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2026 NCHSAA Soccer Playoff Brackets: Final Seeds, 1A–8A

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2026 NCHSAA boys soccer playoff brackets and seeds for all eight classifications, Neuse News Sports

The 2026 NCHSAA boys soccer final playoff brackets are out, with East and West seeds listed below for all eight classifications.

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Teams are listed in seed order, from No. 1 down. First-round byes are marked. For the complete postseason calendar, see our 2026 fall sports playoff guide.

2026 NCHSAA boys soccer playoff dates

  • First round: Nov. 2
  • Second round: Nov. 5
  • Third round: Nov. 9
  • Fourth round: Nov. 12
  • Regional finals: Nov. 17
  • State championships: Nov. 19–21 at Durham County Memorial Stadium

Match times will be set separately. Official NCHSAA soccer calendar.

Jump to a classification: 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A | 5A | 6A | 7A | 8A

1A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

1A East seeds

  1. Falls Lake Academy (bye)
  2. Woods Charter School (bye)
  3. Cape Hatteras Secondary School (bye)
  4. Ascend Leadership Academy (bye)
  5. Central Carolina Academy (bye)
  6. Vance Charter School (bye)
  7. Southern Wake Academy (bye)
  8. Jones Senior High School (bye)
  9. Bear Grass Charter School (bye)
  10. The Hawbridge School (bye)
  11. Sallie B. Howard High School (bye)
  12. Neuse Charter (bye)
  13. Discovery Charter (bye)
  14. East Columbus Junior-Senior High School (bye)
  15. River Mill Academy (bye)
  16. Excelsior Classical Academy
  17. North East Carolina Preparatory School

1A West seeds

  1. Summit Charter School (bye)
  2. Bethany Community School (bye)
  3. Highlands School (bye)
  4. Jackson Day School (bye)
  5. Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (bye)
  6. Blue Ridge Early College (bye)
  7. Andrews High School (bye)
  8. TMSA Triad (bye)
  9. The North Carolina Leadership Academy (bye)
  10. NCSSM – Morganton (bye)
  11. Phoenix Academy (bye)
  12. Clover Garden School (bye)
  13. Revolution Academy (bye)
  14. Carolina International School (bye)
  15. North Stokes High School
  16. Tri-County Early College High School
  17. Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy
  18. Millennium Charter Academy

2A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

2A East seeds

  1. Franklin Academy (bye)
  2. Manteo High School (bye)
  3. John A. Holmes High School (bye)
  4. Camden County High School (bye)
  5. Raleigh Charter (bye)
  6. Research Triangle High School (bye)
  7. Lejeune High School (bye)
  8. Union High School (bye)
  9. Voyager Academy
  10. Hobbton High School
  11. Lakewood High School
  12. Perquimans High School
  13. East Bladen High School
  14. TMSA Triangle
  15. Eno River Academy
  16. Southside High School
  17. East Wake Academy
  18. Roxboro Community
  19. East Carteret High School
  20. North Duplin Junior-Senior High School
  21. Henderson Collegiate
  22. Rosewood High School
  23. Piedmont Classical High School
  24. Gates County

2A West seeds

  1. Highland School of Technology (bye)
  2. Community School of Davidson (bye)
  3. Gray Stone Day School (bye)
  4. Christ the King (bye)
  5. Mountain Island Charter (bye)
  6. Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School (bye)
  7. Starmount High School (bye)
  8. Bradford Prep (bye)
  9. Hayesville High School
  10. Cornerstone Charter Academy
  11. Alleghany High School
  12. Queen's Grant
  13. Corvian Community School
  14. Elkin High School
  15. Langtree Charter Academy
  16. Cherokee High School
  17. South Stokes High School
  18. Avery County High School
  19. North Rowan High School
  20. Swain County High School
  21. Murphy High School
  22. Cherryville High School
  23. South Stanly High School
  24. Albemarle High School

3A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

3A East seeds

  1. James Kenan High School (bye)
  2. Wallace-Rose Hill High School (bye)
  3. NCSSM – Durham (bye)
  4. Wake Preparatory Academy (bye)
  5. Dalton L. McMichael High School (bye)
  6. Spring Creek High School (bye)
  7. Heide Trask Senior High School (bye)
  8. Northwood High School (bye)
  9. Midway High School
  10. West Bladen High School
  11. South Lenoir High School
  12. Providence Grove High School
  13. North Moore High School
  14. Goldsboro High School
  15. Greene Central High School
  16. Farmville Central High School
  17. Pender High School
  18. Louisburg Magnet High School
  19. Beddingfield High School
  20. Whiteville High School
  21. Princeton High School
  22. Northeastern High School
  23. Eastern Randolph High School
  24. Ayden-Grifton High School

