The XFL schedule for 2020 is set. Through 12 weeks beginning in February and running though April, 43 XFL games, including playoffs, will determine the champion of the rebooted football league .
The XFL schedule is constructed based on an eight-team league that's divided into two divisions, East and West. Through the 10-week regular season, each XFL team will host five games. A team will play each of the other three teams in its own division twice, once at home and once on the road, and will play each of the four teams in the opposite division once, two home and two away.
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The XFL East includes the D.C. Defenders, New York Guardians, St. Louis BattleHawks and Tampa Bay Vipers. The XFL West includes the Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Los Angeles Wildcats and Seattle Dragons.
The XFL schedule for 2020 begins Saturday, Feb. 8, with the D.C. Defenders hosting the Seattle Dragons followed by the Houston Roughnecks hosting the Los Angeles Wildcats. Below is the complete XFL schedule for 2020, including the kickoff time and TV channel for each game.
XFL schedule 2020
Week 1
Saturday, Feb. 8
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Seattle Dragons at D.C Defenders | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Los Angeles Wildcats at Houston Roughnecks | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, Feb. 9
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Tampa Bay Vipers at New York Guardians | 2 p.m. ET | Fox |
| St. Louis BattleHawks at Dallas Renegades | 5 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Week 2
Saturday, Feb. 15
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| New York Guardians at D.C. Defenders | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Tampa Bay Vipers at Seattle Dragons | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, Feb. 16
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Dallas Renegades at Los Angeles Wildcats | 3 p.m. ET | ABC |
| St. Louis BattleHawks at Houston Roughnecks | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
Week 3
Saturday, Feb. 22
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Houston Roughnecks at Tampa Bay Vipers | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Dallas Renegades at Seattle Dragons | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, Feb. 23
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| New York Guardians at St. Louis BattleHawks | 3 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| D.C. Defenders at Los Angeles Wildcats | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
Week 4
Saturday, Feb. 29
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Los Angeles Wildcats at New York Guardians | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Seattle Dragons at St. Louis BattleHawks | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, March 1
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Houston Roughnecks at Dallas Renegades | 4 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| D.C. Defenders at Tampa Bay Vipers | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN2 |
Week 5
Saturday, March 7
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Seattle Dragons at Houston Roughnecks | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| New York Guardians at Dallas Renegades | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, March 8
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| St. Louis BattleHawks at D.C. Defenders | 3 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Tampa Bay Vipers at Los Angeles Wildcats | 9 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Week 6
Saturday, March 14
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Houston Roughnecks at New York Guardians | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| St. Louis BattleHawks at Tampa Bay Vipers | 5 p.m. ET | FS2 |
Sunday, March 15
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Dallas Renegades at D.C. Defenders | 4 p.m. ET | FS1 |
| Los Angeles Wildcats at Seattle Dragons | 7 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Week 7
Saturday, March 21
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Dallas Renegades at Tampa Bay Vipers | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Los Angeles Wildcats at St. Louis BattleHawks | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, March 22
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| New York Guardians at Seattle Dragons | 3 p.m. ET | ABC |
| D.C. Defenders at Houston Roughnecks | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
Week 8
Saturday, March 28
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Tampa Bay Vipers at D.C. Defenders | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
| St. Louis BattleHawks at New York Guardians | 5 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, March 29
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Houston Roughnecks at Los Angeles Wildcats | 3 p.m. ET | ABC |
| Seattle Dragons at Dallas Renegades | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
Week 9
Thursday, April 2
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Dallas Renegades at Houston Roughnecks | 8 p.m. ET | Fox |
Saturday, April 4
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| D.C. Defenders at New York Guardians | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
Sunday, April 5
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Tampa Bay Vipers at St. Louis BattleHawks | 12 p.m. ET | ESPN |
| Seattle Dragons at Los Angeles Wildcats | 6 p.m. ET | FS1 |
Week 10
Thursday, April 9
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Los Angeles Wildcats at Dallas Renegades | 8 p.m. ET | Fox |
Saturday, April 10
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| Houston Roughnecks at Seattle Dragons | 2 p.m. ET | ABC |
Sunday, April 12
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| D.C Defenders at St. Louis BattleHawks | TBD | ABC |
| New York Guardians at Tampa Bay Vipers | TBD | FS1 |
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XFL playoffs schedule 2020
Following the regular season, the top two teams in each division, East and West, will square off for the right to play for the XFL championship. The East Final is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, and the West Final will be held Sunday, April 19.
The first-place team in each division will host its respective division final.
East and West Finals
Saturday, April 18
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| East No. 2 at East No. 1 | 3 p.m. ET | Fox |
Sunday, April 19
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| West No. 2 at West No. 1 | 3 p.m. ET | ESPN |
Championship
Sunday, April 26
| Game | Kickoff time | TV channel |
| East vs. West | 3 p.m. ET | ESPN |
How to watch XFL games
The TV channels for XFL games will not be hard to find. Every game on the 2020 XFL schedule will be available to a national TV audience, and 25 of the games will air on cable networks ABC or Fox.
The Fox and ESPN family of networks will carry all 43 XFL games in 2020, with a total of six networks scheduled to broadcast an XFL game at least once. Below are those networks.
- ESPN (seven games)
- ESPN2 (one game)
- ABC (14 games)
- Fox (11 games)
- FS1 (nine games)
- FS2 (one game)
Live streams of XFL games will be available via ESPN ( ESPN App ) and Fox ( Fox Sports App ).
According to Sports Business Daily , ESPN and Fox are not paying rights fees to broadcast XFL games in 2020, but the networks "are picking up production costs, which generally amount to around $400,000 per game."