COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced preliminary divisions and regional tournament representation for upcoming fall sports.
The OHSAA Board of Directors recently approved the tournament’s new divisions and representation during the April board meeting, which included the previously announced football divisions and regions.
Divisional assignments and regional tournament representation should be considered preliminary as OHSAA member schools may elect to move up to Division I if Referendum Question 1B is approved this spring.
The results of the referendum vote will be announced on May 16.
Any changes to divisional assignments or tournament representation as a result of schools opting into Division I will be announced by the OHSAA at a later date.
As announced last February, women’s and men’s soccer will expand to five divisions this fall – and women’s volleyball will expand to seven divisions.
In both sports, the 64 largest schools are placed in Division I, the next 64 largest schools are placed in Division II, and the remaining schools are divided as evenly as possible into the other divisions.
Earlier this spring, the OHSAA received baseline enrollment data – comprised of students in grades 9, 10 and 11 as of October 2023 – from the Ohio Department of Education for use in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.
In addition to football, the fall sports of soccer and women’s volleyball use competitive balance data from the previous season to create a new adjusted enrollment count.
Details of the competitive balance process are available at:
Women’s Football 2024
Five divisions, with 16 regional qualifiers in each division
Division I – 64 schools, 576 and upper adjusted enrollment – List of Division I Schools
Division I Regional Playoffs by District: Central 6, Northeast 4, Northwest 1, Southwest 5
Division II – 64 schools, adjusted enrollment count 404 to 575 – List of Division II Schools
Division II Regional Playoffs by District: Central 3, Northeast 7, Northwest 2, Southwest 4
Division III – 126 schools, adjusted enrollment count 239 to 403 – List of Division III Schools
Division III Regional Playoffs by District: Central 1, East 1, Northeast 6, Northwest 3, Southeast 1, Southwest 4
Division IV – 127 schools, adjusted enrollment count 168 to 238 – List of Division IV schools
Division IV Regional Playoffs by District: Central 1, East 2, Northeast 5, Northwest 3, Southeast 1, Southwest 4
Division V – 130 schools, 167 and under adjusted enrollment – List of Division V Schools
Division V Regional Playoffs by District: Central 1, East 1, Northeast 5, Northwest 4, Southeast 2, Southwest 3
Scioto County Teams: Wheelersburg (Division IV), Northwest (Division V), Minford (Division V)
Men’s Football 2024
Five divisions, with 16 regional qualifiers in each division
Division I – 64 schools, 626 and upper adjusted enrollment – List of Division I Schools
Division I Regional Playoffs by District: Central 6, Northeast 3, Northwest 1, Southwest 6
Division II – 64 schools, adjusted enrollment count 448 to 625 – List of Division II schools
Division II Regional Playoffs by District: Central 5, Northeast 7, Northwest 1, Southwest 3
Division III – 146 schools, adjusted enrollment count 251 to 447 – List of Division III Schools
Division III Regional Playoffs by District: Central 2, East 1, Northeast 6, Northwest 3, Southeast 1, Southwest 3
Division IV – 145 schools, adjusted enrollment count 168 to 250 – List of Division IV schools
Division IV Regional Playoffs by District: Central 2, East 2, Northeast 4, Northwest 3, Southeast 2, Southwest 3
Division V – 146 schools, 167 and under adjusted enrollment – List of Division V Schools
Division V Regional Playoffs by District: Central 1, East 1, Northeast 5, Northwest 3, Southeast 2, Southwest 4
Scioto County Teams: Portsmouth (Division IV), Wheelersburg (Division IV), Minford (Division V), Northwest (Division V), Valley (Division V), West (Division V), South Webster (Division V), and New Boston (Division V)
Women’s Volleyball 2024
Seven divisions, with 16 regional qualifiers in each division
Division I – 64 schools, 575 and upper adjusted enrollment – List of Division I Schools
Division I Regional Playoffs by District: Central 6, Northeast 4, Northwest 1, Southwest 5
Division II – 64 schools, adjusted enrollment count 412 to 574 – List of Division II Schools
Division II Regional Playoffs by District: Central 3, Northeast 8, Northwest 2, Southwest 3
Division III – 131 schools, adjusted enrollment count 265 to 411 – List of Division III schools
Division III Regional Playoffs by District: Central 2, Northeast 6, Northwest 3, Southeast 1, Southwest 4
Division IV – 130 schools, adjusted enrollment count 190 to 264 – List of Division IV schools
Division IV Regional Playoffs by District: Central 2, East 2, Northeast 5, Northwest 2, Southeast 1, Southwest 4
Division V – 132 schools, adjusted enrollment count 134 to 189 – List of Division V schools
Division V Regional Playoffs by District: Central 2, East 1, Northeast 4, Northwest 3, Southeast 3, Southwest 3
Division VI – 131 schools, adjusted enrollment count 91 to 133 – List of Division VI schools
Division V Regional Playoffs by District: Central 2, East 1, Northeast 4, Northwest 5, Southeast 2, Southwest 2
Division VII – 130 schools, 90 and under adjusted enrollment count – List of Division VII Schools
Division VII Regional Playoffs by District: Central 1, East 2, Northeast 3, Northwest 5, Southeast 2, Southwest 3
Scioto County Teams: Wheelersburg (Division V), Minford (Division V), Northwest (Division V), Portsmouth (Division V), West (Division VI), Valley (Division VI), South Webster (Division VI), Notre Dame (Division VII) , Green (Division VII), East (Division VII), Clay (Division VII), New Boston (Division VII)
2024 Cross Country
Three divisions for girls and boys. No competitive balance.
Division I Girls – 160 schools, base enrollment of 307 and more girls
Girls’ Division II – 160 schools, base enrollment 163 to 306 girls
Women’s Division III – 159 schools, basic enrollment 162 and fewer girls
Division I Boys – 189 schools, base enrollment of 310 and more boys
Division II Boys – 190 schools, base enrollment 156 to 309 boys
Division III Boys – 189 schools, base enrollment 155 and fewer boys
2024 Women’s Golf
Two divisions. No competitive balance.
Division I Girls – 200 schools, base enrollment of 217 and more girls
Girls Division II – 199 schools, basic enrollment 216 and fewer girls
2024 Men’s Golf
Three divisions. No competitive balance.
Division I Boys – 208 schools, base enrollment of 263 and more boys
Division II Boys – 207 schools, base enrollment 142 to 262 boys
Division III Boys – 212 schools, base enrollment 141 and fewer boys
Women’s Tennis 2024
Two divisions. No competitive balance.
Division I Girls – 186 schools, base enrollment of 191 and more girls
Girls’ Division II – 187 schools, base enrollment of 190 and fewer girls
