Four teams per region qualify to the round of 32. Since Region 1 has only three eligible teams, the champion of Region 2 will receive a bye to the round of 16.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Cloudland Highlanders | Hancock County Indians | Jellico Blue Devils | — | |
| Region 2* | Coalfield Yellow Jackets | Win over Oliver Springs plus two Greenback losses | Win over Oliver Springs plus either one Midway loss or Oakdale over Greenback | Win over Oliver Springs; or Oliver Springs over Midway plus one Greenback win | ☆ |
| Greenback Cherokees | One win plus one Midway loss (may be same game) | One win; or Oliver Springs beats Coalfield then loses to Midway; or Oliver Springs loses to Coalfield then beats Midway and deep tiebreak ♖ favors Greenback | One win; or Oliver Springs either beats Coalfield or loses to Midway; or deep tiebreak ♖ favors either Greenback or Midway | ☆ | |
| Midway Green Wave | Two wins plus either Oliver Springs over Coalfield or Greenback over Oakdale | Two wins; or win over Oliver Springs plus Oliver Springs over Coalfield; or win over Greenback plus either (a) Oliver Springs over Coalfield or (b) deep tiebreak ♖ favors Midway | Win over Oliver Springs; or win over Greenback plus Oakdale over Greenback and either (a) Oliver Springs over Coalfield or (b) deep tiebreak ♖ favors either Midway or Oliver Springs | ☆ | |
| Oliver Springs Bobcats | Two wins plus two Greenback losses | Two wins; or win over Midway, two Greenback losses, and deep tiebreak ♖ favors Oliver Springs | Win over Coalfield; or win over Midway plus either (a) one Greenback win or (b) deep tiebreak ♖ favors either Oliver Springs or Greenback | ☆ | |
| Region 3 | Whitwell Tigers | Lookout Valley Yellow Jackets/South Pittsburg Pirates | Sale Creek Panthers | ||
| Region 4 | Clay County Bulldogs | ▼ | Win over Gordonsville plus two Jo Byrns losses and one Monterey loss | One win plus RePublic over Monterey; or win over Gordonsville plus any two of (a) win over Pickett County, (b) Red Boiling Springs over Monterey, and (c) Jo Byrns loses twice | Win over Pickett County; or win over Gordonsville plus either (a) two Red Boiling Springs wins, (b) Jo Byrns over Pickett County, or (c) RePublic over Monterey; or Jo Byrns over Pickett County plus either (d) two Red Boiling Springs wins or (e) Monterey over RePublic |
| Gordonsville Tigers | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Jo Byrns Red Devils | ▼ | One win; or Gordonsville over Clay County plus either (a) Red Boiling Springs over Monterey over RePublic or (b) RePublic over Monterey and Clay County over Pickett County | One win; or Gordonsville over Clay County over Pickett County; or Red Boiling Springs over Monterey over RePublic; or Clay County over Pickett County plus RePublic over Monterey; or RePublic over Monterey over Red Boiling Springs plus Gordonsville over Clay County | One win; or one Monterey win; or Clay County over Pickett County; or Gordonsville over Clay County | |
| Monterey Wildcats | ▼ | Two wins plus two Jo Byrns losses | Two wins; or win over RePublic plus either (a) Pickett County over Clay County plus one Jo Byrns win or (b) Gordonsville over Clay County | Win over RePublic; or win over Red Boiling Springs plus two Clay County losses; or two Clay County losses plus two Jo Byrns wins | |
| Pickett County Bobcats | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Red Boiling Springs over Jo Byrns and either (a) two Monterey wins or (b) two Monterey losses plus Gordonsville over Clay County | Two wins plus either (a) two Monterey wins, (b) Gordonsville over Clay County plus Red Boiling Springs over Monterey, (c) Jo Byrns over Red Boiling Springs plus Monterey over RePublic, or (d) two Red Boiling Springs wins plus RePublic over Monterey | |
| RePublic TrailBlazers | ▼ | Win over Monterey plus Clay County and Jo Byrns both lose twice | Win over Monterey plus Pickett County over Clay County and either (a) Gordonsville over Clay County or (b) Jo Byrns loses twice | Win over Monterey | |
| Region 5* | Cornersville Bulldogs | Win over Huntland; or Richland over Huntland; or two Mount Pleasant wins and deep tiebreak ♔ favors Cornersville | One win; or one Mount Pleasant loss; or Richland over Huntland; or deep tiebreak ♔ favors either Cornersville or Huntland | ☆ | ☆ |
| Huntland Hornets | Two wins plus either (a) one Mount Pleasant loss or (b) deep tiebreak ♔ favors Huntland | Two wins plus either (a) one Mount Pleasant loss or (b) deep tiebreak ♔ favors either Huntland or Mount Pleasant; or win over Cornersville plus two Moore County wins and either (a) Grace Christian over Mount Pleasant or (b) deep tiebreak ♘ favors Huntland; or win over Richland plus Moore County over Mount Pleasant and either (a) Grace Christian over Mount Pleasant or (b) Moore County over Richland and deep tiebreak ♘ favors Huntland | Two wins; or win over Cornersville plus either (a) Mount Pleasant loses twice, (b) Moore County beats Richland then loses to Mount Pleasant, or (c) Moore County beats Richland and deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Huntland or Mount Pleasant; or win over Richland plus either (a) one Moore County loss, (b) Grace Christian over Mount Pleasant, or (c) deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Huntland or Mount Pleasant; or Moore County beats Richland then loses to Mount Pleasant; or Mount Pleasant loses twice, Richland beats Moore County, and deep tiebreak ♘ favors Huntland | One win; or Mount Pleasant over Moore County; or Richland over Moore County plus either (a) Mount Pleasant over Grace Christian or (b) deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Huntland or Mount Pleasant | |
| Moore County Raiders | ▼ | Two wins plus either (a) Huntland loses twice or (b) Huntland loses once, Mount Pleasant over Grace Christian, and deep tiebreak ♘ favors Moore County | Two wins plus either (a) Huntland loses twice, (b) Huntland wins twice, (c) Grace Christian over Mount Pleasant, or (d) deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Moore County or Huntland; or win over Mount Pleasant plus Grace Christian over Mount Pleasant and either (e) Huntland over Richland or (f) Cornersville over Huntland and deep tiebreak ♘ favors Moore County | Win over Richland; or win over Mount Pleasant plus Grace Christian over Mount Pleasant and either (a) Huntland wins once or (b) deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Moore County or Huntland | |
| Mount Pleasant Tigers | Two wins plus two Huntland wins and deep tiebreak ♔ favors Mount Pleasant | Two wins plus either (a) one Huntland loss or (b) deep tiebreak ♔ favors either Mount Pleasant or Cornersville; or win over Moore County plus one Huntland loss; or win over Grace Christian plus either (c) Richland over Moore County and one Huntland loss or (d) Huntland splits and deep tiebreak ♘ favors Mount Pleasant | Win over Moore County; or win over Grace Christian plus either (a) Richland over Moore County, (b) Huntland loses twice, or (c) Huntland loses once and deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Mount Pleasant or Moore County; or Huntland loses twice and either (d) Moore County over Richland or (e) deep tiebreak ♘ favors Mount Pleasant | One win; or one Richland loss; or Cornersville over Huntland and deep tiebreak ♘ favors either Mount Pleasant or Moore County | |
| Richland Raiders | ▼ | Two wins plus two Mount Pleasant losses | Two wins | Two wins; or win over Moore County plus one Mount Pleasant win; or win over Huntland plus Cornersville over Huntland and Moore County over Mount Pleasant | |
| Region 6 | Collinwood Trojans | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Wayne County plus McEwen over Hollow Rock-Bruceton | One win | One win; or Hollow Rock-Bruceton over McEwen |
| Hollow Rock-Bruceton Tigers | ▼ | Two wins plus Collinwood over Wayne County | Two wins | Win over McEwen or win over Collinwood plus Wayne County over Collinwood | |
