With a few exceptions, the brackets for the 52nd TSSAA high school football playoffs have been set.

Teams in the third quadrant of Division I Class 5A await the outcome of a special called Board of Control meeting on Monday, Nov. 2 which will determine pairings for the Region 5 and 6 teams.

Several Division II Class AAA teams will play a final regular season game on Nov. 6 which will delay the formulation of brackets for that class until the conclusion of those games. The delay is setting the DII-AAA brackets does not affect their postseason schedule, as the playoffs for DII-AAA do not begin until Nov. 13.

At Noon central time on Tuesday, all ticket links will be published to the TSSAAsports.com Playoff Headquarters page for the general public to purchase any remaining tickets.

Playoff Headquarters Purchase Tickets

Ticket sales will be limited to the number of spectators the host school has informed TSSAA they are able to accommodate with COVID-19 distancing measures in place. Schools moving home playoff games to alternate venues should notify a TSSAA staff member immediately information can be updated.

Schools are continuing to follow the COVID-19 guidelines and mandates and TSSAA believes that every adult and every participant must do their part and follow the guidelines set forth by the association and conduct themselves safely and thoughtfully so that the schools can provide as many opportunities as possible for the student-athletes this fall.

School administrators and coaches are aware of the guidelines and requirements, but the general public can educate themselves on what is being asked of everyone attending and participating in high school games this season by visiting the Return to Play page at TSSAA.org.

Spectators should be prepared to wear masks and have their temperatures checked at the entry gates. Those that are or have recently experienced COVID-19 symptoms will be asked to not enter the stadium.

Playoff Notes

  • The Webb School (Bell Buckle, DII-A) is making its first TSSAA playoff appearance. The school began playing 11-man football last year.
  • Cosby (Class 2A) is making its first playoff appearance in nine years. The Eagles are also seeking their first postseason win in nine tries.
  • Grundy Co. (Class 3A) is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2014. A playoff victory has eluded the Yellowjackets since their 16-15 first-round victory over Trousdale Co. in 2003.
  • Harpeth (Class 3A) returns to the playoff field for the first time since 2016. The last postseason win for the program came in 2011 in the first round against Sequatchie County, 28-14.
  • Loretto and Cascade end five-year postseason droughts with their first-round games in the Class 2A playoffs. Loretto is 9-15 in 16 TSSAA playoff appearances. Cascade is 8-14 in 15 appearances.
  • For the first time since 2016 and tenth time in school history, Warren Co. qualifies for the football playoffs in the state's highest classification. The Pioneers travel to Mt. Juliet in the first round. Warren Co. is 3-9 in the playoffs since their first appearance in 1973.
  • East Hickman (Class 2A) makes its third playoff appearance overall and first since 2003. The school opened in 2007. The Eagles won their first-ever playoff game 18-14 in a 2012 first-round meeting with South Gibson.
  • Cloudland and Midway will face off for the ninth time in the TSSAA playoffs. Midway won the first meeting in 1988, 40-7, and then again in 2013, 26-14.
  • Oneida and Hampton have met seven previous times in the playoffs. The first meeting was a 24-6 Oneida victory in 1982.
  • Oak Ridge and Soddy-Daisy meet in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. The last two meetings have ended with the same exact score, 40-23 in favor of Oak Ridge. Soddy-Daisy has never defeated Oak Ridge in the playoffs.
  • Thirty games in the first week of this year's playoff games are rematches of playoff games in 2019.

Playoff Pairings

Class 1A

Game 101: [Reg. 1 #1] Cloudland (6-4) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Midway (6-4)
Game 102: [Reg. 2 #2] Oliver Springs (5-5) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Jellico (4-6)
Game 103: [Reg. 2 #3] Greenback (4-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Unaka (3-4)
Game 104: [Reg. 1 #4] Hancock Co. (0-8) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Coalfield (9-0)

Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] South Pittsburg (9-1) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Jo Byrns (4-6)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Monterey (7-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Sale Creek (4-6)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Clay Co. (6-4) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Copper Basin (8-1)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Whitwell (1-7) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Gordonsville (7-2)

