OHSAA Releases Football First-Round Playoff Pairings
Top eight seeds in each region will host first-round games on Friday, October 28
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Following the conclusion of the football regular-season Saturday night, the Ohio High School Athletic Association released the first-round playoff pairings Sunday afternoon. Unless otherwise noted, all first-round games will be played on Friday, October 28, with kickoffs set for 7 p.m. The top eight seeds in each region will serve as hosts for the first-round games.
For the second-consecutive season, the top 16 schools in each region have qualified for the postseason, giving playoff berths to 448 schools.
The regional playoffs will follow bracket format (see bracket link below). Second-round games will be played on Friday, November 4, at the better seeded team’s venue. Neutral sites will be used beginning in the third round, with Divisions I, II, III and V playing on Friday, November 11, and Divisions IV, VI and VII playing on Saturday, November 12.
Tickets for all games must be purchased in advance at www.ohsaa.org/tickets.
The final complete football report showing all teams in every region is posted at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/2022/2022HarbinReportWeek10.pdf
Brackets and playoff information: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Football/Football-2021/2022-OHSAA-Football-Playoffs-Coverage
Media Note: Host sites handle media credentials for all regional playoff games. Press box seats are determined by the priority seating scale at: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/FB-MediaPressBoxMemo.pdf
All-Time Playoff History Database: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/history/FootballParticipants.pdf
OHSAA football home: https://ohsaa.org/sports/football | Season Calendar: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/News/2022-football-season-calendar
MaxPreps Ohio Football Home (stats, scoreboard): https://www.maxpreps.com/state/football/ohio.htm
Oct. 17 (Entering Week 10) Associated Press State Football Poll (Courtesy Celina Daily Standard): https://dailystandard.com/sports/index.php
Oct. 18 (Entering Week 10) Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association State Football Notebook: https://www.ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/opswa-high-school-football-notebook-week-9
OHSAA Football First-Round Playoff Pairings
Pairings shown with regional seed. All games on Friday, October 28, at 7 p.m., unless indicated otherwise.
Division I
Region 1
16 Stow-Munroe Falls (1-9) at 1 Lakewood St. Edward (9-1)
15 Strongsville (3-7) at 2 Medina (9-1)
14 Brunswick (3-7) at 3 Mentor (6-3)
13 Lorain (3-7) at 4 Cleveland Heights (9-1)
12 Cleveland John Marshall School of Engineering (6-4) at 5 Cleveland St. Ignatius (6-3) (site TBA)
11 Canton GlenOak (4-6) at 6 Canton McKinley (5-5)
10 Elyria (5-5) at 7 Wadsworth (6-4)
9 Berea-Midpark (5-5) at 8 Massillon Jackson (5-5)
Region 2
16 Lewis Center Olentangy (4-6) at 1 Dublin Jerome (8-2)
15 Lewis Center Olentangy Orange (4-6) at 2 Springfield (8-1)
