MHSAA football playoff standings, storylines and more ahead of Week 9

Howell's Bryce Kish (22) celebrates a touchdown during a 43-7 victory over Wayne Memorial Friday, Sep. 25, 2026. (A.M. ARRICK/For The Livingston Daily)

MICHIGAN — Week 9 is here, bringing with it the end of the Michigan high school football regular season across all 10 MHSAA divisions.

While many conference championships have been decided and milestone moments reached, there is still plenty to play for. Playoff hopes remain on the line for dozens of teams across the state in both 11-player and 8-player football.

The MHSAA playoff-point standings offer a look at which teams are currently projected to make the postseason, with 32-team fields in each 11-player division and 16-team fields in each 8-player division. Below are the playoff-point standings for each division as of Oct. 20.

Dive into the standings, along with notes on notable teams, matchups and storylines heading into the final games of the regular season before Selection Sunday at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.

Howell (8-0), 81.375 points, No. 1
Detroit Catholic Central (8-0), 80.607, No. 2
Clarkston (7-1), 80.375, No. 3
East Kentwood (8-0), 79.125, No. 4
Oxford (7-1), 78.875, No. 5
Romeo (8-0), 77.625, No. 6
Saline (8-0), 75.125, No. 7
Northville (7-1), 75.000, No. 8
Grand Blanc (8-0), 74.125, No. 9
Dearborn Fordson (7-1), 72.750, No. 10
Detroit Cass Tech (8-0), 72.292, No. 11
Grand Ledge (8-0), 70.250, No. 12
Portage Central (7-1), 67.625, No. 13
Rochester Adams (5-3), 66.875, No. 14
Rochester Hills Stoney Creek (6-2), 66.875, No. 14
Hudsonville (6-2), 65.375, No. 16
Belleville (5-3), 65.250, No. 17
Hartland (6-2), 64.750, No. 18
Brownstown Woodhaven (6-2), 62.375, No. 19
Macomb Dakota (5-3), 62.250, No. 20
Rochester (5-3), 61.625, No. 21
Davison (6-2), 61.375, No. 22
Brighton (5-3), 58.500, No. 23
Rockford (4-4), 57.125, No. 24
Utica (6-2), 56.750, No. 25
Macomb L'Anse Creuse North (6-2), 55.875, No. 26
Lake Orion (4-4), 52.375, No. 27
Plymouth (4-4), 51.750, No. 28
Dearborn (4-4), 49.875, No. 29
Grand Haven (4-4), 49.250, No. 30
Monroe (4-4), 49.000, No. 31
Grandville (3-5), 48.125, No. 32

New Baltimore Anchor Bay (4-4), 46.750, No. 33
Bloomfield Hills (4-4), 46.000, No. 34
Okemos (5-3), 45.750, No. 35

Asher McColl of Gibraltar Carlson is stopped just shy of the end zone during a 27-8 triumph over Lincoln Park on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026.

Gibraltar Carlson (8-0), 72.375, No. 1
Muskegon Mona Shores (7-1), 69.482, No. 2
South Lyon (6-2), 68.250, No. 3
Caledonia (6-2), 67.732, No. 4
Milford (7-1), 67.375, No. 5
Byron Center (6-2), 67.333, No. 6
Grosse Pointe South (7-1), 67.125, No. 7
South Lyon East (6-2), 66.250, No. 8
Temperance Bedford (7-1), 66.083, No. 9
Walled Lake Western (7-1), 66.000, No. 10
Allen Park (7-1), 64.018, No. 11
Livonia Franklin (6-2), 61.875, No. 12
Orchard Lake St. Mary's (5-3), 61.750, No. 13
Midland Dow (6-2), 61.250, No. 14
Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (6-2), 59.500, No. 15
Portage Northern (5-3), 58.778, No. 16
Saginaw Heritage (5-3), 58.500, No. 17
St. Clair Shores Lakeview (6-2), 57.875, No. 18
Traverse City West (5-3), 57.875, No. 18
Ferndale (6-2), 56.500, No. 20
North Farmington (5-3), 55.250, No. 21
Birmingham Groves (5-3), 54.750, No. 22
Livonia Churchill (4-4), 49.750, No. 23
Birmingham Seaholm (4-4), 48.625, No. 24
Dearborn Heights Crestwood (4-4), 48.250, No. 25
Traverse City Central (4-4), 48.000, No. 26
Roseville (3-5), 46.000, No. 27
Midland (4-4), 45.875, No. 28
Lincoln Park (3-5), 45.125, No. 29
Flushing (4-4), 44.125, No. 30
East Lansing (3-5), 43.750, No. 31
Muskegon (4-4), 43.750, No. 31

