2025-2026 NDE Enrollment Numbers & 8 Man Classifications

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

The Nebraska Department of Education has released enrollment numbers from the October 1 date that schools had to report. Below is a link to that information:

https://www.education.ne.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MembershipByGradeRaceAndGender_20252026.pdf

9th, 10th, and 11th grade boys counts will be used to determine football classifications for the next two years.

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

See updated projections below!

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

See Updated Projections below.

o_runningback43 · Dec 3, 2025

Thanks for doing this ACICOD

TwinsRRUs · Dec 3, 2025

If your numbers make you 8-man, why would you need to opt up from D2 to D1, or down from D1 to D2, or down from D1 to D3?

Why not just stay on the class your enrollment places you? (Seems completely different than opting from 11-man to 8-man or vice versa)

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

This might need some updating. Working on getting some clarification on items.

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

UPDATED CLASSIFICATIONS PROJECTION FOR 8-MAN:

D1
Wakefield (CEC D1)	59
Tekamah-Herman (CEC D1)	57
Tri County (52/55 Previous)	60
Centennial (46 Previous)	58
Gibbon	55
Pender	55
Ponca	55
West Holt	54
Alma	52
Elkhorn Valley	52
Sutton	51
Thayer Central	51
Cedar Bluffs	50
Johnson-Brock	50
Sandy Creek	50
Kimball	49
Stanton	49
Arcadia/Loup City	48
Centura	48
Crofton	48
Cross County	48
Elm Creek	48
Elmwood-Murdock	48
Hartington-Newcastle	48
Wisner-Pilger	48
Ravenna	48
Gordon-Rushville	47
Hastings St. Cecilia	46
LHNE	46
Twin River	46
Amherst	45
Homer	45
Nebraska Christian	45
EMF (44, 47, 47)	44
Falls City *INELIGIBLE*	92
Conestoga *INELIGIBLE*	89
Fairbury *INELIGIBLE*	89
David City *INELIGIBLE*	78
JCC *INELIGIBLE*	77
Freeman *INELIGIBLE*	58

D2
Madison (CEC D2)	57
Fullerton (44, 41, 26)	44
LCC	43
Superior	43
Aquinas Catholic	42
Arapahoe	42
HLHF	42
Bancroft-Rosalie	41
Creighton	41
East Butler	41
NG/St. Edward	41
Hemingford	40
Maywood/HC	40
Neligh-Oakdale	40
Lourdes CC	39
Oakland-Craig	39
Perkins County	39
Shelby-Rising City	39
South Loup	39
TCNE	39
Hi-Line	37
Howells-Dodge	37
LDNE	37
NPSP	37
Ainsworth	36
Bertrand	36
Bloomfield	36
Loomis	36
Niobrara/Verdigre	36
OCA	36
Franklin	35
Hitchcock County	35
Kenesaw	35
Wilcox-Hildreth	35
Shelton	35
B-D-S (34, 33, 37)	34

D3
Omaha Nation (CEC D3)	66
Southern Valley (CEC D3)	36
Blue Hill (34, 37, 31)	34
North Central	33
Osceola	33
Weeping Water	33
Winside	33
Boyd County	32
Central Valley	32
CWC	32
GACC	32
Sutherland	32
Bayard	31
Burwell	31
Cambridge	31
Dundy County	31
Maxwell	31
Palmer	31
Lawrence-Nelson	30
Twin Loup	30
Randolph	29
St. Mary's	29
Anselmo-Merna	28
Axtell	28
Pleasanton	28
Wausa	28
Deshler	27
Overton	26
Archangels Catholic	25
Sandhills Valley	24
Brady	23
Clarkson	23
Leigh	23
Sandhills/Thedford	22
Wynot	21
Wauneta-Palisade	20
EPPJ	19
Mullen	19
FCSH	18
Hyannis	15
Southern *INELIGIBLE*	42

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

I think this is the more likely classification scenario for 8-man football. In thinking through other sports, they put their teams into classifications FIRST and then allow for opt ups or downs. This scenario does that. After cutting teams where they should be, then teams that are opting down or getting a CEC are added into the classifcation.

