(11-6-25) While the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will be considering a future football playoff format …they may want to consider how they calculate and can improve the seeding process.
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Below are all the Double-Digit seeds that are remaining in all 8 divisions.
Only 3A had no double-digit seeds after the first round.
1A (2 brackets of 16 team qualifiers)
10-Deer Creek
11-Carrollton
12-Dwight
12-Nokomis
2A (2 brackets of 16 team qualifiers)
None
3A (2 brackets of 16 team qualifiers)
10-Du-Pec
10-Greenville
11-Elmhurst IC
11-Roxanna
14-Ogden
4A (2 brackets of 16 team qualifiers)
10-Sacred Heart-Griffin
11-Waterloo
16-Jacksonville (beat #1 seed Richland County 41-39)
5A (2 brackets of 16 team qualifiers)
13-Chicago King
14-Chicago St. Patrick
6A (2 brackets of 16 team qualifiers)
10-St. Laurence
11-Oak Park Fenwick
12-Chicago Simeon
14-Rolling Meadows
7A–includes all 32 qualifiers
10-Chicago Kenwood
13-Batavia
14-Carmel
15-Downers Grove North
16-Hersey
21-Glenbard North
22-Jacob’s
25-Chicago St. Rita
8A–includes all 32 qualifiers
11-Oswego
12-Bolingbrook
13-Lyons
15-Glenbrook South
17-Belleville East
19-Hinsdale Central
23-Lockport
25-Palatine
26-Homewood-Flossmoor
