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American Football had 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. The universities that originally participated in the ONEFA were Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León (UANL), Universidad Autónoma De Chapingo , National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), Universidad Autónoma De Coahuila , Universidad Autónoma De Chihuahua and Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro . Today the ONEFA is divided into three categories: ''Liga Mayor'', ''Liga Intermedia'' and ''Liga Juvenil''. The most important one is the Liga Mayor, whose championships are organized into three conferences: the ''Big Ten'', the ''National Conference'', and the ''Mexican Conference''. Teams The following teams have participated in the Big 10 Conference (created in 1991 ). Since 2005 the Conference has been named the ''Big 12''. Former teams: External links
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