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Playoff Bracket · Football Division 4 OFFICIAL

WIAA official bracket, released October 17, 2026Next: Level 1, Fri, Oct 23 · 7 PMEwert’s picks: week 9 ratings, 10/22/26, 11:54 PM CentralField table · How it works

Bracket and table computed Fri, Oct 23 · 12:29 AM CDT

  • Final Finished, with the score
  • Upcoming Both teams set; day and site on the card
  • To be decided Waiting on earlier games
Awaiting confirmed playoff result1 FreedomAwaiting confirmed playoff result8 Black River…Fri 7 PM · @ FreedomFri 7 PM · @ FreedomAwaiting confirmed playoff result4 Lakeside Lut…Awaiting confirmed playoff result5 BerlinFri 7 PM · @ Lakeside LutheranFri 7 PM · @ Lakeside Lu…Awaiting confirmed playoff result3 OsceolaAwaiting confirmed playoff result6 AshlandFri 7 PM · @ OsceolaFri 7 PM · @ OsceolaAwaiting confirmed playoff result2 NorthwesternAwaiting confirmed playoff result7 SomersetFri 7 PM · @ NorthwesternFri 7 PM · @ NorthwesternTBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 11/6TBD · Fri 11/6Awaiting confirmed playoff result1 Little ChuteAwaiting confirmed playoff result8 DenmarkFri 7 PM · @ Little ChuteFri 7 PM · @ Little ChuteAwaiting confirmed playoff result4 LodiAwaiting confirmed playoff result5 MaustonFri 7 PM · @ LodiFri 7 PM · @ LodiAwaiting confirmed playoff result3 Fuller Colle…Awaiting confirmed playoff result6 WrightstownFri 7 PM · @ Fuller Collegiate AcademyFri 7 PM · @ Fuller Coll…Awaiting confirmed playoff result2 StratfordAwaiting confirmed playoff result7 SeymourFri 7 PM · @ StratfordFri 7 PM · @ StratfordTBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 11/6TBD · Fri 11/6Awaiting confirmed playoff result1 Lake MillsAwaiting confirmed playoff result8 EdgertonFri 7 PM · @ Lake MillsFri 7 PM · @ Lake MillsAwaiting confirmed playoff result4 PlattevilleAwaiting confirmed playoff result5 EvansvilleFri 7 PM · @ PlattevilleFri 7 PM · @ PlattevilleAwaiting confirmed playoff result3 Delavan-Dari…Awaiting confirmed playoff result6 CampbellsportFri 7 PM · @ Delavan-DarienFri 7 PM · @ Delavan-Dar…Awaiting confirmed playoff result2 EdgewoodAwaiting confirmed playoff result7 RiponFri 7 PM · @ EdgewoodFri 7 PM · @ EdgewoodTBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 11/6TBD · Fri 11/6Awaiting confirmed playoff result1 Racine St. C…Awaiting confirmed playoff result8 TurnerFri 7 PM · @ Racine St. Catherine'sFri 7 PM · @ Racine St.…Awaiting confirmed playoff result4 Saint FrancisAwaiting confirmed playoff result5 Shoreland Lu…Fri 7 PM · @ Saint FrancisFri 7 PM · @ Saint Franc…Awaiting confirmed playoff result3 AquinasAwaiting confirmed playoff result6 XavierFri 7 PM · @ AquinasFri 7 PM · @ AquinasAwaiting confirmed playoff result2 West SalemAwaiting confirmed playoff result7 Wisconsin De…Fri 7 PM · @ West SalemFri 7 PM · @ West SalemTBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 10/30TBD · Fri 10/30TBDTBDTBD · Fri 11/6TBD · Fri 11/6TBDTBDTBD · Fri 11/13TBD · Fri 11/13State semifinalTBDTBDTBD · Fri 11/13TBD · Fri 11/13State semifinalTBDTBDTBDTBDState finalLevel 1Fri, Oct 23 · 7 PMLevel 1Fri, Oct 23 · 7 PMLevel 2Fri, Oct 30 · 7 PMLevel 2Fri, Oct 30 · 7 PMLevel 3Fri, Nov 6 · 7 PMLevel 3Fri, Nov 6 · 7 PMLevel 4Fri, Nov 13 · 7 PMLevel 4Fri, Nov 13 · 7 PMRegion ARegion BRegion CRegion D

Division 4 · Week 9 field and cut line

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Since week 8: in Black River Falls (40 → 32) · out Kewaskum (30 → 33). Biggest climbs: Fuller Collegiate Academy ▲9, Black River Falls ▲8, Osceola ▲5. Biggest drops: Edgerton ▼6, Denmark ▼5, Saint Francis ▼3.

The seed column is WIAA’s. Rank, totals and the cut line are still our unofficial numbers, so a team can sit on the other side of our line from WIAA’s field.

