Pairings set for first round of 2026 KHSAA football playoffs

Here are the pairings for the first round of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association football playoffs.

Games will be played Nov. 5-7. Official game times will be announced after the end of the regular season.

All three-way ties will be settled at the end of the regular season 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)

Caverna (4) at Kentucky Country Day (1)

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)

Berea (4) at Raceland (1)

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

Morgan County (4) at Beechwood (1)

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