With the 2023 regular season coming to a close in the Hoosier State this weekend, the Indiana High School Athletic Association is releasing its playoff matchups across all six classifications. Every teams in the state eligible for the postseason.
The 51st annual IHSAA Football State Tournament, presented by the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts, features 311 teams.
The tournament is is set to begin October 20 with first round games in Classes 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A. Classes 6A and 5A have that week off. Sectional semifinal games will be played on October 27, sectional
championship games on November 3, regionals on November 10, semi-states on November 17 and the state championship games on November 24-25.
The 12 teams earning a berth in the state finals will play on Thanksgiving weekend in Lucas Oil
Stadium, home of the Colts, the state tournament’s presenting sponsor since 2009.
Class 6A is led by Center Grove, the state’s three-time defending champ. The Trojans are No. 1 in our Indiana Top 10 and No. 22 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football.
In all, seven teams in our national rankings are in the 6A playoffs. The most interesting playoff matchups will be the first round game between Brownsburg and Ben Davis. The two are ranked No. 2 and No. 3 respectively in our statewide rankings. Nationally, Brownsburg is No. 50 in our national rankings. Ben Davis is No. 70 in the Top 300.
Below is a complete list of sectional matchups.
6A
Sectional 1
G1: Portage at Lake Central
G2: Lafayette Jefferson at Crown Point
Sectional 2
G1: Carroll (Fort Wayne) at Warsaw Community
G2: Elkhart at Penn
Sectional 3
G1: Fishers at Homestead
G2: Hamilton Southeastern at Fort Wayne Northrop
Sectional 4
G1: Westfield at Carmel
G2: Noblesville at Zionsville
Sectional 5
G1: Brownsburg at Ben Davis
G2: Avon at Pike
Sectional 6
G1: North Central (Indianapolis) at Indianapolis Cathedral
G2: Lawrence Central at Lawrence North
Sectional 7
G1: Perry Meridian at Warren Central
G2: Southport at Indianapolis Arsenal Technical
Sectional 8
G1: Franklin Central at Center Grove
G2: Jeffersonville at Columbus North
5A
Sectional 9
G1: Munster at Merrillville
G2: Hammond Morton at Hammond Central
Sectional 10
G1: Michigan City at LaPorte
G2: Valparaiso at Chesterton
Sectional 11
G1: Mishawaka at Goshen
G2: Concord at South Bend Adams
Sectional 12
G1: Anderson at Fort Wayne Snider
Bye – Fort Wayne North Side
Sectional 13
G1: Plainfield at Harrison (West Lafayette)
G2: Decatur Central at McCutcheon
Sectional 14
G1: Whiteland Community at Terre Haute North Vigo
G2: Franklin Community at Terre Haute South Vigo
Sectional 15
G1: Bloomington South at Bloomington North
G2: Seymour at Columbus East
Sectional 16
G1: Evansville North at Floyd Central
G2: Castle at New Albany
4A
Sectional 17
G1: Hobart at New Prairie
G2: Gary West Side at Kankakee Valley
G3: East Chicago Central at Highland
G4: Culver Academies at Lowell
Sectional 18
G1: South Bend Washington at Plymouth
G2: NorthWood at South Bend St. Joseph
G3: South Bend Riley at Wawasee
G4: Northridge at Logansport
Sectional 19
G1: Fort Wayne Wayne at Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger
G2: DeKalb at Angola
G3: East Noble at New Haven
G4: Leo at Fort Wayne South Side
Sectional 20
G1: Mississinewa at Western
G2: Columbia City at Huntington North
G3: Frankfort at Marion
G4: Kokomo at Jay County
Sectional 21
G1: Indianapolis Crispus Attucks at Lebanon
G2: Brebeuf Jesuit at Northview
G3: Indianapolis Shortridge at Roncalli
G4: Indianapolis George Washington at Mooresville
Sectional 22
G1: Pendleton Heights at Greenfield-Central
G2: New Castle at New Palestine
G3: Beech Grove at Muncie Central
G4: Mt. Vernon (Fortville) at Richmond
Sectional 23
