2020 XFL Season
2020 XFL Season Structure & Rules
Before you bet any futures, it’s important to understand how the league is going to run. Here’s the most important things you need to know:
There are also a number of rules that will be different from what you’re used to seeing in the NFL. Here are the bigger ones:
Before you bet any futures, it’s important to understand how the league is going to run. Here’s the most important things you need to know:
- The regular season will be 10 weeks
- There will be no bye weeks
- The eight teams are split into two conferences: East and West
- Each team plays the other three teams in their conference twice – once at home and once on the road – and then the four teams in the other conference once each
- The top two teams from each conference make the playoffs
- The playoffs will not see teams cross over to play the other conference in the first round; the top team in the east will play the second-best team from the east
There are also a number of rules that will be different from what you’re used to seeing in the NFL. Here are the bigger ones:
- Kickoffs will take place from the 25-yard-line, with the kicking team members lined up at the receiving team’s 35-yard-line, and blockers of the receiving team lined up at their own 30-yard-line
- A touchback that travels directly into the endzone through the air will come out to the 35, while touchbacks that bounce into the endzone will come out to the 15
- There are no traditional extra points; an extra point will be a scrimmage play from the 2-yard-line, while a two-point attempt will be from the 5, and a new three-point attempt will be from the 10
- Teams can throw two forward passes on the same play as long as the ball doesn’t cross the line of scrimmage before the second pass
- Overtime will consist of a five-round shootout of two-point conversions
- The clock will run continuously outside of the two-minute warning; after the two-minute warning, traditional NFL stoppages will occur