Rank+/−TeamCityW-LTotalTier 1 AVGTier 2 AVGTier 2 WinsWIAA Seed
1–Freedom checkFreedom28.941-A
2▲2Lake Mills checkLake Mills22.171-C
3–Racine St. Catherine's checkRacine21.611-D
4▼2Little Chute checkLittle Chute21.441-B
5–West Salem checkWest Salem20.442-D
6▲1Northwestern checkMaple20.062-A
7▼1Stratford checkStratford19.672-B
8–Edgewood checkMadison19.112-C
9▲5Osceola checkOsceola18.283-A
10–Aquinas checkLa Crosse17.393-D
11▼2Delavan-Darien checkDelavan16.783-C
12▲9Fuller Collegiate Academy checkMilwaukee16.073-B
13–Lodi checkLodi15.504-B
14▼3Saint Francis checkSaint Francis15.104-D
15▼3Platteville checkPlatteville14.394-C
16▲1Lakeside Lutheran checkLake Mills14.224-A
17▼1Evansville checkEvansville14.115-C
18▼3Berlin checkBerlin13.835-A
19–Shoreland Lutheran checkKenosha12.005-D
20▼2Mauston checkMauston11.785-B
21▼1Xavier checkAppleton11.176-D
22–Ashland checkAshland10.116-A
23▲1Wrightstown checkWrightstown10.006-B
24▲1Campbellsport checkCampbellsport9.896-C
25▲4Seymour checkSeymour9.567-B
26▲1Ripon checkRipon9.227-C
27▲4Somerset checkSomerset8.397-A
28–Wisconsin Dells checkWisconsin Dells8.287-D
29▼6Edgerton checkEdgerton8.118-C
30▲2Turner checkBeloit7.728-D
31▼5Denmark checkDenmark7.448-B
32▲8Black River Falls checkBlack River Falls6.448-A in
Our unofficial cut line · top 32 by our numbers
33▼3Kewaskum checkBelow cut lineKewaskum6.17Not in WIAA field dropped
34▼1Oconto Falls checkBelow cut lineOconto Falls5.50Not in WIAA field
35▼1Saint Thomas More checkBelow cut lineMilwaukee5.16Not in WIAA field
36▲8Waupun checkBelow cut lineWaupun5.11Not in WIAA field
37▲1Altoona checkBelow cut lineAltoona4.72Not in WIAA field
38▼1Marinette checkBelow cut lineMarinette4.70Not in WIAA field
39▼3Kohler checkBelow cut lineKohler4.67Not in WIAA field
40▼5Jefferson checkBelow cut lineJefferson4.44Not in WIAA field
41▼2Brown Deer checkBelow cut lineBrown Deer3.93Not in WIAA field
42▼1Saint Croix Central checkBelow cut lineHammond3.72Not in WIAA field
43–Big Foot checkBelow cut lineWalworth3.17Not in WIAA field
44▼2Two Rivers checkBelow cut lineTwo Rivers3.14Not in WIAA field
45–Whitewater checkBelow cut lineWhitewater1.89Not in WIAA field
46–Milwaukee School of Languages checkBelow cut lineMilwaukee1.22Not in WIAA field
47–Mosinee checkBelow cut lineMosinee0.61Not in WIAA field
48T–Ellsworth checkBelow cut lineEllsworth0.00Not in WIAA field
48T–North Fond du Lac checkBelow cut lineNorth Fond du Lac0.00Not in WIAA field
48T–Sheboygan Falls checkBelow cut lineSheboygan Falls0.00Not in WIAA field
—Milwaukee Madison checkMilwaukee0.00Excluded
—Northwood/Solon Springs checkProgram eligibility not verified0-0————Unverified
—Winter/Birchwood checkProgram eligibility not verified0-0————Unverified

Wisconsin programs continue below the cut line in the same table. Eligibility notes use the published WIAA record; where it does not identify the reason, we say so. A three-year enrollment average above 200 can have a second-year commitment exception.

About this projection

When the games are played. Level 1: Friday, October 23, 7:00 PM · Level 2: Friday, October 30, 7:00 PM · Level 3: Friday, November 6, 7:00 PM · Level 4: Friday, November 13, 7:00 PM. Days and times are WIAA’s as of October 17 (Central time); WIAA’s bracket page has any change.

This is WIAA’s bracket, released October 17, 2026 (WIAA’s bracket page). The region letters A to D are ours, in the order of WIAA’s page; WIAA prints none. See our own projection through week 9 →

Ewert’s picks are guesses. Hypothetical playoff winners use the current ES model and rated snapshots, not seeds. Early rounds assume the higher seed hosts; state semifinals and final assume a neutral site. No new games, results or forecasts are saved. ES basis: week 9, 10/22/26, 11:54 PM Central. Missing or near-even inputs remain TBD.

