High School Football Playoff Bracket

State playoff brackets — IHSA, GHSA, TSSAA, NC HS, more.

Free high school football playoff bracket for IHSA (Illinois), GHSA (Georgia), TSSAA (Tennessee), NC HSAA, PIAA (Pennsylvania), MIAA (Maryland), CIF (California), UIL (Texas), and every other state federation. Single-elimination knockout in standard classifications (1A through 8A). Pick your class size, seed the qualifiers, and the bracket fills with auto-advancing winners through Sectionals, Regionals, and the state championship.

Open HS football playoff bracket Single elimination explained

Walkthrough

How this format works

A worked 8-team single elimination bracket. Win and you move right, lose once and your run is over.

Build one step by step

From an empty editor to a finished, printable hs football bracket.

1
Add your teams
Type each team or player into the editor, or paste a whole list at once. Single elimination works for 4 up to 64 names.
2
Set the seeding
Order matters. Seed 1 should be your strongest team. The editor pairs seed 1 against the bottom seed, 2 against the next, so the top two can only meet in the final.
3
Generate the bracket
Hit Generate. If your team count is not a power of two, the top seeds get first-round byes automatically so the bracket still ends with one champion.
4
Score the games
Type a score into each match. The winner advances to the next round on its own, all the way to the final.
5
Print or share
Pick landscape or portrait, then print to PDF. Or save the bracket and share the link so everyone follows along.

About

About this format

Every state runs a slightly different playoff format, but the shape is mostly the same: a single-elimination bracket per classification (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, depending on the state) that runs from late October into early December. Class sizes are usually 16 or 32 qualifiers (32 in the bigger classes for Texas, Georgia, and Illinois; 16 for smaller classes and smaller-state federations). This page is the bracket maker pre-configured for that shape: standard cross-bracket seeding (1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, …), auto-advancing winners, and a printable wallchart your league office or fan section can pin to the wall. Same maker handles your district / region brackets that feed into the state playoffs.

Features

What you get

Single-elim shape for state playoff classifications
Sized 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 — matches most state federation rules
Standard cross-bracket seeding (top two on opposite halves)
Auto-advancing winners — type the score, bracket fills in
Printable per-class wallchart for the league office
Saves through the playoff run; share the link with parents

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which states does this work for?

Every US state federation runs single-elim playoffs. IHSA (Illinois), GHSA (Georgia), TSSAA (Tennessee), NCHSAA (North Carolina), PIAA (Pennsylvania), MIAA (Maryland), CIF (California), UIL (Texas), MHSAA (Michigan), OHSAA (Ohio), FHSAA (Florida) — the bracket math is the same regardless. Pick your size and seed the qualifiers.

Do you support different classifications (1A through 8A)?

Yes. Build one bracket per classification — it's just a separate bracket per class size. Most states need 4–8 brackets total (one per class).

Can I score the games as the playoffs run?

Yes. Enter the score after each Friday's games and the bracket advances winners. The next round's pairings populate automatically.

Does it print on one page?

Up to 32 teams prints cleanly on a single letter page. 64-team brackets fit landscape on A3 or split across two sheets. The print preview lets you switch orientation.

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