Class 8A Football Brackets — 2025-26

* Last updated at 8:53 am on Thursday, December 4, 2025

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FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS & FINALS
 
(1) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 21
(32) Wilmette (Loyola Academy) 17
(1) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 48
(17) Belleville (East) 29
(16) Aurora (West Aurora) 34
(17) Belleville (East) 48
(1) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 48
(9) Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) 7
(8) Chicago (Whitney Young) 8
(25) Palatine (H.S.) 29
(25) Palatine (H.S.) 13
(9) Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) 55
(9) Frankfort (Lincoln-Way East) 45
(24) Lincolnshire (Stevenson) 0
(1) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 42
(4) Palatine (Fremd) 21
(4) Palatine (Fremd) 41
(29) Huntley 14
(4) Palatine (Fremd) 45
(13) LaGrange (Lyons) 21
(13) LaGrange (Lyons) 24
(20) Elmhurst (York) 21
(4) Palatine (Fremd) 34
(12) Bolingbrook 33
(5) Gurnee (Warren) 35
(28) Winnetka (New Trier) 7
(5) Gurnee (Warren) 14
(12) Bolingbrook 20
(12) Bolingbrook 30
(21) Oswego (East) 20 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
(1) Chicago (Mt. Carmel) 20
(11) Oswego (H.S.) 3
(2) Barrington 72
(31) Elgin (H.S.) 13
(2) Barrington 38
(15) Glenview (Glenbrook South) 20
(15) Glenview (Glenbrook South) 27
(18) Minooka 14
(2) Barrington 0
(23) Lockport (Twp.) 35
(7) Chicago (Curie) 8
(26) Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 56
(26) Flossmoor (Homewood-F.) 20
(23) Lockport (Twp.) 21
(10) Orland Park (Sandburg) 14
(23) Lockport (Twp.) 21
(23) Lockport (Twp.) 7
(11) Oswego (H.S.) 10
(3) Park Ridge (Maine South) 56
(30) Downers Grove (South) 20
(3) Park Ridge (Maine South) 33
(19) Hinsdale (Central) 29
(14) South Elgin 15
(19) Hinsdale (Central) 45
(3) Park Ridge (Maine South) 21
(11) Oswego (H.S.) 24
(6) Chicago (Lane) 34
(27) Chicago (Perspectives/Leadership) [Coop] 6
(6) Chicago (Lane) 10
(11) Oswego (H.S.) 45
(11) Oswego (H.S.) 17
(22) Naperville (North) 7

*Note: In the first 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.