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The Ohio high school football playoffs start Friday. Here's who's playing

Here are the pairings for the upcoming OHSAA football playoffs based on computations by JoeEitel.com.

Scott Springer
Cincinnati Enquirer

With the weekend's high school football complete in Ohio, here is a look at the pairings of Southwest Ohio teams in Divisions I-VII. Official pairings with site locations were released Sunday afternoon by the OHSAA.

All games take place at 7 p.m. Friday unless otherwise noted.

Pairings are based on computations done by JoeEitel.com, also used by the OHSAA.

Moeller head coach Mark Elder has the Crusaders as the No. 1 seed in his third season.

Division I

  • No. 1 seed Moeller (9-1) will host No. 16 Hamilton (3-7)
  • No. 2 seed Elder (8-2) takes on No. 15 Middletown (3-7) at The Pit
  • No. 3 Lakota West (10-0) will host No. 14 Lebanon (4-6)
  • No. 4 Springboro (7-3) will host No. 13 Oak Hills (5-5)
  • No. 5 Mason (8-2) hosts GMC rival No. 12 Colerain (4-6)
  • No. 6 Princeton (8-2) will host No. 11 seed West Clermont (5-5)
  • No. 7 Milford (8-2) will host No. 10 Western Hills (5-5)
  • No. 8 seed Fairfield (7-3) hosts No. 9 St. Xavier (4-6)

Division II

Van George and Winton Woods are Division II Region 8's top seed.
  • No. 1 seed and defending state champion Winton Woods (10-0) will host No. 16 La Salle (1-8)
  • No. 2 Xenia (10-0) will host No. 15 Little Miami (3-7)
  • No. 3 seed Edgewood (9-1) hosts No. 14 Lima Senior (3-7)
  • No 4 Kings (9-1) hosts No. 13 Sidney (4-6)
  • No. 5 seed Withrow (7-3) will host No. 12 Loveland (4-6)
  • No. 7 seed Troy (7-3) hosts No. 10 seed Anderson (5-5)
  • No. 8 seed Northwest (6-4) hosts No. 9 Ross (5-5)

Division III

The Badin Rams are the top overall seed of all of Division III.
  • No 1 seed Badin (10-0) will host No. 16 seed Woodward (5-5) at Hamilton High School.
  • No. 2 Western Brown (9-1) will host No. 15 Mount Healthy (5-5)
  • No. 4 seed Wapakoneta (9-1) hosts No. 13 seed Wilmington (5-5)
  • No. 7 seed Hughes (6-3) will host No. 10 seed Monroe (6-4) at a site to be announced.
  • No. 8 seed Tecumseh (6-4) hosts No. 9 New Richmond (7-3)

Division IV

Wyoming's C.J. Hester (33) finds an open lane for a Cowboys first down against Wyoming in a Cincinnati Hills League championship football game, Oct. 21, 2022.
  • No. 1 seed Wyoming (10-0) will host No. 16 Waverly (5-5)
  • No. 2 seed Taft (8-2) hosts No. 15 CHCA (5-5)
  • No. 3 seed Fenwick (7-3) hosts No. 14 Eaton (6-4)
  • No. 4 seed Chillicothe Unioto (9-1) hosts No. 13 seed Clinton-Massie (5-5), the defending Division IV champ
  • No. 6 seed McNicholas (5-5) hosts No. 11 Dayton Northridge (7-2)
  • No. 7 seed Reading (7-3) hosts No. 10 Kettering Alter (7-3)
  • No. 8 seed Springfield Shawnee (6-4) hosts No. 9 Roger Bacon (6-4)
Madeira's Nicholas Heisser finds a seem and runs for a Mustangs 1st down at the Madeira vs. Wyoming Cincinnati Hills League championship football game, Oct. 21, 2022.

Division V

  • No. 3 seed Springfield Northeastern (10-0) hosts No. 14 Waynesville (3-7)
  • No. 4 seed Chillicothe Zane Trace (10-0) hosts No. 13 seed Clark Montessori (6-3)
  • No. 5 seed Madeira (9-1) hosts No. 12 seed Gamble Montessori (7-3)
  • No. 6 Brookville (9-1) hosts No. 11 Purcell Marian (6-4)
  • No. 8 seed Summit Country Day (6-4) hosts No. 9 Blanchester (7-3)

Division VI

  • No. 3 seed New Madison Tri-Village (9-1) hosts No. 14 seed Deer Park (5-5)
  • No. 5 Williamsburg (8-2) hosts No. 12 Twin Valley South (6-4)
  • No. 6 Cincinnati Country Day (8-1) hosts No. 11 Beaver Eastern (4-6)

Division VII

  • No. 1 seed Ansonia (9-1) hosts No. 16 Riverview East (3-6)
  • No. 3 seed Mechanicsburg (8-2) hosts No. 14 Lockland (2-7)
  • No. 7 seed Southeastern Local (6-4) hosts No. 10 Cincinnati College Prep Academy (5-5)
  • No. 8 seed Springfield Catholic Central (6-4) vs. No. 9 seed St. Bernard-Elmwood Place (6-4)