The road to a state football title starts as the MIAA seedings and schedule are released

The MIAA has released the football state playoff brackets. Here's how each Division breaks down.

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Division 1

Seedings

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

2. Xaverian (6-2)

3. Needham (7-1)

4. Andover (7-1)

5. Lincoln-Sudbury (7-1)

6. Methuen (6-2)

7. Springfield Central (7-1)

8. BC High (5-3)

9. Taunton (5-3)

10. Central Cetholic (3-5)

11. Natick (5-3)

12. Weymouth (6-2)

13. Franklin (5-3)

14. Westford Academy (5-3)

15. St. John's (3-5)

16. Leominster (4-4)

Schedule

Friday's Round of 16

No. 15 St. John's at No. 2 Xaverian, 6 p.m.

No. 16 Leominster at No. 1 St. John's Prep, 6 p.m.

Division 2

Seedings

1. King Philip (8-0)

2. Catholic Memorial (5-2)

3. Marshfield (6-2)

4. Peabody (8-0)

5. Barnstable (7-1)

6. Bishop Feehan (6-1)

7. Wellesley (6-1)

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 (3-5)

15. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (5-3)

16. Diman Voke (3-5)

Division 3

Seedings

1. Milford (7-1)

2. Billerica (7-1)

3. Milton (5-3)

4. Walpole (5-3)

5. Mansfield (5-3)

6. Dartmouth (8-0)

7. Woburn (6-2)

8. West Springfield (7-0)

9. North Attleborough (3-5)

10. Westfield (7-1)

11. Doherty (7-1)

12. Westborough (7-1)

13. Hingham (3-5)

14. Minnechaug (5-2)

15. Plymouth South (5-3)

16. Stoughton (3-5)

Schedule

Friday's Round of 16

No. 12 Westborough at No. 5 Mansfield, 6:30 p.m.

No. 11 Doherty at No. 8 Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

Division 4

Seedings

1. Duxbury (6-1)

2. Holliston (5-3)

3. Middleborough (6-2)

4. Tewksbury (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 (6-2)

12. Burlington (5-3)

13. Canton (5-3)

14. Marblehead (3-4)

15. Ashland (4-4)

16. Bedford (5-3)

Schedule

Friday's round of 16

No. 11 South at No. 6 Grafton, 6 p.m.

Division 5

Seedings

1. Hanover (8-0)

2. Foxborough (7-1)

3. Shawsheen Tech (7-0)

4. Dedham (6-2)

5. Danvers (5-3)

6. Old Rochester (4-4)

7. Newburyport (7-1)

8. Norton (6-1)

9. Bishop Stang (3-5)

10. Auburn (5-3)

11. North Middlesex (6-2)

12. Valley Tech (4-3)

13. Apponequet (3-5)

14. Belchertown (7-1)

15. Wilmington (4-4)

16. Gloucester (5-3)

Schedule

Friday's Round of 16

No. 10 Auburn at No. 7 Newburyport, 6:30 p.m.

No. 11 North Middlesex at No. 6 Old Rochester, 6:30 p.m.

No. 12 Valley Tech at No. 5 Danvers, 7 p.m.

Division 6

Seedings

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 (6-2)

Schedule

Friday's Round of 16

No. 16 Bay Path at No. 1 Norwell, 6:30 p.m.

No. 10 Bellingham at No. 7 Maynard, 7 p.m.

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

Division 7

Seedings

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 (5-3)

11. Wahconah (5-3)

12. South Shore Voke (5-3)

13. Millbury (5-3)

14. South Hadley (7-1)

15. Manchester Essex (5-3)

16. Oxford (5-3)

Schedule

Friday's Round of 16

No. 9 Gardner at No. 8 Tyngsborough, 6 p.m.

No. 12 South Shore Voke at No. 5 Clinton, 7 p.m.

No. 13 Millbury at No. 4 Rockland, 7 p.m.

No. 16 Oxford at No. 1 Uxbridge, 7 p.m.

Division 8

Seedings

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 (7-1)

7. KIPP Academy (6-2)

8. Blackstone-Millville (7-1)

9. Nashoba Tech (5-3)

10. Sutton (6-2)

11. Narragansett (5-3)

12. Randolph (3-4)

13. Bourne (6-2)

14. Athol (5-3)

15. Franklin Tech (6-2)

16. Brighton (4-3)

Schedule

Friday's Round of 16

No. 10 Sutton at No. 7 KIPP Academy, 6 p.m.

No. 11 Narragansett at No. 6 Old Colony, 7 p.m.

No. 16 Brighton at No. 1 West Boylston, 7 p.m.

Saturday's Round of 16

No. 9 Nashoba Tech 9 at No. 8 Blackstone-Millville, 1 p.m.

Non-playoffs

Friday's games

Algonquin at Tantasqua, 6 p.m.

Ayer-Shirley at Abby Kelley, 6 p.m.

David Prouty at Littleton, 6 p.m.

Marlborough at Wachusett, 6 p.m.

Quaboag at Worcester Tech, 6 p.m. (Foley)

St. Paul at Bartlett, 6 p.m.

Murdock at Southbridge, 6:30 p.m.

Shepherd Hill at Shrewsbury, 6:30 p.m.

Burncoat at Northbridge, 7 p.m.

Groton-Dunstable at Fitchburg, 7 p.m.

Monty Tech at Quabbin, 7 p.m.

Nashoba at Oakmont, 7 p.m.

St. Bernard's at Lunenburg, 7 p.m.

Saturday's games

Assabet at North, noon

Leicester at Nipmuc, 2 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Telegram & Gazette: MIAA announces seedings and schedule for state high school football playoffs