Continental Football League (2026)

The Continental Football League (CoFL) is a professional gridiron football minor league that launched in the summer of 2026. It is a revival of the original Continental Football League that operated from 1965 to 1969, with no direct organizational lineage from that league. Its current membership of four teams (three permanent members and one affiliate) are all located in Texas, having previously and unsuccessfully attempted to launch a northern division in and surrounding Ohio.

The new CoFL is positioned as a third tier minor professional league (similar to MiLB class AA, the ECHL, or USL League One), aimed at smaller markets and providing opportunities for overlooked talent, playing under a hybrid of American football and Canadian football rules.