# Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano

The National Student Organization of American Football (Spanish: Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano or ONEFA) is the major college football league in Mexico.
American football has been played in Mexico since the early 1920s in different colleges and universities, mainly in Mexico City. In 1928 the first professional championship was played, organized by Jorge Braniff. From the 1920s to the 1970s more universities and colleges joined the championship, and four categories, called fuerzas were created. The First Fuerza became the National League in 1970, and in 1978 it was reorganized under the name ONEFA.
In 2010 a breakaway league, CONADEIP, was formed by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education system, UDLAP and additional private universities. In 2017, the leagues started staging regular season matches and a National Championship. However, that only lasted for a year as in 2018, they did not stage regular season matches and cancelled the National Championship Game. The only two ONEFA teams that have maintained scheduling games (preseason) from 2013-2019 are the Borregos Salvajes Monterrey and the Auténticos Tigres UANL.
The universities that originally participated in the ONEFA were Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua and Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro.
Today the ONEFA is formed by 100 teams divided into four categories: Liga Mayor (College), Liga Intermedia (Undergrad/ Varsity High School, Liga Juvenil (two categories – Junior High/ Middle School), and Liga Infantil (six categories – Middle School/ Elementary School).
The most important one is the Liga Mayor ("Major League" – college level), whose championships are organized into two conferences: the Big 14 Conference, and the National Conference. The champion of the National Conference was promoted to the Big 14 Conference taking the spot of the team in last place which, in turn, was relegated to the National Conference. Since the 2021 season, there are 33 teams participating.

## Teams

The following teams are members of Liga Mayor. Liga Mayor has 2 conferences: 14 Grandes (Big 14) and Nacional (National). Enrollment numbers represent all campuses of each university.
| Institution - Campus | Location | Affiliation | Team | Stadium | Capacity | Head coach |
| 14 Grandes Conference |||||||
| Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Santo Tomás | Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City | Public | Águilas Blancas IPN | Wilfrido Massieu | 13,000 | Enrique Zárate |
| Autonomous University of Chihuahua | Chihuahua City, Chihuahua | Public | Águilas UACH | Olímpico Universitario José Reyes Baeza | 22,000 | Javier Trevizo |
| Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León - University City | San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León | Public | Auténticos Tigres UANL | Gaspar Mass | 16,000 | Juan Antonio Zamora |
| Universidad de las Américas Puebla | Cholula, Puebla | Private | Aztecas UDLAP | Templo del Dolor | 4,500 | Robert Peay |
| Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Mexico | Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico | Private | Borregos Salvajes CEM ITESM | Corral de Plástico | 6,000 | Mario Acevedo |
| Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Guadalajara | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Private | Borregos Salvajes Guadalajara ITESM | La Fortaleza Azul | 5,000 | Ernesto Alfaro |
| Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Mexico City | Cuajimalpa, Mexico City | Private | Borregos Salvajes México ITESM | Tormenta Negra | 2,500 | Hugo Lira |
| Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Monterrey | Monterrey, Nuevo León | Private | Borregos Salvajes Monterrey ITESM | Banorte | 10,057 | Carlos Altamirano |
| Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Puebla | Puebla City, Puebla | Private | Borregos Salvajes Puebla ITESM | Cráter Azul | 3,000 | Eric Fisher |
| Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Zacatenco | Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City | Public | Burros Blancos IPN | Wilfrido Massieu | 13,000 | Agustín López |
| Anahuac University - México Norte | Huixquilucan, State of Mexico | Private | Leones Anáhuac México Norte | La Cueva del León | 5,000 | Marco Montes |
| Universidad del Valle de México - Lomas Verdes | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Private | Linces UVM | José Ortega Martínez | 3,700 | Rodrigo Pérez |
| National Autonomous University of Mexico - Acatlán | Naucalpan, State of Mexico | Public | Pumas Acatlán UNAM | FES Acatlán | 3,000 | Horacio García Aponte |
| National Autonomous University of Mexico - University City | Coyoacán, Mexico City | Public | Pumas CU UNAM | Olímpico Universitario | 48,297 | José Luis Canales |
| National Conference - North |||||||
| Autonomous University of Baja California - Tijuana | Tijuana, Baja California | Public | Cimarrones UABC | Cimarrón | 2,000 | Ricardo Licona |
| Autonomous University of Tamaulipas - Ciudad Victoria | Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas | Public | Correcaminos UAT | Prof. Eugenio Alvizo Porras | 5,000 | Oscar Garza |
| Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez - University City | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | Public | Indios UACJ | Complejo Deportivo Universitario Ciudad Juárez | 2,000 | Alfredo Martínez |
| Sonora Institute of Technology - Obregón | Ciudad Obregón, Sonora | Public | Potros ITSON | Campo Hundido | 2,000 | Jorge Aguilar |
| Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior - Mexicali | Mexicali, Baja California | Private | Zorros CETYS | Madriguera de los Zorros | 2,000 | Luis Cervantes |
| National Conference - Bajío |||||||
| Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - Querétaro | Querétaro City, Querétaro | Private | Borregos Salvajes Querétaro ITESM | Borregos | 2,500 | Gustavo Tella |
| University of the Incarnate Word - Bajío | Irapuato, Guanajuato | Private | Incarnate Word Cardinals | El Nido | 2,000 | Edgar Cervantes |
| Anahuac University - Querétaro | Querétaro City, Querétaro | Private | Leones Anáhuac Querétaro | Olimpo Naranja | 2,000 | Miguel Estrada |
| Autonomous University of Coahuila - Saltillo | Saltillo, Coahuila | Public | Lobos UAdeC | Jorge A. Castro Medina | 3,476 | Edgar Rodríguez |
| Universidad Latina de México | Celaya, Guanajuato | Private | Lobos ULM | ULM | 2,000 | Alejandro Alamilla |
| Arkansas State University - Querétaro | Querétaro City, Querétaro | Public | ASUCQ Red Wolves | Red Cave | 2,000 | Gerardo Tajonar |
| Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara - University City | Zapopan, Jalisco | Private | Tecos UAG | Tres de Marzo | 18,779 | Roberto Salas |
| National Conference - Centre |||||||
| Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Santo Tomás | Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City | Public | Búhos IPN | Casco de Santo Tomás | 2,000 | Rafael Duk |
| Universidad del Tepeyac | Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City | Private | Frailes UT | Deportivo Venustiano Carranza | 500 | Adán Tapia |
| Universidad Veracruzana - Xalapa | Xalapa, Veracruz | Public | Halcones UV | USBI | 4,000 | José Luis Izquierdo |
| Anahuac University - Cancún | Cancún, Quintana Roo | Private | Leones Anáhuac Cancún | Coliseo Maya | 5,000 | Jorge Jiménez |
| Universidad Siglo XXI | Toluca, State of Mexico | Private | Panteras S21 | Fortaleza Siglo XXI | 4,000 | Mario Ramos |
| Autonomous University of Mexico State - University City | Toluca, State of Mexico | Public | Potros Salvajes UAEM | Juan Josafat Pichardo | 5,000 | Ricardo Jiménez |
| Chapingo Autonomous University | Texcoco, State of Mexico | Public | Toros Salvajes UACh | P. R. Tapia | 4,000 | Alberto Belmont |

## National champions

* Year with one national champion (Big 12 Conference), Central Conference which was not the top level, was recognized as national champion.
* Year with two national champions, one champion for the top level Conference (Big 8 Conference) and other for the National Conference.
* Years with one National Champion (Central Conference) and the other Conferences recognized as national champions although they were not the top level.
* † Defunct conference
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