2021 Playoffs

The home team is on the right of each matchup, excluding the Championship games played at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln (A through D2) and Cope Stadium in Kearney (D6), which still have the designated "home" team on the right. See below each bracket for the listing of teams.  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.

Class A:

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

Class B:

First round matchups from top down: McCook @ Bennington, Grand Island Northwest @ Waverly, Omaha Roncalli @ Seward, York @ Elkhorn, Omaha Gross @ Plattsmouth, Norris @ Omaha Skutt, Beatrice @ Scottsbluff, Lexington @ Aurora

Class C1:

First round matchups from top down: Adams Central @ Ashland-Greenwood, Pierce @ Broken Bow, Battle Creek @ Chadron, Fort Calhoun @ Columbus Scotus, Wayne @ Boone Central, Columbus Lakeview @ Milford, Wahoo @ Auburn, Boys Town @ Kearney Catholic

Class C2:

First round matchups from top down: Crofton @ Norfolk Catholic, Hartington Cedar Catholic @ North Platte St. Patrick's, Wahoo Bishop Neumann @ Hastings St. Cecilia, Wilber-Clatonia @ Yutan, Centennial @ Ord, Gordon-Rushville @ Lincoln Lutheran, Sutton @ David City Aquinas, Oakland-Craig @ Fremont Bergan

Class D1:

First round matchups from top down: Amherst @ Burwell, Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family @ Lutheran High Northeast, Heartland @ Stanton, Summerland @ Anselmo-Merna, Elmwood-Murdock @ Howells-Dodge, Exeter-Milligan/Friend @ Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Arcadia/Loup City @ Nebraska Christian, Cambridge @ Dundy County-Stratton, Alma @ Arapahoe, Perkins County @ Bertrand, Tri County @ Neligh-Oakdale, West Holt @ Hitchcock County, Wisner-Pilger @ Weeping Water, Clarkson/Leigh @ Cross County, Sutherland @ Hi-Line, Thayer Central @ Nebraska City Lourdes

Class D2:

First round matchups from top down: Lawrence-Nelson @ Sandhills/Thedford, Mead @ Wynot, Hyannis @ Leyton, Homer @ Osceola, Sandhills Valley @ Riverside, Winside @ Johnson-Brock, Elgin Public/Pope John @ O'Neill St. Mary's, Wausa @ Bloomfield, Creighton @ Pender, Fullerton @ Bruning-Davenport/Shickley, Pleasanton @ Ansley/Litchfield, Loomis @ Mullen, Medicine Valley @ Kenesaw, Osmond @ Falls City Sacred Heart, Blue Hill @ Garden County, Allen @ Humphrey St. Francis

Class D6:

First round matchups from top down: Sioux County @ Potter-Dix, Silver Lake @ Lincoln Parkview Christian, McCool Junction @ Franklin, Spalding Academy @ Sterling, Pawnee City @ Red Cloud, Hay Springs @ Wallace, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller @ Arthur County, Stuart @ Cody-Kilgore