3A West seeds

  1. Pine Lake Preparatory (bye)
  2. Polk County High School (bye)
  3. Mount Airy High School (bye)
  4. Thomasville High School (bye)
  5. Robert L. Patton High School (bye)
  6. Charles D. Owen High School (bye)
  7. Piedmont Community Charter School (bye)
  8. Trinity High School (bye)
  9. West Lincoln High School
  10. Lincolnton High School
  11. Shelby High School
  12. Surry Central High School
  13. Hendersonville High School
  14. Union Academy
  15. CHASE High School
  16. East Rutherford High School
  17. North Stanly High School
  18. Walkertown High School
  19. Madison High School
  20. Wheatmore High School
  21. West Wilkes High School
  22. Mountain Heritage High School
  23. North Wilkes High School
  24. West Davidson High School

4A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

4A East seeds

  1. Clinton High School (bye)
  2. North Pitt High School (bye)
  3. Carrboro High School (bye)
  4. Jordan-Matthews High School (bye)
  5. Roanoke Rapids High School (bye)
  6. Carver High School (bye)
  7. Southwestern Randolph High School (bye)
  8. Ledford Senior High School (bye)
  9. Graham High School
  10. Eastern Wayne High School
  11. First Flight High School
  12. Washington High School
  13. East Duplin High School
  14. North Lenoir High School
  15. North Johnston High School
  16. Randleman High School
  17. John M. Morehead High School
  18. Hugh M. Cummings High School
  19. Bunn High School
  20. Red Springs High School
  21. Central Davidson High School
  22. Reidsville High School
  23. SouthWest Edgecombe High School
  24. Uwharrie Charter Academy

4A West seeds

  1. Newton-Conover High School (bye)
  2. Lincoln Charter School (bye)
  3. Burns High School (bye)
  4. Hibriten High School (bye)
  5. Salisbury High School (bye)
  6. Ashe County High School (bye)
  7. Brevard High School (bye)
  8. West Stokes High School (bye)
  9. Bunker Hill High School
  10. Lake Norman Charter School
  11. Fred T. Foard High School
  12. Wilkes Central High School
  13. Forbush High School
  14. East Gaston High School
  15. East Henderson High School
  16. Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School
  17. South Rowan High School
  18. Central Academy of Technology and Arts
  19. Mount Pleasant High School
  20. North Surry High School
  21. Bandys High School
  22. Stuart W. Cramer High School
  23. West Stanly High School
  24. Lexington Senior High School

5A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

5A East seeds

  1. Western Alamance High School (bye)
  2. Dixon High School (bye)
  3. Richlands High School (bye)
  4. Charles B. Aycock High School (bye)
  5. Seaforth High School (bye)
  6. Montgomery Central High School (bye)
  7. Southeast Alamance High School (bye)
  8. James B. Hunt High School (bye)
  9. Croatan High School
  10. Currituck County High School
  11. Fike High School
  12. Rockingham County High School
  13. Southern Nash High School
  14. Cedar Ridge High School
  15. Eastern Alamance High School
  16. Oak Grove High School
  17. Saint Pauls High School
  18. South Brunswick High School
  19. Orange High School
  20. Durham School of the Arts
  21. West Carteret High School
  22. Southern Wayne High School
  23. Northside High School (Jacksonville)
  24. J.F. Webb High School

5A West seeds

  1. Hickory High School (bye)
  2. South Point High School (bye)
  3. Franklin High School (bye)
  4. Simon G. Atkins Acad & Tech High School (bye)
  5. Concord High School (bye)
  6. North Lincoln High School (bye)
  7. Enka High School (bye)
  8. North Forsyth High School (bye)
  9. Monroe High School
  10. Hunter Huss High School
  11. Forestview High School
  12. West Henderson High School
  13. Smoky Mountain High School
  14. Jay M. Robinson High School
  15. North Buncombe High School
  16. North Davidson High School
  17. East Lincoln High School
  18. North Henderson High School
  19. Clyde A. Erwin High School
  20. Parkwood High School
  21. East Rowan High School
  22. Forest Hills High School
  23. North Gaston High School
  24. Jesse C. Carson High School

