What a national high school football playoff/bowl series would look like

MaxPreps national football editor Zack Poff and host Myckena Guerrero break down what a four-team national high school playoff and bowl season might look like.

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Dec 8, 2017, 9:00am
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MaxPreps host Zack Poff and Myckena Guerrero break down 8 mythical bowl games and 16 teams.

If only. …

If only the National Federation of State High School Associations could set up a football playoff like the College Football Playoff format. 

Not that we would want that, but if we could, it might look like this at the end of the long 20017 season. 

The top four teams are in the national college football championship hunt are: The Sugar Bowl pits No. 1 Clemson and No. 4 Alabama, and the Rose Bowl features No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 3 Georgia.

MaxPreps football editor Zack Poff and host Myckena Guerrero discuss not only the match-ups, but also who would win and why. They also pick their ultimate national high school football champion.

The mythical 2017 MaxPreps National High School Playoff and Bowl Series
Graphic by Ryan Escobar
Our Sugar Bowl: No. 1 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) vs. No. 4 Allen (Texas)

Our Rose Bowl: No. 2 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) vs. No. 3 American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)

Our other Bowl matchups

Peach Bowl: No. 7 Katy (Texas) vs. No. 9 South Pointe (Rock Hill, S.C.)

Fiesta Bowl: No. 6 Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) vs. No. 12 St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)

Cotton Bowl: No. 5 Ben Davis (Indianapolis) vs. No. 10 St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.)

Holiday Bowl: No. 18 Chandler (Ariz.) vs. No. 13 Centennial (Corona, Calif.)

Citrus Bowl: No. 14 Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) vs. No. 17 St. Louis (Honolulu)

Outback Bowl: No. 11 Trinity (Louisville, Ky.) vs. No. 15 De La Salle (Concord, Calif.)

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