14 Clayton Northmont (5-5) at 3 Centerville (8-2)
13 Findlay (5-5) at 4 Perrysburg (9-1)
12 Delaware Hayes (7-3) at 5 Delaware Olentangy Berlin (7-3)
11 Marysville (6-4) at 6 Dublin Coffman (7-3)
10 Huber Heights Wayne (6-4) at 7 Kettering Fairmont (7-3)
9 Toledo Whitmer (7-3) at 8 Powell Olentangy Liberty (5-5)
Region 3
16 Lancaster (2-8) vs. 1 Gahanna Lincoln (9-1) at Whitehall-Yearling High School
15 Reynoldsburg (3-7) at 2 Upper Arlington (8-2)
14 Westerville North (3-7) at 3 New Albany (7-3)
13 Grove City Central Crossing (4-6) at 4 Pickerington Central (7-3)
12 Groveport Madison (5-5) at 5 Pickerington North (6-4)
11 Hilliard Davidson (4-6) at 6 Grove City (6-4)
10 Westerville Central (4-6) at 7 Hilliard Darby (5-5)
9 Hilliard Bradley (4-6) at 8 Thomas Worthington (6-4)
Region 4
16 Hamilton (3-7) at 1 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (9-1)
15 Middletown (3-7) at 2 Cincinnati Elder (8-2)
14 Lebanon (4-6) at 3 West Chester Lakota West (10-0)
13 Cincinnati Oak Hills (5-5) at 4 Springboro (7-3)
12 Cincinnati Colerain (4-6) at 5 Mason (8-2)
11 Cincinnati West Clermont (5-5) at 6 Cincinnati Princeton (8-2)
10 Cincinnati Western Hills (5-5) at 7 Milford (8-2)
9 Cincinnati St. Xavier (4-6) at 8 Fairfield (7-3)
Division II
Region 5
16 Willoughby South (4-6) at 1 Akron Archbishop Hoban (9-1)
15 Ashtabula Lakeside (6-4) at 2 Painesville Riverside (9-1)
14 Solon (6-4) at 3 Hudson (10-0)
13 Mayfield (6-4) at 4 Austintown-Fitch (9-1)
12 Cleveland School of Science and Medicine (7-3) at 5 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (6-3)
11 Maple Heights (6-4) at 6 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (8-2)
10 Garfield Heights (7-3) at 7 Macedonia Nordonia (8-2)
9 Cleveland Rhodes School of Environmental Studies (4-4) at 8 Barberton (6-4)
Region 6
16 Westlake (5-5) at 1 Avon (9-1)
15 Oregon Clay (5-5) at 2 Medina Highland (10-0)
14 Ashland (6-4) at 3 Toledo Central Catholic (9-1)
13 North Ridgeville (5-5) at 4 Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (9-1)
12 Toledo St. John’s Jesuit (5-5) at 5 Olmsted Falls (8-2)
11 Sylvania Southview (8-2) at 6 Avon Lake (8-2)
10 Parma Heights Valley Forge (7-3) at 7 North Olmsted (7-3)
9 North Royalton (6-4) at 8 Fremont Ross (6-4)
Region 7
16 Massillon Perry (4-6) at 1 Massillon Washington (8-1)
15 Dublin Scioto (4-6) at 2 Uniontown Lake (9-1)
14 Worthington Kilbourne (4-6) at 3 Westerville South (9-1)
13 Columbus Northland (5-4) at 4 Pataskala Watkins Memorial (8-2)
12 Uniontown Green (4-6) at 5 Sunbury Big Walnut (8-2)
11 Pataskala Licking Heights (5-5) at 6 North Canton Hoover (7-3)
10 Dover (5-5) at 7 Columbus St. Francis DeSales (5-4)
9 Canal Winchester (6-4) at 8 Columbus Independence (7-2)
Region 8
16 Cincinnati La Salle (1-8) at 1 Cincinnati Winton Woods (10-0)
15 Morrow Little Miami (3-7) at 2 Xenia (10-0)
14 Lima Senior (3-7) at 3 Trenton Edgewood (9-1)
13 Sidney (4-6) at 4 Kings Mills Kings (9-1)
12 Loveland (4-6) at 5 Cincinnati Withrow (7-3)
11 Riverside Stebbins (4-5) at 6 Piqua (8-2)
10 Cincinnati Anderson (5-5) at 7 Troy (7-3)
9 Hamilton Ross (5-5) at 8 Cincinnati Northwest (6-4)
Division III
Region 9