| Huntingdon Mustangs | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| McEwen Warriors | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Hollow Rock-Bruceton plus two Collinwood losses | Win over Hollow Rock-Bruceton | |
| Wayne County Wildcats | ▼ | Win over Collinwood | Win over Collinwood or one Hollow Rock-Bruceton loss | ☆ | |
| Region 7 | Dresden Lions | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two South Fulton losses |
| Gleason Bulldogs | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus West Carroll over South Fulton and one Humboldt loss | |
| Greenfield Yellowjackets | Two wins; or win over Lake County plus South Fulton over West Carroll | One win | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Humboldt Vikings | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Gleason wins and West Carroll over South Fulton | |
| Lake County Falcons | Win over Greenfield | Win over Greenfield or one West Carroll loss | ☆ | ☆ | |
| South Fulton Red Devils | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus one Greenfield win; or win over West Carroll plus Greenfield over West Carroll | One win; or Dresden beats Gleason then loses to Humboldt | |
| West Carroll War Eagles | Two wins plus Greenfield over Lake County | Two wins or two Greenfield losses (including to West Carroll) | Win over South Fulton; or win over Greenfield plus either (a) Gleason over South Fulton or (b) Lake County over Greenfield | ☆ | |
| Region 8* | Freedom Prep Eagles | Win over MASE; or win over KIPP plus Booker T. Washington over MASE | One win or one Hillcrest loss | ☆ | ☆ |
| Hillcrest Vikings | Two wins plus two Freedom Prep losses | Two wins plus either one MASE loss or KIPP over Freedom Prep; or win over Oakhaven plus Middle College over Westwood, one MASE loss, and one Freedom Prep win (last two may be same game); or win over Westwood plus one MASE loss and one Freedom Prep win (may be same game) | Win over Westwood; or win over Oakhaven plus either (a) Middle College over Westwood or (b) MASE loses twice; or Westwood over Middle College plus two MASE losses | One win or one Middle College loss | |
| KIPP Memphis Phoenix | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Oakhaven wins, two Westwood losses, and deep tiebreak ♙ favors KIPP | |
| Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering Phoenix | Two wins plus either (a) one Hillcrest loss or (b) Freedom Prep over KIPP; or win over Freedom Prep, KIPP over Freedom Prep, and one Hillcrest loss | Two wins; or win over Freedom Prep plus either (c) KIPP over Freedom Prep, (d) two Hillcrest losses, or (e) two Westwood wins; or win over Booker T. Washington plus either (d) or (e); or both (d) and (e) | One win or one Westwood loss | ☆ | |
| Memphis Middle College Bulldogs | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Hillcrest losses | Two wins; or win over Westwood plus either (a) two Hillcrest wins, (b) one KIPP loss, Hillcrest over Westwood, two Hernando (Mississippi) wins, one South Gibson win, and two Union City losses, or (c) two KIPP wins, Hillcrest over Westwood, and deep tiebreak ♙ favors Middle College | |
| Oakhaven Hawks | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Westwood losses and either (a) one KIPP loss plus either (a1) one Hernando (Mississippi) loss, (a2) two South Gibson losses, or (a3) one Union City win or (b) two KIPP wins and deep tiebreak ♙ favors Oakhaven | |
| Westwood Longhorns | ▼ | Two wins plus two MASE losses | Two wins; or win over Hillcrest plus two Oakhaven wins | Win over Middle College; or win over Hillcrest plus Oakhaven over Middle College; or two Hillcrest losses | |
*Deep tiebreak ♔ is among Cornersville, Huntland, and Mount Pleasant for first place in Region 5; deep tiebreak ♖ is among Greenback, Midway, and Oliver Springs for second place in Region 2; deep tiebreak ♘ is among Huntland, Moore County, and Mount Pleasant for either second or third place in Region 5; and deep tiebreak ♙ is among KIPP, Middle College, Oakhaven, and Westwood for fourth place in Region 8 (Westwood cannot win that tiebreak).
Four teams per region qualify to the round of 32.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Hampton Bulldogs | ▼ | Win over Cosby or South Greene over Happy Valley | ☆ | ☆ |
| Happy Valley Warriors | Win over South Greene plus Cosby over Hampton | Same (cannot finish exactly 2nd) | ☆ | ☆ | |
| South Greene Rebels | Win over Happy Valley or Hampton over Cosby | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Sullivan North Raiders | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ☆ | |
| Region 2 | Cumberland Gap Panthers | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Rockwood plus Meigs County over Wartburg Central | Win over Rockwood |
| Meigs County Tigers | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Oneida Indians | ▼ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Rockwood Tigers | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Cumberland Gap | Win over Cumberland Gap; or Meigs County over Wartburg Central | |
| Wartburg Central Bulldogs | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Meigs County plus Cumberland Gap over Rockwood | Win over Meigs County; or Rockwood over Cumberland Gap | |
| Region 3 | Bledsoe County Warriors | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Tellico Plains plus Marion County over Polk County | Win over Tellico Plains |
| Marion County Warriors | ▼ | Win over Polk County | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Polk County Wildcats | ▼ | Win over Marion County | Win over or Marion County, or Tellico Plains over Bledsoe County | ☆ | |
| Tellico Plains Bears | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Bledsoe County | |
| Tyner Rams | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Region 4 | Cascade Champions | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Westmoreland plus East Robertson over Watertown |
| East Robertson Indians | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Watertown plus Cascade over Westmoreland | ☆ | |
| Trousdale County Yellow Jackets | ▼ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Watertown Purple Tigers | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Westmoreland Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Cascade or Watertown over East Robertson | Same (cannot finish exactly 4th) | |
| Region 5 | Columbia Academy Bulldogs | Win over Lewis County | One win or one Loretto loss | ☆ | ☆ |
| Eagleville Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Loretto; or win over Summertown plus Forrest over Community and Columbia Academy over Loretto | One win or two Community wins | |
| Forrest Rockets | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Community plus two Eagleville losses and Columbia Academy over Loretto | Win over Community plus either (a) one Loretto loss or (b) Summertown over Eagleville; or win over Cascade plus two Loretto losses; or two Loretto losses plus Summertown over Community | |
| Lewis County Panthers | Win over Columbia Academy | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Loretto Mustangs | ▼ | Two wins plus Lewis County over Columbia Academy | Two wins; or win over Eagleville plus Community over Forrest | Two wins; or win over Eagleville plus either Community over Forrest or Summertown over Eagleville; or win over Columbia Academy plus Community over Forrest; or two Forrest losses and Community over Summertown | |
| Summertown Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Loretto over Eagleville and Community over Forrest | |
| Region 6 | East Hickman Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Scotts Hill losses |