Official bracket, unofficial table. The bracket above and the seeds are WIAA’s, as published October 17, 2026. Everything else on this page (rank, totals, the cut line, the weekly movement and the worked example) is still our own calculation, described below.

How our projection was made. Seeds come from the unofficial playoff matrix above (WIAA’s formula on the results we hold, 2026 regulations). Regions and Level 1 pairings follow the regulations’ travel rules with an approximation: straight-line miles between school ZIP centroids instead of WIAA’s travel distances, so a region letter or a pairing near the margin can differ. Slots: WIAA's official bracket where stored, projected elsewhere. Through week 9 (games dated Friday 2026-10-16 or earlier; WIAA deadline: completion before 11:59 p.m. Central; stored dates do not establish finish times). 32 of 50 in the field.

How WIAA builds the bracket, and how to check a team

  1. Tier 1 points. Every win earns points set by the team you beat: Division 1 = 6.5, D2 = 6.0, D3 = 5.5, D4 = 5.0, D5 = 4.5, D6 = 4.0, D7 = 3.5. A tie earns half. A loss earns nothing. A forfeit win earns the full value. Tier 1 AVG = Tier 1 points ÷ games played (at most 9).
  2. Tier 2 points. Add up their Tier 1 points for every team you beat (a team you tied is not beaten and adds no points). Opponents’ games = the games played by every team you played, won, lost or tied, added together (each counted up to 9). Tier 2 AVG = Tier 2 points ÷ opponents’ games, and the Tier 2 score is 9 × Tier 2 AVG. WIAA’s rule: “Divide Tier 2 points by opponents’ games played and multiply by 9 (this is a 100% bonus to the Strength of Victory) to get the Tier 2 score.”
  3. Total (PQS) = Tier 1 AVG + 9 × Tier 2 AVG. WIAA’s own example: Franklin 2024, 56.0 ÷ 9 + 228.5 ÷ 81 × 9 = 31.61. Ties in Total are broken by Tier 3, the average of the Tier 2 scores of the teams you beat.
  4. Replacement games. If a team replaced a forfeit win with a new game that week, the forfeit counts when the replacement was lost; when it was won, whichever is worth more counts (regulations 3h). WIAA prints such games as “Seeding Only”. When you beat a team in its replacement game, your Tier 2 points count that team’s Tier 1 points without the forfeit win it kept that week.
  5. Field and seeds. Teams are ranked inside their division by Total. The top 32 qualify after Week 9. Ranks 1–4 are the #1 seeds, 5–8 the #2 seeds, and so on to #8. The four #1 seeds anchor four regions: the #1- and #4-ranked go to one half of the state bracket, #2 and #3 to the other. #2 seeds join the nearest #1 seed, #3 and #4 seeds their likely second-round opponents, and #5–#8 are placed by the shortest total travel. Level 1 is #8 at #1, #5 at #4, #7 at #2 and #6 at #3 in each region.

Worked example: Milwaukee School of Languages (rank 46, seed out)

DateOpponentResultOpponent’s valueTier 1 earnedOpp. Tier 1 pointsOpp. gamesCounts?
2026-08-21North Fond du LacW5 (D4)5.000.009yes
2026-08-28University School of MilwaukeeL4.5 (D5)0.00—9yes
2026-09-04Milwaukee Bradley Tech/Milwaukee ArtsL6.5 (D1)0.00—9yes
2026-09-10Milwaukee Bay ViewL (forfeit)5.5 (D3)0.00—9yes. Forfeit loss.
2026-09-17Milwaukee Hamilton/Audubon TechnologyL6.5 (D1)0.00—9yes
2026-09-24Milwaukee Pulaski/Carmen SouthgateL6.5 (D1)0.00—9yes
2026-10-01Milwaukee ReaganL6.5 (D1)0.00—9yes
2026-10-08Milwaukee MarshallW (forfeit)6 (D2)6.000.007yes. Forfeit win: the loser's full value.
2026-10-08Fuller Collegiate AcademyL (Seeding Only)5 (D4)———Not counted: a replacement game that was not won, so the forfeit win that week stands.
2026-10-15Milwaukee Riverside/Golda MeirL (forfeit)6.5 (D1)0.00—9yes. Forfeit loss.

Tier 1 AVG = 11.00 ÷ 9 = 1.222. Tier 2 points = 0.00 + 0.00 = 0.00; opponents’ games = 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 9 = 79; Tier 2 AVG = 0.00 ÷ 79 = 0.000. Total = 1.222 + 9 × 0.000 = 1.22 (Tier 3 tie-break pending verification).

To check another team’s numbers, open its row’s “check” link in the tables above. Confirmed matchups in the bracket open game pages; team pages are linked in the field table and on each game page.

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