American Football Conference

American Football Conference

American Football Conference logo (2010–present)
Formerly	American Football League (AFL)
League	National Football League
Sport	American football
Founded	1970
No. of teams	16
Most recent champion(s)	Kansas City Chiefs (5th title)
Most titles	New England Patriots (11 titles)

The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the United States. The AFC and its counterpart, the National Football Conference (NFC), each have 16 teams organized into four divisions. Both conferences were created as part of the 1970 merger between the National Football League, and the American Football League (AFL). All ten of the AFL teams, and three NFL teams, became members of the new AFC, with the remaining thirteen NFL teams forming the NFC. A series of league expansions and division realignments have occurred since the merger, thus making the current total of 16 teams in each conference. The current AFC champions are the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated the Buffalo Bills in the 2024 season's AFC Championship Game for their fifth conference championship and went on to Super Bowl LIX against the Philadelphia Eagles.