Kansas high school football state playoffs: First look at the KSHSAA bracket, schedule
The playoffs are here for Kansas high school football and Varsity Kansas has you covered with the updated KSHSAA schedule and brackets for every classification in the state.
Here’s the first look at which teams have qualified for the state playoffs and the games scheduled for Friday, Oct. 27.
Class 6A football playoffs
West
No. 16 Wichita North (0-8) at No. 1 Washburn Rural (8-0)
No. 9 Wichita Heights (5-3) at No. 8 Junction City (5-3)
No. 13 Campus (2-6) at No. 4 Wichita Northwest (6-2)
No. 12 Wichita South (2-6) at No. 5 Wichita East (6-2)
No. 15 Wichita Southeast (1-7) at No. 2 Manhattan (7-1)
No. 10 Garden City (5-3) at No. 7 Lawrence Free State (6-2)
No. 14 Topeka (1-7) at No. 3 Derby (7-1)
No. 11 Dodge City (3-5) at No. 6 Lawrence (6-2)
East
No. 16 Blue Valley North (0-8) at No. 1 Gardner-Edgerton (7-1)
No. 9 Shawnee Mission East (3-5) at No. 8 Shawnee Mission Northwest (3-5)
No. 13 Shawnee Mission South (1-7) at No. 4 Olathe South (5-3)
No. 12 Olathe Northwest (2-6) at No. 5 Blue Valley Northwest (4-4)
No. 15 Shawnee Mission West (0-8) at No. 2 Olathe North (7-1)
No. 10 Shawnee Mission North (2-6) at No. 7 Blue Valley West (3-5) on Thursday
No. 14 Kansas City Wyandotte (1-7) at No. 3 Olathe East (6-2)
No. 11 Olathe West (2-6) at No. 6 Blue Valley (4-4)
Class 5A football playoffs
West
No. 16 Salina South (0-8) at No. 1 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (7-1)
No. 9 Great Bend (5-3) at No. 8 Salina Central (6-2)
No. 13 Bishop Carroll (3-5) at No. 4 Maize South (6-2)
No. 12 Wichita West (3-5) at No. 5 Hutchinson (6-2)
No. 15 Andover (0-8) at No. 2 Goddard Eisenhower (7-1)
No. 10 Valley Center (5-3) at No. 7 Hays (6-2)
No. 14 Newton (3-5) at No. 3 Liberal (7-1)
No. 11 Maize (3-5) at No. 6 Goddard (6-2) on Thursday
East
No. 16 Kansas City Turner (0-8) at No. 1 De Soto (7-1)
No. 9 Topeka Seaman (4-4) at No. 8 Kansas City Washington (5-3)
No. 13 Topeka West (1-7) at No. 4 Mill Valley (6-2)
No. 12 Leavenworth (2-6) at No. 5 Spring Hill (6-2)
No. 15 Emporia (0-8) at No. 2 Blue Valley Southwest (7-1)
No. 10 Lansing (4-4) at No. 7 Pittsburg (5-3)
No. 14 Kansas City Harmon (1-7) at No. 3 Topeka Highland Park (6-2)
No. 11 Kansas City Sumner (4-4) at No. 6 Shawnee Heights (6-2)
Class 4A football playoffs
West
No. 16 El Dorado (0-8) at No. 1 Wamego (6-2)
No. 9 Rose Hill (3-5) at No. 8 Winfield (4-4)
No. 13 Circle (2-6) at No. 4 Wellington (6-2)
No. 12 Augusta (2-6) at No. 5 Coffeyville (5-3)
No. 15 Ulysses (0-8) at No. 2 Buhler (6-2)
No. 10 Mulvane (3-5) at No. 7 McPherson (5-3)
