{
  "id": 18578324,
  "title": "Who's in, who's out? Northeast Florida's FHSAA football bracket is here",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/whos-in-whos-out-northeast-floridas-fhsaa-football-bracket-is-here",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-06T22:14:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/whos-whos-northeast-floridas-fhsaa-221450810.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "After three months of high school football, Florida's brackets have been announced by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) on November 6. Raines High School made history as the first-ever Open Division qualifier from Jacksonville, while dozens of other Northeast Florida teams learned their postseason fates. The playoffs will culminate at Pitbull Stadium in Miami from December 9-12.\n\nThe road to the playoffs was marred by controversy when Miami Carol City filed for an injunction against the FHSAA's ruling that had initially excluded the school from the playoffs. However, a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge denied Carol City's request after a hearing on Friday.\n\nStandard class champions from Northeast Florida, including Creekside, Mandarin, Columbia, St. Augustine, Raines, Palatka, Bolles, Bradford, and Trinity Christian, automatically qualify for the postseason. The FHSAA uses MaxPreps rankings to select at-large teams to complete the bracket in each region. Superior seeds are set to host first-round games, while inferior seeds may receive byes depending on their performance.\n\nThe Open Division, introduced for volleyball last month, will now be applied to football as well. The top eight teams in the statewide MaxPreps rankings will be divided into two groups of four for a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, with the championship game to take place in Miami. Raines, winners of their last 24 games, will face Miami Columbus, West Boca Raton, and Miami Central in the tournament.",
  "summary": "The Florida High School Athletic Association released its football playoff bracket. See which Northeast Florida teams made the cut.",
  "key_points": [
    "Raines High School becomes first Open Division qualifier from Jacksonville",
    "Miami Carol City's playoff bid denied by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge",
    "Open Division applied to football for statewide rankings"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}