The 256-team field for the Michigan High School Athletic Association football playoffs will be unveiled on Sunday.
The field will be announced on Fox Sports Detroit at 6:30 p.m. (replayed at 10 p.m.), and the field will be unveiled on the MHSAA Web site at appoximately 7 p.m.
All teams with six victories will be in the field (five wins needed if playing an eight-game season). The remainder of the field will be made up of teams with 5-4 records (or 4-4 if playing an eight-game season) securing the highest playoff points per the MHSAA formula that rewards teams for playing larger schools and rewards teams for playing teams with winning records.
Teams with 5-4 records will be taken as needed to reach the
256-team limit. The 5-4 teams will be selected by enrollment classification. One team from Class A will be added, followed by one B, one C, one D and back to A, etc., until the field is full.Home games for the first three rounds of the tournament will be determined by playoff points.
The tournament begins with first-round games on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.
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