16 Akron East (6-4) at 1 Chardon (8-1)
15 New Philadelphia (6-4) at 2 Canfield (8-1)
14 Gates Mills Hawken (8-2) at 3 Youngstown Ursuline (8-2)
13 Chagrin Falls Kenston (7-3) vs. 4 Hunting Valley University School (8-1) at Euclid High School
12 Alliance (8-2) at 5 Youngstown Chaney (9-1)
11 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (8-2) at 6 Tallmadge (8-2)
10 Aurora (7-3) at 7 Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy (7-3)
9 Geneva (7-3) at 8 Gates Mills Gilmour Academy (8-1)
Region 10
16 Copley (3-7) at 1 Parma Heights Holy Name (7-2)
15 Rocky River (4-6) at 2 Tiffin Columbian (8-2)
14 Oberlin Firelands (7-3) at 3 Clyde (7-3)
13 Defiance (6-4) at 4 Lodi Cloverleaf (8-2)
12 Ontario (6-4) at 5 Mansfield Senior (8-2)
11 Bay Village Bay (5-5) at 6 Norton (8-2)
10 Parma Padua Franciscan (5-5) at 7 Medina Buckeye (7-3)
9 Toledo Scott (8-2) at 8 Rocky River Lutheran West (9-1)
Region 11
16 Circleville (5-5) at 1 Thornville Sheridan (9-1)
15 Washington Court House Miami Trace (4-6) at 2 Jackson (8-2)
14 Columbus Hamilton Township (6-3) at 3 Columbus Bishop Watterson (9-1)
13 Plain City Jonathon Alder (6-4) at 4 Dresden Tri-Valley (8-2)
12 Columbus Beechcroft (6-3) at 5 Carroll Bloom-Carroll (9-1)
11 Chillicothe (7-3) at 6 London (7-3)
10 Bellefontaine (8-2) at 7 Granville (8-2)
9 Washington Court House (8-2) at 8 Columbus South (8-1)
Region 12
16 Cincinnati Woodward (5-5) vs. 1 Hamilton Badin (10-0) at Hamilton High School
15 Cincinnati Mount Healthy (5-5) at 2 Mount Orab Western Brown (9-1)
14 Hillsboro (4-6) at 3 Tipp City Tippecanoe (9-1)
13 Wilmington (5-5) at 4 Wapakoneta (9-1)
12 Celina (6-4) at 5 Bellbrook (8-2)
11 Trotwood-Madison (6-4) at 6 Dayton Chaminade Julienne (6-4)
10 Monroe (6-4) vs. 7 Cincinnati Hughes (6-3) at TBA
9 New Richmond (7-3) at 8 New Carlisle Tecumseh (6-4)
Division IV
Region 13
16 Mogadore Field (4-6) at 1 Beloit West Branch (9-1)
15 Akron Coventry (5-5) at 2 East Liverpool Beaver (8-2)
14 Hubbard (6-4) at 3 Girard (7-3)
13 Akron Buchtel (5-4) at 4 Peninsula Woodridge (7-3)
12 Streetsboro (6-4) at 5 Canal Fulton Northwest (7-3)
11 Poland Seminary (5-5) at 6 Jefferson Area (7-3)
10 Salem (6-4) at 7 Canton South (7-3)
9 Ashtabula Edgewood (6-4) at 8 Struthers (6-4)
Region 14
16 Napoleon (4-6) vs. 1 Cleveland Glenville (9-0) at Collinwood High School
15 Shelby (5-5) at 2 Millersburg West Holmes (10-0)
14 Caledonia River Valley (5-5) at 3 Sandusky Perkins (9-1)
13 Bryan (6-4) at 4 Elyria Catholic (8-2)
12 Upper Sandusky (5-5) at 5 Bellville Clear Fork (9-1)
11 Wauseon (6-4) at 6 Van Wert (9-1)
10 Delaware Buckeye Valley (6-4) at 7 St. Marys Memorial (8-2)
9 Galion (6-4) at 8 Bellevue (6-4)
Region 15
16 McConnelsville Morgan (6-4) at 1 St. Clairsville (8-2)
15 Carrollton (7-3) at 2 Steubenville (8-2)
14 McArthur Vinton County (6-4) at 3 Columbus East (8-1)
13 Duncan Falls Philo (5-5) at 4 Gnadenhutten Indian Valley (7-3)
12 Newark Licking Valley (5-5) at 5 Gallipolis Gallia Academy (8-2)
11 Cambridge (7-3) at 6 Circleville Logan Elm (8-2)
10 Columbus Bishop Hartley (4-6) at 7 New Lexington (8-2)
9 Columbus Bishop Ready (6-3) at 8 Columbus Marion-Franklin (6-3)
