The Kantō League is the major college football league in East Japan. The champion of the Kantō League advances to the quarterfinals of the playoff series for the college national championship.

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, with eight teams each playing a round-robin tournament. 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 replacement games against the 1st and 2nd place teams from the Big 8. The 5th to 8th place teams from the Big 8 will play replacement games against the top four teams of Division 2.

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