| Hickman County Bulldogs | Win over Waverly plus East Hickman over Riverside | Win over Waverly | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Houston County Fighting Irish | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Scotts Hill plus Waverly over Scotts Hill and Riverside over East Hickman | |
| Riverside Panthers | Win over East Hickman plus Hickman County over Waverly | Win over East Hickman; or Waverly over Hickman County; or two Scotts Hill wins | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Scotts Hill Lions | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Hickman County over Waverly | One win plus one Houston County loss (may be same game) | |
| Waverly Central Tigers | Win over Hickman County | Win over Hickman County; or East Hickman over Riverside plus one Scotts Hill loss | One win or one Scotts Hill loss | ☆ | |
| Region 7 | Adamsville Cardinals | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two McKenzie losses and Trinity Christian over Peabody |
| Gibson County Pioneers | Win over McKenzie plus two Peabody wins and one Union City loss | Win over McKenzie plus either (a) two Peabody wins or (b) two Union City losses | Win over McKenzie; or Peabody splits and Union City either beats McKenzie or loses to Halls | Win over McKenzie or one Peabody loss | |
| McKenzie Rebels | ▼ | Two wins plus one Peabody loss | Two wins; or win over Gibson County plus two Peabody losses; or win over Union City plus Halls over Union City and two Peabody losses | Two wins; or win over Union City plus either (a) Halls over Union City or (b) Peabody loses twice; or win over Gibson County plus Peabody does not split | |
| Peabody Golden Tide | Two wins plus McKenzie over Gibson County and either (a) two Union City losses or (b) one Union City loss plus Lake County over Trinity Christian | Two wins plus either (a) two Union City losses, (b) one Union City loss plus Lake County over Trinity Christian, or (c) McKenzie over Gibson County | Two wins; or one win plus Gibson County over McKenzie and two Union City losses | Two wins; or one win plus either one McKenzie loss or Halls over Union City; or two McKenzie losses plus Halls over Adamsville | |
| Trinity Christian Lions | Win over Peabody plus one Union City loss; or win over Lake County plus either (a) Halls over Union City over McKenzie over Gibson County plus Peabody over Adamsville or (b) two McKenzie wins plus Union City over Halls; or Adamsville over Peabody and two Union City losses; or Adamsville over Peabody and two McKenzie wins | Win over Peabody; or win over Lake County plus Union City splits; or Adamsville over Peabody; or two McKenzie wins | Win over Peabody; or Adamsville over Peabody; or McKenzie over Gibson County; or any combilation of wins and Union City losses adding to 2 | ☆ | |
| Union City Golden Tornadoes | Two wins; or win over McKenzie plus Adamsville over Peabody over Trinity Christian; or win over Halls plus Adamsville over Peabody over Trinity Christian and Gibson County over McKenzie | Two wins; or win over McKenzie plus either (a) one Peabody loss or (b) Lake County over Trinity Christian and McKenzie over Gibson County; or win over Halls plus Gibson County over McKenzie and one Peabody loss | Two wins; or win over McKenzie plus either (a) one Peabody loss, (b) Lake County over Trinity Christian, or (c) McKenzie over Gibson County; or win over Halls plus either (a) one Peabody loss or (d) Lake County over Trinity Christian and McKenzie over Gibson County; or two Peabody losses plus McKenzie over Gibson County | One win; or two Peabody losses; or two Peabody wins plus McKenzie over Gibson County | |
| Region 8 | Mitchell Tigers | Douglass Red Devils/Fairley Bulldogs | Manassas Tigers/Memphis Academy of Health Sciences Lions | ||
Four teams per region qualify to the round of 32.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Chuckey-Doak Black Knights | ▼ | ▼ | Win over West Greene; or Happy Valley over West Greene plus Claiborne over North Greene | ☆ |
| Claiborne Bulldogs | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over North Greene plus one West Greene loss; or win over Cumberland Gap plus two West Greene losses and either (a) Twin Springs (Virginia) over North Greene or (b) deep tiebreak favors Claiborne | |
| Johnson County Longhorns | Win over Unicoi County | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Unicoi County Blue Devils | Win over Johnson County | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| West Greene Buffaloes | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Chuckey-Doak plus North Greene over Claiborne | Two wins; or one win plus North Greene over Claiborne; or two Claiborne losses; or two North Greene wins plus deep tiebreak favors West Greene | |
| Region 2 | Alcoa Tornadoes | Two wins; or win over Austin-East plus either (a) Austin-East over Northview or (b) Kingston over Gatlinburg-Pittman | One win | ☆ | ☆ |
| Austin-East Roadrunners | Win over Alcoa | One win or one Gatlinburg-Pittman loss | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders | Two wins plus two Austin-East losses | Two wins plus Northview over Austin-East; or two Alcoa losses | One win; or Pigeon Forge over Kingston | One win; or Pigeon Forge over Kingston; or Austin-East over Northview | |
| Kingston Yellowjackets | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Austin-East over Northview and Alcoa over Gatlinburg-Pittman | Two wins plus either (a) Austin-East over Northview or (b) Alcoa over Gatlinburg-Pittman | |
| Northview Academy Cougars | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Austin-East plus two Kingston wins and Alcoa over Gatlinburg-Pittman | Win over Austin-East; or Kingston splits; or Gatlinburg-Pittman over Kingston and Pigeon Forge over Scott | |
| Scott Highlanders | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Pigeon Forge plus two Kingston losses and Austin-East over Northview | |
| Region 3 | Brainerd Panthers | ▼ | ▼ | Win over McMinn Central or Red Bank over Loudon | ☆ |
| Loudon Redskins | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Red Bank plus McMinn Central over Brainerd | ☆ | |
| Red Bank Lions | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Signal Mountain Eagles | ▼ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Region 4 | Cannon County Lions | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Livingston Academy over York Institute; or win over York Institute plus Grundy County over Smith County | Two wins plus either Grundy County over Smith County or Livingston Academy over York Institute; or win over Whitwell plus Sequatchie County over Grundy County over Smith County; or win over York Institute plus Grundy County over Smith County; or two Smith County losses plus Sequatchie County over Grundy County |
| Grundy County Yellow Jackets | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus York Institute over Cannon County | |
| Sequatchie County Indians | Win over Upperman | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Smith County Owls | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Grundy County plus either one York Institute win or one Cannon County loss; or win over Watertown plus two Cannon County losses and Sequatchie County over Grundy County | |
| Upperman Bees | Win over Sequatchie County | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| York Institute Dragons | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Cannon County; or Smith County over Grundy County plus either (a) win over Livingston Academy or (b) Whitwell over Cannon County | ☆ | |
| Region 5 | Pearl-Cohn Firebirds | East Nashville Eagles | Giles County Bobcats/Stratford Spartans | ||
| Region 6 | Camden Central Lions | ▼ | Win over Sycamore | Win over Sycamore or Stewart County; or Harpeth over Sycamore and Stewart County over Cheatham County; or Cheatham County beats Stewart County then loses to Fairview | ☆ |
