IHSAA aligns districts for football seasons

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released information Friday pertaining to the 2021 football season.

The association put out the Class 5A 'groups,” and districts for the other six classes.

The district alignment will be for the next two years.

Here is a glance at the formats for each class:

Class 5A

' Teams: 36

' Groups: 6

' Teams per group: 6

' Playoff qualifiers: 16

' Automatic qualifiers: None

' At-large berths: 16, based on Ratings Percentage Index

' Regular-season games (per team): 9

' Group games (per team): 4

' Assigned games (per team): 1

' Non-Group games (per team): 4

Class 4A

' Teams: 36

' Districts: 6

' Teams per district: 6

' Playoff qualifiers: 16

' Automatic qualifiers: 12, top two per district

' At-large berths: 4, based on RPI

' Regular-season games (per team): 9

' District games (per team): 5

' Non-district games (per team): 4

Area district:

' District 3: Burlington, Clinton, Fort Madison, Iowa City Liberty, Mount Pleasant, North Scott

Class 3A

' Teams: 36

' Districts: 6

' Teams per district: 6

' Playoff qualifiers: 16

' Automatic qualifiers: 12, top two per district

' At-large berths: 4, based on RPI

' Regular-season games (per team): 9

' District games (per team): 5

' Non-district games (per team): 4

Area district:

' District 5: Fairfield, Grinnell, Keokuk, Solon, Washington, West Burlington-Notre Dame

Class 2A

' Teams: 48

' Districts: 8

' Teams per district: 6

' Playoff qualifiers: 32

' Automatic qualifiers: 32, top four per district

' At-large berths: None.

' Regular-season games (per team): 8

' District games (per team): 5

' Non-District games (per team): 3

Area district:

' District 6: Centerville, Central Lee, Davis County, Eddyville EBF, Mid-Prairie, Williamsburg

Class 1A

' Teams: 48

' Districts: 8

' Teams per district: 6

' Playoff qualifiers: 32

' Automatic qualifiers: 32, top four per district

' At-large berths: None.

' Regular-season games (per team): 8

' District games (per team): 5

' Non-district games (per team): 3

Area district:

' District 6: Cardinal, Central Decatur, Pella Christian, Pleasantville, Sigourney-Keota, Van Buren County

Class A

' Teams: 56

' Districts: 8

' Teams per district: 7

' Playoff qualifiers: 32

' Automatic qualifiers: 32, top four per district

' At-large berths: None

' Regular-season games (per team): 8

' District games (per team): 6

' Non-district games (per team): 2

Area district:

' District 5: Alburnett, Columbus, Highland, Lisbon, North Cedar, Pekin, Wapello

8-Player

' Teams: 72

' Districts: 10

' Teams per district: eight with 7, two with 8

' Playoff qualifiers: 32

' Automatic qualifiers: 30, top three per district

' At-large berths: 2, 17-point differential in district

' Regular-season games (per team): 8

' District games (per team): 6-7

' Non-District games (per team): 1-2

Area district:

' District 6: English Valleys, HLV, Iowa Valley, Lone Tree, New London, Tri-County, WACO, Winfield-Mount Union