Class 5A Football Brackets — 2025-26

* Last updated at 8:35 am on Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS & FINALS
 
(1) Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) 46
(16) Vernon Hills 30
(1) Crystal Lake (Prairie Ridge) 38
(9) Wheaton (St. Francis) 41
(8) Chicago (Morgan Park) 28
(9) Wheaton (St. Francis) 35
(9) Wheaton (St. Francis) 44
(13) Chicago (King) 14
(4) Chicago (Agricultural Science) 6
(13) Chicago (King) 46
(13) Chicago (King) 21
(5) Chicago (Corliss) [Coop] 6
(5) Chicago (Corliss) [Coop] 61
(12) Chicago (Lake View) 0
(9) Wheaton (St. Francis)  
(2) Belvidere (North)  
(2) Belvidere (North) 49 Sat 11/22 Belvidere (North) 4 pm
(15) Chicago (Noble/Bulls) 20
(2) Belvidere (North) 30
(7) Maple Park (Kaneland) 25
(7) Maple Park (Kaneland) 68
(10) Lake Villa (Lakes) 21
(2) Belvidere (North) 17
(6) Cary (Grove) 10
(3) Wauconda 28
(14) Chicago (St. Patrick) 49
(14) Chicago (St. Patrick) 21
(6) Cary (Grove) 55
(6) Cary (Grove) 42
(11) Sycamore (H.S.) 14 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
   
   
(1) Washington 45 Sat 11/29 Normal (Hancock Stadium) 10 am
(16) Normal (University) 13
(1) Washington 38
(8) Mahomet (Seymour) 14
(8) Mahomet (Seymour) 35
(9) Marion (H.S.) 21
(1) Washington 6
(5) New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 39
(4) Kankakee (Sr.) 19
(13) Lemont (H.S.) 3
(4) Kankakee (Sr.) 25
(5) New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 35
(5) New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 63
(12) Springfield (H.S.) 19
(5) New Lenox (Providence Catholic)  
(2) Oak Forest  
(2) Oak Forest 38 Sat 11/22 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) 1 pm
(15) Champaign (Centennial) 12
(2) Oak Forest 34
(7) Bloomington (H.S.) 14
(7) Bloomington (H.S.) 57
(10) Mascoutah 26
(2) Oak Forest 34
(3) Peoria (H.S.) 20
(3) Peoria (H.S.) 62
(14) Decatur (MacArthur) 14
(3) Peoria (H.S.) 38
(6) Morton 34
(6) Morton 35
(11) Calumet City (Thornton Fractional North) 10

*Note: In the first round, the higher seed hosts the game. In subsequent rounds, the school that has hosted fewer times during the current playoff series hosts the game. If both teams have hosted an equal number of times, the higher seed hosts.