| Cheatham County Cubs | ▼ | ▼ | Wins over Fairview and Stewart County plus both Sycamore and Stewart County beat Camden; or win over either Fairview or Stewart County plus both Camden and Harpeth beat Sycamore | Win over Stewart County; or win over Fairview plus Harpeth over Sycamore; or Camden over Stewart County plus Harpeth over Sycamore | |
| Fairview Yellowjackets | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Harpeth Indians | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Sycamore, Camden over Sycamore, and Fairview and Stewart County both beat Cheatham County | Win over Sycamore plus either (a) Camden over Sycamore or (b) Fairview and Stewart County both beat Cheatham County | |
| Stewart County Rebels | ▼ | ▼ | Wins over Cheatham County and Camden plus Sycamore over both Camden and Harpeth | Wins over Cheatham County and Camden plus Sycamore over Harpeth | |
| Sycamore War Eagles | ▼ | Win over Camden | Win over either Camden or Harpeth | Win over either Camden or Harpeth; or both Fairview and Stewart County beat Cheatham County | |
| Region 7 | Covington Chargers | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
| McNairy Central Bobcats | ▼ | Win over Westview plus South Gibson over Milan | Win over Westview or Milan over South Gibson | Milan over South Gibson or one Westview loss | |
| Milan Bulldogs | ▼ | Win over South Gibson | Win over South Gibson or Westview over McNairy | ☆ | |
| South Gibson Hornets | ▼ | Win over Milan plus Westview over McNairy | Win over Milan | ☆ | |
| Westview Chargers | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus South Gibson over Milan | |
| Region 8 | Wooddale Cardinals | Raleigh-Egypt Pharaohs/Trezevant Bears | Melrose Golden Wildcats | ||
Four teams per region qualify to the round of 32.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones | Two wins plus two Greeneville losses | Win over Sullivan South | One win; or Grainger splits; or Greeneville over Grainger plus Union County over Sullivan Central | One win; or one Grainger loss; or Union County over Sullivan Central |
| Grainger Grizzlies | ▼ | Two wins plus two Elizabethton losses and Sullivan East over Greeneville | Two wins plus two Elizabethton losses | Win over Union County; or win over Greeneville plus Sullivan Central over Union County | |
| Greeneville Greene Devils | One win; or Sullivan Central over Elizabethton over Sullivan South | One win; or one Elizabethton win; or Union County over Grainger | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Sullivan Central Cougars | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Grainger losses and Sullivan South over Elizabethton | Two wins plus either (a) Grainger loses twice or (b) Grainger wins twice plus Sullivan South over Elizabethton | |
| Sullivan South Rebels | Win over Elizabethton plus two Greeneville losses | Win over Elizabethton | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Union County Patriots | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Grainger, Greeneville over Grainger, and Elizabethton over Sullivan Central | |
| Region 2 | Anderson County Mavericks | Win over East Hamilton; or win over Sequoyah plus Howard over East Hamilton; or Howard over East Hamilton plus either Central over Hixson or Howard over East Ridge | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
| Chattanooga Central Purple Pounders | ▼ | Win over Hixson plus either (a) East Hamilton splits, (b) Howard wins twice, or (c) Howard over East Hamilton and Hixson over East Ridge; or Hixson over East Ridge over Howard plus two East Hamilton losses | Win over Hixson plus either East Hamilton or East Ridge loses once; or East Hamilton loses twice; or East Hamilton over Howard over East Ridge | Win over Hixson; or one Howard loss; or Hixson over East Ridge; or Anderson County over East Hamilton | |
| East Hamilton Hurricanes | Two wins; or win over Anderson County plus Hixson over Central, East Ridge over Howard, and Sequoyah over Anderson County | Two wins; or win over Howard plus Hixson over Central; or win over Anderson County plus Hixson over Central and East Ridge over Howard | Win over Howard; or win over Anderson County plus either (a) Hixson over Central or (b) East Ridge over Howard | One win or one East Ridge loss | |
| East Ridge Pioneers | ▼ | Two wins plus two East Hamilton losses | Two wins plus either (a) Hixson over Central or (b) East Hamilton does not split; or win over Howard plus Hixson over Central and one East Hamilton win | Two wins; or win over Howard plus one East Hamilton win; or win over Hixson plus Howard over East Hamilton over Anderson County and Hixson over Central | |
| Howard Hustlin’ Tigers | ▼ | Two wins plus Hixson over Central | Two wins; or win over East Hamilton plus Anderson County over East Hamilton and Hixson over East Ridge | Win over East Ridge; or two East Hamilton losses | |
| Region 3 | Stone Memorial Panthers | Livingston Academy Wildcats/Macon County Tigers | Cumberland County Jets/DeKalb County Tigers | ||
| Region 4 | Maplewood Panthers/Tullahoma Wildcats | Marshall County Tigers/Nolensville Knights | |||
| Region 5 | Creek Wood Red Hawks | Two wins plus one Montgomery Central loss | Two wins; or win over Portland plus two Montgomery Central losses; or win over Springfield plus two Montgomery Central losses and Greenbrier over Springfield | Win over Portland; or win over Springfield plus either (a) two Montgomery Central losses or (b) Greenbrier over Springfield | One win; or one Montgomery Central win; or Greenbrier over White House |
| Montgomery Central Indians | Two wins plus either (a) two Creek Wood wins or (b) two Springfield losses; or one win plus two Springfield losses and Portland over Creek Wood | Two wins; or one win plus one Creek Wood loss | One win; or Greenbrier over White House plus either (a) Creek Wood over Portland or (b) Springfield over Creek Wood | One win; or Creek Wood over Portland; or Springfield over Creek Wood; or Greenbrier over White House | |
| Portland Panthers | Win over Creek Wood plus Springfield and Montgomery Central each lose twice | Win over Creek Wood plus either Springfield or Montgomery Central loses twice | Win over Creek Wood | Win over Creek Wood; or one Montgomery Central win; or Greenbrier over White House | |
| Springfield Yellow Jackets | Win over Creek Wood; or win over Greenbrier plus Portland over Creek Wood | Win over Creek Wood; or win over Greenbrier plus Portland over Creek Wood; or Creek Wood over Portland plus one Montgomery Central loss | One win; or Creek Wood over Portland; or two Montgomery Central losses | ☆ | |
| White House Blue Devils | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus White House-Heritage over Montgomery Central and either (a) Creek Wood over Portland or (b) Springfield over Creek Wood | Two wins plus White House-Heritage over Montgomery Central | |
| Region 6 | Chester County Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Hardin County over Liberty Tech; or win over Lexington plus Hardin County over Liberty Tech, Milan over Lexington, and either (a) Haywood over Liberty Tech or (b) deep tiebreak favors Chester County |
| Hardin County Tigers | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Liberty Tech; or Lexington over Chester County | ☆ | |
| Lexington Tigers | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Chester County; or win over Milan plus Dyersburg over Chester County and Hardin County over Liberty Tech; or Dyersburg over Chester County plus Hardin County over Liberty Tech over Haywood and deep tiebreak favors Lexington | |
| Liberty Tech Crusaders | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Hardin County plus Chester County over Lexington | Win over Hardin County plus Chester County over Lexington; or win over Haywood plus two Lexington losses, Dyersburg over Chester County, and deep tiebreak favors Liberty Tech | |
