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CIF Central Section 2024 football playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-2-2024)

Top seeds this season are Clovis East (1-AA), Bakersfield (1-A), Bakersfield Christian (D2), Porterville (D3), Shafter (D4), Bishop Union (D5), Minarets (D6) and Mammoth (8-man).

Mitch Stephens

Clovis East with big stick on Grant Union ball carrier on 9-13-2024
Clovis East with big stick on Grant Union ball carrier on 9-13-2024 / Photo: Bobby Medellin

The CIF Central Section high school football brackets are in and all eight divisions get underway Nov. 8.

For the first time Division I is divided into A and AA divisions with the top eight going in AA. The next eight are placed in Division 1-A.

At the top of that list is Clovis East (10-0), which completed its perfect season Friday with a convincing 38-21 win over Clovis North (7-3), which is the second seed in Division 1-AA.

Others filling out the bracket are No. 3 Central, No. 4 Hanford, No. 5 Clovis, No. 6 Liberty, No. 7 Sanger and No. 8 Tulare Union.

Clovis North is the defending Division I champion. Other defending champions are Central Valley Christian (D2), Mission Oak (D3), Torres (D4), Wasco (D5), Strathmore (D6) and Fresno Christian (8-man).

Top seeds this season are Bakersfield (1-A), Bakersfield Christian (D2), Porterville (D3), Shafter (D4), Bishop Union (D5), Minarets (D6) and Mammoth (8-man).

First-round play in all divisions is Nov. 8, followed by semifinal games (Nov. 15) and championship games (Nov. 22).

Champions in all divisions (other than 8-man) advance to the CIF Northern California Bowl series, with the winners of those games, advancing to state championship contests against Southern California champions.

FOOTBALL BRACKETS FOR THE CENTRAL DIVISION

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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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