No. 14 Arkansas City (1-7) at No. 3 Abilene (6-2)
No. 11 Independence (3-5) at No. 6 Andover Central (5-3)
East
No. 16 Bonner Springs (1-7) at No. 1 Atchison (8-0)
No. 9 Kansas City Piper (4-4) at No. 8 Eudora (4-4)
No. 13 Kansas City Schlagle (3-5) at No. 4 Chanute (7-1)
No. 12 Ottawa (3-5) at No. 5 Tonganoxie (6-2)
No. 15 Labette County (1-7) at No. 2 Louisburg (8-0)
No. 10 Paola (4-4) at No. 7 Basehor-Linwood (5-3)
No. 14 St. James Academy (2-6) at No. 3 Bishop Miege (7-1)
No. 11 Fort Scott (3-5) at No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (5-3)
Class 3A football playoffs
D6-4 Clearwater (2-6) at D5-1 Clay Center (7-1)
D5-3 Marysille (3-5) at D6-2 Hesston (4-4)
D8-4 Colby (4-4) at D7-1 Cheney (8-0)
D7-3 Pratt (4-4) at D8-2 Holcomb (6-2)
D5-4 Concordia (2-6) at D6-1 Wichita Collegiate (7-1)
D6-3 Chapman (3-5) at D5-2 Rock Creek (5-3)
D7-4 Smoky Valley (1-7) at D8-1 Scott City (7-1)
D8-3 Hugoton (6-2) at D7-2 Andale (7-1)
D2-4 Girard (3-5) at D1-1 Frontenac (7-1)
D1-3 Columbus (2-6) at D2-2 Burlington (5-3)
D4-4 Perry-Lecompton (2-6) at D3-1 Wellsville (8-0)
D3-3 Bishop Ward (3-5) at D4-2 Holton (4-4)
D1-4 Baxter Springs (4-4) at D2-1 Prairie View (4-4)
D2-3 Iola (4-4) at D1-2 Parsons (7-1)
D3-4 Baldwin (2-6) at D4-1 Topeka Hayden (8-0)
D4-3 Royal Valley (3-5) at D3-2 Santa Fe Trail (6-2)
Class 2A football playoffs
D6-4 Chaparral (1-6) at D5-1 Southeast of Saline (8-0)
D5-3 Hillsboro (5-3) at D6-2 Kingman (6-2)
D8-4 Phillipsburg (4-4) at D7-1 Hoisington (8-0)
D7-3 Lakin (4-4) at D8-2 Beloit (4-4)
D5-4 Halstead (3-5) at D6-1 Garden Plain (7-1)
D6-3 Haven (5-3) at D5-2 Ellsworth (7-1)
D7-4 Cimarron (1-7) at D8-1 Norton (8-0)
D8-3 Thomas More Prep (4-4) at D7-2 Larned (6-2)
D2-4 West Franklin (3-5) at D1-1 Riverton (5-3)
D1-3 Cherryvale (4-4) at D2-2 Humboldt (7-1)
D4-4 Minneapolis (4-4) at D3-1 Silver Lake (7-1)
D3-3 Atchison County (4-4) at D4-2 Sabetha (7-1)
D1-4 Neodesha (3-5) at D2-1 Osage City (7-1)
D2-3 Council Grove (5-3) at D1-2 Caney Valley (5-3)
D3-4 Pleasant Ridge (2-6) at D4-1 Nemaha Central (8-0)
D4-3 Riley County (4-4) at D3-2 Rossville (5-3)
Class 1A football playoffs
D6-4 Belle Plaine (2-6) at D5-1 Smith Center (7-1)
D5-3 Wabaunsee (5-3) at D6-2 Marion (7-1)
D8-4 Stanton County (2-6) at D7-1 Conway Springs (6-2)
D7-3 Sterling (5-3) at D8-2 Ellis (4-4)
D5-4 Salina Sacred Heart (2-6) at D6-1 Sedgwick (7-1)
D6-3 Remington (2-6) at D5-2 Valley Heights (6-2)
D7-4 Hutchinson Trinity (3-5) at D8-1 Plainville (4-4)
D8-3 Oakley (2-6) at D7-2 Medicine Lodge (5-2)
D2-4 Pleasanton (5-3) at Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (8-0) on Thursday