Region 16
16 Waverly (5-5) at 1 Cincinnati Wyoming (10-0)
15 Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy (5-5) at 2 Cincinnati Taft (8-2)
14 Eaton (6-4) at 3 Middletown Bishop Fenwick (7-3)
13 Clarksville Clinton-Massie (5-5) at 4 Chillicothe Unioto (9-1)
12 St. Paris Graham (5-5) at 5 Urbana (5-5)
11 Dayton Northridge (7-2) at 6 Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas (5-5)
10 Kettering Archbishop Alter (5-5) at 7 Reading (7-3)
9 St. Bernard Roger Bacon (6-4) at 8 Springfield Shawnee (6-4)
Division V
Region 17
16 Youngstown Liberty (4-5) at 1 Canfield South Range (10-0)
15 Smithville (6-4) at 2 Sugarcreek Garaway (10-0)
14 Wooster Triway (4-6) at 3 Perry (8-2)
13 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (4-6) at 4 Richmond Edison (10-0)
12 Cadiz Harrison Central (6-4) at 5 Creston Norwayne (7-3)
11 Orrville (6-4) at 6 Navarre Fairless (8-2)
10 West Lafayette Ridgewood (7-3) at 7 Burton Berkshire (7-3)
9 Garrettsville Garfield (8-2) at 8 Conneaut (8-2)
Region 18
16 Port Clinton (5-5) at 1 Liberty Center (10-0)
15 Delta (5-5) at 2 Bloomdale Elmwood (9-1)
14 Fredericktown (6-4) at 3 Pemberville Eastwood (10-0)
13 Richwood North Union (7-3) at 4 Coldwater (9-1)
12 Milan Edison (6-4) at 5 Huron (8-2)
11 Genoa Area (6-4) at 6 Oak Harbor (9-1)
10 Defiance Tinora (7-3) at 7 Marengo Highland (7-3)
9 Findlay Liberty-Benton (7-3) at 8 Archbold (8-2)
Region 19
16 Minford (6-4) at 1 Ironton (10-0)
15 Pomeroy Meigs (6-4) at 2 Canal Winchester Harvest Preparatory (10-0)
14 Piketon (6-4) at 3 Barnesville (10-0)
13 Gahanna Columbus Academy (4-5) at 4 Centerburg (9-1)
12 McDermott Northwest (7-3) at 5 Portsmouth West (9-1)
11 Heath (6-4) at 6 Wheelersburg (7-3)
10 Zanesville West Muskingum (8-2) at 7 Proctorville Fairland (7-3)
9 Portsmouth (6-4) at 8 Belmont Union Local (5-4)
Region 20
16 Carlisle (4-6) at 1 Germantown Valley View (9-1)
15 Springfield Greenon (4-6) at 2 West Milton Milton-Union (9-0)
14 Waynesville (3-7) at 3 Springfield Northeastern (10-0)
13 Cincinnati Clark Montessori (6-3) at 4 Chillicothe Zane Trace (10-0)
12 Cincinnati Gamble Montessori (7-3) at 5 Cincinnati Madeira (9-1)
11 Cincinnati Purcell Marian (6-4) at 6 Brookville (9-1)
10 Camden Preble Shawnee (7-2) at 7 Jamestown Greenview (9-1)
9 Blanchester (7-3) at 8 Cincinnati Summit Country Day (6-4)
Division VI
Region 21
16 Independence (4-6) at 1 Kirtland (10-0)
15 Ravenna Southeast (4-5) at 2 Mogadore (8-0)
14 Garfield Hts. Trinity (4-6) vs. 3 Youngstown Valley Christian (9-0) at Boardman High School
13 North Jackson Jackson-Milton (7-3) at 4 Dalton (8-2)
12 Andover Pymatuning Valley (4-6) at 5 Brookfield (9-1)
11 Middlefield Cardinal (5-5) at 6 Cuyahoga Heights (7-2)
10 Mineral Ridge (8-2) at 7 Canton Central Catholic (6-4)
9 Hanoverton United (8-2) at 8 Rootstown (7-3)
Region 22
16 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale (5-5) at 1 Carey (10-0)
15 Haviland Wayne Trace (5-5) at 2 Ashland Crestview (10-0)
14 Ashland Mapleton (6-4) at 3 Columbia Station Columbia (10-0)
13 Collins Western Reserve (6-4) at 4 West Salem Northwestern (8-2)
12 Sullivan Black River (6-4) at 5 Columbus Grove (8-2)
