The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football sports league in the United States. The league is divided into the American Football Conference (American Football League, AFC) and the National Football Conference (National Football League, NFC). Each conference has 16 teams; in addition, each conference is divided into four divisions: southeast, northwest and northwest. Each division consists of 4 teams. The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America and the highest-level professional American football league in the world.