Harrison Township L'Anse Creuse (3-5), 41.000, No. 33
Detroit Mumford (4-4), 39.875, No. 34
Royal Oak (4-4), 39.375, No. 35

Port Huron quarterback Jax Johnston carries the ball during a game against Anchor Bay at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.

Port Huron (8-0), 74.750, No. 1
Harper Woods (7-1), 73.500, No. 2
Chelsea (8-0), 67.500, No. 3
Mount Pleasant (7-1), 67.250, No. 4
Coopersville (8-0), 67.000, No. 5
Detroit Martin Luther King (6-2), 66.833, No. 6
St. Joseph (7-1), 66.250, No. 7
Zeeland West (7-1), 64.786, No. 8
Mason (7-1), 62.125, No. 9
Fenton (6-2), 60.750, No. 10
DeWitt (6-2), 60.125, No. 11
East Grand Rapids (6-2), 57.125, No. 12
Linden (6-2), 55.000, No. 13
Cadillac (6-2), 54.625, No. 14
Dexter (4-4), 54.625, No. 14
Warren De La Salle Collegiate (5-3), 54.458, No. 16
Redford Thurston (7-1), 54.107, No. 17
Marquette (6-2), 53.875, No. 18
Holly (6-2), 53.625, No. 19
Lowell (5-3), 53.375, No. 20
Middleville Thornapple Kellogg (6-2), 53.375, No. 20
Battle Creek Harper Creek (6-2), 53.250, No. 22
Grosse Pointe North (6-2), 52.875, No. 23
Trenton (4-4), 52.125, No. 24
Warren Fitzgerald (6-2), 50.875, No. 25
New Boston Huron (6-2), 46.875, No. 26
Petoskey (5-3), 46.875, No. 26
Coldwater (5-3), 45.625, No. 28
Niles (4-4), 44.375, No. 29
Waterford Mott (4-4), 43.250, No. 30
Battle Creek Central (4-4), 43.125, No. 31
Zeeland East (4-4), 42.125, No. 32

Riverview (5-3), 41.250, No. 33
Bay City Western (3-5), 40.750, No. 34
Lansing Waverly (3-5), 40.250, No. 35

Portland’s Chase Fullet celebrates after kicking the game-winning field goal against Lakewood late during the fourth quarter on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, at Lakewood High School in Lake Odessa.

Goodrich (8-0), 64.000, No. 1
Edwardsburg (8-0), 63.042, No. 2
Grand Rapids South Christian (7-1), 62.500, No. 3
Dearborn Divine Child (7-1), 61.625, No. 4
Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills (7-1), 61.500, No. 5
Marshall (7-1), 61.000, No. 6
Stevensville Lakeshore (7-1), 60.875, No. 7
Portland (8-0), 60.125, No. 8
Vicksburg (7-1), 59.250, No. 9
Paw Paw (7-1), 58.750, No. 10
Ada Forest Hills Eastern (7-1), 56.875, No. 11
Hastings (6-2), 56.250, No. 12
Adrian (7-1), 55.375, No. 13
Marysville (5-3), 53.250, No. 14
Madison Heights Lamphere (5-3), 52.875, No. 15
Hudsonville Unity Christian (5-3), 51.458, No. 16
Ludington (7-1), 50.875, No. 17
St. Johns (6-2), 50.125, No. 18
Macomb Lutheran North (7-1), 49.375, No. 19
Detroit East English (6-2), 47.500, No. 20
Ortonville Brandon (5-3), 46.625, No. 21
Fruitport (6-2), 46.375, No. 22
Detroit Southeastern (6-2), 45.875, No. 23
Detroit Cody (7-1), 45.750, No. 24
Detroit Country Day (5-3), 45.500, No. 25
Tecumseh (5-3), 45.250, No. 26
Williamston (5-3), 44.875, No. 27
Big Rapids (5-3), 43.750, No. 28
St. Clair (6-2), 42.500, No. 29
Lansing Sexton (5-3), 42.250, No. 30
Haslett (3-5), 42.000, No. 31
Fremont (6-2), 39.500, No. 32

