's Pizza Events Center TBA
April 25–27 Albany Firebirds - - Nashville Kats Nashville Municipal Auditorium TBA

Week 8

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
May 3 Oregon Lightning - - Arizona Bandits TBA TBA
May 1 or 4 Albany Firebirds - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA
May 1 or 3 Corpus Christi Tritons - - Washington Wolfpack Angel of the Winds Arena TBA
Salina Liberty - - Wichita Regulators Park City Arena TBA
May 2–4 Orlando Predators - - Nashville Kats Nashville Municipal Auditorium TBA

Week 9

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
May 9 Southwest Kansas Storm - - Albany Firebirds MVP Arena TBA
May 10 Oregon Lightning - - Billings Outlaws MetraPark First Interstate Arena TBA
May 9–10 Washington Wolfpack - - Arizona Bandits TBA TBA
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks - - Orlando Predators Kia Center TBA
Wichita Regulators - - Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center TBA

Week 10

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
May 17 Salina Liberty - - Billings Outlaws MetraPark First Interstate Arena TBA
Nashville Kats - - Oregon Lightning First Interstate Bank Center TBA
May 16–18 Wichita Regulators - - Southwest Kansas Storm United Wireless Arena TBA

Week 11

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
May 23 Nashville Kats - - Arizona Bandits TBA TBA
May 24 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks - - Albany Firebirds MVP Arena TBA
May 23–25 Billings Outlaws - - Washington Wolfpack Angel of the Winds Arena TBA
Corpus Christi Tritons - - Orlando Predators Kia Center TBA
Oregon Lightning - - Wichita Regulators Park City Arena TBA
Southwest Kansas Storm - - Salina Liberty Tony's Pizza Events Center TBA

Week 12

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
May 31 Orlando Predators - - Albany Firebirds MVP Arena TBA
Washington Wolfpack - - Billings Outlaws MetraPark First Interstate Arena TBA
June 1 Corpus Christi Tritons - - Salina Liberty Tony's Pizza Events Center TBA
May 30 – June 1 Arizona Bandits - - Southwest Kansas Storm United Wireless Arena TBA
Nashville Kats - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA

Week 13

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
June 7 Albany Firebirds - - Orlando Predators Kia Center TBA
Arizona Bandits - - Billings Outlaws MetraPark First Interstate Arena TBA
June 8 Salina Liberty - - Oregon Lightning First Interstate Bank Center TBA
June 6–8 Corpus Christi Tritons - - Southwest Kansas Storm United Wireless Arena TBA
Wichita Regulators - - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza TBA

Week 14

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Date Away team Result Home team Arena Broadcast Notes
June 14 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Mavericks - - Albany Firebirds MVP Arena TBA
Billings Outlaws - - Oregon Lightning First Interstate Bank Center TBA
Southwest Kansas Storm - - Corpus Christi Tritons American Bank Center TBA
Orlando Predators - - Nashville Kats Nashville Municipal Auditorium TBA
June 13–15 Washington Wolfpack - - Arizona Bandits TBA TBA
Salina Liberty - - Wichita Regulators Park City Arena TBA

Postseason

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On November 18, Arena Football One announced, along with the divisional alignments, that the postseason format will feature 6 teams. The three division winners and three teams with the next best records, regardless of division, will make the playoffs.[19] The division winner with the worst record gets to host a wild card game against the sixth-seeded team (third wild card). The two top division winners get first-round byes to the semifinals. The top two wild card teams, seeded fourth & fifth, play each other in the wild card round. The semifinals has lowest-remaining seed plays the top seed & the other winner plays the runner-up. The semifinal winners will play in AF1 Bowl I.

References

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  1. ^ Arena Football One Trademark filing, USPTO.gov, September 1, 2024
  2. ^ Carter, Anthony (September 4, 2024). "All remaining teams separate from Arena Football League to form 'Arena Football One'". Arena Insider. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  3. ^ AF1 Press Release, AFL X page, September 6, 2024
  4. ^ Social media post from the Arizona Bandits, via X, retrieved September 5, 2024.
  5. ^ Letasky, John (September 6, 2024). "Arena Football One forms including old AFL teams, including ArenaBowl champion Billings Outlaws". 406 MT SPORTS. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "AF1 Announces Stockton Crusaders as Expansion Team for 2025". TheAF1.com. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "AF1 Announces Expansion Team in Wilkes-Barre for 2025". TheAF1.com. September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Bennett, Steve (September 11, 2024). "Arena football returning to Wilkes-Barre". The Citizens' Voice. Retrieved November 9, 2024.
  9. ^ "Monterrey Kings Join Arena Football One". TheAF1.com. September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Kelly, Mike (September 23, 2024). "Arena Football One, Firebirds' new league, continues to take shape". Times Union. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  11. ^ "Oregon Lightning Joining Arena Football One for 2025". TheAF1.com. October 22, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  12. ^ "Corpus Christi Tritons Join Arena Football One". TheAF1.com. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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