Football Playoffs Field & Pairings Reveal Show – Oct. 19 at 10 a.m.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association will release the 11-player and 8-player 2024 football playoff qualifying fields and pairings during a one-hour live program on the WIAA State Tournament Network stations and streamed on the stations’ websites Saturday, Oct. 19 at 10 a.m.
The network of stations includes WKOW-TV in Madison, WXOW-TV in La Crosse, WAOW-TV in Wausau and WQOW in Eau Claire. WAOW-TV news director Brad Hanson and sports anchor Keegan Hewitt will serve as the hosts of the show, which will feature the announcement of the playoff field and first-round match-ups for seven divisions of 11-player football and one division of 8-player football. Joining in the commentary will be analyst Travis Wilson of Wissports.net.
There will be 224 teams qualifying for the 11-player post-season with four playoff levels prior to the State Championship finals. The State finals will be played Thursday-Friday, Nov. 21-22 at Camp Randall in Madison. There will be 16 teams participating in the 8-player post season with three playoff levels prior to the State Championship final, which will be played Saturday, Nov. 16 at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School and streamed live on WIAA.TV.
Complete brackets and the Level 1 schedule of games will be available on the WIAA website immediately following the live announcement of the bracket pairings.
There are 410 football teams eligible to participate in the 2024 football playoffs, 360 are 11-player programs and 50 are 8-player programs.
The program will be produced by the WIAA State Television Network.
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