Click on the following links to jump directly to the classification data for the sports shown. Lists are sortable by enrollment and school name.
Updated with school requests to move up in class and remove schools not participating in the postseason and regular-season scheduling.
- Division I
- Football (six classes, split evenly)
- Basketball, Baseball, Softball (four classes, split evenly)
- Volleyball (three classes, split evenly)
- Soccer (three classes, split evenly)
- Track & Field (three classes, split evenly)
- Cross Country (three classes, split evenly)
- Golf, Tennis (two classes, smallest 2/3 of schools in Class A, others in Class AA)
- Wrestling (two classes, split evenly)
- Lacrosse (two classes, split evenly)
- Bowling (one class)
- Division II
- Football (three classes, Class AAA by declaration and enrollment, other classes split evenly)
- Wrestling (one class)
- Dual Wrestling (two classes based on football classes, A & AA combined)
- Bowling (one class)
- Lacrosse (two classes, split evenly)
- All Other Sports (two classes, split by defined enrollment)
- Division I & II
- Girls' Wrestling (one class)
- Girls' Flag Football (two classes, split evenly)
Division II Football: Independent schools were given a September 11, 2026 deadline to declare their intent to participate in Class AAA football for the 2027 and 2028 seasons. Seven schools did so by the deadline: Christian Brothers, McCallie, Baylor, Knoxville Catholic, Briarcrest, Brentwood Academy and Lipscomb Academy. Per Board of Control instructions, the next five largest football-playing schools that did not initially declare were added to give Class AAA a minimum of 12 schools. These schools, in order, were: Montgomery Bell Academy, Father Ryan, Memphis University School, Chattanooga Christian and Ensworth. After the minimum 12 schools were placed in Class AAA, all remaining schools were split evenly into Classes A and AA (20 in each class).
Schools will have until Friday, October 2, 2026 to notify the state office of their wish to move up in any of the above classification plans or notify the state office of their intent to withdraw from the TSSAA football playoffs for the upcoming cycle. School administrators were emailed a link to the online form to be used to make these declarations.
Once the deadline passes, the state office staff, with input from Board members, will set districts and regions and post them to the TSSAA website when complete. Schools that disagree with their placement will have the opportunity to request an appeal before the Board of Control at the November scheduled meeting.
Scheduling meetings for 2027-29 must take place after the November meeting of the Board of Control.
