Nebraska high school football playoffs: 2024 brackets, Round 1 matchups, game times

Here are all the 2024 Nebraska high school football playoff brackets entering the first round

The Nebraska high school football playoffs kick off Friday. / Earl Ebensteiner

The 2024 Nebraska high school football regular season wrapped up last week, and now it’s time for the playoffs. 

Omaha Westside holds the No. 1 seed in the Class A bracket and will take on No. 16 Omaha Westview on Friday. Bennington has the top seed in the Class B bracket and will face Northwest in Round 1.

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Nebraska high school football playoffs 2024 brackets

Here are the Nebraska high school football playoff brackets, with matchups and game times for each classification: 

CLASS D6

First-round matchups

(1) Sumner-Eddyville-Miller vs. (16) Wauneta-Palisade 

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(8) Leyton vs. (9) Diller-Odell

1 p.m. MT Friday 

(5) Red Cloud vs. (12) Potter-Dix

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(4) Garden County vs. (13) Southwest

5 p.m. MT Friday 

(3) Stuart vs. (14) Hampton  

6 p.m. CT Friday

(6) Arthur County vs. (11) Wallace

2 p.m. MT Friday

(7) Silver Lake vs. (10) Ansley/Litchfield

7 p.m. CT Friday

(2) Hay Springs vs. (15) Sioux County

2 p.m. MT Friday 

CLASS D2

First-round matchups

(1) St. Francis vs. (16) Twin Loup

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(8) Howells-Dodge vs. (9) Bancroft-Rosalie

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(5) Wynot vs. (12) Hitchcock County

2 p.m. CT Friday

(4) Central Valley vs. (13) St. Mary’s

6 p.m. CT Friday

(3) Sandhills/Thedford vs. (14) Axtell

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(6) Riverside vs. (11) Creighton

6 p.m. CT Friday

(7) Overton vs. (10) High Plains

6 p.m. CT Friday

(2) Bruning-Davenport/Shickley vs. (15) Kenesaw

7 p.m. CT Friday 

CLASS D1

First-round matchups

(1) Sandy Creek vs. (16) Sandhills Valley

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(8) Shelby-Rising City vs. (9) Arapahoe

5 p.m. CT Friday

(5) Dundy County-Stratton vs. (12) Lourdes Central Catholic

4 p.m. MT Friday

(4) Guardian Angels Central Catholic vs. (13) Plainview

7 p.m. CT Friday

(3) Crofton vs. (14) Thayer Central

5 p.m. CT Friday

(6) Summerland vs. (11) South Loup 

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(7) St. Patrick’s vs. (10) Bridgeport 

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(2) Stanton vs. (15) Exeter-Milligan/Friend

7 p.m. CT Friday 

CLASS C2

First-round matchups

(1) Norfolk Catholic vs. (16) Ord

7 p.m. CT Friday

(8) Boone Central vs. (9) Raymond Central

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(5) Wood River vs. (12) Doniphan-Trumbull

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(4) Valentine vs. (13) Kearney Catholic

7 p.m. CT Friday

(3) Battle Creek vs. (14) Aquinas

7 p.m. CT Friday

(6) Malcolm vs. (11) Mitchell 

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(7) Cedar Catholic vs. (10) Oakland-Craig 

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(2) Bishop Neumann vs. (15) Lincoln Lutheran 

7 p.m. CT Friday 

CLASS C1

First-round matchups

(1) Sidney vs. (16) Roncalli Catholic

4 p.m. MT Friday 

(8) Chadron vs. (9) Lincoln Christian

4 p.m. MT Friday

(5) Central City vs. (12) Fort Calhoun 

7 p.m. CT Friday

(4) Lakeview vs. (13) Scotus

7 p.m. CT Friday

(3) Wahoo vs. (14) Douglas County West 

7 p.m. CT Friday

(6) Boys Town vs. (11) Cozad

6 p.m. CT Friday 

(7) Auburn vs. (10) O’Neill

5:15 p.m. CT Friday 

(2) Ashland-Greenwood vs. (15) Milford 

7 p.m. CT Friday 

CLASS B

First-round matchups

(1) Bennington vs. (16) Northwest

7 p.m. CT Friday

(8) Hastings vs. (9) McCook

7:15 p.m. CT Friday

(5) Elkhorn North vs. (12) Elkhorn 

4 p.m. CT Friday 

(4) Scottsbluff vs. (13) Gretna

6 p.m. MT Friday 

(3) Skutt Catholic vs. (14) York

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(6) Waverly vs. (11) Norris

7 p.m. CT Friday

(7) Gering vs. (10) Gretna East

4 p.m. MT Friday 

(2) Seward vs. (15) Pius X

7 p.m. CT Friday 

CLASS A

First-round matchups

(1) Omaha Westside vs. (16) Omaha Westview

7 p.m. CT Friday

(8) Omaha Central vs. (9) Papillion-LaVista

7 p.m. CT Friday

(5) Omaha North vs. (12) Lincoln East 

7 p.m. CT Friday

(4) Elkhorn South vs. (13) Creighton Prep 

8 p.m. CT Friday 

(3) Kearney vs. (14) Millard West 

7 p.m. CT Friday

(6) Bellevue West vs. (11) North Star

7 p.m. CT Friday 

(7) Lincoln Southeast vs. (10) Millard North

7 p.m. CT Friday

(2) Millard South vs. (15) Papillion-LaVista South 

7 p.m. CT Friday   

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