STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Steubenville Big Red has secured the No. 1 seed in the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Division III, Region 11 football playoffs, earning a first-round bye and home-field advantage through the regional semifinals.
Big Red finished the regular season with an 8-2 record and topped the final Harbin computer rankings with 32.2720 points, ahead of undefeated Newark, which finished second with 28.8500 points.
Columbus East claimed the third seed, followed by Athens in fourth, Dover in fifth, Sheridan in sixth, Granville in seventh and Linden McKinley in eighth.
Under the playoff format, the top four teams receive first-round byes, while teams seeded fifth through eighth host opening-round games on Friday, October 30.
Steubenville will begin its postseason run on Friday, November 6, when Big Red hosts the winner of the first-round matchup between No. 8 Linden McKinley and No. 9 Jackson.
Other opening-round matchups include Dover against Columbus South, Sheridan against Tri-Valley, and Granville against Jonathan Alder.
The No. 1 ranking puts Steubenville in a favorable position as the team looks to make another deep postseason run.
Big Red will now have an additional week to prepare before beginning its playoff schedule on November 6.