G1: Edgewood at Jennings County
G2: Greenwood Community at Connersville
G3: Shelbyville at East Central
G4: Martinsville at Silver Creek
Sectional 24
G1: Bedford North Lawrence at Evansville Harrison
G2: Boonville at Evansville Reitz
G3: Evansville Memorial at Evansville Central
G4: Jasper at Evansville Bosse
3A
Sectional 25
G1: Twin Lakes at Boone Grove
G2: Calumet at Hanover Central
G3: River Forest at West Lafayette
G4: Rensselaer Central at Griffith
Sectional 26
G1: Jimtown at Fairfield
G2: South Bend Clay at Glenn
G3: Knox at Lakeland
G4: Mishawaka Marian at West Noble
Sectional 27
G1: Yorktown at Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran
G2: Delta at Norwell
G3: Bellmont at Garrett
G4: Heritage at Woodlan
Sectional 28
G1: Guerin Catholic at Peru
G2: Tippecanoe Valley at Indianapolis Bishop Chatard
G3: Northwestern at Maconaquah
G4: Hamilton Heights at Oak Hill
Sectional 29
G1: Danville Community at Tri-West Hendricks
G2: Western Boone at North Montgomery
G3: Purdue Polytechnic-Downtown at Monrovia
G4: Crawfordsville at Speedway
Sectional 30
G1: Pike Central at Princeton Community
G2: Vincennes Lincoln at Owen Valley
G3: Mt. Vernon at Gibson Southern
G4: West Vigo at Washington
Sectional 31
G1: Lawrenceburg at Centerville
G2: Batesville at Rushville Consolidated
G3: Franklin County at South Dearborn
G4: Greensburg at Indian Creek
Sectional 32
G1: Scottsburg at North Harrison
G2: Salem at Madison Consolidated
G3: Charlestown at Heritage Hills
G4: Corydon Central at Southridge
2A
Sectional 33
G1: Bremen at Hammond Bishop Noll
G2: Andrean at LaVille
G3: Lake Station Edison at Whiting
Bye – Wheeler
Sectional 34
G1: Winamac Community at Lafayette Central Catholic
G2: Benton Central at Seeger
G3: Delphi Community at Lewis Cass
Bye – Rochester Community
Sectional 35
G1: Wabash at Eastside
G2: Fort Wayne Bishop Luers at Churubusco
G3: Prairie Heights at Central Noble
G4: Manchester at Whitko
Sectional 36
G1: Blackford at Tipton
G2: Elwood Community at Eastern (Greentown)
G3: Eastbrook at Frankton
G4: Bluffton at Alexandria Monroe
Sectional 37
G1: Greencastle at North Putnam
G2: Linton-Stockton at North Knox
G3: South Vermillion at Cascade
G4: Sullivan at Southmont
Sectional 38
G1: Lapel at Eastern Hancock
G2: Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter at Union County
G3: Shenandoah at Heritage Christian
G4: Northeastern at Winchester Community
Sectional 39
G1: Triton Central at Clarksville
G2: Indianapolis Scecina at Brownstown Central
G3: Brown County at Switzerland County
G4: Eastern (Pekin) at Christel House
Sectional 40
G1: North Posey at Perry Central
G2: Evansville Mater Dei at Tell City
G3: Mitchell at Forest Park
G4: Crawford County at Paoli
1A
Sectional 41
G1: Bowman at South Newton
G2: Pioneer at North Judson-San Pierre
G3: Triton at North Newton
G4: Culver Community at South Central (Union Mills)
Sectional 42
G1: Fountain Central at Park Tudor
G2: Clinton Prairie at Covington
G3: North Vermillion at Attica
Bye – Clinton Central
Sectional 43
G1: Caston at North White
G2: Carroll (Flora) at Tri-County
G3: West Central at Taylor
G4: Tri-Central at Frontier
Sectional 44
G1: Madison-Grant at Northfield
G2: North Miami at Southern Wells
G3: South Adams at Adams Central
G4: Fremont at Southwood
Sectional 45
G1: Monroe Central at Union City
G2: Hagerstown at Sheridan
Bye – Wes-Del
Bye – Tindley
Sectional 46
G1: South Decatur at North Decatur
G2: Knightstown at Tri
G3: Milan at Cambridge City Lincoln
Bye – Edinburgh
Sectional 47
G1: North Central (Farmersburg) at South Putnam
G2: Parke Heritage at Covenant Christian
G3: Riverton Parke at Cloverdale
Bye – Indianapolis Lutheran
Sectional 48
G1: Springs Valley at South Spencer
G2: Providence at Eastern Greene
G3: North Daviess at Tecumseh
Bye – West Washington
