Among the actions taken by the Board was final approval of a conference alignment plan for eight-player football beginning in 2020. The plan places eight-player programs into seven, six-team conferences and one, five-team conference. Each conference will be paired with another six-team league within their region to provide crossover games.
2020 Season:
8 games
Practice starts – Tuesday August 11th (Equipment Issue-Monday August 10th)
First game date available – Thursday August 27th
SCHEDULING Five conference games, Three crossover games = Eight games total. All conference games count including vs 200+ teams.All games count for playoffs (exception: games vs. 200+ schools do not count for playoffs only).
Weeks 1,2,3 region crossovers, weeks 4,5,6,7,8 conference games
*Regions may decide their crossover weeks as they choose with region approval.
Crossovers Year 1 = vs. three teams from sister region conference Crossovers, Year 2 = vs. three other teams from sister region conference (two year cycle crossover vs. all six teams from sister region conference)
PLAYOFFS 16 teams qualify using current WIAA criteria
Level 1 = October 23
Level 2 = October 30
Level 3 = November 6
Level 4 = November 13 (State Championship)
Note: 200+ enrollment teams not eligible for playoffs
You can see the new conferences here: 8-Player Football Alignment