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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2025 football season kicks off this week for member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The 10-week regular-season will end on Saturday, October 25, with playoff qualifiers announced Sunday, October 26.  

 

A total of 706 high schools will play 11-man football this season in Ohio. The top 12 schools in each region – a total of 336 statewide – will qualify for the playoffs in late October.

 

Spectrum has announced its regular-season television schedule. The Friday Night OHSAA Game of the Week is available on Spectrum News 1 on channel 1, the Spectrum News App and at OHSAA.tv. Coverage begins at 7 p.m.

    Week 1, August 22 - Austintown-Fitch vs. Hudson

   Week 2, August 29 - Cleveland Glenville vs. Powell Olentangy Liberty

   Week 3, September 5 - Cincinnati Elder vs. Springboro 

    Week 4, September 12 - Westerville North vs. Cincinnati St. Xavier

   Week 5, September 19 - Cincinnati Anderson vs. Kings Mills Kings

   Week 6, September 26 - Ironton vs. Wheelersburg

    Week 7, October 3 - Strongsville vs. Mentor

   Week 8, October 10 - Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Youngstown Ursuline

   Week 9, October 17 - Southwest & Northeast: Cincinnati La Salle vs. Louisville; Central: Hilliard Bradley vs. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange

    Week 10, October 24 - Northeast: Lakewood St. Edward vs. Akron Archbishop Hoban; Central: Pickerington North vs. Gahanna Lincoln; Southwest: West Chester Lakota West vs. Liberty Township Lakota East

 

OHSAA Football Home: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/football

 

MaxPreps: https://www.maxpreps.com/news/wUrV77Q8ZE2he5KlDgDkcg/2025-ohio-high-school-football-schedules.htm

Joe Eitel: https://www.joeeitel.com/hsfoot/

 

Oct. 31 - Regional Playoffs First Round, hosted by higher seed

Nov. 7 - Regional Quarterfinals, hosted by higher seed

Nov. 14 - Regional Semifinals, hosted by higher seed

Nov. 21 - Regional Finals at neutral sites

Nov. 28 - State Semifinals at neutral sites

Dec. 4-6 - State Championships, Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton

 

Each week during the season, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association will compile and distribute a notebook of top accomplishments from around the state. The weekly notebooks will be posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/News-Media/Ohio-Prep-Sports-Media-Association/OPSMA-Weekly-Football-Notebooks

 

All-Time Playoff Database: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/history/FootballParticipants.pdf

 

Statewide Broadcast List: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/OHSAAFootballRadioListing.pdf  

 

Each Wednesday during the football playoffs, the OHSAA Radio Network will send out the OHSAA Football Playoff Preview Show, which is a 30-minute statewide show that previews the upcoming round of the playoffs. The show can be used for regular programming and/or prior to a station’s own pregame show before a local broadcast.

     The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast the football state championship games December 4-6 from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. The network broadcasts are available through Skyview Satellite or an online link. Radio stations can opt into affiliate status to have their fees waived throughout the playoffs. Details will be posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio

 

In June, the OHSAA announced that the number of playoff qualifiers in each region would be reduced from 16 to 12. Read the full release at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/News/ohsaa-announces-changes-to-football-playoff-format