As a result, I end up with 40 in D1, 36 in D2, and 41 in D3.

We'll see how it actually plays out!

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 3, 2025

This would mean 34 eligible in D1, 36 eligible in D2, and 40 eligible in D3.

Anon1751687433 · Dec 3, 2025

D1 and D3 won't be scheduled together unless mutually requested. My guess opting to D3 would be a way to try to keep a small roster team away from the bigger roster teams, without dropping to D6.

TwinsRRUs said:
If your numbers make you 8-man, why would you need to opt up from D2 to D1, or down from D1 to D2, or down from D1 to D3?

Why not just stay on the class your enrollment places you? (Seems completely different than opting from 11-man to 8-man or vice versa)

Anon1751687433 · Dec 3, 2025

ACICOD is BACK said:
I think this is the more likely classification scenario for 8-man football. In thinking through other sports, they put their teams into classifications FIRST and then allow for opt ups or downs. This scenario does that. After cutting teams where they should be, then teams that are opting down or getting a CEC are added into the classifcation.

As a result, I end up with 40 in D1, 36 in D2, and 41 in D3.

We'll see how it actually plays out!

What I understood from different discussions was that D1 would be the 32 largest eligible, plus ineligibles. Which I interpreted to mean the D1 CEC included in the 32. But no clue if that's accurate or not.

just_average32 · Dec 3, 2025

Anon1751687433 said:
What I understood from different discussions was that D1 would be the 32 largest eligible, plus ineligibles. Which I interpreted to mean the D1 CEC included in the 32. But no clue if that's accurate or not.

I believe the CEC eligible are removed from the split counts then added in like the ineligible teams

Husker7562 · Dec 3, 2025

ACICOD is BACK said:
This would mean 34 eligible in D1, 36 eligible in D2, and 40 eligible in D3.

I think this would push Nebraska Christian and EMF down to D2. as they are taking the first 32 Eligible teams in D1. Then split the rest with D2, D3.

C8manfball · Dec 3, 2025

D1 districts are shaping up to be very interesting. Would the state consider grouping all the ineligible schools into a single district? Geographically, that actually makes some sense!

Anon1751687433 · Dec 3, 2025

just_average32 said:
I believe the CEC eligible are removed from the split counts then added in like the ineligible teams

Now...if it works like that (remove them, split it up, then add them) that would result in teams that otherwise would be D2, being D1 and otherwise would have been D3, being D2. Correct?

That's why I'm not sure that the process will follow that, because of schools being pushed up to a higher class by factors other than just where the numbers fall.

That being said, I do not have nearly enough info to be willing to place a wager of any amount on how it will work out, and am very interested to see how the actual mechanics work. With unknown new numbers, the new CEC, a changed 11/8 man cut off number,...a lot of variables in play this cycle.

stangsker · Dec 3, 2025

Sorry to piggy back on 8 man discussions- C1/C2 will be 59 teams as it appears Aurora and Gross will both be over the 160 mark. Looks like the movers from last cycle will be Raymond Central and Arlington moving to C1 and Scotus, Logan View, Louisville, Wilber moving to C2 along with the new co-ops from Plainview/Osmond and Heartland/Hampton as well as Bridgeport and Summerland.

