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Clawson to Face Almont in Football Playoffs

'Selection Sunday' reveals opponents for Oakland County's high school football teams.

The football team learned Sunday night that it will make its second consecutive playoff appearance in Division 5 this weekend, this time against Almont.

Selection Sunday

Selection Sunday is one of the most exciting days of the high school football season – and it doesn't even involve any actually football games.

On the “Selection Sunday” program that aired on FOX Sports Detroit, football teams across the state found out the full list of qualifiers and pairings.

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Teams that played nine games this season and had six wins automatically qualified (five wins for teams that played eight games). On the show, it was revealed that 234 teams automatically qualified this year, the lowest number ever.

This was good news for teams like Brother Rice and Avondale that finished on the bubble with just five wins. The field for the playoffs is 256 teams, so 22 teams that didn’t automatically qualify were able to get in.

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Qualifying teams are divided into eight divisions of 32 schools each based on school size. There are four regions of eight teams in each division and within those regions there are two districts of four teams.

All times and dates for first round games will be announced by the MHSAA on Monday. Games will be played on Friday and Saturday.

Clawson Trojans vs. Almont Raiders

After the Clawson Trojans (6-3) lost to Madison Heights Madison 44-29 last season, it's ready to take on the Almont Raiders (8-1) at Almont.

Almont is out of the Blue Water Area conference and has made the playoffs five of the last six years. Last year, the Raiders lost in the districts to Birch Run, 27-21.

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (7-2), out of the Catholic League, is probably the favorite in the district. It made it to the regionals last season and is making its fourth straight playoff appearance.

More high school football playoffs matchups

For a complete list of pairings, see this MHSAA list.

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