LINCOLN - Shuffling is taking place among the high school football landscape as the Nebraska Schools Activities Association released the school classifications for the next two seasons on Monday.
Class A - Drops from 32 teams to 31
Elkhorn moves down to Class B due to enrollment. Despite having Class A enrollment numbers South Sioux City will stay in Class B and continue to be ineligible for the playoffs.
Class B - Grows from 23 teams to 25
Elkhorn North joins the class when the school opens in the fall of 2020.
Aurora jumps back up to Class B after a two-year stint in Class C1 during which time the Huskies won a state title (2018).
Schuyler is opting down to Class C1 and Nebraska City is choosing to stay in Class C1. Both Schuyler and Nebraska City have Class B enrollment numbers and will be playoff ineligible.
Class C1 - Drops from 42 teams to 41
Enrollment numbers jump Battle Creek, North Bend, Malcolm, Louisville, St. Paul, and Wood River up from Class C2.
Valentine, Gordon-Rushville, and Gibbon all are opting down to Class C2 and will be playoff ineligible.
Lincoln Lutheran, Bishop Neumann, Ord, and Chase County all drop down from Class C1 to Class C2 due to enrollment numbers.
Class C2 - Drops from 39 teams to 32
Conestoga, Johnson County Central, Shelby-Rising City, Southern Valley, Stanton, and Freeman will be switching from 11-man to 8-man as the programs drop from Class C2 to D1.
Conestoga is playoff ineligible due to opting down with Class C2 enrollment numbers.
Class D1 - 57 teams, 52 are playoff eligible
Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family will transition back up to 8-man football from 6-man.
Madison, Wakefield, Ravenna, and Palmyra will continue to stay in Class D1 despite C2 enrollment numbers and will remain playoff ineligible.
Clarkson-Leigh, Hartington-Newcastle, Maxwell, Cedar Bluffs, Bertrand and Anselmo-Merna move up from Class D2.
Class D2 - 52 teams, all are playoff eligible
Walthill, Hyannis, and Maywood-Hayes Center will jump back up to 8-man from 6-man.
Creighton, Morrill, Niobrara/Verdigre, Homer, Palmer, Ainsley-Litchfield, South Loup, Fullerton, Boyd County, and Nebraska Lutheran all drop down from D1.
Class D6 - Grows from 31 teams to 35
Harvard, the 2019 D6 State Champions, are one of two playoff ineligible teams for the next two years due to having D2 enrollment numbers. Franklin is the other, opting down from Class D2.
Pawnee City, Wallace, Wauneta-Pallisade, Stuart, Parkview Christian, Meridian all switch from 8-man to 6-man, dropping from Class D2. Southwest also transitions to 6-man after playing in Class D1 last season.
Banner County will play 6-man after no longer co-oping with Leyton.