Game 109: [Reg. 5 #1] Fayetteville (8-2) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Hollow Rock-Bruceton (5-4)
Game 110: [Reg. 6 #2] Collinwood (6-3) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Huntland (6-4)
Game 111: [Reg. 6 #3] Wayne Co. (5-5) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Moore Co. (9-1)
Game 112: [Reg. 5 #4] Cornersville (7-3) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Huntingdon (8-2)

Game 113: [Reg. 7 #1] Greenfield (8-1) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] BYE
Game 114: [Reg. 8 #2] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #3] West Carroll (6-3)
Game 115: [Reg. 8 #3] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Lake Co. (5-1)
Game 116: [Reg. 7 #4] Dresden (4-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] BYE

Class 2A

Game 101: [Reg. 1 #1] South Greene (10-0) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Cumberland Gap (4-6)
Game 102: [Reg. 2 #2] Rockwood (7-3) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Happy Valley (5-3)
Game 103: [Reg. 2 #3] Oneida (4-4) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Hampton (8-1)
Game 104: [Reg. 1 #4] Cosby (2-8) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Meigs Co. (10-0)

Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] Bledsoe Co. (10-0) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Cascade (5-5)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Trousdale Co. (8-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Tyner (4-4)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Westmoreland (5-5) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Marion Co. (6-2)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Tellico Plains (4-6) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Watertown (9-1)

Game 109: [Reg. 5 #1] Lewis Co. (10-0) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Scotts Hill (4-6)
Game 110: [Reg. 6 #2] Riverside (7-3) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Eagleville (5-5)
Game 111: [Reg. 6 #3] East Hickman (7-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Forrest (6-4)
Game 112: [Reg. 5 #4] Loretto (5-5) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Waverly (7-2)

Game 113: [Reg. 7 #1] Peabody (10-0) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] BYE
Game 114: [Reg. 8 #2] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Union City (6-4)
Game 115: [Reg. 8 #3] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #2] McKenzie (7-3)
Game 116: [Reg. 7 #4] Adamsville (6-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] BYE

Class 3A

Game 101: [Reg. 1 #1] Claiborne (9-1) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Pigeon Forge (6-3)
Game 102: [Reg. 2 #2] Gatlinburg-Pittman (8-2) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Unicoi Co. (5-4)
Game 103: [Reg. 2 #3] Kingston (6-3) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Chuckey-Doak (6-3)
Game 104: [Reg. 1 #4] Johnson Co. (5-5) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Alcoa (9-1)

Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] Red Bank (7-0) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Grundy Co. (2-7)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Smith Co. (4-6) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Brainerd (6-4)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] York Institute (3-7) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Loudon (8-1)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Signal Mountain (4-4) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Upperman (7-3)

Game 109: [Reg. 5 #1] Pearl Cohn (6-0) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Camden (2-8)
Game 110: [Reg. 6 #2] Fairview (7-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] East Nashville (2-2)
Game 111: [Reg. 6 #3] Harpeth (3-6) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Giles Co. (3-7)
Game 112: [Reg. 5 #4] Stratford (2-4) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Stewart Co. (8-1)

Game 113: [Reg. 7 #1] Milan (9-1) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] BYE
Game 114: [Reg. 8 #2] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Covington (8-2)
Game 115: [Reg. 8 #3] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #2] South Gibson (7-2)
Game 116: [Reg. 7 #4] Westview (6-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] BYE

Class 4A

Game 101: [Reg. 1 #1] Elizabethton (10-0) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] East Ridge (6-4)
Game 102: [Reg. 2 #2] East Hamilton (7-3) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Sullivan South (8-2)
Game 103: [Reg. 2 #3] Howard (6-3) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Greeneville (7-3)
Game 104: [Reg. 1 #4] Grainger (6-4) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Anderson Co. (8-2)

Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] DeKalb Co. (6-3) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Spring Hill (3-5)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Nolensville (5-3) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Livingston Academy (6-4)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Marshall Co. (7-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Macon Co. (7-2)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Stone Memorial (4-6) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Tullahoma (10-0)

Game 109: [Reg. 5 #1] Springfield (9-1) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Jackson South Side (2-6)
Game 110: [Reg. 6 #2] Hardin Co. (8-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] White House Heritage (7-3)
Game 111: [Reg. 6 #3] Jackson North Side (6-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] Creek Wood (9-1)
Game 112: [Reg. 5 #4] White House (4-6) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Lexington (9-1)