Sparta (4-4), 39.375, No. 33
Romulus (4-3), 39.089, No. 34
Spring Lake (4-4), 38.500, No. 35

Jefferson's Hunter Barton forces St. Mary Catholic Central's Brady Reinhardt to fumble on a 2-point conversion attempt during an 8-6 Jefferson win against SMCC on Friday Oct. 16, 2026.

Grand Rapids Catholic Central (7-1), 67.875, No. 1
Monroe Jefferson (8-0), 56.875, No. 2
Grand Rapids West Catholic (6-2), 56.500, No. 3
Frankenmuth (7-1), 53.500, No. 4
Lake Odessa Lakewood (7-1), 52.375, No. 5
Berrien Springs (8-0), 52.250, No. 6
Hopkins (7-1), 52.125, No. 7
Kingsford (8-0), 51.500, No. 8
Saginaw Swan Valley (7-1), 50.875, No. 9
Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep (8-0), 49.196, No. 10
Imlay City (6-2), 47.375, No. 11
Muskegon Orchard View (6-2), 47.250, No. 12
Redford Union (5-3), 46.732, No. 13
Flint Powers Catholic (6-2), 46.268, No. 14
Armada (5-3), 45.750, No. 15
Wyoming Godwin Heights (6-2), 45.000, No. 16
Shepherd (6-2), 44.625, No. 17
Romulus Summit Academy North (5-3), 43.500, No. 18
Ogemaw Heights (6-2), 42.750, No. 19
Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (5-3), 41.875, No. 20
Negaunee (5-3), 41.000, No. 21
Ida (6-2), 40.750, No. 22
Detroit Voyageur College Prep (5-3), 39.179, No. 23
Reed City (5-3), 37.750, No. 24
Detroit Denby (5-3), 37.018, No. 25
Remus Chippewa Hills (6-2), 36.875, No. 26
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (4-4), 36.125, No. 27
Corunna (3-5), 35.625, No. 28
Howard City Tri County (4-4), 35.625, No. 28
Comstock Park (3-5), 35.250, No. 30
Whitmore Lake (5-3), 33.643, No. 31
Flat Rock (3-5), 31.125, No. 32

Detroit Henry Ford (3-5), 31.000, No. 33
Hazel Park (3-5), 30.875, No. 34
Clare (4-4), 30.125, No. 35

Almont's Brody Corneau (4) carries the ball during a Division 6 state semifinal against Jackson Lumen Christi at Wildcat Stadium in Novi on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.

