OSSAA Releases Tentative High School Football Classifications

Grant Belcher, News9.com

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association released a tentative list of football classifications for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons.

The classifications are subject to change before being made official.

The classes are based on the enrollment numbers for the high schools submitted to the State Department of Education.

The OSSAA breaks down the classes under the following criteria:

Class 6A – Largest 32 football playing schools
Class 5A – Next largest 32 football playing schools
Class 4A – Next largest 32 football playing schools
Classes 3A, 2A & A – Each of these classes will consist of approximately one-third of the total number of remaining 11-man football-playing schools
Classes B & C – The smallest 76 Class A football playing schools that petition to play eight-man football. The largest 40 eight-man schools will make up Class B, the remaining 36 eight-man schools will make up Class C.

Click here for the full list of classifications

Related: To see the potential new districts within those classifications, click here.