Ohio high school football playoffs 2023: Division IV brackets, predictions, upset alerts

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As the end of October nears, it is time for the Ohio high school football postseason to begin.

All seven divisions will begin the playoffs on Friday, Oct. 27 with all games being played on Friday nights throughout the state semifinals (unless circumstances force a game to be moved to Saturday).

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The first two rounds will be played at the home site of the higher seed, with all games in later rounds at a neutral site to be determined by the OHSAA. The state semifinal pairings will be announced following the regional finals. 

The seven OHSAA football State championship games will be played in Canton at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium from Nov. 30-Dec. 2.

But before anyone can make it to Canton, they must first get through their region.

Here, we will take a look at the top four seeds in each region of Division IV, along with a team to watch outside the top four, an upset alert for the first round and ultimately, a prediction on who will win each region.

Stay with SBLive Ohio for all of the matchups, game times and scores throughout the 2023 OHSAA football playoffs.

Division IV, Region 13

Top Seeds: Canton South, Lake Catholic, Poland Seminary, West Branch 

Team to watch outside top 4: No. 5 Streetsboro

First round upset alert: No. 9 Buchtel over No. 8 Cardinal Mooney

Predicted region winner: Lake Catholic

Division IV, Region 14

Top Seeds: Perkins, Glenville, Shelby, West Holmes 

Team to watch outside top 4: No. 6 Van Wert

First round upset alert: No. 10 Napoleon over No. 7 Bellevue  

Predicted region winner: Glenville

Division IV, Region 15

Top Seeds: Steubenville, Sheridan, Bishop Hartley, Logan Elm

Team to watch outside top 4: No. 6 St. Clairsville

First round upset alert: No. 10 Vinton County over No. 7 Gallia Academy

Predicted region winner: Steubenville 

Division IV, Region 16

Top Seeds: Clinton-Massie, Unioto, Taft, Archbishop Alter

Team to watch outside top 4: No. 6 Wyoming

First round upset alert: No. 12 Reading over No. 5 Indian Hill

Predicted region winner: Wyoming 

-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sbliveoh

(Feature photo: Glenville players celebrate winning the 2022 Division IV state championship. photo credit: Jeff Harwell)