NIRSA Announces Divisions for Inaugural Women's Flag Football Club League Season

NIRSA announced that 88 teams will compete in its inaugural 2026-27 Women's Flag Football Club League. Those 88 teams will be split into 10 geographic divisions. The full list of teams and divisions appears at the bottom of the post.

10 new women's flag football club teams were revealed as part of the finalized teams list: Hampton University (VA), Oberlin College (OH), Ohio University, UC Santa Barbara, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of New Haven (CT), the University of South Carolina, Utah Valley University, Weber State University (UT), and Western Technical College (WI). Of those 9 new clubs, seven are NCAA Division I schools. Oberlin is an NCAA Division III member, while Western Tech is an NJCAA institution.

In addition to the 10 new schools, 12 previously unannounced club teams will also compete in NIRSA's league. Those include: Cal Poly Pomona (CA), Claremont Colleges (CA), Coppin State University (MD), Fayetteville State University (NC), Howard University (Washington, D.C.), LSU (LA), MiraCosta College (CA), Montana Tech, University of Miami (FL), University of New Mexico, and University of North Texas.

NIRSA also announced a partnership with Franklin Sports to become the preferred equipment provider for the Women's Flag Football Club League. Franklin will provide flag belts, footballs, and other equipment for the league.

The ten flag football divisions will be as follows (number of teams in parentheses): Atlantic Piedmont (8), Capital Flag (9), Continental Divide (9), Great Lakes (8), Gulf Plains (4), Gulfstream (12), North Atlantic (8), Pacific Southwest (13), Palmetto (13), Sierra Pacific (4). The full list of teams and divisions is in the sortable table below.