8-Player Football Playoff Reveal Show on WIAA.TV on Saturday
Posted: 10/7/2026
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association will release the 8-player football playoff qualifying field and pairings with a live stream on WIAA.TV Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.
The 8-Player Football Playoff Reveal Show will be streamed on the WIAA.TV channel of the NFHS Network without requirement of a subscription to the network. The program features the announcement of the one-division playoff field and match-ups for the 16 first-round games. Jay Wilson will serve as the host. Joining in the commentary will be analysts Jason Zaleski of Zaleski Sports and Bill Brophy, longtime WIAA State Tournament announcer.
The State Championship game will be played Saturday, Nov. 14 at South Wood County Stadium in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., and streamed live on WIAA.TV. The 8-Player Football Tournament Series expanded to 32 teams for the first time last season with four playoff levels to determine the two teams playing for the State title in the championship final.
Complete brackets and the Level 1 schedule of games will be available on the WIAA website immediately following the live stream.
There are 68 programs sponsoring 8-player football this season, including 53 programs eligible to participate in the 8-player football playoffs.
The program will be produced by Rush Media.
The 11-Player Football Playoff Reveal Show will be aired and streamed live on WIAA State Television Network stations WKOW in Madison, WAOW in Wausau, WXOW in La Crosse and WQOW in Eau Claire on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 10 a.m.
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