The football season officially begins this week as CHSAA released playoff brackets for the six classifications that concluded regular season play.

The brackets were constructed primarily using the data from the CHSAA Selection and Seeding Index. Adjustments were made to avoid rematches from the regular season if possible and to allow head-to-head matchups to factor into specific seeding, should teams be directly touching in the rankings.

The football playoffs begin in earnest this week as every team from Class 2A, 1A, 8-man and 6-man will be in action and all but the top eight seeds of the 5A and 4A brackets also competing.

Colorado Preps will have complete coverage coverage including updated scoreboards and new episodes of the Scoreboard Show with Kevin Shaffer.

See each bracket below:

Class 5A

  • Defending champion: Columbine
  • Teams with Round 1 byes: Cherry Creek, Mountain Vista, Ralston Valley, Columbine, Valor Christian, Legend, Fairview, Pine Creek
  • Full bracket

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Class 4A

  • 2023 champion: Erie (Now plays 5A)
  • Teams with Round 1 byes: Dakota Ridge, Montrose, Pueblo West, Palmer Ridge, Broomfield, Durango, Mesa Ridge, Ponderosa
  • Full bracket

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Class 2A

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Class 1A

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8-man

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6-man