C2
WPB	81
Scotus	80
Battle Creek	80
GICC	77
Logan View	76
LL	76
Louisville	73
Kearney Catholic	73
NBC	73
Wilber	72
Palmyra	72
Boone	72
Bridgeport	72
St. Paul	70
Mitchell	70
Malcolm	69
DT	66
Norfolk Catholic	63
Yutan	62
Valentine	60
Wood River	59
Plainview/Osmond	59
Heartland/Hampton	59
Fillmore	58
Ord	57
Neumann	53
Hershey	53
Bergan	52
Cedar Catholic	51
Summerland	51

C1
Roncalli	151
Wayne	147
DC West	145
Brownell Talbot/CC/Quest	134
AG	129
Wahoo	127
Sidney	127
Lakeview	126
hOldrege	125
Concordia	125
Adams Central	121
Fort Calhoun	102
Syracuse	101
BT	100
Milford	100
Chadron	98
Arlington	97
Cozad	94
Broken Bow	94
O'neill	94
Minden	93
Central City	91
Auburn	91
Raymond Central	88
Ogallala	87
Gothenburg	85
Lincoln Christian	84
Pierce	82
Chase County	81

JAG164 · Dec 3, 2025

From my understanding (from an NSAA affiliated individual)

D1 is the largest 32 eligible + all ineligible

all other 8 man teams will be split in half.

If it’s an odd number, the extra will be in D3.

LooseCannon · Dec 3, 2025

C8manfball said:
D1 districts are shaping up to be very interesting. Would the state consider grouping all the ineligible schools into a single district? Geographically, that actually makes some sense!

This should be happening already. If you chose to be ineligible, you can only play other ineligible teams.

just_average32 · Dec 3, 2025

stangsker said:
Sorry to piggy back on 8 man discussions- C1/C2 will be 59 teams as it appears Aurora and Gross will both be over the 160 mark. Looks like the movers from last cycle will be Raymond Central and Arlington moving to C1 and Scotus, Logan View, Louisville, Wilber moving to C2 along with the new co-ops from Plainview/Osmond and Heartland/Hampton as well as Bridgeport and Summerland.

C2
WPB
81
Scotus
80
Battle Creek
80
GICC
77
Logan View
76
LL
76
Louisville
73
Kearney Catholic
73
NBC
73
Wilber
72
Palmyra
72
Boone
72
Bridgeport
72
St. Paul
70
Mitchell
70
Malcolm
69
DT
66
Norfolk Catholic
63
Yutan
62
Valentine
60
Wood River
59
Plainview/Osmond
59
Heartland/Hampton
59
Fillmore
58
Ord
57
Neumann
53
Hershey
53
Bergan
52
Cedar Catholic
51
Summerland
51

C1
Roncalli
151
Wayne
147
DC West
145
Brownell Talbot/CC/Quest
134
AG
129
Wahoo
127
Sidney
127
Lakeview
126
hOldrege
125
Concordia
125
Adams Central
121
Fort Calhoun
102
Syracuse
101
BT
100
Milford
100
Chadron
98
Arlington
97
Cozad
94
Broken Bow
94
O'neill
94
Minden
93
Central City
91
Auburn
91
Raymond Central
88
Ogallala
87
Gothenburg
85
Lincoln Christian
84
Pierce
82
Chase County
81

Brownell-Takbot is opting to C2 per the declaration document on the NSAA website

Polkamaniac 13 · Dec 3, 2025

stangsker said:
Sorry to piggy back on 8 man discussions- C1/C2 will be 59 teams as it appears Aurora and Gross will both be over the 160 mark. Looks like the movers from last cycle will be Raymond Central and Arlington moving to C1 and Scotus, Logan View, Louisville, Wilber moving to C2 along with the new co-ops from Plainview/Osmond and Heartland/Hampton as well as Bridgeport and Summerland.

