The home team is on the right of each matchup, excluding the Championship games played at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, which still have the designated "home" team on the right. See below each bracket for the listing of teams. Â Some designs you see are only worn on one side of a school's helmet, but may be shown here on their "wrong" side for ease of identification.
First round matchups from top down: Lincoln Southwest @ Omaha North, Kearney @ Norfolk, Omaha Westside @ Millard West, Columbus @ Grand Island, Omaha Burke @ Omaha Creighton Prep, Omaha Central @ Lincoln East, Papillion-LaVista South @ Bellevue West, Bellevue East @ Millard North.
First round matchups from top down: Lincoln North Star @ Bellevue West, Millard South @ Norfolk, Kearney @ Millard North, North Platte @ Omaha Central, Omaha North @ Grand Island, Papillion-LaVista @ Omaha Westside, Omaha Creighton Prep @ Papillion-LaVista South, Lincoln Northeast @ Millard West.
First round matchups from top down: Lincoln Southwest @ Omaha North, Grand Island @ Kearney, Lincoln East @ Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln Pius @ Omaha Burke, Omaha Westside @ Millard North, Norfolk @ Omaha Creighton Prep, Papillion-LaVista South @ Millard West, Lincoln High @ Bellevue West.
First round matchups from top down: Norfolk @ Kearney, Lincoln Pius @ Omaha Westside, Grand Island @ Omaha Creighton Prep, Lincoln Southwest @ Bellevue West, Fremont @ Omaha North, Millard South @ Lincoln High, Millard North @ Omaha Burke, Papillion-LaVista South @ Millard West.
First round matchups from top down: Papillion-LaVista @ Omaha Burke, Lincoln Southwest @ Lincoln Southeast, Omaha Creighton Prep @ Millard West, Lincoln East @ Omaha Westside, Kearney @ Bellevue West, Elkhorn South @ Lincoln High, Omaha North @ Grand Island, Lincoln Pius X @ Millard South.
First round matchups from top down: Lincoln Pius X @ Millard West, Elkhorn South @ Kearney, Millard North @ Omaha Burke, Lincoln East @ Bellevue West, Papillion-LaVista South @ Millard South, Lincoln Southwest @ Grand Island, Omaha Creighton Prep @ Omaha Westside, Omaha North @ Lincoln Southeast.
With the OPS schools opting out of fall sports in 2020, the NSAA changed the Class A playoffs to include all 24 remaining teams, with 8 teams earning first round byes. COVID restrictions led to the championship games being moved to the home site of the higher seed rather than Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. First round matchups from top to bottom: Lincoln Southwest @ Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Northeast @ Kearney, Papillion-LaVista South @ Fremont, Papillion-LaVista @ Columbus, Bellevue East @ Millard West, Norfolk @ Millard North, Lincoln High @ North Platte. Top 8 seeds from top to bottom: Bellevue West, Gretna, Elkhorn South, Lincoln Southeast, Millard South, Omaha Creighton Prep, Lincoln East, Omaha Westside.
While Gretna won the Championship game over Omaha Westside 7-3, the NSAA ruled in February 2022 that the Dragons used an ineligible player and must vacate their state title. Officially, their is no Class A Football State Champion for 2021.
First round matchups from top down: Omaha North @ Millard South, Columbus @ North Platte, Lincoln East @ Gretna, Kearney @ Elkhorn South, Papillion-LaVista @ Bellevue West, Grand Island @ Creighton Prep, Lincoln Southeast @ Omaha Burke, Papillion-LaVista South @ Omaha Westside
First round matchups from top down: Papillion-LaVista @ Omaha Westside, Millard West @ Lincoln Southwest, Millard South @ Kearney, Omaha North @ Grand Island, Lincoln East @ Elkhorn South, Creighton Prep @ North Platte, Papillion-LaVista South @ Bellevue West, Lincoln Southeast @ Gretna
First round matchups from top down: Creighton Prep @ Omaha Westside, Bellevue West @ Papillion-LaVista, Millard North @ Millard West, Grand Island @ Kearney, Papillion-LaVista South @ Elkhorn South, Lincoln East @ Lincoln Southeast, Omaha North @ Gretna, Lincoln North Star @ Millard South
First round matchups from top down: Omaha Westview @ Omaha Westside, Papillion-LaVista @ Omaha Central, Lincoln East @ Omaha North, Omaha Creighton Prep @ Elkhorn South, Millard West @ Kearney, Lincoln North Star @ Bellevue West, Millard North @ Lincoln Southeast, Papillion-LaVista South @ Milard South.