The NSAA released the schedules for the 2022 and 2023 football seasons on Wednesday. Most districts changed and a few traditional rivalries are still on the schedule. Here is a look at how many playoff teams each 11-man team will face in 2022. 

Number of opponents that qualified for the 2021 playoffs.

Class A 

Bellevue East: 3

Bellevue West: 7

Columbus: 4

Creighton Prep: 5

Elkhorn South: 6

Fremont: 5

Grand Island: 5

Gretna 6

Kearney: 6

Lincoln East: 5

Lincoln High: 4

Lincoln North Star: 5

Lincoln Northeast: 4

Lincoln Southeast: 3

Lincoln Southwest: 4

Millard North: 5

Millard South: 5

Millard West: 5

Norfolk: 5

North Platte: 6 (Class B Scottsbluff)

Omaha Benson: 4

Omaha Bryan: 1

Omaha Burke: 6

Omaha Central: 6

Omaha North: 4

Omaha Northwest: 3

Omaha South: 3

Omaha Westside: 5

Papillion-La Vista: 5

Papillion-La Vista South: 5

South Sioux City: 1

Notes: Bellevue West looks to have the toughest schedule of the teams that have seven 2021 playoff opponents on their schedule. The T-Birds were one of the four 2021 semifinalists and they have the other three (Gretna, Omaha North and Omaha Westside) on their 2022 schedule. 

Class B

Beatrice: 6

Bennington: 4

Blair: 4

Crete: 3

Elkhorn: 5

Elkhorn North: 3

Gering: 4 (Class C1 Chadron)

Omaha Gross: 5

Hastings: 4

Lexington: 4

Lincoln Northwest: 6

Lincoln Pius X: 6

Elkhorn Mount Michael: 4

Norris: 4

Grand Island Northwest: 5

Omaha Buena Vista: 3

Omaha Skutt: 5

Omaha Westview: 3

Plattsmouth: 3

Ralston: 3

Scottsbluff: 4 (Class A North Platte)

Seward: 4

Waverly: 5

York: 5

Notes: Scottsbluff will travel 2,800 miles and have 42 hours of travel time not including stopping for meals etc. 

Class C1

Adams Central: 1

Alliance: 2 

Arlington: 4

Ashland-Greenwood: 6 

Auburn: 3

Aurora: 4 

Boone Central: 5

Boys Town: 4

Broken Bow: 2

Central City 4

Chadron: 1

Columbus Lakeview: 5

Columbus Scotus: 4

Cozad: 0

Douglas County West: 5

Fairbury: 2

Falls City: 1

Fort Calhoun: 5

Gothenburg: 2

Holdredge: 1

Lincoln Christian: 2

McCook: 2

Minden: 3

Nebraska City: 3

Ogallala: 2

Omaha Concordia: 5

Omaha Roncalli: 5

O’Neill: 3

Pierce: 5

Platteview: 5

Raymond Central: 2

Schuyler: 3

Sidney: 2

St. Paul: 5

Syracuse: 1

Wahoo: 4

Wayne: 5

West Point-Beemer: 5

Notes: Omaha Roncalli and Aurora are two teams that made the 2021 Class B playoffs that are moving down to C1 for the next cycle. Ashland-Greenwood has the toughest schedule with six playoff teams from 2021 on their schedule. The Bluejays open with 2021 C1 champion Lakeview and added Aurora and Roncalli in this cycle. 

Class C2

Amherst: 3

David City Aquinas: 5

Fremont Bergan: 3

Battle Creek: 4

Wahoo Neumann: 3

Centennial: 4

Centura: 2

Chase County: 1

David City: 3

Doniphan-Trumbull: 3

Fillmore Central: 4

Gibbon: 3

Gordon-Rushville: 2

Grand Island Central Catholic: 4

Hartington Cedar Catholic: 4

Hastings St. Cecilia: 3

Hershey: 2

Kearney Catholic: 3

Lincoln Lutheran: 5

Logan View/Scribner Snyder: 4

Louisville: 4

Malcolm: 4

Milford: 4

Mitchell: 2

Norfolk Catholic: 5

North Bend Central: 4

Oakland-Craig: 3

Ord: 4

Ponca: 5

Tekamah-Herman: 3

Tri County: 3

Valentine: 2

West Holt: 5

Wilber-Clatonia: 3

Wood River: 1

Yutan: 3

Notes: Aquinas and West Holt are the two teams with the toughest schedule. Aquinas’ schedule opens and ends with rivalry games against Scotus and Neumann. West Holt has their five playoff opponents in a row starting in week four and finishing in week eight.