C2
WPB
81
Scotus
80
Battle Creek
80
GICC
77
Logan View
76
LL
76
Louisville
73
Kearney Catholic
73
NBC
73
Wilber
72
Palmyra
72
Boone
72
Bridgeport
72
St. Paul
70
Mitchell
70
Malcolm
69
DT
66
Norfolk Catholic
63
Yutan
62
Valentine
60
Wood River
59
Plainview/Osmond
59
Heartland/Hampton
59
Fillmore
58
Ord
57
Neumann
53
Hershey
53
Bergan
52
Cedar Catholic
51
Summerland
51

C1
Roncalli
151
Wayne
147
DC West
145
Brownell Talbot/CC/Quest
134
AG
129
Wahoo
127
Sidney
127
Lakeview
126
hOldrege
125
Concordia
125
Adams Central
121
Fort Calhoun
102
Syracuse
101
BT
100
Milford
100
Chadron
98
Arlington
97
Cozad
94
Broken Bow
94
O'neill
94
Minden
93
Central City
91
Auburn
91
Raymond Central
88
Ogallala
87
Gothenburg
85
Lincoln Christian
84
Pierce
82
Chase County
81

Schyler, Chase County, and Brownell-Talbot are all opting down to C2 and Alliance and Nebraska City are opting to C1 according to the NSAA website

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 4, 2025

JAG164 said:
From my understanding (from an NSAA affiliated individual)

D1 is the largest 32 eligible + all ineligible

all other 8 man teams will be split in half.

If it’s an odd number, the extra will be in D3.

It's not as simple as what you're making it sound. What you said is correct, but you've got to look at the process of classifications for all sports/activities to understand the depth of how this happens.

All teams will be lined up for football in enrollment number order, starting with the biggest schools. Those schools who are 55 & below (along with the two who will be in their exemption cycle) will be "eligible" teams for the playoffs. They will select the biggest 32 of those schools for D1, and then split D2 and D3 in half.

THEN, they will take the teams who are too large for 8-man (over 55 enrollment and not in an exemption cycle) and put them in their appropriate places. In this case, that means adding 2 eligible schools to D1 for CEC waivers, 1 to D2 for a CEC waiver, and 2 to D3 for CEC waivers. That's how you get to 34 eligible in D1.

FINALLY, all the INELIGIBLE schools will be dumped into D1 because that's where they land. D1 will be 40 teams.

I initially took the stance that the CEC teams would be included in the "eligible" list, but I don't believe that's how it will work. No other activity/sport moves a team up or down a division based on who opts up or down a class. So the first thing that needs to happen is for the schools to be placed where they SHOULD BE, and from there, the adjustments get made.

We'll see how things look when the final classifications come out, but I'm confident in the way they are split above.

JAG164 · Dec 4, 2025

ACICOD is BACK said:
It's not as simple as what you're making it sound. What you said is correct, but you've got to look at the process of classifications for all sports/activities to understand the depth of how this happens.

All teams will be lined up for football in enrollment number order, starting with the biggest schools. Those schools who are 55 & below (along with the two who will be in their exemption cycle) will be "eligible" teams for the playoffs. They will select the biggest 32 of those schools for D1, and then split D2 and D3 in half.

THEN, they will take the teams who are too large for 8-man (over 55 enrollment and not in an exemption cycle) and put them in their appropriate places. In this case, that means adding 2 eligible schools to D1 for CEC waivers, 1 to D2 for a CEC waiver, and 2 to D3 for CEC waivers. That's how you get to 34 eligible in D1.

FINALLY, all the INELIGIBLE schools will be dumped into D1 because that's where they land. D1 will be 40 teams.

I initially took the stance that the CEC teams would be included in the "eligible" list, but I don't believe that's how it will work. No other activity/sport moves a team up or down a division based on who opts up or down a class. So the first thing that needs to happen is for the schools to be placed where they SHOULD BE, and from there, the adjustments get made.

We'll see how things look when the final classifications come out, but I'm confident in the way they are split above.

Great explanation - makes sense. Thanks!

Husker7562 · Dec 4, 2025

Any insight on district break up if these are the numbers? Would this make D3 have 6 districts. 5 with 7 teams and 1 with 6 teams?

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 4, 2025

Districts have always had 5 or 6 teams. I don't see that changing in this cycle.

TheGridironGuru · Dec 4, 2025

Any guesses on possible district assignments in D1? I feel they could be interesting.

