Here's my guess based on past precedent:
Classifications come out on Monday when the NSAA staff is back in the office. We'll know where everyone lands in classes that day.
Wednesday or Thursday you'll get the Districts released, which will give schools a few weeks to get their non-district...
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...
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...
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...
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...
117 teams have declared for 8-man................here's the full list:
Ainsworth
Alma
Amherst
Anselmo-Merna
Aquinas Catholic
Arapahoe
Arcadia/Loup City
Archangels Catholic
Axtell
Bancroft-Rosalie
Bayard
Bertrand
Bloomfield
Blue Hill...