CIF North Coast Section 2023 football playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times
The eight-division 11-man North Coast Section football brackets are complete.
The games kick off Friday and concludes Nov. 24. The champions in the top seven divisions advance to the CIF State Northern Regional championships on Dec. 1-2. There is no regional playoffs for 8-person football.
State championships — winners of the regional finals — take place Dec. 8-9 at three different venues: Pasadena College, El Camino College-Torrance and Saddleback College-Mission Viejo.
Defending North Coast Section champions are De La Salle (Open), PIttsburg (D1), San Ramon Valley (D2), El Cerrito (D3), Marin Catholic (D4), San Marin (D5), Pinole Valley (D6), Clear Lake (D7) and Branson (8-person).
Top seeds in the 2023 brackets are De La Salle (Open/Division 1), El Cerrito (D2), Marin Catholic (D3), San Marin (D4), Miramonte (D5), St. Vincent de Paul (D6), Clear Lake (D7), Stuart Hall (8-person D1) and Roseland University Prep (8-person D2).
Note that the first-round winners in the top half of the Open D1 bracket plays for the Open Division championship in Week 2 of playoffs. The loser of the Open Division championship plays the winner of the bottom half of bracket for the D1 championship in Week 3 of playoffs.
(2023 CIF North Coast Section football brackets)
