The wait is over and Clutch Sports Media’s first of two football postseason bracket projections for all eight classes is here.
Some teams have just two more Friday nights of football left but more than half of the teams in the Peoria and Bloomington/Normal area are predicted to have their season’s running into November.
Below are full predictions for how each bracket from Class 1A-8A will shake out, along with projections for enrollment cutoffs, records and analysis of Central Illinois teams that are forecasted to have spots in the 256-team field.
Each part of the bracketology process follows the guidelines that the IHSA uses to determine the playoff field, seeding and more. You can read those guidelines here.