Jackson Lumen Christi (7-1), 59.083, No. 1
Almont (8-0), 58.875, No. 2
Marine City (8-0), 52.750, No. 3
Detroit Edison (7-1), 50.375, No. 4
Ecorse (7-1), 50.000, No. 5
Sanford Meridian (8-0), 48.036, No. 6
Belding (6-2), 47.500, No. 7
Detroit Central (7-1), 46.875, No. 8
Kingsley (8-0), 46.750, No. 9
Clinton (7-1), 45.125, No. 10
Olivet (5-3), 45.125, No. 10
Montrose (7-1), 45.000, No. 12
Clawson (6-2), 44.250, No. 13
Algonac (6-2), 42.500, No. 14
Gladwin (5-3), 41.750, No. 15
Traverse City St. Francis (6-2), 40.500, No. 16
Napoleon (7-1), 40.375, No. 17
Buchanan (6-2), 40.361, No. 18
Calumet (5-3), 37.250, No. 19
Adrian Madison (6-2), 36.750, No. 20
Midland Bullock Creek (5-3), 36.161, No. 21
Detroit Communication Media Arts (5-3), 35.625, No. 22
Durand (5-3), 35.500, No. 23
Warren Michigan Collegiate (4-4), 34.625, No. 24
Harbor Springs (7-1), 34.125, No. 25
Dearborn Heights Robichaud (4-4), 33.518, No. 26
Flint New Standard Academy (5-3), 33.125, No. 27
Kent City (6-2), 32.875, No. 28
Elk Rapids (5-3), 31.250, No. 29
Brooklyn Columbia Central (5-3), 30.875, No. 30
Lutheran Westland (6-2), 30.768, No. 31
New Haven (5-3), 30.750, No. 32

Ovid-Elsie (4-4), 30.375, No. 33
Chesaning (4-4), 29.500, No. 34
Mason County Central (4-4), 29.250, No. 35

Cole Reinhardt of St. Mary Catholic Central makes a cut during an 8-6 Jefferson win on Friday Oct. 16, 2026.

Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (7-1), 53.125, No. 1
Menominee (7-1), 51.917, No. 2
Constantine (7-1), 45.625, No. 3
Millington (8-0), 43.250, No. 4
Schoolcraft (6-2), 42.946, No. 5
Pewamo-Westphalia (7-0), 42.071, No. 6
Charlevoix (6-2), 41.375, No. 7
Hanover-Horton (7-1), 41.250, No. 8
North Muskegon (7-1), 41.071, No. 9
Ithaca (8-0), 40.875, No. 10
Ravenna (6-2), 40.000, No. 11
Burton Bendle (8-0), 38.768, No. 12
McBain (6-2), 37.000, No. 13
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker (6-2), 35.625, No. 14
Detroit Community (7-1), 35.250, No. 15
Bronson (6-2), 34.375, No. 16
Saginaw Valley Lutheran (6-2), 33.750, No. 17
Union City (7-1), 33.750, No. 17
Lawton (5-3), 33.500, No. 19
Cassopolis (7-1), 33.250, No. 20
Galesburg-Augusta (7-1), 32.875, No. 21
Ottawa Lake Whiteford (6-2), 32.655, No. 22
Cass City (6-2), 32.000, No. 23
Manton (6-2), 31.250, No. 24
Harrison (6-2), 30.804, No. 25
Saranac (6-2), 30.679, No. 26
Leslie (4-4), 29.500, No. 27
Manistee (3-5), 29.125, No. 28
Oscoda (5-3), 28.875, No. 29
Jonesville (4-4), 27.625, No. 30
Clinton Township Clintondale (2-6), 27.125, No. 31
Lakeview (4-4), 26.000, No. 32

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (4-4), 24.750, No. 33
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest (3-5), 24.750, No. 33
Coloma (3-5), 24.250, No. 35

Hudson football celebrates its LCAA title after a 26-0 win over Ida on Oct. 16, 2026.

