2026 OHSAA Football Playoff Brackets

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Steven Wasserman,

ZANESVILLE, OH – Here we go! A memorable 2026 high school football season is in the books, and it might be tough to follow up the last ten weeks. Though the playoff picture should do the trick, led by the ten local area teams representing three separate leagues, who are spread out between four different divisions.

The top 12 seeds in each region advanced to the playoffs in their respective divisions. The top four seeds secured Week 11 byes, and will learn their next opponents by the end of the night on Friday, October 30. Below are the official seedings for each division and region, plus the first games for local area teams, who are indicated in bold.

DIVISION III, REGION 11:

(#1) STEUBENVILLE
(#2) LICKING VALLEY
(#3) COLUMBUS EAST
(#4) ATHENS
(#5) DOVER
(#6) SHERIDAN
(#7) GRANVILLE
(#8) LINDEN MCKINLEY
(#9) JACKSON
(#10) JONATHAN ALDER
(#11) TRI-VALLEY
(#12) COLUMBUS SOUTH

Week 11 (Friday, October 30): (#11) Tri-Valley @ (#6) Sheridan
Week 11 (Friday, October 30): (#10) Jonathan Alder @ (#7) Granville
Week 12 (Friday, November 6): (#7) Granville/(#10) Jonathan Alder @ (#2) Licking Valley

DIVISION IV, REGION 15:

(#1) INDIAN VALLEY
(#2) NEW LEXINGTON
(#3) WEST HOLMES
(#4) JOHNSTOWN-MONROE
(#5) CLAYMONT
(#6) EAST LIVERPOOL
(#7) FAIRFIELD UNION
(#8) WEST MUSKINGUM
(#9) PHILO
(#10) HEATH
(#11) MARION-FRANKLIN
(#12) BEAVER LOCAL

Week 11 (Friday, October 30): (#9) Philo @ (#8) West Muskingum
Week 11 (Friday, October 30): (#10) Heath @ (#7) Fairfield Union
Week 12 (Friday, November 6): (#7) Fairfield Union/(#10) Heath @ (#2) New Lexington

DIVISION V, RGION 19:
(#1) IRONTON
(#2) FORT FRYE
(#3) COLUMBUS ACADEMY
(#4) SOUTH POINT
(#5) WHELEERSBURG
(#6) WORTHINGTON CHRISTIAN
(#7) MEIGS
(#8) FAIRLAND
(#9) RIDGEWOOD
(#10) PIKETON
(#11) VINTON COUNTY
(#12) GROVE CITY CHRISTIAN

Week 11 (Friday, October 30): (#9) Ridgewood @ (#8) Fairland

DIVISION VI, REGION 23:

(#1) RIVER
(#2) NELSONVILLE-YORK
(#3) WEST JEFFERSON
(#4) MONROE CENTRAL
(#5) NEWCOMERSTOWN
(#6) WATERFORD
(#7) GARAWAY
(#8) FREDERICKTOWN
(#9) NEWARK CATHOLIC
(#10) ELGIN
(#11) BERNE UNION
(#12) CENTERBURG