Class 5A Football Brackets — 2026-27

* Last updated at 7:25 pm on Saturday, November 7, 2026

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OPENING ROUND FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS & FINALS
(16) Chicago (Payton) 7 (1) Antioch 48
(17) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) 40 (17) Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) 13
(1) Antioch 28
(9) Sycamore (H.S.) 32
(9) Sycamore (H.S.) 48 (8) Belvidere (H.S.) 20
(24) Crystal Lake (South) 14 (9) Sycamore (H.S.) 42
(9) Sycamore (H.S.)  
(4) Wauconda  
(13) Chicago (Senn) 0 (4) Wauconda 42 Sat 11/14 Sycamore (H.S.) TBA
(20) Lake Villa (Lakes) 44 (20) Lake Villa (Lakes) 14
(4) Wauconda 40
(12) Belvidere (North) 14
(12) Belvidere (North) 42 (5) West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) 36
(21) Freeport (H.S.) 29 (12) Belvidere (North) 42
   
   
(15) Grayslake (North) 6 (2) Maple Park (Kaneland) 12 Sat 11/21 TBA
(18) Wheaton (St. Francis) 61 (18) Wheaton (St. Francis) 48
(18) Wheaton (St. Francis) 42
(7) Woodstock (H.S.) 14
(10) Chicago (Noble/Comer) 12 (7) Woodstock (H.S.) 35
(23) Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) 45 (23) Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) 7
(18) Wheaton (St. Francis)  
(6) Cary (Grove)  
(14) Deerfield (H.S.) 35 (3) Chicago (King) 21 Sat 11/14 Cary (Grove) TBA
(19) Grayslake (Central) 7 (14) Deerfield (H.S.) 15
(3) Chicago (King) 14
(6) Cary (Grove) 43
(11) Darien (Hinsdale South) 49 (6) Cary (Grove) 45
(22) Bensenville (Fenton) 18 (11) Darien (Hinsdale South) 13 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
   
   
(16) Bloomington (H.S.) 7 (1) Mahomet (Seymour) 57 Sat 11/28 Normal (Hancock Stadium) 10 am
(17) Marion (H.S.) 40 (17) Marion (H.S.) 19
(1) Mahomet (Seymour) 35
(8) Crete (Monee) 22
(9) Chicago (Corliss) [Coop] 18 (8) Crete (Monee) 47
(24) Champaign (Centennial) 7 (9) Chicago (Corliss) [Coop] 0
(1) Mahomet (Seymour)  
(4) Morton  
(13) Lemont (H.S.) 48 (4) Morton 45 Sat 11/14 Mahomet (Seymour) TBA
(20) Peoria (H.S.) 6 (13) Lemont (H.S.) 14
(4) Morton 56
(5) Troy (Triad) 15
(12) Mascoutah 28 (5) Troy (Triad) 24
(21) Washington 35 (21) Washington 7
   
   
(15) LaSalle (Peru) 28 (2) Chicago (Agricultural Science) 12 Sat 11/21 TBA
(18) Galesburg (H.S.) 20 (15) LaSalle (Peru) 40
(15) LaSalle (Peru) 13
(10) Carbondale (H.S.) 41
(10) Carbondale (H.S.) 27 (7) Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) 10
(23) Springfield (H.S.) 12 (10) Carbondale (H.S.) 42
(10) Carbondale (H.S.)  
(11) New Lenox (Providence Catholic)  
(14) Oak Forest 56 (3) Chicago (Morgan Park) 40 Sat 11/14 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) TBA
(19) Danville (H.S.) 6 (14) Oak Forest 16
(3) Chicago (Morgan Park) 34
(11) New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 42
(11) New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 49 (6) Kankakee (Sr.) 20
(22) Mt. Vernon (H.S.) 13 (11) New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 35

*Note: In the opening round, the higher seed hosts the game. In subsequent rounds, the school that has hosted fewer times during the current playoff series hosts the game. If both teams have hosted an equal number of times, the higher seed hosts.