Game 113: [Reg. 7 #1] Haywood (7-3) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] BYE
Game 114: [Reg. 8 #2] Millington (3-7) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Dyersburg (5-2)
Game 115: [Reg. 8 #3] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Ripley (6-4)
Game 116: [Reg. 7 #4] Crockett Co. (4-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Fayette Ware (7-2)

Class 5A

Game 101: [Reg. 1 #1] David Crockett (8-2) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Sevier Co. (5-5)
Game 102: [Reg. 2 #2] South-Doyle (7-3) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Daniel Boone (5-4)
Game 103: [Reg. 2 #3] Knoxville Halls (7-1) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Tennessee High (5-3)
Game 104: [Reg. 1 #4] Morristown East (5-4) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Knoxville Central (8-2)

Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] Knoxville West (9-1) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Lenoir City (2-8)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Walker Valley (7-2) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Powell (8-2)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Soddy-Daisy (3-7) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Oak Ridge (7-3)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Knoxville Fulton (4-4) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Rhea Co. (9-1)

Game 109: TBD
Game 110: TBD
Game 111: TBD
Game 112: TBD

Game 113: [Reg. 7 #1] Henry Co. (8-2) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] BYE
Game 114: [Reg. 8 #2] Brighton (5-5) vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Dyer Co. (7-2)
Game 115: [Reg. 8 #3] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Clarksville Northeast (6-2)
Game 116: [Reg. 7 #4] Clarksville (4-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] Munford (7-3)

Class 6A

Game 101: [Reg. 1 #1] Dobyns Bennett (8-2) vs. [Reg. 2 #4] Cleveland (5-5)
Game 102: [Reg. 2 #2] McMinn Co. (9-1) vs. [Reg. 1 #3] Bearden (4-5)
Game 103: [Reg. 2 #3] Bradley Central (7-3) vs. [Reg. 1 #2] Farragut (7-3)
Game 104: [Reg. 1 #4] Science Hill (7-3) vs. [Reg. 2 #1] Maryville (10-0)

Game 105: [Reg. 3 #1] Oakland (10-0) vs. [Reg. 4 #4] Rossview (5-3)
Game 106: [Reg. 4 #2] Mt. Juliet (6-3) vs. [Reg. 3 #3] Warren Co. (8-2)
Game 107: [Reg. 4 #3] Wilson Central (6-4) vs. [Reg. 3 #2] Riverdale (8-2)
Game 108: [Reg. 3 #4] Blackman (4-5) vs. [Reg. 4 #1] Hendersonville (7-3)

Game 109: [Reg. 5 #1] Smyrna (7-3) vs. [Reg. 6 #4] Franklin (5-5)
Game 110: [Reg. 6 #2] Ravenwood (6-4) vs. [Reg. 5 #3] Stewarts Creek (5-4)
Game 111: [Reg. 6 #3] Independence (6-2) vs. [Reg. 5 #2] LaVergne (5-5)
Game 112: [Reg. 5 #4] Cane Ridge (3-3) vs. [Reg. 6 #1] Brentwood (7-3)

Game 113: [Reg. 7 #1] Bartlett (6-1) vs. [Reg. 8 #4] BYE
Game 114: [Reg. 8 #2] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #3] Houston (5-5)
Game 115: [Reg. 8 #3] BYE vs. [Reg. 7 #2] Collierville (4-3)
Game 116: [Reg. 7 #4] Arlington (5-4) vs. [Reg. 8 #1] BYE

Division II-A

DCA vs. BYE
Trinity Christian vs. Franklin Grace
MTCS vs. Columbia Academy
USJ vs. BYE
Davidson Academy vs. BYE
Friendship Christian vs. Jackson Christian
Nashville Christian vs. Webb School

Division II-AA

ECS vs. FRA
BGA vs. Northpoint Christian
Lipscomb Academy vs. St. George's
Lausanne vs. Harding Academy
CAK vs. Boyd Buchanan
Goodpasture vs. Knoxville Webb
CPA vs. Silverdale
Knoxville Grace vs. Chattanooga Christian

Division II-AAA

TBD