Playoff Field Set: St. Thomas More and Notre Dame Earn First Round Byes

Louisiana high school football playoffs kick off with 24 scheduled games across Divisions I through IV. Top-seeded teams in several divisions have secured byes, allowing them to skip the first round of competition. The matchups were determined based on regular season records and tiebreakers.

In Division I, No. 17 Southside travels to face No. 16 Slidell. No team in this division received a first round bye. In Division II, six games are scheduled, including a matchup between No. 25 Iota and No. 8 Leesville. No. 2 Westgate and No. 3 Eunice will sit out the first round.

Division III features two games, with No. 24 North Webster hosting No. 9 Loreauville and No. 25 Kinder facing No. 8 Church Point. No. 4 Kaplan holds a bye in this division. In Division IV, three contests are on the schedule, starting with No. 25 Delcambre traveling to No. 8 South Plaquemines. No. 28 North Central will play No. 5 Lake Arthur, while No. 27 West St. John visits No. 6 Jeanerette.

Select Division teams also have their first round opponents set. In Select Division I, No. 22 West Jefferson plays No. 11 Acadiana, and No. 23 L.W. Higgins faces No. 10 Lafayette High. No. 6 St. Thomas More earns a bye. In Select Division II, No. 21 The Willow School takes on No. 12 Carencro, and No. 20 Teurlings Catholic plays No. 13 Tioga. No. 5 Lafayette Renaissance skips the first round.

Select Division III includes a game between No. 23 Beekman Charter and No. 10 Catholic-N.I. No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Lafayette Christian receive byes. Select Division IV is the most active with five games. No. 21 Central Catholic plays No. 12 Ascension Episcopal, and No. 20 Central Private faces No. 13 JS Clark. No. 22 Vermilion Catholic hosts No. 11 St. John, No. 23 Covenant Christian plays No. 10 Westminster Christian, and No. 18 St. Edmund takes on No. 14 Catholic-P.C. No. 7 Westminster-Lafayette has a bye.