The 2026 Kentucky High School Football State Playoffs kick off on Friday, November 6th. Here is the full bracket and seeding.

(32) First Round – Predetermined by paired sister district standings
(16) Second Round – Predetermined bracket (this changes in 2027 to RPI)
(8) Third Round – Districts 1-4 and 5-8 re-seeded by RPI, 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3
(4) Semifinals – Four remaining teams are seeded by RPI, 1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3

First Round Schedule

Class 1A

@ Ballard Memorial
Campbellsville

@ Bethlehem
Russellville

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Kentucky Country Day
BYE

@ Fulton County
Holy Cross (Louisville)

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@ Newport Central Catholic
Trimble County

@ Bishop Brossart
Dayton

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@ Holy Cross (Covington)
Bellevue

@ Newport
Ludlow

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@ Sayre
District 6 Fourth Place

@ District 6 Second Place
Frankfort

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Raceland
BYE

@ Eminence
District 6 Third Place

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@ Middlesboro
Lynn Camp

@ Paintsville
Harlan

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@ Pikeville
Pineville

@ Williamsburg
Hazard

Class 2A

@ Mayfield
Fort Knox

@ McLean County
Crittenden County

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@ Owensboro Catholic
Trigg County

@ Caldwell County
Hancock County

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@ Somerset
Washington County

@ Danville
Monroe County

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@ Lexington Christian
Metcalfe County

@ Green County
W.E.B. DuBois Academy

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Beechwood
BYE

@ West Carter
St. Henry

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@ Breathitt County
Bracken County

@ Walton-Verona
Jackson County

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@ Prestonsburg
Pike County Central

@ Shelby Valley
Leslie County

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@ Belfry
Martin County

@ Floyd Central
East Ridge

Class 3A

@ Murray
Hart County

@ Glasgow
Hopkins County Central

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@ LaRue County
Webster County

@ Union County
Butler County

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@ Christian Academy-Louisville
Mercer County

@ Bardstown
DeSales

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@ Lexington Catholic
Western

@ Central
Garrard County

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@ Bourbon County
Lewis County

@ Fleming County
Henry County

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@ Russell
Carroll County

@ Lloyd Memorial
East Carter

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@ Rockcastle County
Powell County

@ Estill County
Clay County

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@ Lawrence County
McCreary Central

@ Knox Central
Letcher County Central

Class 4A

@ Paducah Tilghman
Marion County

@ Nelson County
Warren East

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@ Elizabethtown
Calloway County

@ Logan County
Taylor County

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@ North Oldham
Western Hills

@ Franklin County
Valley

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@ Spencer County
Waggener

@ Breckinridge County
Shelby County

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@ Highlands
Boyd County

@ Greenup County
Mason County

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@ Ashland Blazer
Harrison County

@ Covington Catholic
Johnson Central

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@ Boyle County
Whitley County

@ Perry County Central
Lincoln County

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@ Corbin
Russell County

@ Wayne County
Harlan County

Class 5A

@ Owensboro
Greenwood

@ Barren County
Graves County

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@ Bowling Green
Apollo

@ Madisonville-North Hopkins
Grayson County

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@ Atherton
Jeffersontown

@ North Bullitt
Butler

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@ Fairdale
Iroquois

@ Seneca
Bullitt Central

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@ Cooper
Anderson County

@ Scott County
Conner

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@ Woodford County
Scott

@ Dixie Heights
Collins

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@ West Jessamine
Southwestern

@ North Laurel
East Jessamine

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@ Pulaski County
Montgomery County

@ Madison Southern
South Laurel

Class 6A

@ District 1 First Place
Central Hardin

@ Meade County
District 1 Third Place

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South Warren
BYE

@ District 1 Second Place
Daviess County

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@ DuPont Manual
Eastern

@ Oldham County
North Hardin

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@ Trinity (Louisville)
Pleasure Ridge Park

@ Saint Xavier
Ballard

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@ Bullitt East
Great Crossing

@ Ryle
Fern Creek

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@ Simon Kenton
Southern

@ Male
Campbell County

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@ Paul Laurence Dunbar
George Rogers Clark

@ Madison Central
Tates Creek

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@ Frederick Douglass
Henry Clay

@ Lafayette
Bryan Station