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 4, 2025

Here's ChatGPT's solution...............I included that no more than 2 Ineligibles could be in a single district:

District 1 — Northeast

Wakefield
Pender
Ponca
Hartington-Newcastle
Homer

District 2 — North-Central / Norfolk Area

Stanton
Wisner-Pilger
Lutheran High Northeast
Elkhorn Valley
Cedar Bluffs

District 3 — East / Platte Valley

Tekamah-Herman (CEC D1)
Johnson-Brock
Elmwood-Murdock
Nebraska Christian
Johnson County Central (INELIGIBLE)

District 4 --- Southeast

Tri County
Thayer Central
Fairbury (INELIGIBLE)
Freeman (INELIGIBLE)
Exeter-Milligan-Friend

District 5 — East-Central (Cass/Otoe)

Conestoga (INELIGIBLE)
Johnson-Brock
Elmwood-Murdock
Cedar Bluffs
Nebraska Christian

District 6 — South-Central

Centennial
Cross County
Sutton
Sandy Creek
Hastings St. Cecilia

District 7 — Central

Gibbon
Ravenna
Amherst
Elm Creek
Arcadia/Loup City

District 8 — North-Central / Panhandle

Gordon-Rushville
Kimball
West Holt
Crofton
Alma

ACICOD is BACK · Dec 4, 2025

I'm not sure that District 8 is really a feasible solution, but it's what AI says!

nenebskers · Dec 4, 2025

Crofton to Gordon to Kimbell to Alma. LOL

Looks like the Big10!

TheGridironGuru · Dec 4, 2025

Thank you, I tried the same thing!

Loper90 · Dec 4, 2025

Here is a guess at Districts for D3

District 1
Falls City Sacred Heart
Weeping Water
Southern
Deshler
Lawrence-Nelson
Blue Hill

District 2
Omaha Nation
GACC
Clarkson
Winside
Randolph

District 3
Leigh
ArchAngels
Osceola
Palmer
EPPJ

District 4
Wynot
Wausa
St. Mary's
Boyd County
North Central

District 5
Anselmo-Merna
Twin Loup
Burwell
CWC
Central Valley

District 6
Pleasanton
Overton
Axtell
Southern Valley
Cambridge

District 7
Sutherland
Maxwell
Brady
Wauneta-Palisade
Hitchcock County

District 8
Bayard
Hyannis
Mullen
Sandhill/Thedford
Sandhills Valley

Husker7562 · Dec 4, 2025

Districts 5, 4, and 3 would be tough!

pajans01 · Dec 4, 2025

Here's how I see the 11-man classes based on the fact that Alliance (C1) and Schuyler (C2) were both approved to move down by the CEC, as well as the fact that Nebraska City, Brownell Talbot, and Chase County have also opted down (without CEC approval).

CLASS A (425+)

Grand Island 1022
Millard South 1019
Millard North 976
Omaha Central 865
Millard West 859
Omaha South 830
Papillion-La Vista South 811
Creighton Prep 769
Omaha Westside 764
Lincoln North Star 734
Papillion-La Vista 697
Lincoln Northeast 688
Lincoln East 680
Lincoln High 680
Lincoln Southwest 678
Omaha Westview 658
Kearney 649
Omaha Burke 648
Lincoln Southeast 649
Omaha North 649
Fremont 618
Bellevue West 596
Omaha Buena Vista 576
Omaha Bryan 563
Omaha Northwest 560
Elkhorn South 552
Omaha Benson 510
Columbus 500
Bellevue East 499
Norfolk 470
North Platte 460
South Sioux City 454
Bennington 451
Lincoln Northwest 441
Lincoln Standing Bear 447
Elkhorn North 437

CLASS B (160-424)

Scottsbluff 418
Gretna East 411
Ralston 397
Hastings 389
Pius X 387
Lexington 384
Gretna 379
Elkhorn 303
Norris 283
Omaha Skutt 279
Crete 274
Waverly 271
GI Northwest 268
Beatrice 240
Blair 225
Seward 208
Gering 196
McCook 188
York 184
Omaha Gross 167
Plattsmouth 166
Aurora 161
Platteview 161

