Illinois High School football playoff bracket: Class 8A

Illinois High School Association playoff pairings and results. IHSA Class 8A bracket.

MaxPreps is your home for Illinois state playoff football coverage. The Illinois High School Association has announced the pairings for the Class 8A state playoffs and Fremd from Palatine and Maine South enter the postseason as the No. 1 seeds.

Be sure to check back for scores and results as the state’s best battle to crown a IHSA state champion:

ROUND 1: Friday October 30 and Saturday October 31

Game 1: Fremd (Palatine, IL) 22 Naperville North (Naperville, IL) 14
Game 2: Lake Park (Roselle, IL) 22 East (Belleville, IL) 21
Game 3: Marist (Chicago, IL) 41 Schaumburg (IL) 14 {VIDEO_d46102e1-9456-4269-b0ff-277f54d4f888,floatRightWithBar}

Game 4: Central (Naperville, IL) 28 Lockport (IL) 16
Game 5: Bolingbrook (IL) 17 Lyons (LaGrange, IL) 10
Game 6: Downers Grove South (Downers Grove, IL) 22 Waubonsie Valley (Aurora, IL) 21
Game 7: Glenbard North (Carol Stream, IL) 29 Andrew (Tinley Park, IL) 0
Game 8: Sandburg (Orland Park, IL) 35 Hinsdale Central (Hinsdale, IL) 10
Game 9: Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) 28 Oak Park-River Forest (Oak Park, IL) 14
Game 10: Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) 25 Palatine (IL) 7
Game 11: Proviso West (Hillside, IL) 46 Taft (Chicago, IL) 0
Game 12: Glenbrook South (Glenview, IL) 28 Notre Dame (Niles, IL) 27
Game 13: Stevenson (Lincolnshire, IL) 28 New Trier (Winnetka, IL) 7
Game 14: Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) 19 Simeon (Chicago, IL) 14
Game 15: Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 30 St. Patrick (Chicago, IL) 0
Game 16: Warren (Gurnee, IL) 49 Curie (Chicago, IL) 7

Round 2:

Game 17: Fremd (Palatine, IL) 21 Lake Park (Roselle, IL) 14
Game 18: Marist (Chicago, IL) 24 Central (Naperville, IL) 7
Game 19: Downers Grove South (Downers Grove, IL) 22 Bolingbrook (IL) 20
Game 20: Glenbard North (Carol Stream, IL) 27 Sandburg (Orland Park, IL) 0
Game 21: Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) 24 Leyden (Franklin Park, IL) 16
Game 22: Glenbrook South (Glenview, IL) 44 Proviso West (Hillside, IL) 6
Game 23: Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) 23 Stevenson (Lincolnshire, IL) 16
Game 24: Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 21 Warren (Gurnee, IL) 7

Quarterfinals

Game 25: Marist (Chicago, IL) 28 Fremd (Palatine, IL) 16
Game 26: Glenbard North (Carol Stream, IL) 7 Downers Grove South (Downers Grove, IL) 3
Game 27: Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) 44 Glenbrook South (Glenview, IL) 23
Game 28: Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 24 Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL) 7

Semifinals

Game 29: Marist (Chicago, IL) 17 Glenbard North (Carol Stream, IL) 14
Game 30: Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) 21 Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL) 14{VIDEO_b92f7260-d694-4224-b656-2f25b0f48598,floatRightWithBar}

Finals
Game 31: Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) 41 Marist (Chicago, IL) 17

More Illinois Football Playoff information:

The Illinois High School Football Playoffs are organized by the Illinois High School Association (www.ihsa.org).

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