Ohio high school football season kicks off this week
The 2025 football season kicks off this week for member schools of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The 10-week regular-season will end on Saturday, Oct. 25, with playoff qualifiers announced Sunday, Oct. 26.
A total of 706 high schools will play 11-man football this season in Ohio. The top 12 schools in each region – a total of 336 statewide – will qualify for the playoffs in late October.
Spectrum Regular-Season TV Schedule
Spectrum has announced its regular-season television schedule. The Friday Night OHSAA Game of the Week is available on Spectrum News 1 on channel 1, the Spectrum News App and at OHSAA.tv. Coverage begins at 7 p.m.
Week 1, Aug. 22 - Austintown-Fitch vs. Hudson
Week 2, Aug. 29 - Cleveland Glenville vs. Powell Olentangy Liberty
Week 3, Sept. 5 - Cincinnati Elder vs. Springboro
Week 4, Sept. 12 - Westerville North vs. Cincinnati St. Xavier
Week 5, Sept. 19 - Cincinnati Anderson vs. Kings Mills Kings
Week 6, Sept. 26 - Ironton vs. Wheelersburg
Week 7, Oct. 3 - Strongsville vs. Mentor
Week 8, Oct. 10 - Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit vs. Youngstown Ursuline
Week 9, Oct. 17 - Southwest & Northeast: Cincinnati La Salle vs. Louisville; Central: Hilliard Bradley vs. Lewis Center Olentangy Orange
Week 10, Oct. 24 - Northeast: Lakewood St. Edward vs. Akron Archbishop Hoban; Central: Pickerington North vs. Gahanna Lincoln; Southwest: West Chester Lakota West vs. Liberty Township Lakota East.
OHSAA Football Home: https://www.ohsaa.org/sports/football.
Statewide Schedules:
MaxPreps: https://www.maxpreps.com/news/wUrV77Q8ZE2he5KlDgDkcg/2025-ohio-high-sch…
Joe Eitel: https://www.joeeitel.com/hsfoot/.
2025 Postseason Schedule:
Oct. 31 - Regional Playoffs First Round, hosted by higher seed
Nov. 7 - Regional Quarterfinals, hosted by higher seed
Nov. 14 - Regional Semifinals, hosted by higher seed
Nov. 21 - Regional Finals at neutral sites
Nov. 27 - Thanksgiving
Nov. 28 - State Semifinals at neutral sites
Dec. 4-6 - State Championships, Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Canton,
OPSMA Weekly Statewide Notebooks
Each week during the season, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association will compile and distribute a notebook of top accomplishments from around the state. The weekly notebooks will be posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/News-Media/Ohio-Prep-Sports-Media-Association/OPS….
All-Time Playoff Database: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/history/Fo….
Statewide Broadcast List: https://ohsaaweb.blob.core.windows.net/files/Sports/Football/OHSAAFootb….
State Playoff Coverage on the OHSAA Radio Network
Each Wednesday during the football playoffs, the OHSAA Radio Network will send out the OHSAA Football Playoff Preview Show, which is a 30-minute statewide show that previews the upcoming round of the playoffs. The show can be used for regular programming and/or prior to a station’s own pregame show before a local broadcast.
The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast the football state championship games Dec. 4-6 from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. The network broadcasts are available through Skyview Satellite or an online link. Radio stations can opt into affiliate status to have their fees waived throughout the playoffs. Details will be posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio.
Playoff Qualifiers Reduced to 12 Per Region
In June, the OHSAA announced that the number of playoff qualifiers in each region would be reduced from 16 to 12. Read the full release at: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/News/ohsaa-announces-changes-to-football-p….