CLASS C1
***Nebraska City 162 (ineligible)

Alliance 174 (approved)
Omaha Roncalli 151
Wayne 147
Ashland-Greenwood 129
Sidney 127
Wahoo 127
Holdrege 125
Omaha Concordia 125
Mt. Michael 123
Lakeview 120
DC West 117
Ft. Calhoun 111
Syracuse 101
Boys Town 100
Milford 100
Chadron 98
Arlington 97
Broken Bow 94
Cozad 94
O’Neill 94
Minden 93
Auburn 91
Central City 91
Raymond Central 88
Adams Central 87
Ogallala 87
Lincoln Christian 86
Pierce 82
Kearney Catholic 81
West Point-Beemer 81

CLASS C2
***Omaha Brownell Talbot/Cornerstone Christian 116 (ineligible)
***Chase County 81 (ineligible)

Schuyler 219 (approved)
Battle Creek 80
Scotus 80
Gothenburg 78
GICC 77
Lincoln Lutheran 76
Logan View 76
Boone Central 75
Louisville 73
North Bend 73
Bridgeport 72
Palmyra 72
Wilber-Clatonia 72
Plainview/Osmond 59
Mitchell 70
Malcolm 69
Doniphan-Trumbull 66
Yutan 65
Summerland 64
Norfolk Catholic 63
St. Paul 61
Valentine 60
H&H (Heartland and Hampton) 59
Wood River 59
Fillmore Central 58
Ord 57
Hershey 53
Neumann 53
Bergan 52
Cedar Catholic 51

westernnehusker · Dec 4, 2025

ACICOD is BACK said:
Here's ChatGPT's solution...............I included that no more than 2 Ineligibles could be in a single district:

District 1 — Northeast

Wakefield

Pender

Ponca

Hartington-Newcastle

Homer

District 2 — North-Central / Norfolk Area

Stanton

Wisner-Pilger

Lutheran High Northeast

Elkhorn Valley

Cedar Bluffs

District 3 — East / Platte Valley

Tekamah-Herman (CEC D1)

Johnson-Brock

Elmwood-Murdock

Nebraska Christian

Johnson County Central (INELIGIBLE)

District 4 --- Southeast

Tri County

Thayer Central

Fairbury (INELIGIBLE)

Freeman (INELIGIBLE)

Exeter-Milligan-Friend

District 5 — East-Central (Cass/Otoe)

Conestoga (INELIGIBLE)

Johnson-Brock

Elmwood-Murdock

Cedar Bluffs

Nebraska Christian

District 6 — South-Central

Centennial

Cross County

Sutton

Sandy Creek

Hastings St. Cecilia

District 7 — Central

Gibbon

Ravenna

Amherst

Elm Creek

Arcadia/Loup City

District 8 — North-Central / Panhandle

Gordon-Rushville

Kimball

West Holt

Crofton

Alma

Kimball to Crofton is 6 hours…Hastings St Cecilia, Elm Creek, ALC, Ravenna would be closer…

Loper90 · Dec 5, 2025

Here is a guess at D2 Districts

District 1
Lourdes
BDS
Shelby Rising City
Aquinas Catholic
East Butler

District 2
Omaha Christian Academy
Howells-Dodge
Oakland Craig
LDNE
Bancroft Rosalie

District 3
Neligh Oakdale
Madison
HLHF
NG/SE
Fullerton

District 4
Ainsworth
Niobrara Verdigre
Bloomfield
Creighton
LCC
TCNE

District 5
Shelton
Kenesaw
Superior
Franklin
Wilcox Hildreth

District 6
Loomis
Bertrand
Arapahoe
Hi-Line
Hitchock County

District 7
MHC
Perkins County
South Loup
NPSP
Hemingford

Alum-Ni · Dec 11, 2025

Elkhorn North, Bennington now among record 36 Class A football teams

Bennington, Elkhorn North and Lincoln Northwest are now of Class A size, according to NSAA enrollments.

omaha.com

The NSAA approved the enrollment numbers today, giving Class A a record 36 schools for the next two-year cycle.

