Ohio high school football playoffs 2023: Division I brackets, top seeds, best matchups for second round

Get all the information for the 2023 Division I Ohio high school football playoffs on SBLive

The OHSAA football playoffs began last week with 448 teams vying for a state title throughout Ohio's seven divisions.

We are now down to 224 teams, with eight teams left in each region and 32 teams remaining in each division.

>> Ohio high school football playoffs Division I roundup: St. Ignatius, Olentangy Liberty, Springfield among winners in first round (10/27/2023) <<

All second round games will be played on Friday, Nov. 3 (unless circumstances force a game to be moved to Saturday) at the home field of the higher seed with all games in later rounds at a neutral site to be determined by the OHSAA. The state semifinal pairings will be announced following the regional finals..

The seven OHSAA football State championship games will be played in Canton at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium from Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

>> Ohio high school football playoff brackets 2023 <<

Here, we will take a look at the top four remaining seeds in each region of Division I, along with the lowest seed remaining, the most intriguing matchup of the second round and a reminder of our prediction on who will win each region.

Stay with SBLive Ohio for all of the matchups, game times and scores throughout the 2023 OHSAA football playoffs.

Division I, Region 1

Top seeds remaining: 1. St. Edward, 2. Cleveland Heights, 3. Wadsworth, 4. Canton McKinley

Team to watch outside top 4: 12 St. Ignatius

Most intriguing second round game:  No. 3 Wadsworth vs. No. 6 Medina

Predicted region winner: St. Edward

Division I, Region 2

Top seeds remaining: 1. Olentangy, 2. Olentangy Berlin, 4. Centerville 6. Dublin Coffman

Lowest seed remaining: 14. Olentangy Liberty 

Most intriguing second round game: No. 4 Centerville vs. No. 12 Springfield  

Predicted region winner: Olentangy Berlin

Division I, Region 3

Top seeds remaining: 1. Gahanna Lincoln, 2. Hilliard Bradley, 3. Pickerington North, 4. Upper Arlington

Lowest seed remaining: No. 9 Grove City

Most intriguing second round game: No. 4 Upper Arlington vs No. 5 Pickerington Central

Predicted region winner: Gahanna Lincoln 

Division I, Region 4

Top seeds remaining: Milford, Princeton, Lakota West, St. Xavier 

Lowest seed remaining: No. 9 Mason

Most intriguing second round game: No. 4 St. Xavier vs. No. 5 Archbishop Moeller 

Predicted region winner: Moeller 

-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sbliveoh

(Feature photo: St. Edward's Jon Slaper celebrates in the stands with the student section following a win in the 2023 season. photo credit: Jeff Harwell)