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2026 season

Kentucky Class 1A Football Playoff Picture

Updated Sunday, October 18

The bracket if the season ended today, every district race, and what is still to be settled.

If the season ended today

Region 1 Districts 1 & 2

G1
D1 #1Ballard Memorial2-0Home
D2 #4Campbellsville0-2
G2
D2 #2Holy Cross (Louisville)1-1Home
D1 #3Russellville1-1
G3
D2 #1Kentucky Country Day2-0Home
D1 #4Caverna0-2
G4
D1 #2Fulton County1-1Home
D2 #3Bethlehem1-1

Round 2: G1 winner v G2 winner · G3 winner v G4 winner

Region 2 Districts 3 & 4

G5
D3 #1Newport Central Catholic2-0Home
D4 #4Trimble County0-2
G6
D4 #2Bishop Brossart1-1Home
D3 #3Newport1-1
G7
D4 #1Holy Cross (Covington)2-0Home
D3 #4Bellevue0-2
G8
D3 #2Dayton1-1Home
D4 #3Ludlow1-1

Round 2: G5 winner v G6 winner · G7 winner v G8 winner

Region 3 Districts 5 & 6

G9
D5 #1Sayre2-0Home
D6 #4Fairview0-2
G10
D6 #2Paris1-1Home
D5 #3Frankfort0-2
G11
D6 #1Raceland2-0Home
D5 #4Berea Community0-2
G12
D5 #2Eminence2-0Home
D6 #3Nicholas County1-1

Round 2: G9 winner v G10 winner · G11 winner v G12 winner

Region 4 Districts 7 & 8

G13
D7 #1Middlesboro4-0Home
D8 #4Lynn Camp0-3
G14
D8 #2Paintsville1-1Home
D7 #3Harlan2-1
G15
D8 #1Pikeville1-0Home
D7 #4Pineville0-3
G16
D7 #2Williamsburg2-1Home
D8 #3Hazard0-1

Round 2: G13 winner v G14 winner · G15 winner v G16 winner

Round 3: the four teams left in each half (Regions 1–2, Regions 3–4) are reseeded by RPI, 1 v 4 and 2 v 3. Round 4: the last four are reseeded the same way. Then the state final.

This week's district games

Fri, Oct 23 Russellville v Fulton County District 1
Fri, Oct 23 Caverna v Ballard Memorial District 1
Fri, Oct 23 Campbellsville v Kentucky Country Day District 2
Fri, Oct 23 Bethlehem v Holy Cross (Louisville) District 2
Fri, Oct 23 Newport Central Catholic v Bellevue District 3
Fri, Oct 23 Newport v Dayton District 3
Fri, Oct 23 Ludlow v Holy Cross (Covington) District 4
Fri, Oct 23 Bishop Brossart v Trimble County District 4
Fri, Oct 23 Eminence v Sayre District 5
Fri, Oct 23 Berea Community v Frankfort District 5
Fri, Oct 23 Raceland v Nicholas County District 6
Fri, Oct 23 Fairview v Paris District 6
Fri, Oct 23 Lynn Camp v Pineville District 7
Fri, Oct 23 Williamsburg v Harlan District 7
Fri, Oct 23 Pikeville v Hazard District 8

District races

District 1

All 4 reach the playoffs · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Ballard Memorial	2-0	4-3-1	#19	District champion
2*	Fulton County	1-1	5-5	#24	Clinched
3*	Russellville	1-1	1-7	#27	Clinched
4	Caverna	0-2	0-8	#32	Clinched

District 2

All 4 reach the playoffs · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Kentucky Country Day	2-0	6-3	#2	District champion
2*	Holy Cross (Louisville)	1-1	6-2	#3	Clinched
3*	Bethlehem	1-1	7-1	#6	Clinched
4	Campbellsville	0-2	3-5	#20	Clinched

District 3

All 4 reach the playoffs · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Newport Central Catholic	2-0	3-5	#16	District champion
2*	Dayton	1-1	7-1	#9	Clinched
3*	Newport	1-1	3-5	#22	Clinched
4	Bellevue	0-2	2-6	#28	Clinched

District 4

All 4 reach the playoffs · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Holy Cross (Covington)	2-0	6-2	#12	Clinched
2*	Bishop Brossart	1-1	4-4-1	#13	Clinched
3*	Ludlow	1-1	5-3	#17	Clinched
4	Trimble County	0-2	1-7	#30	Clinched

District 5

All 4 reach the playoffs · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1*	Sayre	2-0	8-0	#4	Clinched
2*	Eminence	2-0	7-1	#10	Clinched
3*	Frankfort	0-2	2-6	#23	Clinched
4*	Berea Community	0-2	0-8	#31	Clinched

District 6

All 4 reach the playoffs · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Raceland	2-0	7-2	#8	Clinched
2*	Paris	1-1	1-7-1	#26	Clinched
3*	Nicholas County	1-1	5-3	#14	Clinched
4	Fairview	0-2	4-4	#21	Clinched

District 7

All 5 reach the playoffs (the No. 5 team fills District 8's No. 4 spot) · 2 district games left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Middlesboro	4-0	8-0	#5	District champion
2*	Williamsburg	2-1	5-2	#11	Clinched
3*	Harlan	2-1	6-2	#15	Clinched
4*	Pineville	0-3	2-6	#25	Clinched
5*	Lynn Camp	0-3	1-7	#29	Clinched

District 8

All 3 reach the playoffs · 1 district game left

#	Team	Dist	Ovr	RPI	Status
1	Pikeville	1-0	7-1	#1	Clinched
2	Paintsville	1-1	8-1	#7	Clinched
3	Hazard	0-1	2-6	#18	Clinched