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Derby’s Dylan Edwards The Wichita Eagle

Looking for an early glimpse of the Kansas high school football state playoff brackets for next week’s games?

Varsity Kansas had updated the standings, done the math and verified with KSHSAA the official bracket for next week’s first-round postseason games.

Class 6A West playoffs

No. 16 Wichita Southeast (0-8) at No. 1 Derby (7-0)

No. 9 Garden City (5-3) at No. 8 Wichita East (5-3)

No. 13 Wichita West (2-6) at No. 4 Washburn Rural (7-1)

No. 12 Wichita South (2-6) at No. 5 Lawrence Free State (6-2)

No. 15 Wichita North (1-7) at No. 2 Manhattan (7-1)

No. 10 Gardner-Edgerton (3-5) at No. 7 Dodge City (6-2)

No. 14 Campus (1-7) at No. 3 Junction City (7-1)

No. 11 Topeka (2-6) at No. 6 Lawrence (6-2)

Class 6A East playoffs

No. 16 Kansas City Harmon (0-5) at No. 1 Blue Valley Northwest (7-1)

No. 9 Blue Valley North (3-5) at No. 8 Olathe South (4-4)

No. 13 Olathe East (1-7) at No. 4 Olathe North (6-2)

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

No. 15 Shawnee Mission South (1-7) at No. 2 Blue Valley (7-1)

No. 10 Shawnee Mission West (3-5) at No. 7 Blue Valley West (4-4)

No. 11 Kansas City Wyandotte (3-5) at No. 6 Shawnee Mission Northwest (5-3)

Class 5A West playoffs

No. 16 Goddard (0-8) at No. 1 Kapaun Mount Carmel (7-1)

No. 9 Wichita Heights (5-3) at No. 8 Maize South (5-3)

No. 13 Valley Center (2-6) at No. 4 Wichita Northwest (6-2)

No. 12 Liberal (4-4) at No. 5 Salina Central (6-2)

No. 15 Salina South (1-7) at No. 2 Andover (6-2)

No. 10 Goddard Eisenhower (5-3) at No. 7 Hays (6-2)

No. 14 Newton (2-6) at No. 3 Maize (6-2)

No. 11 Hutchinson (4-4) at No. 6 Bishop Carroll (6-2)

Class 5A East playoffs

No. 16 Topeka Highland Park (0-8) at No. 1 Mill Valley (7-1)

No. 9 Kansas City Sumner Academy (4-4) at No. 8 Shawnee Heights (4-4)

No. 13 Emporia (1-7) at No. 4 Topeka Seaman (5-3)

No. 12 Blue Valley Southwest (2-6) at No. 5 Leavenworth (5-3)

No. 15 Kansas City Schlagle (0-7) at No. 2 Spring Hill (7-1)

No. 10 Kansas City Washington (3-4) at No. 7 St. Thomas Aquinas (4-4)

No. 14 Kansas City Turner (1-7) at No. 3 Pittsburg (5-3)

No. 11 Topeka West (3-5) at No. 6 De Soto (4-3)

Class 4A West playoffs

No. 16 Abilene (0-8) at No. 1 Buhler (7-1)

No. 9 Winfield (3-5) at No. 8 Independence (4-4)

No. 13 Ulysses (2-4) at No. 4 Mulvane (6-2)

No. 12 Arkansas City (3-5) at No. 5 McPherson (6-2)

No. 15 Great Bend (0-8) at No. 2 Wamego (7-1)

No. 10 El Dorado (3-5) at No. 7 Augusta (5-3)

No. 14 Wellington (2-5) at No. 3 Andover Central (7-1)

No. 11 Rose Hill (3-5) at No. 6 Circle (5-3)

Class 4A East playoffs

No. 16 Labette County (0-8) at No. 1 Basehor-Linwood (8-0)

No. 9 Louisburg (4-4) at No. 8 St. James Academy (4-4)

No. 13 Lansing (2-6) at No. 4 Paola (5-3)

No. 12 Coffeyville (2-6) at No. 5 Kansas City Piper (5-3)

No. 15 Bonner Springs (1-7) at No. 2 Chanute (7-1)

No. 10 Bishop Miege (2-6) at No. 7 Tonganoxie (4-4)

No. 14 Fort Scott (1-7) at No. 3 Atchison (7-1)

No. 11 Ottawa (2-6) at No. 6 Eudora (4-4)

Class 3A West playoffs

D6-4 Russell (4-4) at D5-1 Riley County (8-0)

D5-3 Concordia (6-2) at D6-2 Colby (4-4)

D8-4 Hugoton (4-4) at D7-1 Andale (8-0)

D7-3 Hesston (4-4) at D8-2 Holcomb (6-2)

D5-4 Marysville (2-5) at D6-1 Southeast of Saline (8-0)

D6-3 Smoky Valley (5-3) at D5-2 Chapman (6-2)

D7-4 Clearwater (3-5) at D8-1 Cheney (8-0)

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

Class 3A East playoffs

D2-4 Burlington (4-4) at D1-1 Galena (7-1)

D1-3 Columbus (4-4) at D2-2 Frontenac (6-2)

D4-4 Hiawatha (4-4) at D3-1 Topeka Hayden (7-1)

D3-3 Bishop Ward (4-4) at D4-2 Rock Creek (5-3)

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

D3-2 Prairie View (6-2) at D1-2 Parsons (6-2)

D3-4 Santa Fe Trail (2-6) at D4-1 Holton (8-0), on Thursday

D4-3 Sabetha (4-4) at D3-2 Perry-Lecompton (5-3)