| North Side Indians | Win over South Side | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| South Side Hawks | Win over North Side | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Region 7 | Crockett County Cavaliers | ▼ | ▼ | Haywood over Obion County | ☆ |
| Dyersburg Trojans | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Haywood Tomcats | ▼ | Win over Obion County | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Obion County Rebels | ▼ | Win over Haywood | Same (cannot finish exactly 3rd or 4th) | ||
| Ripley Tigers | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Haywood over Obion County | |
| Region 8 | Millington Central Trojans | Craigmont Chiefs/Fayette-Ware Wildcats | Memphis East Mustangs | ||
Four teams per region qualify to the round of 32.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Cherokee Chiefs | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Morristown East losses and Volunteer over Cocke County | Two wins plus Morristown East either loses twice or wins twice |
| Cocke CountyFighting Cocks | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Cherokee wins | Two wins; or win over Morristown East plus David Crockett over Morristown East and one Cherokee loss | |
| Daniel Boone Trailblazers | Win over David Crockett | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| David Crockett Pioneers | Win over Daniel Boone | One win; or Cocke County over Morristown East; or Tennessee High over Cherokee | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Morristown East Hurricanes | ▼ | Two wins plus Daniel Boone over David Crockett and Cherokee over Tennessee High | Two wins plus Cherokee over Tennessee High | Win over Cocke County; or win over David Crockett plus Volunteer over Cocke County | |
| Tennessee High Vikings | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Cherokee; or David Crockett over Morristown East over Cocke County; or Volunteer over Cocke County over Morristown East over David Crockett; or Cocke County over Morristown East plus Daniel Boone over Cherokee | One Cherokee loss; or Morristown East splits; or David Crockett over Morristown East plus Volunteer over Cocke County | |
| Region 2 | Carter Hornets | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Central over Gibbs and one Halls loss | Two wins plus one Halls loss; or win over Sevier County plus two Halls losses |
| Gibbs Eagles | Two wins plus two South-Doyle losses and one Campbell County win | Two wins plus either (a) South-Doyle over Powell or (b) one Campbell County win; or two Central losses | One win; or two Halls wins; or Sevier County over Carter | ☆ | |
| Knoxville Central Bobcats | Two wins; or win over South-Doyle plus either (a) Carter over Gibbs or (b) Powell over South-Doyle and two Campbell County losses | Win over Gibbs; or win over South-Doyle plus either Carter over Gibbs or Powell over South-Doyle | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Knoxville Halls Red Devils | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Sevier County plus one Carter loss; or win over Seymour plus Gibbs over Carter over Sevier County | |
| Sevier County Smoky Bears | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins | |
| South-Doyle Cherokees | Win over Central; or win over Powell plus two Gibbs wins | One win; or one Gibbs loss; or two Campbell County losses | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Region 3 | Campbell County Cougars | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins; or win over West plus either West over Fulton or Karns over Clinton | One win; or Karns over Clinton |
| Clinton Dragons | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two West losses | Two wins plus West either beats Campbell County or loses to Fulton; or win over Campbell County plus two West losses, two Powell wins, and Seymour over Karns; or win over Karns plus two West losses and two Powell wins | |
| Fulton Falcons | Win over Oak Ridge | One win; or Campbell County over West | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Karns Beavers | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two West losses and Powell over Oak Ridge; or win over Clinton plus two West losses and two Powell wins | |
| Knoxville West Rebels | ▼ | Two wins plus Oak Ridge over Fulton | Win over Campbell County | One win; or neither Karns nor Clinton wins twice; or Karns over Clinton and Oak Ridge over Powell | |
| Oak Ridge Wildcats | Win over Fulton | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Powell Panthers | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two West losses and neither Karns nor Clinton wins twice | |
| Region 4 | Knoxville Catholic Fighting Irish | Win over Lenoir City plus Walker Valley over Soddy-Daisy | Win over Lenoir City | ☆ | ☆ |
| Lenoir City Panthers | Win over Catholic | Win over Catholic; or Walker Valley over Soddy-Daisy plus either (a) win over Red Bank, (b) Cane Ridge over Rhea County, or (c) Soddy-Daisy over Signal Mountain and deep tiebreak favors Lenoir City | Win over Catholic; or Walker Valley over Soddy-Daisy plus either (a) win over Red Bank, (b) Cane Ridge over Rhea County, (c) Signal Mountain over Soddy-Daisy, or (d) deep tiebreak favors either Lenoir City or Rhea County | ☆ | |
| Rhea County Golden Eagles | ▼ | Win over Cane Ridge plus two Lenoir City losses, Walker Valley over Soddy-Daisy, and either (a) Signal Mountain over Soddy-Daisy or (b) deep tiebreak favors Rhea County | Catholic over Lenoir City plus either (a) Soddy-Daisy over Walker Valley or (b) Red Bank over Lenoir City, win over Cane Ridge, and either (b1) Signal Mountain over Soddy-Daisy or (b) deep tiebreak favors either Rhea County or Soddy-Daisy | ☆ | |
| Soddy-Daisy Trojans | Win over Walker Valley plus Catholic over Lenoir City | Win over Walker Valley; or Lenoir City over Catholic; or Red Bank over Lenoir City, Rhea County over Cane Ridge, win over Signal Mountain, and deep tiebreak favors Soddy-Daisy | Win over Walker Valley; or one Lenoir City win; or Cane Ridge over Rhea County; or win over Signal Mountain plus deep tiebreak favors either Soddy-Daisy or Lenoir City | ☆ | |
| Region 5 | Franklin County Rebels | ▼ | Two wins plus Page over Shelbyville | Two wins plus Page over Shelbyville; or win over Lincoln County plus Lincoln County over Summit | Win over Lincoln County |
| Lincoln County Falcons | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins | One win | |
| Page Patriots | Win over Shelbyville | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles | Win over Page | One win; or Lincoln County over Franklin County | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Summit Spartans | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Lincoln County plus either (a) one Shelbyville win or (b) one Franklin County loss | Win over Lincoln County; or Lincoln County over Franklin County | |
| Region 6 | Beech Buccaneers | Two wins plus Hunters Lane over Hillsboro | Two wins or two Gallatin losses | Win over Hillwood plus one Gallatin loss | ☆ |
| Gallatin Green Wave | Win over Beech; or win over Glencliff plus Hillwood over Beech | Win over Beech; or win over Glencliff plus Hillwood over Beech; or Beech over Hillwood plus Hunters Lane over Hillsboro | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Hillsboro Burros | Beech over Gallatin plus either (a) win over Hunters Lane and Beech over Hillwood or (b) Hillwood over Beech and Glencliff over Gallatin | Win over Hunters Lane or one Beech loss | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Hillwood Hilltoppers | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Beech plus one Gallatin win | ☆ | |
| Region 7 | Clarksville Wildcats | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Northwest; or win over West Creek plus either (a) Henry County over Northwest, (b) Dyer County over West Creek, or (c) Kenwood over Dyer County; or West Creek over Dyer County over Kenwood plus Henry County over Northwest | One win; or West Creek over Dyer County over Kenwood; or Dyer County over West Creek and Henry County over Northwest |
