Below is our Sports Editor Steven Okonek’s projection for the 2023 8-Player WIAA Football Playoff Field. This is unofficial but compiled using the WIAA’s playoff qualification rules listed here using data from wissports.net.
| School | Conference | Overall Record |
| Gilman | CWC-E | 8-0 |
| McDonell Central | CWC-W | 8-0 |
| Clayton | Lakeland W | 8-0 |
| Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas | Peninsula | 8-0 |
| Oakfield | R & V E | 8-0 |
| North Crawford | R & V W | 8-0 |
| Florence | Northern Border | 7-0 |
| Almond-Bancroft | Central | 7-1 |
| Siren | Lakeland W | 7-1 |
| Three Lakes | Northern Border | 7-1 |
| Thorp | CWC-E | 6-2 |
| Gibraltar | Peninsula | 6-2 |
| Abundant Life/St. Ambrose | R & V E | 6-2 |
| Shell Lake | Lakeland W | 5-2 |
| Owen-Withee | CWC-E | 5-3 |
| Newman Catholic | Central | 5-3 |
Full brackets will be released by the WIAA at 10:00 AM on Saturday, we will have a full breakdown of each of the 7 divisions plus 8-Player on Saturday afternoon.
