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2024 High School Football Projected Brackets: Who are the Favorites and Sleepers, What are the Top Games in Each Class. Plus: What does a 32 Seed Bracket Look Like 1A-6A

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1A Bracket:


Favorites: Althoff, Lena-Winslow
Potential Sleepers: Annawan-Wethersfield, Stockton, Carrollton, Routt

Top First Round Games:
Rockford Lutheran @ Annawan-Wethersfield
Stockton @ Princeville
Carrollton @ West Central [Coop]
Brown County @ Greenfield-Northwestern
Routt @ Casey-Westfield

Championship: Althoff over Lena-Winslow

2A Bracket:



Favorites: Farmington, Tri-Valley, Quincy Notre Dame
Potential Sleepers: Rockridge, Seneca, Shelbyville, Warrensburg-Latham, St. Teresa

Top First Round Games:
Eastland-Pearl City @ Rockridge
Bloomington Central Catholic @ Tri-Valley
Erie-Prophetstown @ Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin
St. Teresa @ Maroa-Forsyth
El Paso-Gridley @ Seneca

Championship: Quincy Notre Dame over Tri-Valley

3A Bracket:



Favorites: Byron, Montini, St. Joseph-Ogden, Williamsville
Potential Sleepers: Monmouth-Roseville, Tolono Unity, Monticello

Top First Round Games:
King vs. Marshall [Coop] @ Rockne
Peotone @ Eureka
Tolono Unity @ Roxana
Olympia @ Nashville
Benton @ New Berlin

Championship: Montini over Williamsville

4A Bracket:



Favorites: Dixon, Wheaton Academy, Breese Central, Rochester
Potential Sleepers: DePaul Prep, St. Laurence, Peoria Notre Dame, Normal U-High

Top First Round Games:
St. Laurence @ Richmond-Burton
Johnsburg @ Coal City
Murphysboro @ Macomb
Peoria Notre Dame @ Rochester
Mt. Zion @ Carterville

Championship: Rochester over Dixon

5A Bracket:



Favorites: Nazareth, Sycamore, Joliet Catholic
Potential Sleepers: St. Francis, Rochelle, Morris

Top First Round Games:
Freeport @ Woodstock North
Marion @ Highland
Sacred Heart-Griffin @ Mahomet-Seymour
Tinley Park vs. Morgan Park @ Gately Stadium
Marmion @ Rochelle

Championship: Nazareth over Joliet Catholic

6A Bracket:



Favorites: Cary-Grove, Geneva, East St. Louis
Potential Sleepers: Lake Forest, Deerfield, Kaneland

Top First Round Games:
Grayslake North @ Antioch
Kaneland @ Belvidere North
Simeon @ Normal West
Crete-Monee @ Glenwood
Lemont @ Bloomington

Championship: East St. Louis over Cary-Grove

7A Bracket:



Favorites: Mount Carmel, Downers Grove North, Quincy
Potential Sleepers: Lincoln-Way Central, Brother Rice, St. Rita, St. Charles North

Top First Round Games:
Kenwood vs. Whitney Young @ Rockne Stadium
Lincoln-Way West @ Pekin
Brother Rice @ Fenwick
Willowbrook @ Hononegah
Hersey @ Prospect

Championship: Mount Carmel over Brother Rice

8A Bracket:



Favorites: Lincoln-Way East, Loyola, Oswego, Marist
Potential Sleepers: Edwardsville, Lyons, Barrington

Top First Round Games:
Sandburg @ Stevenson
Maine South @ Naperville North
Waubonsie Valley @ Oswego
Edwardsville @ York
Warren @ Palatine

Championship: Lincoln-Way East over Lyons

What would the 1A-6A brackets look like as a 1-32 seed bracket?


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