| Dyer County Choctaws | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Clarksville losses | Two wins; or win over Kenwood plus one Northwest loss | |
| Henry County Patriots | Win over Northeast | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Kenwood Knights | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Dyer County plus two Clarksville losses | Win over Dyer County | |
| Northeast Eagles | Win over Henry County | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Northwest Vikings | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus West Creek over Dyer County over Kenwood | Two wins plus either (a) West Creek over Clarksville or (b) West Creek over Dyer County over Kenwood; or win over Clarksville plus two West Creek wins and two Dyer County losses | |
| Region 8 | Brighton Cardinals | ▼ | Two wins plus two Ridgeway losses | Two wins | Two wins; or win over Southwind plus one Ridgeway win; or win over Munford plus either (a) one Overton loss, (b) one Kirby win, or (c) Southwind over Ridgeway |
| Kirby Cougars | One win; or Brighton over Munford plus one Ridgeway loss | One win; or one Ridgeway loss; or Brighton over Munford | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Munford Cougars | Two wins plus Overton over Kirby and one Ridgeway loss | Two wins plus Overton over Kirby; or win over Brighton plus two Ridgeway losses and Brighton over Southwind | Two wins plus either (a) Overton over Kirby, (b) one Southwind loss, or (c) Bolton over Ridgeway | Win over Brighton; or win over Kirby plus either (a) two Overton wins and one Southwind loss or (b) two Southwind losses; or two Southwind losses plus Overton splits | |
| Overton (Memphis) Wolverines | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus either (a) Ridgeway over Bolton, Brighton over Southwind, and two Munford losses, (b) Munford and Southwind both lose twice, or (c) two Brighton losses plus Ridgeway over Southwind | |
| Ridgeway Roadrunners | Two wins plus two Kirby losses | Two wins; or win over Southwind plus either (a) one Munford loss or (b) one Kirby win; or win over Bolton plus either (c) two Brighton wins or (d) Brighton over Southwind plus one Kirby win | Win over Southwind; or win over Bolton plus one win by either Brighton or Kirby; or Southwind over Brighton plus one Munford loss | One win; or one Kirby win; or one Brighton loss; or Kingsbury over Overton | |
| Southwind Jaguars | ▼ | Two wins plus either one Kirby win or one Munford loss | Two wins; or win over Brighton plus either (a) two Munford losses or (b) one loss each by Munford and Overton; or win over Ridgeway plus Bolton over Ridgeway and either (c) one Overton loss, (d) Kirby over Munford, or (e) Munford over Brighton | Two wins; or win over Brighton plus either (a) one Overton loss or (b) Brighton over Munford; or win over Southwind plus either (c) Bolton over Ridgeway or (d) Brighton over Munford plus one Overton loss; or Overton and Munford both lose twice |
Four teams per region qualify to the round of 32.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Bearden Bulldogs | Two wins; or win over Hardin Valley plus Hardin Valley over Farragut | Two wins; or one win plus Hardin Valley over Farragut; or win over Hardin Valley plus Jefferson County over Science Hill | Win over Hardin Valley; or win over Morristown West plus either Hardin Valley over Farragut or Jefferson County over Science Hill; or two Dobyns-Bennett wins plus Jefferson County over Science Hill | One win; or Dobyns-Bennett over Morristown West |
| Dobyns-Bennett Indians | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Jefferson County over Science Hill | |
| Farragut Admirals | Win over Hardin Valley plus one Bearden loss | Win over Hardin Valley; or two Bearden losses; or Bearden over Hardin Valley plus Science Hill over Jefferson County | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Hardin Valley Hawks | Two wins | Two wins; or one win plus Jefferson County over Science Hill | Win over Bearden; or win over Farragut plus Jefferson County over Science Hill; or two Dobyns-Bennett wins plus Jefferson County over Science Hill | ☆ | |
| Morristown West Teojans | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Hardin Valley over Bearden | |
| Science Hill Hilltoppers | ▼ | Win over Jefferson County plus Farragut over Hardin Valley and one Bearden loss | Win over Jefferson County plus either (a) one Hardin Valley loss or (b) Morristown West over Bearden; or one Dobyns-Bennett loss plus either Bearden or Hardin Valley loses twice | Win over Jefferson County or one Dobyns-Bennett loss | |
| Region 2 | Bradley Central Bears | Two wins plus Maryville over Heritage; or win over Maryville, Heritage over Maryville, and one Ooltewah loss | Two wins; or win over Maryville plus Heritage over Maryville; or one win plus two Ooltewah losses | One win; or Cleveland splits | One win or one Cleveland loss |
| Cleveland Blue Raiders | ▼ | Two wins plus two Bradley Central losses | Two wins plus either (a) Bradley Central loses twice, (b) Bradley Central wins twice, (c) Maryville loses twice, or (d) Heritage over Ooltewah; or win over Ooltewah plus Heritage over Ooltewah and one Bradley Central win | One win | |
| McMinn County Cherokees | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Bradley Central over William Blount and Ooltewah over Cleveland; or win over Cleveland plus Ooltewah over Cleveland and two William Blount losses | |
| Maryville Red Rebels | Win over Bradley Central; or win over Heritage plus either (a) William Blount over Bradley Central or (b) two Ooltewah wins; or Ooltewah splits plus William Blount over Bradley Central | One win or one Ooltewah loss | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Ooltewah Owls | Two wins plus two Bradley Central wins; or one win plus two Maryville losses and William Blount over Bradley Central | Two wins; or win over Cleveland plus one Bradley Central loss; or win over Heritage plus either (a) Bradley Central splits or (b) Maryville over Bradley Central and McMinn County over Cleveland; or two Bradley Central losses plus McMinn County over Cleveland | Win over Cleveland; or win over Heritage plus either Cleveland or Bradley Central loses once; or Bradley Central loses twice | ||
| William Blount Governors | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Bradley Central plus Maryville over Bradley Central and two Cleveland losses | Win over Bradley Central plus either (a) two Cleveland wins and Maryville over Bradley Central or (b) two Cleveland losses; or win over Stone Memorial plus two Cleveland losses and Walker Valley over McMinn County | |
| Region 3 | Blackman Blaze | Two Oakland losses plus either (a) win over Riverdale or (b) two Cookeville wins | Win over Riverdale; or two Cookeville wins plus two Oakland losses | ☆ | ☆ |
| Cookeville Cavaliers | ▼ | Two wins plus two Riverdale losses and Warren County over Oakland | Two wins plus either (a) two Riverdale losses or (b) two Riverdale wins and Warren County over Oakland | One win plus one Siegel loss (may be same) | |
| Oakland Patriots | One win; or Warren County over Riverdale over Blackman plus Siegel over Cookeville | One win; or Riverdale splits; or Siegel over Cookeville | One win; or one Riverdale loss; or Siegel over Cookeville | ☆ | |
| Riverdale Warriors | Two wins plus two Oakland losses | Two wins; or win over Blackman plus either one Oakland win or one Cookeville loss | One win or one Cookeville loss | ☆ | |
| Siegel Stars | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins or two Cookeville losses | |
| Region 4 | Hendersonville Commandos | Two wins, or win over Mount Juliet plus Lebanon over Rossview | Win over Rossview, or win over Mount Juliet plus either Lebanon over Rossview or Station Camp over Mount Juliet | One win or one Lebanon loss | ☆ |