Bennington, Elkhorn North and Lincoln Northwest are now of Class A size in all sports. North Platte and South Sioux City will stay in Class A in football, but will drop to Class B in all other sports.

Lincoln Standing Bear is just outside the Class A cutoff, but has decided to opt into Class A for all sports, including football. Scottsbluff, at 418 boys, was just seven students shy of being bumped up into Class A.

Capt.Sker · Dec 11, 2025

Here is my guess for the Class B districts:

District 1:
Gretna
Gretna East
Omaha Gross
Omaha Skutt
Plattsmouth

District 2:
Pius X
Norris
Seward
Waverly
York

District 3:
Aurora
Gering
GI Northwest
McCook
Scottsbluff

Emerging District:
Beatrice
Blair
Crete
Elkhorn
Hastings
Lexington
Platteview
Ralston

Husker7562 · Dec 11, 2025

Any idea when the official district assignments do come out?

JAG164 · Dec 11, 2025

Husker7562 said:
Any idea when the official district assignments do come out?

The site shows 12/18/23 last cycle.. So, I'm assuming middle to end of next week. I would think.

Alum-Ni · Dec 11, 2025

JAG164 said:
The site shows 12/18/23 last cycle.. So, I'm assuming middle to end of next week. I would think.

The NSAA was probably waiting on certifying/approving the enrollment numbers, which they did today, so I would guess any day now.

hailvictors2 · Dec 11, 2025

Class B is pretty cut and dry.
East- Plattsmouth, Ralston, Gross, Gretna East, Elkhorn, Skutt
Central- Gretna, Waverly, Norris, Pius X, Seward, York
West- Northwest, Hastings, Aurora, McCook, Gering, Scottsbluff
Emerging- Lexington, Beatrice, Crete, Platteview, Blair

***Slight chance that Elkhorn and Gretna flip, though that would be geographically incorrect. Elkhorn High is further east than Gretna High

2025-2026 NDE Enrollment Numbers & 8 Man Classifications

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Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Freshman

Redshirt

Redshirt

Sophomore

Redshirt

Freshman

Redshirt

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Sophomore

Heisman

Sophomore

Redshirt

Freshman

Sophomore

Redshirt

Freshman

Redshirt

Freshman

District 1 — Northeast​

District 2 — North-Central / Norfolk Area​

District 3 — East / Platte Valley​

District 4 --- Southeast​

District 5 — East-Central (Cass/Otoe)​

District 6 — South-Central​

District 7 — Central​

District 8 — North-Central / Panhandle​

Freshman

Senior

Redshirt

Redshirt

Redshirt

Redshirt

Sophomore

District 1 — Northeast​

District 2 — North-Central / Norfolk Area​

District 3 — East / Platte Valley​

District 4 --- Southeast​

District 5 — East-Central (Cass/Otoe)​

District 6 — South-Central​

District 7 — Central​

District 8 — North-Central / Panhandle​

Redshirt

Heisman

Freshman

Redshirt

Sophomore

Heisman

Senior

District 1 — Northeast

District 2 — North-Central / Norfolk Area

District 3 — East / Platte Valley

District 4 --- Southeast

District 5 — East-Central (Cass/Otoe)

District 6 — South-Central

District 7 — Central

District 8 — North-Central / Panhandle

District 1 — Northeast

District 2 — North-Central / Norfolk Area

District 3 — East / Platte Valley

District 4 --- Southeast

District 5 — East-Central (Cass/Otoe)

District 6 — South-Central

District 7 — Central

District 8 — North-Central / Panhandle