11 Attica Seneca East (7-3) at 6 Bascom Hopewell-Loudon (8-2)
10 Hamler Patrick Henry (6-4) at 7 Toledo Ottawa Hills (8-1)
9 Castalia Margaretta (8-2) at 8 North Robinson Colonel Crawford (8-2)
Region 23
16 Marion Elgin (5-5) at 1 Beverly Fort Frye (9-1)
15 Grove City Christian (5-5) at 2 Nelsonville-York (9-1)
14 Galion Northmor (5-5) at 3 Bellaire (6-4) – Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
13 West Jefferson (4-6) at 4 Newcomerstown (8-2)
12 Malvern (8-2) at 5 Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant (6-4)
11 Mount Gilead (6-4) at 6 Worthington Christian (7-3)
10 Ironton Rock Hill (5-5) at 7 Loudonville (6-4)
9 Sugar Grove Berne Union (7-3) at 8 Sarahsville Shenandoah (6-4)
Region 24
16 Anna (4-6) at 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (10-0)
15 Lucasville Valley (3-7) at 2 Harrod Allen East (9-1)
14 Cincinnati Deer Park (5-5) at 3 New Madison Tri-Village (9-1)
13 New Paris National Trail (6-4) at 4 Versailles (7-3)
12 West Alexandria Twin Valley South (6-4) at 5 Williamsburg (8-2)
11 Beaver Eastern (4-6) at 6 Cincinnati Country Day (8-1)
10 Chillicothe Huntington (5-5) at 7 Bainbridge Paint Valley (6-4)
9 North Lewisburg Triad (4-6) at 8 West Liberty-Salem (5-5)
Division VII
Region 25
16 Fairport Harding (4-6) vs. 1 Warren John F. Kennedy (8-1) at Youngstown Liberty High School
15 Steubenville Catholic Central (3-7) at 2 Lowellville (10-0)
14 Windham (4-5) at 3 Danville (8-2)
13 Greenwich South Central (4-6) at 4 Salineville Southern (9-1)
12 Lisbon David Anderson (5-5) at 5 Norwalk St. Paul (7-3)
11 Bowerston Conotton Valley (6-4) at 6 Jeromesville Hillsdale (6-4)
10 Lucas (4-6) at 7 Toronto (7-3)
9 Vienna Mathews (8-2) at 8 New Middletown Springfield (6-4)
Region 26
16 Edon (5-5) at 1 McComb (9-1)
15 Dola Hardin Northern (6-4) at 2 Antwerp (10-0)
14 Pioneer North Central (6-4) at 3 Waynesfield-Goshen (10-0)
13 Tiffin Calvert (6-4) at 4 Lima Central Catholic (6-4)
12 Delphos St. John’s (4-6) at 5 Arlington (9-1)
11 Edgerton (7-3) at 6 Gibsonburg (8-2)
10 Delphos Jefferson (6-4) at 7 Defiance Ayersville (7-3)
9 Pandora-Gilboa (7-3) at 8 McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley (8-2)
Region 27
16 Zanesville Bishop Rosecrans (3-7) at 1 Newark Catholic (7-1)
15 Corning Miller (3-7) at 2 Hannibal River (9-1)
14 New Matamoras Frontier (3-7) at 3 Caldwell (9-1)
13 Shadyside (3-7) at 4 Reedsville Eastern (8-2)
12 Racine Southern (4-6) at 5 Waterford (7-3)
11 Crown City South Gallia (4-6) at 6 Portsmouth Sciotoville Community (5-5)
10 Lancaster Fairfield Christian Academy (5-5) at 7 Bridgeport (5-5)
9 Portsmouth Notre Dame (5-5) at 8 Franklin Furnace Green (6-4)
Region 28
16 Cincinnati Riverview East Academy (3-6) at 1 Ansonia (9-1)
15 St. Henry (2-8) at 2 Fort Loramie (8-2)
14 Lockland (2-7) at 3 Mechanicsburg (8-2)
13 Sidney Lehman Catholic (4-6) at 4 DeGraff Riverside (7-3)
12 Cedarville (4-5) at 5 New Bremen (7-3)
11 Fort Recovery (3-7) at 6 Minster (6-4)
10 Cincinnati College Preparatory Academy (5-5) at 7 South Charleston Southeastern (6-4)
9 St. Bernard-Elmwood Place (6-4) at 8 Springfield Catholic Central (6-4)