| Lebanon Blue Devils | ▼ | Two wins plus two Hendersonville losses | Two wins or two Rossview losses | One win and one Wilson Central loss (may be same game) | |
| Mount Juliet Golden Bears | Win over Hendersonville; or win over Station Camp plus two Rossview wins | One win or one Rossview loss | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Rossview Hawks | Two wins plus two Mount Juliet losses | Two wins, or win over Hendersonville plus Rossview over Hendersonville and Wilson Central over Lebanon | Win over Lebanon; or two Hendersonville losses; or win over Hendersonville plus Wilson County over Lebanon | ☆ | |
| Station Camp Bison | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Lebanon losses | |
| Wilson Central Wildcats | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus one Rossview win | |
| Region 5 | Cane Ridge Ravens | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
| John Overton Bobcats | ▼ | Two wins plus two Smyrna losses | Two wins; or win over Antioch plus Smyrna over McGavock and Stewarts Creek over LaVergne; or win over LaVergne plus Smyrna over McGavock | Win over LaVergne; or win over Antioch plus either (a) Smyrna over McGavock or (b) Stewarts Creek over LaVergne | |
| LaVergne Wolverines | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Smyrna over McGavock and Overton over Antioch | Two wins | |
| McGavock Raiders | ▼ | Win over Smyrna plus one Overton loss | Win over Smyrna plus either one Overton loss or one Antioch win; or two Overton losses | Win over Smyrna; or Antioch over Overton; or one LaVergne loss | |
| Smyrna Bulldogs | ▼ | Win over McGavock; or win over Antioch plus two Overton wins | One win or one Overton loss | ☆ | |
| Stewarts Creek Red Hawks | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over LaVergne plus two Overton losses | |
| Region 6 | Brentwood Bruins | Win over Centennial plus Ravenwood over Independence | Win over Centennial; or win over Marshall County plus Independence over Ravenwood | Same (cannot finish exactly 3rd) | ☆ |
| Centennial Cougars | ▼ | Win over Brentwood plus Ravenwood over Independence | Win over Brentwood plus either (a) Ravenwood over Independence or (b) Marshall County over Brentwood | Win over Brentwood; or Dickson County over Franklin | |
| Franklin Rebels | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Dickson County plus Brentwood over Centennial | |
| Independence Eagles | Win over Ravenwood | Same (cannot finish exactly 2nd) | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Ravenwood Raptors | Win over Independence plus Centennial over Brentwood | Win over Independence; or two Brentwood losses | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Region 7 | Arlington Tigers | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Cordova plus Cordova over Bartlett and Houston over Collierville | One win | ☆ |
| Bartlett Panthers | ▼ | ▼ | Win over Cordova plus two Arlington wins and Houston over Collierville | Two Cordova losses | |
| Collierville Dragons | Two wins plus one Cordova loss | Two wins plus one Cordova loss; or win over Arlington plus two Cordova losses | Two wins; or win over Arlington plus Cordova either beats Arlington or loses to Bartlett; or win over Houston plus two Cordova losses | One win or one Cordova win | |
| Cordova Wolves | ▼ | Two wins; or win over Arlington plus one Collierville loss | Win over Arlington; or win over Bartlett plus one Collierville loss | One win or two Collierville losses | |
| Houston Mustangs | One Collierville loss or two Cordova wins | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Region 8 | Germantown Red Devils | Two wins; or win over Whitehaven plus White Station either beats Central or loses to Whitehaven; or win over Central plus two White Station wins | One win; or Whitehaven over White Station over Central | One win or one White Station loss | ☆ |
| Memphis Central Warriors | Two wins plus two Whitehaven losses | Two wins plus Whitehaven over Germantown; or win over White Station plus two Whitehaven losses | Win over White Station; or win over Germantown plus White Station over Whitehaven over Germantown | ☆ | |
| White Station Spartans | Two wins plus two Germantown losses | Two wins | Win over Central; or two Whitehaven losses | ☆ | |
| Whitehaven Tigers | Two wins; or win over Germantown plus Central over White Station | Win over White Station; or win over Germantown plus one Central win | One win; or White Station over Central | ☆ |
Six teams per region qualify, with the top two earning byes to the quarterfinals and the rest playing in the round of 16.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Top 4 | Top 5 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Region | Donelson Christian Wildcats | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus King’s over Ezell-Harding | Win over King’s |
| Ezell-Harding Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over King’s; or Donelson Christian over King’s and Mt. Juliet Christian over Donelson Christian | Win over King’s or one Donelson Christian loss | |
| Friendship Christian Commanders | One Middle TN Christian loss | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Grace Baptist Golden Eagles | ▼ | Two wins | One win | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| King’s Academy Lions | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins | Win over Donelson Christian; or win over Ezell-Harding plus Donelson Christian over Mt. Juliet Christian | |
| Middle Tennessee Christian Cougars | Two wins | Two wins; or win over Grace Baptist plus Grace Baptist over Mt. Juliet Christian | Win over Grace Baptist; or win over Friendship Christian plus two Mt. Juliet Christian losses | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Mount Juliet Christian Saints | ▼ | Win over Grace Baptist plus one Middle TN Christian loss | Win over Grace Baptist; or win over Donelson Christian plus Grace Baptist over Middle TN Christian; or Middle TN Christian loses twice | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| West Region | Clarksville Academy Cougars | Two wins plus Jackson Christian over Fayette Academy | Two wins plus either Jackson Christian over Fayette Academy or Zion Christian over Davidson Academy; or win over Davidson Academy plus Fayette Academy over Jackson Christian, Tipton-Rosemark over Nashville Christian, and Zion Christian over Davidson Academy | One win plus one Nashville Christian loss (may be same) | One win or one Tipton-Rosemark loss | ☆ | ☆ |
| Davidson Academy Bears | Win over Clarksville Academy; or win over Zion Christian plus Fayette Academy over Jackson Christian; or Jackson Christian over Fayette Academy plus Nashville Christian over Clarksville Academy | One win; or Jackson Christian over Fayette Academy; or two Nashville Christian wins | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Fayette Academy Vikings | Win over Jackson Christian plus two Davidson Academy losses | Win over Jackson Christian or one Clarksville Academy loss | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Jackson Christian Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Nashville Christian losses | Two wins; or win over Tipton-Rosemark plus one Nashville Christian win | ☆ | |
| Nashville Christian Eagles | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins; or two Clarksville Academy losses plus Jackson Christian over Tipton-Rosemark | Win over Tipton-Rosemark; or win over Clarksville Academy plus either (a) Davidson Academy over Clarksville Academy or (b) Jackson Christian over Tipton-Rosemark | One win or one Jackson Christian loss | ☆ | |
| Tipton-Rosemark Rebels | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Clarksville Academy losses | Two wins; or win over Nashville Christian plus Clarksville Academy over Nashville Christian and Fayette Academy over Jackson Christian | Win over Jackson Christian; or two Nashville Christian losses | ☆ |
