The waiting and calculating is over, and the paths to Caesars Superdome are final and official.
The LHSAA released its 2025 football playoff brackets Sunday morning for all eight divisions — with four nonselect and four selection groups separated by school enrollment sizes (Division-I the largest, Division-IV the smallest).
Ruston (D-I NS), Edna Karr (D-I S), North DeSoto (D-II NS), St. Charles Catholic (D-II S), Jena (D-III NS), Lafayette Christian (D-III S), Haynesville (D-IV NS) and Westminster Christian-Opelousas (D-IV S) earned the top seeds in their respective brackets.
But no postseason since the LHSAA moved to its split select/nonselect format in 2013 has seen all No. 1 seeds reach state championship games, let alone win them.
And this year’s brackets are once again loaded with capable teams and intriguing storylines from start to finish.
Here’s a look at the top teams in each division and initial notes. Louisiana vs. All Y’all will continue to add more details to this page as well as provide additional coverage, previews and predictions throughout the week.
———— DIVISION-I NONSELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 Ruston, No. 2 Neville, No. 3 Destrehan, No. 4 Denham Springs
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 5 Central, No. 1 Ruston
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 14 Ouachita Parish vs. No. 19 St. Amant
———— DIVISION-I SELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 Edna Karr, No. 2 Teurlings Catholic No. 3 St. Augustine, No. 4 Catholic-BR
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 1 Edna Karr, No. 5 Alexandria
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 19 Carencro at No. 14 Acadiana
———— DIVISION-II NONSELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 North DeSoto, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Belle Chasse, No. 4 Lakeshore
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 13 Cecilia, No. 8 Franklinton
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 21 Wossman at No. 12 Minden
———— DIVISION-II SELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 St. Charles Catholic, No. 2 Loyola Prep, No. 3 Lake Charles College Prep, No. 4 University Lab
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 7 Archbishop Shaw, No. 8 E.D. White
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 22 Livingston Collegiate at No. 11 G.W. Carver
———— DIVISION-III NONSELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 Jena, No. 2 Sterlington, No. 3 St. James, No. 4 Kinder
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 2 Sterlington, No. 3 St. James
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 18 Westlake at No. 15 Donaldsonville
———— DIVISION-III SELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 Lafayette Christian, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Jewel Sumner, No. 4 Isidore Newman
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 9 Catholic-New Iberia, No. 5 Dunham
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 18 De La Salle at No. 15 Episcopal-Baton Rouge
———— DIVISION-IV NONSELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 Haynesville, No. 2 Mangham, No. 3 South Plaquemines, No. 4 Jeanerette
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 3 South Plaquemines, No. 1 Haynesville
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 25 DeQuincy at No. 8 Vinton
———— DIVISION-IV SELECT ————
Top seeds: No. 1 Westminster Christian-Opelousas, No. 2 Riverside Academy, No. 3 Hamilton Christian, No. 4 Catholic-Pointe Coupee
Last year’s champion, runner-up: No. 22 Vermilion Catholic, No. 7 Ouachita Christian
Most intriguing first-round matchup: No. 22 Vermilion Catholic at No. 11 Kentwood