Class 2A West playoffs

D6-4 Douglass (2-6) at D5-1 Hillsboro (7-0)

D5-3 Marion (5-3) at D6-2 Chaparral (7-1), on Thursday

D8-4 Norton (4-4) at D7-1 Cimarron (6-2)

D7-3 Lakin (5-3) at D8-2 Beloit (5-3)

D5-4 Hutchinson Trinity (4-4) at D6-1 Kingman (7-1)

D6-3 Garden Plain (5-3) at D5-2 Haven (3-5)

D7-4 Ellis (3-4) at D8-1 Hoisington (7-1)

D8-3 Minneapolis (4-4) at D7-2 Thomas More Prep (6-2)

Class 2A East playoffs

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

D1-3 Cherokee-Southeast (5-3) at D2-2 Osage City (7-1)

D4-4 Republic County (3-4) at D3-1 Rossville (8-0)

D3-3 Pleasant Ridge (5-3) at D4-2 Nemaha Central (6-2)

D1-4 Erie (3-5) at D2-1 Wellsville (8-0)

D2-3 Humboldt (5-3) at D1-2 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (4-4)

D3-4 Mission Valley (2-6) at D4-1 St. Marys (4-3)

D4-3 Anderson County (6-2) at D3-2 Silver Lake (6-2)

Class 1A West playoffs

D3-1 Inman (8-0) receives bye

D3-5 Oakley (2-5) at D4-4 Elkhart (4-4)

D3-7 Salina Sacred Heart (0-8) at D4-2 Conway Springs (6-2)

D4-6 Sublette (1-5) at D3-3 Plainville (5-3)

D4-1 Sedgwick (8-0) receives bye

D4-5 Stanton County (3-4) at D3-4 Ell-Saline (3-5)

D4-7 Wichita Independent (1-7) at D3-2 Smith Center (7-1)

D3-6 Ellinwood (1-7) at D4-3 Remington (4-3)

Class 1A East playoffs

D1-1 Olpe (8-0) receives bye

D1-5 Central Heights (4-3) at D2-4 Jackson Heights (4-4)

D2-2 Jefferson County North (6-2) receives bye

D2-6 Troy (4-4) at D1-3 Uniontown (3-5)

D2-1 Centralia (6-2) receives bye

D2-5 Valley Heights (3-4) at D1-4 Pleasanton (2-5)

D2-7 Horton (0-8) at D1-2 Lyndon (4-3)

D1-6 Northern Heights (0-7) at D2-3 Wabaunsee (6-2)

8-man Division 1 top bracket

Note: First-round games start Thursday, October 28

D2-4 Flinthills (3-5) at D1-1 Sedan (8-0)

D1-3 Yates Center (6-2) at D2-2 Chase County (7-1)

D4-4 Solomon (5-3) at D3-1 Clifton-Clyde (6-1)

D3-3 Doniphan West (3-5) at D4-2 Canton-Galva (7-1)

D1-4 Marmaton Valley (4-4) at D2-1 Madison (8-0)

D2-3 Central Burden (5-3) at D1-2 West Elk (7-1)

D3-4 Valley Falls (4-4) at D4-1 Little River (8-0)

D4-3 Bennington (6-2) at D3-2 Burlingame (5-2)

8-man Division 1 bottom bracket

Note: First-round games start Thursday, October 28

D6-4 Pratt Skyline (3-5) at D5-1 Goessel (6-2)

D5-3 Medicine Lodge (6-2) at D6-2 Macksville (4-4)

D8-4 Rawlins County (4-4) at D7-1 Meade (8-0)

D7-3 Spearville (4-4) at D8-2 WaKeeney-Trego (7-1)

D5-4 Moundridge (3-5) at D6-1 La Crosse (6-2)

D6-3 Kinsley (5-3) at D5-2 Attica-Argonia (7-1)

D7-4 South Gray (4-3) at D8-1 Hill City (7-1)

D8-3 Hoxie (5-3) at D7-2 Wichita County (6-2)

8-man Division 2 top bracket

Note: First-round games start Thursday, October 28

D2-4 Wakefield (2-5) at D1-1 Waverly (5-1)

D1-3 Colony-Crest (5-3) at D2-2 Marais des Cygnes Valley (5-3)

D4-4 Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (4-4) at D3-1 Axtell (8-0)

D3-3 Hanover (5-3) at D4-2 Osborne (6-2)

D1-4 Southern Coffey County (1-5) at D2-1 Lebo (7-1)

D2-3 Hartford (4-4) at D1-2 St. Paul (5-3)

D3-4 Onaga (4-4) at D4-1 Thunder Ridge (8-0)

D4-3 Downs-Lakeside (6-2) at D3-2 Frankfort (6-2)

8-man Division 2 bottom bracket

Note: First-round games start Thursday, October 28

D6-4 Peabody-Burns (4-3) at D5-1 Victoria (7-1)

D5-3 Central Plains (5-3) at D6-2 Caldwell (7-1)

D8-4 Triplains-Brewster (2-5) at D7-1 Dighton (7-1)

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

D5-4 Otis-Bison (4-4) at D6-1 South Barber (7-1)

D6-3 Norwich (4-2) at D5-2 Sylvan-Lucas (4-3)

D7-4 South Central (2-5) at D8-1 Wheatland-Grinnell (7-1)

D8-3 Wallace County (3-5) at D7-2 Bucklin (7-1)

This story was originally published October 22, 2021 at 8:51 PM.

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