The NCHSAA has given a glimpse of what the state football playoffs will look like with expansion from four to eight ...

The 8A playoffs, with half the field of the other classes, would be one round shorter. The 8A brackets would give the top ...

The NCHSAA informed member schools Monday of the decision by its board of directors to approve a proposal from the bylaws ...

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors approved Monday the first of a series of changes to ...

Each year, HighSchoolOT provides extensive playoff projections for all of the NCHSAA's seeded playoffs. This spring, we are ...

There’s currently no format for how teams will qualify (i.e., regions, conference automatic bids, and at-large bids) for the ...

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the sports calendar for the 2025-26 school year on Monday a ...

Classes 1A-7A will have a 48-team bracket ... qualify for the playoffs. The NCHSAA said in a news release it expects a proposal from its bylaw committee in April. The football and basketball ...

The NCHSAA’s Bylaw Committee said it picked the 48-team bracket size ... the final day of playoffs in lacrosse, girls’ soccer, baseball and softball. The 11-week football season will begin ...

The 8A brackets would give the top eight seeded teams first-round byes, while the other 16 teams square off. The NCHSAA has not announced whether the 8A football playoffs will end a week ahead of ...

The NCHSAA said in a news release it expects a proposal from its bylaw committee in April. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The football and basketball playoffs will still ...