The Ohio high school football regular season is nearing its final stretch.

Teams are preparing for Week 7, with only four games remaining until playoff brackets are released.

Below is a look at playoff contenders through Week 6, using information from Ohio football websites JoeEitel.com and Fantastic50.net to compile teams’ probabilities for the postseason. For each team in the playoff hunt, we compiled its projected playoff status, highest/lowest potential seeds, and most probable seeding.

DIVISION I

Perrysburg (6-0)
■ Status: In with likely home game first two rounds
■ This week’s regional ranking: 2
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/6
■ Most likely seed: 1
■ Remaining schedule: Whitmer (4-2), Findlay (3-3), Springfield (1-5), Anthony Wayne (6-0).

Whitmer (4-2)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 5
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/9
■ Most likely seed: 5
■ Remaining schedule: Perrysburg (6-0), Northview (0-6), Findlay (3-3), Springfield (1-5).

Findlay (3-3)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 10
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 4/15
■ Most likely seed: 11
■ Remaining schedule: Anthony Wayne (6-0), Perrysburg (6-0), Whitmer (4-2), Northview (0-6).

DIVISION II

Anthony Wayne (6-0)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 4
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/9
■ Most likely seed: 3
■ Remaining schedule: Findlay (3-3), Springfield (1-5), Northview (0-6), Perrysburg (6-0).

St. Francis (5-1)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 6
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 2/16
■ Most likely seed: 8
■ Remaining schedule: Jackson Lumen Christi (4-1), Dearborn Divine Child (3-2), Central Catholic (5-1), Bedford (3-2).

Clay (4-2)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 9
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 4/Out
■ Most likely seed: 6
■ Remaining schedule: Fremont Ross (2-4), Napoleon (3-3), Southview (3-3), Rogers (2-4).

Fremont Ross (2-4)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 13
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 6/Out
■ Most likely seed: 12
■ Remaining schedule: Clay (4-2), Southview (3-3), Waite (0-6), Bowling Green (3-3).

Start (3-3)
■ Status: Bubble
■ This week’s regional ranking: 15
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 9/Out
■ Most likely seed: 16
■ Remaining schedule: Waite (0-6), Bowsher (2-4), Woodward (0-6), Lima Senior (6-0).

Southview (3-3)
■ Status: Bubble
■ This week’s regional ranking: 18
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 7/Out
■ Most likely seed: Out
■ Remaining schedule: Bowling Green (3-3), Fremont Ross (2-4), Clay (4-2), Napoleon (3-3).

DIVISION III

Central Catholic (5-1)
■ Status: In with likely home game first two rounds
■ This week’s regional ranking: 1
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/5
■ Most likely seed: 1
■ Remaining schedule: St. John’s (0-6), Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (3-2), St. Francis (5-1), Mona Shores (5-0).

Maumee (4-2)
■ Status: Likely In
■ This week’s regional ranking: 7
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 4/16
■ Most likely seed: 6
■ Remaining schedule: Genoa (5-1), Rossford (1-5), Fostoria (1-5), Otsego (4-2).

Bowling Green (3-3)
■ Status: Bubble
■ This week’s regional ranking: 14
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 6/Out
■ Most likely seed: Out
■ Remaining schedule: Southview (3-3), Woodward (0-6), Napoleon (3-3), Fremont Ross (2-4).

DIVISION IV

Napoleon (3-3)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 8
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 3/Out
■ Most likely seed: 7
■ Remaining schedule: Bowsher (2-4), Clay (4-2), Bowling Green (3-3), Southview (3-3).

Otsego (4-2)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 11
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 3/Out
■ Most likely seed: 12
■ Remaining schedule: Oak Harbor (6-0), Eastwood (6-0), Lake (2-4), Maumee (4-2).

DIVISION V

Liberty Center (6-0)
■ Status: In with likely home game first two rounds
■ This week’s regional ranking: 1
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/8
■ Most likely seed: 1
■ Remaining schedule: Patrick Henry (5-1), Evergreen (3-3), Delta (5-1), Wauseon (2-4).

Oak Harbor (6-0)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 3
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/12
■ Most likely seed: 2
■ Remaining schedule: Otsego (4-2), Genoa (5-1), Eastwood (6-0), Lake (2-4).

Eastwood (6-0)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 4
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/12
■ Most likely seed: 4
■ Remaining schedule: Fostoria (1-5), Otsego (4-2), Oak Harbor (6-0), Genoa (5-1).

Liberty-Benton (5-1)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 5
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 3/11
■ Most likely seed: 5
■ Remaining schedule: Pandora-Gilboa (4-2), Leipsic (4-2), Arcadia (0-6), Van Buren (3-3).

Genoa (5-1)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 8
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/14
■ Most likely seed: 7
■ Remaining schedule: Maumee (4-2), Oak Harbor (6-0), Rossford (1-5), Eastwood (6-0).

Archbold (3-3)
■ Status: Likely In
■ This week’s regional ranking: 10
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 5/16
■ Most likely seed: 11
■ Remaining schedule: Swanton (0-6), Wauseon (2-4), Patrick Henry (5-1), Bryan (0-6).

Delta (5-1)
■ Status: Likely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 12
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 4/Out
■ Most likely seed: 12
■ Remaining schedule: Wauseon (2-4), Patrick Henry (5-1), Liberty Center (6-0), Evergreen (3-3).

Lake (2-4)
■ Status: Bubble
■ This week’s regional ranking: 18
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 10/Out
■ Most likely seed: Out
■ Remaining schedule: Rossford (1-5), Fostoria (1-5), Otsego (4-2), Oak Harbor (6-0).

DIVISION VI

Ottawa Hills (5-1)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 4
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 2/11
■ Most likely seeds: 3/4
■ Remaining schedule: Hilltop (1-4), open date, Montpelier (1-5), Edon (6-0).

Patrick Henry (5-1)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 5
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/16
■ Most likely seed: 5
■ Remaining schedule: Liberty Center (6-0), Delta (5-1), Archbold (3-3), Swanton (0-6).

Evergreen (3-3)
■ Status: Likely in 
■ This week’s regional ranking: 12
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 5/Out
■ Most likely seed: 15
■ Remaining schedule: Bryan (0-6), Liberty Center (6-0), Swanton (0-6), Delta (5-1).

Van Buren (3-3)
■ Status: Bubble
■ This week’s regional ranking: 16
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 5/Out
■ Most likely seed: Out
■ Remaining schedule: Arcadia (0-6), Ada (5-1), Elmwood (0-6), Liberty-Benton (5-1).

DIVISION VII

Gibsonburg (4-2)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 2
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 2/9
■ Most likely seed: 3
■ Remaining schedule: Lakota (2-4), Willard (2-4), Margaretta (1-5), Cory-Rawson (1-5).

Edon (6-0)
■ Status: In with likely home game
■ This week’s regional ranking: 4
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 1/12
■ Most likely seed: 7
■ Remaining schedule: Northwood (3-3), Hilltop (1-4), Richmond Heights (0-2), Ottawa Hills (5-1).

McComb (4-2)
■ Status: LIkely in
■ This week’s regional ranking: 12
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 6/15
■ Most likely seed: 12
■ Remaining schedule: Leipsic (4-2), Arlington (3-3), Riverdale (2-4), Elmwood (0-6).

North Baltimore (2-4)
■ Status: Bubble
■ This week’s regional ranking: 16
■ Highest/lowest possible seeds: 12/Out
■ Most likely seed: Out
■ Remaining schedule: Ridgedale (1-5), Ridgemont (4-2), Crestline (4-2), Upper Scioto Valley (5-1).

First Published October 2, 2024, 1:05 p.m.