The Kantō League is the major college football league in East Japan. The Kantō League champion plays against the North Japan representative for the East Japan championship. The winner of the East Japan championship plays against the winner of the West Japan championship in the Kōshien Bowl in December. The college champion then plays against the champion of the X League for the national championship in the Rice Bowl on January 3.

Since the beginning of the 2014 fall season the Division 1 plays in a new format. The old lineup with two conferences and a championship game (Azuma Bowl) was replaced by a split into two subdivisions, the Top 8 and the Big 8. The Top 8 represent the highest level of play. The Top 8 winner will be the league champion. There will be no championship game. The 7th and 8th place teams from the Top 8 will play relegation games against the 1st and 2nd place teams from the Big 8.

For the 2020 season the KCFA changed the format due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to reduce the number of games. In the Division 1 the two subdivisions, Top 8 and Big 8, are split into two Blocks (A and B). Each team plays three regular season games followed by permutation games. The permutation game between the two first place teams of the Top 8 determines the Kantō League champion.

(* Game canceled due to positive COVID-19 PCR tests among Waseda team members.)

(* Game canceled due to multiple COVID-19 infections in sports teams other than
the American Football team at Kokushikan University.)

Hometowns:
Aoyama Gakuin, Chūō, Hōsei, Komazawa, Meiji, Meiji Gakuin, Nihon, NSSU, Rikkyō, Tōkai, Tōkyō, Waseda (all Tōkyō), Ōbirin (Machida), Kokushikan (Setagaya), Kanagawa, Keiō, Yokohama National (all Yokohama)
Standings:
In the Kantō League the winner gets three points.