COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the football regional quarterfinal playoff pairings Sunday afternoon. Unless otherwise noted, all second-round games will be played on Friday, November 4, with kickoffs set for 7 p.m.
The regional playoffs follow bracket format (see link below). The OHSAA will begin using neutral sites beginning with the regional semifinals November 11-12, when Divisions I, II, III and V will play on Friday, November 11, and Divisions IV, VI and VII will play on Saturday, November 12.
Tickets for all games must be purchased in advance at www.ohsaa.org/tickets.
How the Seeds Fared in the First Round
Of note, the No. 9 and No. 10 seeds went a combined 31-25 playing on the road Friday in the first round of the playoffs. Overall, the home teams (top 8 seeds) went 178-46 in the first round.
No. 1 seed: 28-0
No. 2 seed: 27-1
No. 3 seed: 27-1
No. 4 seed: 21-7
No. 5 seed: 26-2
No. 6 seed: 24-4
No. 7 seed: 13-15
No. 8 seed: 12-16
No. 9 seed: 16-12 (played at No. 8 seed)
No. 10 seed: 15-13 (played at No. 7 seed)
No. 11 seed: 4-24 (played at No. 6 seed)
No. 12 seed: 2-26 (played at No. 5 seed)
No. 13 seed: 7-21 (played at No. 4 seed)
No. 14 seed: 1-27 (played at No. 3 seed)
No. 15 seed: 1-27 (played at No. 2 seed)
No. 16 seed: 0-28 (played at No. 1 seed)
Division III
Region 9
13 Defiance (7-4) at 5 Mansfield Senior (9-2)
Region 12
5 Bellbrook (9-2) at 4 Wapakoneta (10-1)
Division IV
Region 14
7 St. Marys Memorial (9-2) at 2 Millersburg West Holmes (11-0)
6 Van Wert (10-1) at 3 Sandusky Perkins (10-1)
Division VI
Region 24
8 West Liberty-Salem (6-5) at 1 Maria Stein Marion Local (11-0)
7 Bainbridge Paint Valley (7-4) at 2 Harrod Allen East (10-1)
Division VII
Region 26
9 Pandora-Gilboa (8-3) at 1 McComb (10-1)
12 Delphos St. John’s (5-6) at 4 Lima Central Catholic (7-4)
10 Delphos Jefferson (7-4) at 2 Antwerp (11-0)
6 Gibsonburg (9-2) at 3 Waynesfield-Goshen (11-0)
Region 28
5 New Bremen (8-3) at 4 DeGraff Riverside (8-3)
6 Minster (7-4) at 3 Mechanicsburg (9-2) ,
Vols Buckeyes tied at No. 2
Tennessee moved into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday to set up a 1 vs. 2 matchup next week with top-ranked Georgia.
Georgia-Tennessee will be the 25th regular-season game matching the top two teams in the AP poll, and the third straight involving Southeastern Conference teams. Neither the Bulldogs nor the Volunteers have ever played in a 1-2 game in the regular season.
Georgia remained No. 1 for the fourth straight week, receiving 30 first-place votes and 1,528 points in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank.
The Volunteers moved up a spot, receiving 18 first-place votes and 1,500 points to match Ohio State. The Buckeyes received 15 first-place votes. The last time there was a tie at No. 2 in the AP poll was Nov. 14, 2004, between Auburn and Oklahoma behind No. 1 Southern California.
On Saturday, Tennessee routed Kentucky 44-6 and Ohio State won 44-31 at Penn State.
Tennessee has not been ranked this high since it was No. 2 in 2001, a season the Vols finished fourth.
No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Clemson, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 TCU and No. 8 Oregon held their spots in the rankings. USC moved up a spot to ninth and No. 10 UCLA gave the Pac-12 three teams in the top-10 for the first time since November 2016.
The last time both Los Angeles schools were in the top 10 was September 2015.
The first College Football Playoff rankings of the season will be released Tuesday night.
The last two 1-2 regular-season games both involved Alabama and LSU.
The Tigers were No. 1 in 2019 when they beat the second-ranked Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the way to an SEC and national championship.
In 2011, the top-ranked Tigers won at No. 2 Alabama in overtime and the two SEC West rivals played again in the BCS national championship game. The Tide won the rematch and finished No. 1.
Including postseason games, this will be the 53rd game matching AP’s No. 1 and No. 2 since the poll began in 1936.