In even years such as 2018, the East Region qualifies six teams and the others five each. All begin play in the round of 16.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Top 4 | Top 5 | Qualify |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Region | Boyd-Buchanan Buccaneers | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Win over CAK plus Webb over CAK |
| Chattanooga Christian Chargers | Two wins | Two wins; or one win plus two Webb losses | Two wins; or one win plus either (a) one Silverdale loss or (b) CAK over Webb; or two CAK wins plus Silverdale over Grace Christian; or Webb over Silverdale over Grace Christian | One win; or one Webb win; or CAK over Boyd-Buchanan; or Silverdale over Grace Christian | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Christian Academy of Knoxville Warriors | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus either (a) two Silverdale wins or (b) Grace Christian over Silverdale and one Chattanooga Christian win | Two wins; or one win plus one Grace Christian loss | One win | |
| Grace Christian (Knoxville) Rams | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Notre Dame over Chattanooga Christian and either (a) one Webb win or (b) CAK over Boyd-Buchanan | Two wins plus either (a) Boyd-Buchanan over CAK and Webb over Silverdale, (b) Notre Dame over Chattanooga Christian, or (c) Webb over CAK; or win over Silverdale plus two Webb wins and Boyd-Buchanan over CAK | Two wins plus either (a) one Webb win, (b) Notre Dame over Chattanooga Christian, or (c) Boyd-Buchanan over CAK; or win over Silverdale plus two CAK wins and Webb over Silverdale; or two CAK losses | ☆ | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | One Chattanooga Christian loss | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Silverdale Baptist Seahawks | ▼ | Two wins plus Webb over CAK and one Chattanooga Christian loss; or win over Webb plus two Chattanooga Christian losses and CAK over Webb | Two wins; or two Webb losses | Win over Grace Christian; or win over Webb and either (a) Silverdale over Webb or (b) Chattanooga Christian over Grace Christian; or Chattanooga Christian over Grace Christian plus CAK splits | One win or one CAK loss | ☆ | |
| Webb (Knoxville) Spartans | ▼ | One win plus one loss each by Silverdale and Chattanooga Christian | Win over Silverdale; or win over CAK plus either (a) one Chattanooga Christian loss or (b) one Grace Christian win; or two Chattanooga Christian losses plus Boyd-Buchanan over CAK | One win; or Boyd-Buchanan over CAK | One win; or one Grace Christian loss; or Chattanooga Christian over Notre Dame; or Boyd-Buchanan over CAK | ☆ | |
| Middle Region | Battle Ground Academy Wildcats | ▼ | Win over Lipscomb or CPA over FRA | Same (cannot finish exactly 3rd) | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Christ Presbyterian Lions | Win over FRA or BGA over Lipscomb | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ||
| Franklin Road Academy Panthers | Win over CPA plus Lipscomb over BGA | Same (cannot finish exactly 2nd) | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ||
| Goodpasture Cougars | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ☆ | ||
| Lipscomb Academy Mustangs | ▼ | ▼ | Win over BGA plus FRA over CPA | ☆ | ☆ | ||
| West Region | Evangelical Christian Eagles | Two wins plus two Lausanne losses and Harding over USJ | Two wins plus USJ splits; or win over Harding Academy plus two USJ losses and First Assembly over St. George’s | Two wins plus either (a) one USJ loss or (b) First Assembly over St. George’s; or win over Harding plus either (c) two First Assembly wins or (d) two USJ losses; or win over Northpoint plus either (e) two USJ losses and First Assembly over St. George’s or (f) two First Assembly wins and USJ over Harding | Win over Harding; or win over Northpoint plus either (a) two First Assembly wins or (b) two USJ losses | One win or one First Assembly loss | |
| First Assembly Christian Crusaders | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus either Harding or ECS loses twice | Two wins | ||
| Harding Academy Lions | ▼ | Two wins plus either (a) First Assembly over St. George’s or (b) USJ over Lausanne | Two wins; or win over USJ plus First Assembly over St. George’s and Lausanne over USJ; or win over ECS plus two First Assembly wins and Northpoint over ECS | Win over ECS; or win over USJ plus either (a) Lausanne over USJ or (b) First Assembly wins twice | One win or one First Assembly loss | ||
| Lausanne Lynx | Win over USJ; or win over First Assembly plus Harding over USJ; or two Harding wins | One win; or one ECS loss; or USJ over Harding | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ||
| St. George’s Gryphons | ▼ | Win over First Assembly plus two USJ losses | Win over First Assembly plus either (a) USJ either wins twice or loses twice, (b) Northpoint over ECS over Harding; or (c) Harding over ECS and Lausanne over USJ; or Northpoint over ECS over Harding plus USJ over Lausanne over First Assembly; or USJ over Harding, Lausanne over First Assembly, and one ECS loss | Win over First Assembly; or Lausanne over First Assembly plus either (a) one USJ win or (b) two ECS losses | Win over First Assembly; or Lausanne over First Assembly; or either Harding or ECS loses twice | ||
| University School of Jackson Bruins | Two wins; or win over Lausanne plus Northpoint over ECS over Harding and First Assembly over Lausanne | Two wins; or win over Harding plus one ECS loss; or win over Lausanne plus ECS over Harding and either (a) First Assembly over Lausanne or (b) Northpoint over ECS | One win; or two ECS losses plus First Assembly over St. George’s | One win; or two ECS losses; or First Assembly over St. George’s | ☆ | ||
All teams qualify. The top three in the East/Middle and top two in the West earn byes to the quarterfinals, with the rest playing the round of 16.
| Region | Team | First | Top 2 | Top 3 | Top 4 | Top 5 | Top 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East/Middle Region | Baylor Red Raiders | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus two Ensworth losses | Two wins; or win over Ryan plus one Ensworth win; or win over MBA plus McCallie over Ryan and one Ensworth win | Win over Ryan; or win over MBA plus McCallie over Ryan; or Ensworth over JPII and Ryan over McCallie |
| Brentwood Academy Eagles | Two wins plus Ryan over McCallie | Two wins or two MBA losses | Win over Ensworth; or win over MBA plus either (a) Baylor over MBA or (b) JPII over Ensworth | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Ensworth Tigers | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus MBA over Baylor; or two Brentwood Academy losses | One win | One win or one Baylor loss | ☆ | |
| Father Ryan Fighting Irish | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two wins plus Ensworth over JPII | Two wins or two Baylor losses | |
| McCallie Blue Tornado | Win over Ryan plus two Brentwood Academy wins; or two MBA losses plus Ensworth over Brentwood Academy | Win over Ryan or one Brentwood Academy loss | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Montgomery Bell Academy Big Red | Win over Brentwood Academy; or win over Baylor plus Ensworth over Brentwood Academy | Win over Brentwood Academy; or win over Baylor plus Ensworth over Brentwood Academy; or Brentwood Academy over Ensworth and Ryan over McCallie | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | |
| Pope John Paul II Knights | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | Two Ensworth losses plus one Baylor loss | Two Ensworth losses; or win over Ensworth plus two Ryan wins; or two Baylor losses plus McCallie over Ryan | Win over Ensworth or one Ryan loss | |
| West Region | Christian Brothers Purple Wave/Memphis University School Owls | Briarcrest Christian Saints/St. Benedict Eagles | |||||