How Many Division Games In the NFL?

How many division games are in the NFL? This is a question that many football fans have. The answer may surprise you.

How many division games are in the NFL?

In the National Football League (NFL), each team plays 16 games out of a possible 16 over a 17-week schedule.

That leaves one week for what is known as “bye weeks.” During a bye week, a team does not play and rests up for the rest of the season.

Now, out of those 16 games, how many are divisional games?

Well, it depends on the year. In odd-numbered years, each team will play two more games against divisional opponents than they will in even-numbered years. That’s because, in odd-numbered years, every team plays one game against each of the other three teams in their division and all four teams in two other divisions.

How are the division games scheduled?

Each team plays 16 games during the NFL regular season.
This regular season is comprised of games against every team in their own division (4 games), games against two other divisions in their conference (6 games), and games against teams from the other conference (4 games).
How the divisional games are scheduled varies each year.
Below is an explanation of how the divisional games are scheduled for the 2020 NFL Season.

The 2020 NFL regular season will consist of 17 weeks and 256 total games.
Each team will play 16 games, with one bye week for each team.
However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL has implemented a few changes for the 2020 season. Firstly, all teams will be playing only conference opponents this year.
Secondly, each team will have an additional bye week built into their schedule.
The additional bye week will be scheduled during one of the last four weeks of the season, and all teams will have their bye week at some point during those final four weeks.
As a result of these changes, each team will play a total of 10 divisional opponents this year (4 games against each team in their division).

How does this affect the NFL standings?

The NFL is divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference is further divided into four divisions, and each division has four teams. That means that there are 16 teams in each conference and 32 teams in the NFL as a whole.

Each team plays 16 regular season games, but not all of those games are against teams in their own division. In fact, each team only plays six games against teams in their own division. The other 10 games are against teams in the other divisions in their own conference and against teams in one of the other divisions in the other conference.

So, if you’re wondering how many division games are in the NFL, the answer is that each team plays six games against teams in their own division.

How can this affect the NFL playoffs?

In the NFL, each team plays 16 regular season games. Half of those are games against teams in their own division – so 4 games against each of the other 3 teams in the division.

The NFL playoffs are single elimination – meaning that once a team loses, they are out of the playoffs. The playoffs consist of 6 teams from each conference – 4 division winners and 2 wildcard teams. The division winners are seeded 1-4 based on their regular season record, with the #1 seed getting a bye week and playing the #4 seed, and #2 seed playing the #3 seed. The 2 wildcard teams play each other, with the winner playing the #1 seed and the loser playing the #2 seed.

So how does this affect how many division games are played in a season? If a team knows they have to win their division to make the playoffs, then they may be more inclined to schedule easier divisions against which they can pad their win/loss record early in the season. Or, if a team is struggling late in the season, they may choose to lose a game against a non-division opponent to secure a better draft position next year.