2016 American Indoor Football season

Each team played a game schedule of varying lengths.

During the offseason there were several membership changes in the league that saw only four of the nine teams return from the previous season.

* — When initially announced, the West Michigan Ironmen were set to play the Northern Division's fourth-seeded Central Penn Capitals.

On May 30, the Capitals were replaced with the Southern Division's third-seeded Myrtle Beach Freedom.

The Freedom were replaced by the Southern Division's fourth-seed, the Savannah Steam.