First look at Kansas high school football playoff brackets, schedule of games

The playoffs are here for Kansas high school football and Varsity Kansas has you covered with the updated 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. 28. All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, unless otherwise noted.

Class 6A football playoffs

East

No. 16 SM West (0-8) at No. 1 Olathe North (7-1)

No. 9 SM Northwest (3-5) at No. 8 BV West (3-5)

No. 13 SM East (2-6) at No. 4 Gardner-Edgerton (5-3)

No. 12 Olathe East (2-6) at No. 5 BV Northwest (5-3)

No. 15 SM South (1-7) at No. 2 Olathe West (6-2)

No. 10 SM North (2-6) at No. 7 Blue Valley (4-4)

No. 14 BV North (1-7) at No. 3 Olathe South (6-2)

No. 11 KC Wyandotte (2-6) at No. 6 Olathe Northwest (5-3)

West

No. 16 Wichita North (0-8) at No. 1 Manhattan (8-0)

No. 9 Lawrence Free State (5-3) at No. 8 Wichita East (5-3)

No. 13 Wichita Southeast (1-7) at No. 4 Wichita Northwest (6-2)

No. 12 Wichita South (3-5) at No. 5 Junction City (6-2)

No. 15 Topeka (1-7) at No. 2 Derby (6-2)

No. 10 Wichita Heights (4-4) at No. 7 Lawrence (5-3)

No. 14 Campus (1-7) at No. 3 Garden City (6-2)

No. 11 Dodge City (4-4) at No. 6 Washburn Rural (6-2)

Class 5A football playoffs

East

No. 16 KC Harmon (0-7) at No. 1 Mill Valley (7-1)

No. 9 Lansing (3-5) at No. 8 Shawnee Heights (4-4)

No. 13 Topeka West (1-7) at No. 4 KC Sumner (6-2)

No. 12 KC Washington (3-5) at No. 5 Pittsburg (5-3)

No. 15 KC Turner (0-8) at No. 2 De Soto (7-1)

No. 10 Leavenworth (3-5) at No. 7 Spring Hill (4-4)

No. 14 Emporia (1-7) at No. 3 Highland Park (6-2)

No. 11 BV Southwest (3-5) at No. 6 Topeka Seaman (4-4)

West

No. 16 Salina South (0-8) at No. 1 Maize (8-0)

No. 9 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (4-4) at No. 8 Goddard (5-3)

No. 13 Liberal (3-5) at No. 4 Hutchinson (6-2)

No. 12 Newton (3-5) at No. 5 Bishop Carroll (6-2)

No. 15 Wichita West (2-6) at No. 2 Hays (7-1)

No. 10 Maize South (4-4) at No. 7 Valley Center (6-2)

No. 14 Andover (3-5) at No. 3 Salina Central (6-2)

No. 11 Goddard Eisenhower (3-5) at No. 6 Great Bend (6-2)

Class 4A football playoffs

East

No. 16 KC Schlagle (1-7) at No. 1 Chanute (8-0)

No. 9 Tonganoxie (4-4) at No. 8 KC Piper (5-3)

No. 13 Labette County (2-6) at No. 4 Eudora (7-1)

No. 12 Ottawa (2-6) at No. 5 Bishop Miege (6-2)

No. 15 Fort Scott (2-6) at No. 2 Atchison (8-0)

No. 10 St. James Academy (4-4) at No. 7 Basehor-Linwood (6-2)

No. 14 Bonner Springs (2-6) at No. 3 Louisburg (7-1)

No. 11 Paola (3-5) at No. 6 St. Thomas Aquinas (6-2)

West

No. 16 Ulysses (1-7) at No. 1 Wamego (8-0)

No. 9 Rose Hill (3-5) at No. 8 Abilene (4-4)

No. 13 Winfield (1-7) at No. 4 Wellington (5-3)

No. 12 Augusta (2-6) at No. 5 Andover Central (5-3)

No. 15 Mulvane (1-7) at No. 2 McPherson (7-1)

No. 10 Arkansas City (2-6) at No. 7 Buhler (4-4)

No. 14 Independence (1-7) at No. 3 Circle (6-2)

No. 11 El Dorado (2-6) at No. 6 Coffeyville (5-3)

Class 3A football playoffs

D2-4 Anderson County (3-5) at D1-1 Galena (6-2)

D1-3 Columbus (3-5) at D2-2 Burlington (5-3)

D4-4 Royal Valley (2-6) at D3-1 Wellsville (8-0)

D3-3 Baldwin (3-5) at D4-2 Topeka Hayden (7-1)

D1-4 Parsons (5-3) at D2-1 Girard (8-0)

D2-3 Iola (2-6) at D1-2 Frontenac (5-3)

D3-4 Santa Fe Trail (2-6) at D4-1 Holton (7-1)

D4-3 Perry-Lecompton (3-5) at D3-2 Bishop Ward (6-2)

D6-4 Clearwater (3-5) at D5-1 Rock Creek (7-1)

D5-3 Marysville (3-5) at D6-2 Hesston (6-2)

D8-4 Goodland (2-6) D7-1 Andale (8-0)

D7-3 Pratt (6-2) at D8-2 Holcomb (7-1)

D5-4 Concordia (2-6) at D6-1 Wichita Collegiate (7-1)

D6-3 Chapman (3-5) D5-2 Clay Center (5-3)

D7-4 Smoky Valley (4-4) at D8-1 Scott City (7-1)

D8-3 Hugoton (6-2) at D7-2 Cheney (6-2)

