How Many NFL Games Are Being Played Today?
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It’s NFL season and that means there are games happening every Sunday (and sometimes on Thursdays and Mondays too). But how many NFL games are being played today? We break it down for you so you can always be in the know.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and it is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America. The NFL as we know it today emerged from a merger between two older leagues, the National Football League and the American Football League.
How Many Games Are in an NFL Season?
The NFL regular season is sixteen games long, which means that each of the thirty-two teams in the league play sixteen games over the course of seventeen weeks. The NFL playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the conclusion of the regular season, with fourteen teams taking part: six from the NFC and six from the AFC. Wild card weekend sees the four lowest-seeded divisional winners host the four highest-seeded wild card teams.
How Many Games Are Being Played Today?
The NFL schedule is released in the spring, typically in April. The regular season starts the first week of September and ends the first week of January. The playoffs start the second week of January and end the first week February with the Super Bowl.
Conclusion
After looking at all of the data, it seems that there are a total of six games being played today.