D1-3 Uniontown (2-6) at D2-2 Jayhawk-Linn (7-1)
D4-4 Riverside (2-6) at D3-1 St. Marys (5-3)
D3-3 Mission Valley (3-5) at D4-2 Jackson Heights (7-1)
D1-4 Arma-Northeast (2-6) at D2-1 Olpe (6-2)
D2-3 Central Heights (4-4) at D1-2 Erie (4-4)
D3-4 Oskaloosa (3-5) at D4-1 Centralia (7-1)
D4-3 Troy (4-4) at D3-2 Jefferson County North (7-1)
8-man Division 1 football playoffs
D2-4 Burlingame (5-3) at D1-1 West Elk (7-1)
D3-3 Oxford (5-3) at D4-2 Little River (6-2)
D1-4 Cedar Vale-Dexter (2-6) at D2-1 Lyndon (8-0)
D4-3 Herington (5-3) at D3-2 South Haven (7-1)
D4-4 Goessel (1-7) at D3-1 Burden-Central (8-0)
D1-3 Sedan (4-4) at D2-2 Cair Paravel (6-2)
D3-4 Argonia-Attica (5-3) at D4-1 Moundridge (8-0)
D2-3 Chase County (5-3) at D1-2 Oswego (4-4)
D6-4 Quinter (5-3) at D5-1 Ell-Saline (7-1)
D7-3 Pratt Skyline (4-4) at D8-2 Meade (7-1)
D5-4 Bennington (3-5) at D6-1 Hoxie (7-1)
D8-3 Sublette (5-3) at D7-2 La Crosse (5-3)
D8-4 Spearville (2-6) at D7-1 WaKeeney-Trego (6-2)
D5-3 Lincoln (5-3) at D6-2 Rawlins County (7-1)
D7-4 Kiowa County (2-6) at D8-1 Wichita County (8-0)
D6-3 Hill City (5-3) at D5-2 Clifton Clyde (6-2)
8-man Division 2 football playoffs
D2-4 Norwich (3-5) at D1-1 Lebo (5-3)
D3-3 Hanover (4-4) at D4-2 Lakeside-Downs (6-2)
D1-4 Colony-Crest (4-4) at D2-1 Canton-Galva (7-1)
D4-3 Beloit St. Johns-TIpton (2-6) at Frankfort (6-2)
D4-4 Wakefield (1-7) at D3-1 Axtell (8-0)
D1-3 St. Paul (5-3) at D2-2 Hutchinson Central Christian (5-3)
D3-4 Blue Valley-Randolph (4-4) at D4-1 Osborne (7-1)
D2-3 Rural Vista (4-4) at D1-2 Marmaton Valley (6-2)
D6-4 Logan-Palco (2-6) at D5-1 Victoria (6-1)
D7-3 South Barber (6-1) at D8-2 Hodgeman County (5-3)
D5-4 Otis-Bison (0-8) at D6-1 Wallace County (5-3)
D8-3 Dighton (4-4) at D7-2 Kinsley (7-1)
D8-4 Bucklin (3-5) at D7-1 South Central (5-3)
D5-3 Central Plains (6-2) at D6-2 Thunder Ridge (5-3)
D7-4 St. John (3-5) at D8-1 Minneola (8-0)
D6-3 St. Francis (2-5) at D5-2 Sylvan-Lucas (7-1)
6-man football playoffs
D1-1 Waverly (6-0) receives bye
D1-5 Altoona Midway (2-6) at D2-4 Burrton (2-6)
D2-2 Tescott (5-2) receives bye
D1-3 Peabody-Burns (5-3) receives bye
D2-1 Cunningham (7-1) receives bye
D2-5 Southern Cloud (1-7) at D1-4 Centre (3-4)
D1-2 Chetopa (5-1) receives bye
D1-6 Southern Coffey County (2-) at D2-3 Pawnee Heights (4-4)
D3-1 Ashland (6-1) receives bye
D4-4 Triplains-Brewster (3-5) receives bye
D4-6 Healy (0-8) at D3-3 Deerfield (5-2)
D4-1 Cheylin (8-0) receives bye
D4-5 Greeley County (3-5) at D3-4 Moscow (1-7)
D3-2 Ingalls (6-2) receives bye
D4-3 Golden Plains (2-6) receives bye