Class 2A football playoffs

D2-4 Eureka (3-5) at D1-1 Caney Valley (6-2)

D1-3 Fredonia (4-4) at D2-2 Council Grove (6-2)

D4-4 Riley County (2-6) at D3-1 Silver Lake (6-2)

D3-3 Anderson County (6-2) at D4-2 Sabetha (6-2)

D1-4 Riverton (1-7) at D2-1 Osage City (7-1)

D2-3 Humboldt (6-2) at D1-2 Cherryvale (5-3)

D3-4 Pleasant Ridge (2-6) at D4-1 Nemaha Central (8-0)

D4-3 Minneapolis (5-3) at D3-2 Rossville (4-4)

D6-4 Haven (4-4) at D5-1 Southeast-Saline (8-0)

D5-3 Halstead (3-5) at D6-2 Chaparral (6-1)

D8-4 Phillipsburg (3-5) at D7-1 Hoisington (6-2)

D7-3 Cimarron (2-6) at D8-2 Russell (5-3)

D5-4 Hillsboro (2-6) at D6-1 Kingman (8-0)

D6-3 Garden Plain (4-4) at D5-2 Ellsworth (7-1)

D7-4 Larned (3-5) at D8-1 Beloit (6-2)

D8-3 Norton (5-3) at D7-2 Lakin (6-2)

Class 1A football playoffs

D2-4 Central Heights (3-5) at D1-1 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (7-1)

D1-3 Arma-Northeast (3-5) at D2-2 Jayhawk Linn (7-1)

D4-4 Jackson Heights (4-4) at D3-1 St. Marys (6-2)

D3-3 Mission Valley (3-5) at D4-2 Troy (7-1)

D1-4 Uniontown (1-7) at D2-1 Olpe (6-2)

D2-3 Pleasanton (6-2) at D1-2 Erie (3-5)

D3-4 McLouth (2-6) at D4-1 Centralia (8-0)

D4-3 Riverside (3-5) at D3-2 Jefferson County North (5-3)

D6-4 Belle Plaine (1-7) at D5-1 Wabaunsee (7-1)

D5-3 Sacred Heart (4-4) at D6-2 Marion (5-3)

D7-1 Conway Springs (5-3) receives bye

D7-3 Hutchinson Trinity (6-2) at D8-2 Plainville (3-5)

D5-4 Valley Heights (2-6) at D6-1 Sedgwick (4-4)

D6-3 Remington (2-6) at D5-2 Smith Center (6-2)

D7-4 Medicine Lodge (3-5) at D8-1 Oakley (5-3)

D8-3 Ellis (3-5) at D7-2 Inman (7-1)

8-man Division 1 football playoffs

D2-4 Lyndon (6-2) at D1-1 West Elk (8-0)

D3-3 Burden-Central (5-3) at D4-2 Moundridge (5-3), Thursday

D1-4 Flinthills (2-6) at D2-1 Burlingame (7-1), Thursday at 6 p.m.

D4-3 Goessel (4-4) at D3-2 Wichita Independent (7-1)

D4-4 Herington (2-6) at D3-1 South Sumner County (8-0)

D1-3 Sedan (4-4) at D2-2 Chase County (7-1), Thursday

D3-4 Attica-Argonia (5-3) at D4-1 Little River (7-1), Thursday at 6 p.m.

D2-3 Madison (5-3) at D1-2 Oswego (6-2)

D6-4 Quinter (3-5) at D5-1 Clifton-Clyde (7-1)

D7-3 Ness City (5-3) at D8-2 Meade (7-1), Thursday

D5-4 Washington County (5-3) at D6-1 Hill City (7-1), Thursday at 6 p.m.

D8-3 Sublette (4-4) at D7-2 WaKeeney-Trego (5-3)

D8-4 South Gray (2-6) at D7-1 Macksville (8-0)

D5-3 Lincoln (3-5) at D6-2 Rawlins County (6-2), Thursday at 6 p.m.

D7-4 La Crosse (4-4) at D8-1 Wichita County (8-0)

D6-3 Hoxie (6-2) at D5-2 Ell-Saline (6-2)

8-man Division 2 football playoffs

D2-4 Rural Vista (2-6) at D1-1 Lebo (6-2)

D3-3 Frankfort (3-5) at D4-2 Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (6-2)

D1-4 St. Paul (4-4) at D2-1 Canton-Galva (8-0)

D4-3 Downs-Lakeside (5-3) at D3-2 Hanover (4-4)

D4-4 Pike Valley (3-5) at D3-1 Axtell (8-0)

D1-3 Marmaton Valley (4-4) at D2-2 Hutchinson Central Christian (3-5)

D3-4 Linn (3-5) at D4-1 Osborne (7-1)

D2-3 Norwich (3-5) at D1-2 Colony-Crest (6-2), Thursday at 6 p.m.

D6-4 Wheatland-Grinnell (1-7) at D5-1 Victoria (8-0)

D7-3 Kinsley (4-4) at D8-2 Minneola (7-1)

D5-4 Wilson (2-6) at D6-1 Thunder Ridge (7-1)

D8-3 Hodgeman County (5-3) at D7-2 South Barber (6-2), Thursday at 6 p.m.

D8-4 Bucklin (5-3) at D7-1 Stafford (8-0)

D5-3 Central Plains (2-6) at D6-2 Wallace County (5-3)

D7-4 South Central (4-4) at D8-1 Dighton (8-0)

D6-3 St. Francis (4-4) at D5-2 Sylvan-Lucas (6-2)