Football

Power Rankings

Divisions I-IV Non-Select
Divisions I-IV Select

Important Dates

  • 07.29.2024 First Practice (opted out of Spring Football)

  • 08.05.2024 First Practice (participated in Spring football)

  • 08.05.2024 Helmets & Shoulder pads permitted (opted out of spring football)

  • 08.08.2024 First Practice in full gear (opted out of Spring football)

  • 08.12.2024 Coaches' Online Rules Clinic Opens

  • 08.12.2024 Helmets and Shoulder pads permitted

  • 08.15.2024 First Practice in full gear (participated in Spring football)

  • 08.19.2024 Earliest Scrimmage

  • 08.19.2024 Deadline: Online Football Jamboree Form

  • 08.29-31.2024 Football Jamborees

  • 09.01.2024 Deadline: Coaches’ Online Rules Clinic Closes

  • 09.05.2024 First Contest

  • 10.26.2024 Deadline: Add Volleyball & Football Games for Power Ratings

  • 11.09.2024 End of Regular Season/District Representatives Named

  • 11.10.2024 Football Playoff Pairings Named

  • 11.14-16.2024 Bi-District

  • 11.21-23.2024 Regionals

  • 11.28-30.2024 Quarterfinals

  • 12.05-06.2024 Semifinals

  • 12.07.2024 Superdome Qualifiers Meeting - Zoom Meeting

  • 12.12-14.2024 LHSAA State Football Championships

  • 04.28.2025 Football: Spring Practice Begins (Through End of School Year)

  • 05.05.2025 Deadline: Submit Football Schedules Online

Policies, Manuals, and Forms

Medical Forms District Forms General Information
 

Schedules

Schedules & Scores

Jamborees

Jamboree Sanctioning Form (all jamboree sanctioning forms are online through the members' only website under the principal login). Once the jamboree payment is recieved from the host school, it will appear on the "Approved Jamboree List".
Approved Jamboree List

NFLHSAA

Ever wondered how many former LHSAA student-athletes are playing in the NFL? Click the button below to see our full list of current NFL players! Think we missed one? Let us know by emailing eanderson@lhsaa.org!
 
NFL LIST

Postseason Bowl Games

6.17 POSTSEASON BOWL GAMES - A school shall not play in more than one postseason bowl game in the sport of football per season. Only schools failing to make the playoffs shall be bowl eligible. A bowl game conducted in Louisiana shall be sponsored by a member school and approved by the LHSAA. The sponsoring school’s principal shall make a written request to the LHSAA for contest approval at least 14 days prior to the date of the game. Once approved, the application for such games shall constitute an agreement between the sponsoring and opposing schools indicating they shall comply with LHSAA articles and bylaws. The sponsoring school shall pay the LHSAA ten percent of the gross ticket receipts before payment of officials within 30 calendar days of the event. In order for an LHSAA school to participate in an out-of-state bowl game, the school principal shall make a written request to the LHSAA for permission to play in the bowl game prior to the date of the game.

6.17.1 Any school that opts out of a post-season football game and removes itself from the non-select or select bracket, shall not participate in a post-season bowl game.

Season Information

General Information Bulletin
2024 Football Season Dates

Playoff Information

FOOTBALL PLAYOFF BRACKETS

Non-Select
DIVISION I   |   DIVISION II
DIVISION III  |  DIVISION IV

Select
DIVISION I   |   DIVISION II
DIVISION III  |  DIVISION IV
 

2024 Football Playoff Schedule Dates

Round of Play (Select and Non-Select)  |  Playing Dates
Bi-District Round | November 14-16
Regional Roud | November 21-23
Quarterfinal Round | November 28-30
Semi-Final Round | December 5-7
Prep Classic Qualifiers Meeting | December 7
LHSAA Prep Classic | December 12-14

Championship Information

2024 LHSAA Prep Classic

Presented by:
Allstate Sugar Bowl and New Orleans Saints
Caesars Superdome | New Orleans, LA
December 

2024 Ochsner LHSAA Prep Classic Program 

Presented by:
Allstate Sugar Bowl and New Orleans Saints
 
Thursday, December 12, 2024
12:00 PM | Division IV (Select)
3:30 PM | Division IV (Non-Select)
7:00 PM | Division III (Non-Select)

Friday, December 13, 2024
12:00 PM | Division II (Select)
3:30 PM | Division III (Select)
7:00 PM | Division II (Non-Select)
 
Saturday, December 14, 2024
12:00 PM | Division I (Select)
  3:30 PM | Division I (Non-Select)
 
Championship Bulletin

Championship Bracket Archive

Bracket Archive by Year:
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2015     2014     2013     2012     
2011     2010     2009     2008      
2007     2006     2005     2004      
2003     2002
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