Class 6A Football Brackets — 2026-27

* Last updated at 4:13 pm on Saturday, November 7, 2026

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OPENING ROUND FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS & FINALS
(16) Elk Grove Village (E.G.) 21 (1) Machesney Park (Harlem) 21
(17) St. Charles (East) 42 (17) St. Charles (East) 14
(1) Machesney Park (Harlem) 17
(9) Burlington (Central) 7
(9) Burlington (Central) 41 (8) Lake Zurich 13
(24) Rockford (East) 10 (9) Burlington (Central) 27
(1) Machesney Park (Harlem)  
(12) Niles (Notre Dame)  
(13) Chicago (Noble/Muchin) 18 (4) Libertyville 61 Sat 11/14 Niles (Notre Dame) TBA
(20) Chicago (Noble/UIC) 0 (13) Chicago (Noble/Muchin) 0
(4) Libertyville 29
(12) Niles (Notre Dame) 48
(12) Niles (Notre Dame) 44 (5) Fox Lake (Grant) 16
(21) Des Plaines (Maine West) 0 (12) Niles (Notre Dame) 43
   
   
(15) Chicago (Noble/Bulls) 20 (2) Geneva 49 Sat 11/21 TBA
(18) Mundelein (Carmel) 38 (18) Mundelein (Carmel) 30
(2) Geneva 35
(7) Wheaton (North) 36
(10) Addison (A. Trail) 26 (7) Wheaton (North) 35
(23) Rolling Meadows 34 (23) Rolling Meadows 0
(7) Wheaton (North)  
(6) Oak Park (Fenwick)  
(14) Villa Park (Willowbrook) 42 (3) Rockton (Hononegah) 32 Sat 11/14 Oak Park (Fenwick) TBA
(19) Chicago (Amundsen) 6 (14) Villa Park (Willowbrook) 3
(3) Rockton (Hononegah) 13
(6) Oak Park (Fenwick) 38
(11) Highland Park 35 (6) Oak Park (Fenwick) 38
(22) Streamwood 14 (11) Highland Park 20 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
   
   
(16) East Moline (United) 24 (1) Chicago (Kennedy) 17 Sat 11/28 Normal (Hancock Stadium) 1 pm
(17) Champaign (Central) 3 (16) East Moline (United) 51
(16) East Moline (United) 21
(9) Quincy (Sr.) 24
(9) Quincy (Sr.) 41 (8) Chicago (Goode) 84
(24) Lansing (Thornton Fractional South) 7 (9) Quincy (Sr.) 88
(9) Quincy (Sr.)  
(20) LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)  
(13) Palos Heights (Shepard) 14 (4) Dunlap 7 Sat 11/14 LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) TBA
(20) LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) 44 (20) LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) 28
(20) LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy) 49
(21) Chicago (Simeon) 6
(12) Chicago (Lindblom) 11 (5) Oak Lawn (Community) 19
(21) Chicago (Simeon) 36 (21) Chicago (Simeon) 28
   
   
(15) Chicago (Brooks) 6 (2) Normal (Community West) 51 Sat 11/21 TBA
(18) Chatham (Glenwood) 50 (18) Chatham (Glenwood) 34
(2) Normal (Community West) 33
(7) Pekin 21
(10) Harvey (Thornton) 43 (7) Pekin 50
(23) Peoria (Richwoods) 21 (10) Harvey (Thornton) 6
(2) Normal (Community West)  
(6) Wheaton (Warrenville South)  
(14) South Holland (Thornwood) 27 (3) Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 56 Sat 11/14 Wheaton (Warrenville South) TBA
(19) Plainfield (East) 14 (14) South Holland (Thornwood) 28
(3) Riverside (R.-Brookfield) 15
(6) Wheaton (Warrenville South) 45
(11) Joliet (Catholic Academy) 44 (6) Wheaton (Warrenville South) 38
(22) Bradley (B.-Bourbonnais) 3 (11) Joliet (Catholic Academy) 7

*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.