6A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

6A East seeds

  1. Middle Creek High School (bye)
  2. Gray's Creek High School (bye)
  3. Harnett Central High School (bye)
  4. Jacksonville High School (bye)
  5. Walter M. Williams High School (bye)
  6. Northern Nash High School (bye)
  7. Junius H. Rose High School (bye)
  8. Triton High School (bye)
  9. Union Pines High School
  10. Terry Sanford High School
  11. East Chapel Hill High School
  12. West Brunswick High School
  13. Southern Lee High School
  14. Vance County High School
  15. Swansboro High School
  16. Felton Grove High School
  17. Northern Durham High School
  18. Westover High School
  19. West Johnston High School
  20. South Johnston High School
  21. Lee County High School
  22. Scotland High School
  23. Franklinton High School
  24. South View High School

6A West seeds

  1. Charlotte Catholic High School (bye)
  2. A.C. Reynolds High School (bye)
  3. Mount Tabor High School (bye)
  4. Lucy Ragsdale High School (bye)
  5. Watauga High School (bye)
  6. Alexander Central High School (bye)
  7. Asheville High School / SILSA (bye)
  8. Northern Guilford High School (bye)
  9. Asheboro High School
  10. T.C. Roberson High School
  11. North Iredell High School
  12. Western Guilford High School
  13. Piedmont High School
  14. James B. Dudley High School
  15. Statesville High School
  16. Southeast Guilford High School
  17. Sun Valley High School
  18. South Caldwell High School
  19. St. Stephens High School
  20. Freedom High School
  21. Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology
  22. Central Cabarrus High School
  23. Kings Mountain High School
  24. Olympic High School

7A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

7A East seeds

  1. New Hanover High School (bye)
  2. Heritage High School (bye)
  3. Fuquay-Varina High School (bye)
  4. Chapel Hill High School (bye)
  5. New Bern High School (bye)
  6. Eugene Ashley High School (bye)
  7. Cardinal Gibbons High School (bye)
  8. Cleveland High School (bye)
  9. Topsail High School
  10. Cape Fear High School
  11. Sanderson High School
  12. Holly Springs High School
  13. Smithfield-Selma High School
  14. Clayton High School
  15. Southern School of Energy and Sustainability
  16. Jack Britt High School
  17. Riverside High School
  18. D.H. Conley High School
  19. East Wake High School
  20. North Brunswick High School
  21. Garner Magnet High School
  22. Wake Forest High School
  23. Overhills High School
  24. Knightdale High School

7A West seeds

  1. Marvin Ridge High School (bye)
  2. Lake Norman High School (bye)
  3. Davie County High School (bye)
  4. Hickory Ridge High School (bye)
  5. Grimsley Senior High School (bye)
  6. Porter Ridge High School (bye)
  7. Weddington High School (bye)
  8. West Cabarrus High School (bye)
  9. Cox Mill High School
  10. Independence High School
  11. Purnell Swett High School
  12. Cuthbertson High School
  13. Richard J. Reynolds High School
  14. South Iredell High School
  15. Richmond Senior High School
  16. East Forsyth High School
  17. Southwest Guilford High School
  18. A.L. Brown High School
  19. Ronald W. Reagan High School
  20. Mooresville High School
  21. North Mecklenburg High School
  22. David W. Butler High School
  23. Ballantyne Ridge High School
  24. Page High School

8A NCHSAA soccer final playoff seeds

8A East seeds

  1. Apex Friendship High School (bye)
  2. John T. Hoggard High School (bye)
  3. Emsley A. Laney High School (bye)
  4. Needham B. Broughton High School (bye)
  5. Green Hope High School
  6. Millbrook High School
  7. Green Level High School
  8. Leesville Road High School
  9. Wakefield High School
  10. Rolesville High School
  11. Willow Spring High School
  12. Corinth Holders High School

8A West seeds

  1. Providence High School (bye)
  2. South Mecklenburg High School (bye)
  3. Northwest Guilford High School (bye)
  4. Ardrey Kell High School (bye)
  5. Hoke County High School
  6. West Forsyth High School
  7. Garinger High School
  8. William Amos Hough High School
  9. Pinecrest High School
  10. Charles E. Jordan High School
  11. East Mecklenburg High School
  12. Julius L. Chambers High School

Seed lists reflect the final NCHSAA brackets released Oct. 29, 2026.