Breaking down the brackets: MIAA announces high school football playoff field

The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association announced the high school football playoff field on Sunday.

Five Cape Cod high schools — Barnstable, Dennis-Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne and Mashpee — made the field. Barnstable and Mashpee will host a home game, while the other three teams will take a road trip to start their postseason.

Last season all three playoff teams (Falmouth, Sandwich, Mashpee) lost their first round of playoff games. These five teams will look to make sure that doesn't happen this season.

Here are the statewide fields for Divisions 1 through 8, the locations where Cape teams will play and a few non-playoff matchups.

Division 1

The Field

1. St. John's Prep (8-0)

2. Xaverian Brothers (6-2)

3. Needham (7-1)

4. Andover (7-1)

5. Lincoln-Sudbury (7-1)

6. Methuen (6-2)

7. Springfield Cathedral (7-1)

8. Boston College High (5-3)

9. Taunton (5-3)

10. Central Catholic (3-5)

11. Natick (5-3)

12. Weymouth (6-2)

13. Franklin (5-3)

14. Westford Academy (5-3)

15. Saint John's (3-5)

16. Leominster (4-4)

Division 2

The Field

1. King Phillip (8-0)

2. Catholic Memorial (5-2)

3. Marshfield (6-2)

4. Peabody Veterans (8-0)

5. Barnstable (7-1)

6. Bishop Feehan (6-1)

7. Wellesley (4-4)

8. North Andover (5-2)

9. Winchester (7-1)

10. Belmont (5-3)

11. Concord-Carlisle (4-4)

12. North Quincy (3-5)

13. Arlington (3-5)

14. Plymouth North

15. Cambridge Rindge & Lat. (5-3)

16. Diman RVT (3-5)

When/where do the Cape locals play?

No. 12 North Quincy at No. 5 Barnstable, Friday at 6:30 p.m.

Division 3

The Field

1. Milford (7-1)

2. Billerica Memorial (7-1)

3. Milton (5-3)

4. Walpole (5-3)

5. Mansfield (5-3)

6. Dartmouth (8-0)

7. Woburn Memorial (6-2)

8. West Springfield (7-0)

9. North Attleborough (3-5)

10. Westfield (7-1)

11. Doherty Memorial (7-1)

12. Westborough (7-1)

13. Hingham (3-5)

14. Minnechaug (5-2)

15. Plymouth South (5-3)

16. Stoughton (5-3)

Division 4

The Field

1. Duxbury (6-1)

2. Holliston (5-3)

3. Middleborough (6-2)

4. Tewksbury Memorial (5-3)

5. Norwood (6-2)

6. Grafton (6-2)

7. Scituate (5-3)

8. Somerset Berkley (6-2)

9. Westwood (6-2)

10. Wayland (6-2)

11. South High Community (6-2)

12. Burlington (5-3)

13. Canton (5-3)

14. Marblehead (3-4)

15. Ashland (4-4)

16. Bedford (5-3)

Division 5

The Field

1. Hanover (8-0)

2. Foxborough (7-1)

3. Shawsheen Valley Tech (7-0)

4. Dedham (6-2)

5. Danvers (5-3)

6. Old Rochester Regional (4-4)

7. Newburyport (7-1)

8. Norton (6-1)

9. Bishop Stang (3-5)

10. Auburn (5-3)

11. North Middlesex Regional (6-2)

12. Blackstone Valley RVT (4-3)

13. Apponequet Regional (3-5)

14. Belchertown (7-1)

15. Wilmington (4-4)

16. Gloucester (5-3)

Division 6

The Field

1. Norwell (7-1)

2. Abington (6-2)

3. Salem (6-2)

4. Hudson (6-2)

5. Lynnfield (7-1)

6. Cardinal Spellman (6-2)

7. Maynard (7-1)

8. Fairhaven (7-1)

9. Winthrop (5-3)

10. Bellingham (5-3)

11. St. Mary's (6-2)

12. Swampscott (5-3)

13. Sandwich (4-4)

14. Dennis-Yarmouth (6-2)

15. Stoneham (4-4)

16. Bay Path RVT (6-2)

When/where do the Cape locals play?

No. 13 Sandwich at No. 4 Hudson, Friday at 7 p.m.

No. 14 Dennis-Yarmouth at No. 3 Salem, Friday at 7 p.m.

Division 7

The Field

1. Uxbridge (8-0)

2. Cohasset (4-3)

3. West Bridgewater (6-2)

4. Rockland (5-3)

5. Clinton (4-4)

6. Amesbury (6-1)

7. Mashpee (5-3)

8. Tyngsborough (6-2)

9. Gardner (8-0)

10. Blue Hills (RVT)

11. Wahconah Regional (5-3)

12. South Shore Tech (5-3)

13. Millbury (5-3)

14. South Hadley (7-1)

15. Manchester Essex (5-3)

16. Oxford (5-3)

When/where do the Cape locals play?

No. 10 Blue Hills RVT at No. 7 Mashpee, Friday at 7 p.m.

Division 8

The Field

1. West Boylston (8-0)

2. Carver (8-0)

3. Hoosac Valley (8-0)

4. Cathedral (5-2)

5. Ware (8-0)

6. Old Colony RVT (7-1)

7. KIPP Academy Lynn Coll. (6-2)

8. Blackstone-Millville (7-1)

9. Nashoba Valley Tech (5-3)

10. Sutton (6-2)

11. Narragansett Regional (5-3)

12. Randolph (3-4)

13. Bourne (6-2)

14. Athol (5-3)

15. Franklin County Tech (6-2)

16. Brighton (4-3)

When/where do the Cape locals play?

No. 13 Bourne at No. 4 Cathedral, Friday at 7

Non-playoff matchups

Oliver Ames at Nauset

Falmouth at Martha's Vineyard

Nantucket at Bristol Plymouth

St. John Paul II at Cape Tech

Upper Cape at Atlantis Charter

Seekonk at Monomoy

Contact Courtney Jacobs at cjacobs@capecodonline.com. Follow him on X/Twitter: @CJ_Journalist.

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