Madison Heights Madison (7-1), 45.750, No. 1
Hudson (7-1), 45.375, No. 2
New Lothrop (7-1), 44.375, No. 3
Beal City (8-0), 41.750, No. 4
Decatur (8-0), 40.250, No. 5
Royal Oak Shrine Catholic (8-0), 40.250, No. 5
Bark River-Harris (7-1), 37.946, No. 7
Clarkston Everest Collegiate (7-1), 37.625, No. 8
Springport (7-1), 36.125, No. 9
Maple City Glen Lake (6-2), 34.750, No. 10
East Jordan (7-1), 34.250, No. 11
Fowler (6-2), 34.179, No. 12
Manchester (6-2), 32.500, No. 13
Iron Mountain (6-2), 31.500, No. 14
Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart (5-3), 30.964, No. 15
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary (5-3), 30.518, No. 16
Ubly (5-3), 29.750, No. 17
Unionville-Sebewaing (6-2), 29.500, No. 18
Frankfort (5-3), 29.375, No. 19
Southfield Bradford Academy (5-3), 29.000, No. 20
Saugatuck (5-3), 28.625, No. 21
Burton Atherton (5-3), 28.250, No. 22
Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central (4-4), 28.125, No. 23
Allen Park Cabrini (5-3), 27.750, No. 24
Sand Creek (5-3), 25.917, No. 25
L'Anse (4-4), 24.250, No. 26
Genesee (4-4), 24.125, No. 27
Marine City Cardinal Mooney (5-3), 24.125, No. 27
Vestaburg (5-3), 24.125, No. 27
Vassar (4-4), 23.625, No. 30
Vermontville Maple Valley (4-4), 22.875, No. 31
Johannesburg-Lewiston (3-5), 22.250, No. 32

Reading (4-4), 21.750, No. 33
Farwell (4-4), 21.714, No. 34
Beaverton (3-4), 21.482, No. 35

Dryden (8-0), 36.732, No. 1
Pickford (6-2), 34.286, No. 2
Dansville (7-1), 33.875, No. 3
Deckerville (7-1), 33.232, No. 4
Colon (7-1), 32.857, No. 5
Blanchard Montabella (7-1), 32.750, No. 6
Merrill (7-1), 32.750, No. 6
Climax-Scotts (6-2), 32.732, No. 8
Rudyard (6-2), 32.411, No. 9
Bridgman (7-1), 32.054, No. 10
Ishpeming (6-2), 30.375, No. 11
Crystal Falls Forest Park (6-2), 29.625, No. 12
Kingston (5-3), 29.607, No. 13
Indian River Inland Lakes (5-3), 29.125, No. 14
Marlette (6-2), 28.875, No. 15
Fulton (5-3), 28.625, No. 16
Mio (5-3), 28.625, No. 16

Concord (5-3), 28.482, No. 18
Central Lake (6-2), 28.339, No. 19
Rogers City (6-2), 26.821, No. 20

Mendon coach Bobby Kretschman chats with his team following Friday night's win over Colon.

Mendon (8-0), 38.607, No. 1
Lake Linden-Hubbell (8-0), 37.375, No. 2
Bay City All Saints (8-0), 36.375, No. 3
Portland St. Patrick (8-0), 35.125, No. 4
Gaylord St. Mary (8-0), 33.786, No. 5
Marion (8-0), 33.625, No. 6
St. Ignace (7-1), 32.750, No. 7
Kinde North Huron (7-1), 31.732, No. 8
Grand Rapids Sacred Heart (7-1), 31.250, No. 9
Litchfield (7-1), 30.440, No. 10
Marcellus (6-2), 29.679, No. 11
Britton Deerfield (6-2), 29.625, No. 12
Powers North Central (6-2), 29.625, No. 12
Onekama (6-2), 28.500, No. 14
Peck (5-3), 26.625, No. 15
Pittsford (5-3), 26.125, No. 16

Adrian Lenawee Christian (4-4), 26.042, No. 17
Felch North Dickinson (4-4), 25.411, No. 18
Waldron (5-3), 24.833, No. 19

Playoff fields will be finalized in the standings on Saturday, Oct. 24. There are currently eight scheduled games for Saturday afternoon, with the final game of the regular season (as of Oct. 19) to be played between Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Detroit Catholic Central at 7:30 p.m.

Following the conclusion of the MHSAA football regular season, all 10 divisions and their tournament brackets will be announced live during the Selection Sunday Show, published by the Michigan High School Athletic Association on the NFHS Network.

No subscription is needed. The show will be free for all registered users to view.

Tickets for state title games can be purchased via the MHSAA football homepage via Ticket Master.

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