
Eight teams in final VarsityWA poll, with play-ins looming this weekend
Royal holds down No. 1 in 1A the whole season; sites, dates and times all set for matchups
STAT HOUND
Nov 3, 2026
Eight teams finished ranked in VarsityWA’s final poll of the season, and all but one remained in the same spot ahead of the Week 10 slate of state play-in games.
Those teams and others also received their seed and marching orders for those games, whether round of 32 or 24. Two teams will play Tuesday vying for a spot in the Class 4A and 3A pairing.
CBBN champion Moses Lake, which drew the No. 8 spot in the 4A bracket and will host No. 25 Kentwood at 2 p.m. Saturday, remained seventh in the poll, while Mid-Columbia top seed Chiawana is both No. 9 in the rankings and the bracket. The Riverhawks will welcome 24th-seeded Curtis to Edgar Brown Stadium at 6 o’clock Friday night.
In 3A. MCC champion Southridge also hols down No. 9 in both the poll and pairings, and host Spokane’s University at 7 p.m. Friday.
Prosser and Selah again were in the 2A poll, with the Mustangs remaining No. 4 and Selah ticking up to sixth.
In the pairings, Prosser is No. 3 and hosts No. 30 Ridgefield at 2 p.m. Saturday, with Selah the seventh seed and welcoming No. 26 Black Hills to Karl Graf Field at 7 p.m. Friday.
Three SCAC remains in the top 10, led by six-time defending state champion Royal having held down the top spot the whole season. The Knights also are No. 1 in the pairings and hosting 24th-seeded King’s Way Christian at 3 p.m. Friday.
Cashmere is No. 3 in the poll, and second in the parings. The 2025 state runner-up hosts Klahowya, while Zillah – No. 6 in the poll and 7 in the matchup – will entertain Montesano at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Week 10 pairings – 16 games for class 4A, 3A and 2A, and 12 for 1A – were released late Sunday morning by the Washington State Football Coaches Association, which has organized the play-in system since 2024.
After the play-ins, the WIAA will reseed the teams into the brackets. Class 2B and 1B do not have the same Week 10 structure.
