LANSING, Mich. — More than a dozen Greater Lansing high school football teams will learn their first playoff opponents Sunday evening, when the state association reveals its brackets during a Selection Sunday show that starts streaming at 5 p.m.
Two area teams finished the regular season unbeaten. Grand Ledge went 9-0 and sits 10th in Division 1 by playoff points, and Portland went 9-0 to rank sixth in Division 4. In 8-player, Portland St. Patrick also finished 9-0 and holds the No. 2 spot in its division.
DeWitt at 7-2 and Mason at 8-1 sit fifth and sixth in Division 3. St. Johns, Lansing Sexton and Williamston all made the Division 4 field, East Lansing got in at 4-5 in Division 2, and Pewamo-Westphalia went 8-0 to rank sixth in Division 7. Lake Odessa Lakewood, Olivet, Leslie, Fowler, Vermontville Maple Valley and Dansville are also in.
Each 11-player division takes its top 32 teams by playoff-point average, and each 8-player division takes 16. Opening-round games are set for Oct. 30-31, with kickoff times added Monday. The 11-player finals are Nov. 27-28 at Ford Field in Detroit, and the 8-player finals are Nov. 21 at the Superior Dome in Marquette.
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