Final pairings set for first round of 2026 KHSAA football playoffs
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Here are the pairings for the first round of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association football playoffs.
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Games will be played Nov. 5-7. Official game times will be announced in the coming days.
All three-way ties will be settled this weekend by the final KHSAA RPI.
Seeds are in parentheses:
Class A football playoffs
Region One
Campbellsville (4) at Ballard Memorial (1)
Russellville (3) at Bethlehem (2)
Kentucky Country Day (1) - BYE
Louisville Holy Cross (3) at Fulton County (2)
Region Two
Trimble County (4) at Newport Central Catholic (1)
Dayton (3) at Bishop Brossart (2)
Bellevue (4) at Covington Holy Cross (1)
Ludlow (3) at Newport (2)
Region Three
Fairview/Nicholas County/Paris (4) at Sayre (1)
Frankfort (3) at Fairview/Nicholas County/Paris (2)
Raceland (1) - BYE
Fairview/Nicholas County Paris (3) at Eminence (2)
Region Four
Lynn Camp (4) at Middlesboro (1)
Harlan (3) at Paintsville (2)
Pineville (4) at Pikeville (1)
Hazard (3) at Williamsburg (2)
Class 2A football playoffs
Region One
Fort Knox (4) at Mayfield (1)
Crittenden County (3) at McLean County (2)
Trigg County (4) at Owensboro Catholic (1)
Hancock County (3) at Caldwell County (2)
Region Two
Washington County (4) at Somerset (1)
Monroe County (3) at Danville (2)
Metcalfe County (4) at Lexington Christian (1)
DuBois (3) at Green County (2)
Region Three
Beechwood (1) - BYE
St. Henry (3) at West Carter (2)
Bracken County (4) at Breathitt County (1)
Jackson County (3) at Walton-Verona (2)
Region Four
Pike County Central (4) at Prestonsburg (1)
Leslie County (3) at Shelby Valley (2)
Martin County (4) at Belfry (1)
East Ridge (3) at Floyd Central (2)
Class 3A football playoffs
Region One
Hart County (4) at Murray (1)
Hopkins County Central (3) at Glasgow (2)
Webster County (4) at LaRue County (1)
Butler County (3) at Union County (2)
Region Two
Mercer County (4) at Christian Academy (1)
DeSales (3) at Bardstown (2)
Western (4) at Lexington Catholic (1)
Garrard County (3) at Central (2)
Region Three
Lewis County (4) at Bourbon County (1)
Henry County (3) at Fleming County (2)
Carroll County (4) at Russell (1)
East Carter (3) at Lloyd Memorial (2)
Region Four
Powell County (4) at Rockcastle County (1)
Clay County (3) at Estill County (2)
McCreary Central (4) at Lawrence County (1)
Letcher County Central (3) at Knox Central (2)
Class 4A football playoffs
Region One
Marion County (4) at Paducah Tilghman (1)
Warren East (3) at Nelson County (2)
Calloway County (4) at Elizabethtown (1)
Taylor County (3) at Logan County (2)
Region Two
Western Hills (4) at North Oldham (1)
Valley (3) at Franklin County (2)
Waggener (4) at Spencer County (1)
Shelby County (3) at Breckinridge County (2)
Region Three
Boyd County (4) at Highlands (1)
Mason County (3) at Greenup County (2)
Harrison County (4) at Ashland Blazer (1)
Johnson Central (3) at Covington Catholic (2)
Region Four
Whitley County (4) at Boyle County (1)
Lincoln County (3) at Perry County Central (2)
Russell County (4) at Corbin (1)
Harlan County (3) at Wayne County (2)
Class 5A football playoffs
Region One
Greenwood (4) at Owensboro (1)
Graves County (3) at Barren County (2)
Apollo (4) at Bowling Green (1)
Grayson County (3) at Madisonville-North Hopkins (2)
Region Two
Jeffersontown (4) at Atherton (1)
Butler (3) at North Bullitt (2)
Iroquois (4) at Fairdale (1)
Bullitt Central (3) at Seneca (2)
Region Three
Anderson County (4) at Cooper (1)
Conner (3) at Scott County (2)
Scott (4) at Woodford County (1)
Collins (3) at Dixie Heights (2)
Region Four
Southwestern (4) at West Jessamine (1)
East Jessamine (3) at North Laurel (2)
Montgomery County (4) at Pulaski County (1)
South Laurel (3) at Madison Southern (2)
Class 6A football playoffs
Region One
Central Hardin (4) at McCracken County/Henderson County/Christian County (1)
McCracken County/Henderson County/Christian County (3) at Meade County (2)
South Warren (1) - BYE
Daviess County (3) at McCracken County/Henderson County/Christian County (2)
Region Two
Eastern (4) at Manual (1)
North Hardin (3) at Oldham County (2)
Pleasure Ridge Park (4) at Trinity (1)
Ballard (3) at St. Xavier (2)
Region Three
Great Crossing (4) at Bullitt East (1)
Fern Creek (3) at Ryle (2)
Southern (4) at Simon Kenton (1)
Campbell County (3) at Male (2)
Region Four
George Rogers Clark (4) at Paul Dunbar (1)
Tates Creek (3) at Madison Central (2)
Henry Clay (4) at Frederick Douglass (1)
Bryan Station (3) at Lafayette (2)
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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Final pairings set for first round of 2026 KHSAA football playoffs