FROM MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 22, 2026
Contact: Geoff Kimmerly
517.332.5046 or media@mhsaa.com
MHSAA Football Playoff Pairings, Opening Matchups to be Announced Sunday on NFHS Network
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Oct. 22 – The announcement of qualifiers and first-round pairings for this season’s Michigan High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs – the annual “Selection Sunday Show” – will be streamed at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, on the NFHS Network.
The playoffs for both 11 and 8-player teams begin during the weekend of Oct. 30-31. The top 32 teams by playoff-point average in each 11-player division and top 16 teams by playoff-point average in each 8-player division will qualify. Divisions were determined prior to the start of the season.
The direct link to watch the Selection Sunday Show is https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/mhsaa-mi/evt6961100424. That link also is posted to the football page of the MHSAA website at https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/football. A subscription is not required to watch the Selection Sunday Show.
The playoff qualifiers and pairings will be posted to the website following the show, and times and dates will be added Monday, Oct. 26.
To review a list of all football playoff schools, individual school playoff point details and to report errors, visit the Football Playoff Point Summary page of the MHSAA website at https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/football/playoff-point-summary.
The MHSAA Football Playoffs conclude with the 8-Player Finals on Nov. 21 at Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome and 11-Player Finals to be played Nov. 27 and 28 at Ford Field.
The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by more than 1,500 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract more than 1.4 million spectators each year.
