The big games keep getting bigger. Some teams already have pretty much locked up league titles, but most conference races haven’t been decided yet.
In addition, dozens of teams are battling for playoff spots, while potential seeding positions also are at stake as the regular season winds down to the final three weeks.
Nearly 40 schools remain unbeaten overall. However, we know that number will be shaved by at least three on Friday night.
Two of those perfect records will come to an end in the Rock Valley Conference because McFarland visits Evansville in the North Division and Walworth Big Foot travels to Brodhead-Juda in the South. All four teams enter these showdowns with 3-0 league records and 6-0 overall marks.
Big Foot, Brodhead-Juda and Evansville are Nos. 1-3, respectively, in this week’s BadgerStatePreps.com Division 4 poll, while McFarland is No. 10 in D-3.
The other matchup of undefeated combatants features Hillsboro, ranked third in D-7, entertaining Bangor, rated No. 7 in D-6, with both sitting at 4-0 in Scenic Bluffs action and 6-0 overall.
Other key contests include Elk Mound (3-0, 4-2) visiting Mondovi (4-0, 5-1) in a Dunn-St. Croix battle; Owen-Withee and Loyal, two of three teams at 5-1, tangling in a key Cloverwood game; Green Bay Notre Dame (5-0, 6-0) squaring off against Green Bay Preble (4-1, 5-1); West Allis Hale and Milwaukee Marquette meeting with 4-0, 5-1 marks in the Greater Metro; Brillion (5-1, 5-1) traveling to Hilbert (5-0, 6-0) in the Olympian; Potosi (5-0, 6-0) visiting Benton/Scales Mound (4-1, 5-1) in the Six Rivers; third-ranked D-1 team D.C. Everest (4-0, 6-0) heading down Interstate 39 to face No. 10 Stevens Point (3-0, 5-1) in the Wisconsin Valley; and Greendale (5-0, 6-0), No. 8 in D-3, hosting No. 6 New Berlin Eisenhower (5-0, 6-1).
Wednesday, Oct. 8
Dunn-St. Croix
Boyceville at Spring Valley
Glenwood City at St. Croix Central
Thursday, Oct. 9
Big Rivers
Eau Claire Memorial at Menomonie
Hudson at Eau Claire North
Chippewa Falls at Rice Lake
Central Wisconsin Large
Bonduel at Pacelli
Dunn-St. Croix
Elk Mound at Mondovi
Clear Lake at Colfax (NC)
Heart O’North
Hayward at Spooner
Cumberland at Bloomer
Chetek at Ladysmith
Lakeland Large
Luck at St. Croix Falls
Cameron at Unity
Clear Lake at Colfax (NC)
Lakeland Small
Winter at Northwood
Birchwood-Weyerhaeuser at Shell Lake
Bruce (Bye)
Lakeland South
Plum City at Lake Holcombe
Elmwood at Clayton
Prairie Farm at New Auburn
Pepin at Cornell
Friday, Oct. 10
Badger North
Fort Atkinson at Mount Horeb/Barneveld (NC)
Sauk Prairie at Reedsburg
DeForest at Portage
Baraboo at Waunakee
Badger South
Ft. Atkinson at Mount Horeb/Barneveld (NC)
Madison Edgewood at Monroe
Milton at Oregon
Monona Grove at Stoughton
Bay
Marinette at Oconto Falls
Shawano at Seymour
Luxemburg-Casco at West De Pere
Hortonville at Denmark
New London at Lakeland (NC)
Big Eight
Janesville Craig at Madison East
Sun Prairie at Madison West
Verona at Beloit
Madison La Follette at Janesville Parker
Madison Memorial at Middleton
Big Rivers
River Falls at Superior
Capitol North
Columbus at Lake Mills
Lodi at Poynette
Lakeside Lutheran at Luther Prep
Capitol South
Belleville/Albany at Marshall
New Glarus/Monticello at Cambridge
Waterloo at Wisconsin Heights
Central Lakeshore
Ozaukee at Howards Grove
Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler at Oostburg
Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah at Random Lake
Stockbridge at Cedar Grove-Belgium
Central Wisconsin Large
Wittenberg-Birnamwood at Amherst
Iola-Scandinavia at Manawa
Weyauwega-Fremont at Shiocton
Central Wisconsin Small
Rosholt at Almond-Bancroft
Tigerton (Bye)
Port Edwards at Marion
Tri-County at Wild Rose
Classic 8
Mukwonago at Waukesha South
Arrowhead at Waukesha North
Kettle Moraine at Catholic Memorial
Cloverbelt
Neillsville at Spencer/Columbus Catholic
Regis at Fall Creek
Altoona at Colby
Cadott at Osseo-Fairchild
Stanley-Boyd at Marathon
Cloverwood
Owen-Withee at Loyal
Gilman at Athens
Abbotsford at Greenwood
Assumption at Thorp
Augusta at Newman Catholic
Dairyland
Blair-Taylor at Cochrane-Fountain City
Eleva-Strum at Whitehall
Independence/Gilmanton at Melrose-Mindoro
Lincoln at Alma
Eastern Valley
Waupaca at Omro
Fox Valley Lutheran at Xavier
Berlin at Freedom
Clintonville at Winneconne
Ripon at Little Chute
Eastern Wisconsin
New Holstein at Kiel
Plymouth at Two Rivers
Sheboygan Falls at Kewaskum
Waupun at Campbellsport
Fox River Classic
Pulaski at Sheboygan South
Ashwaubenon at Manitowoc
Bay Port at Sheboygan North
Notre Dame at Green Bay Preble
Green Bay Southwest at Green Bay East
Green Bay West at De Pere
Fox Valley Association
Appleton East at Fond du Lac
Oshkosh West at Kimberly
Neenah at Menasha
Appleton West at Oshkosh North
Kaukauna at Appleton North
Great Northern
Medford at Antigo
Lakeland at Northland Pines
Tomahawk at Merrill
New London at Mosinee (NC)
Great Western (Michigan conference)
Washburn at Hurley
Greater Metro
West Allis Hale at Marquette
Wauwatosa East at West Allis Central
Hamilton at Brookfield East
Brookfield Central at Menomonee Falls
Heart O’North
Barron at Northwestern
Indian Trails
Mooseheart, Ill. at Maranatha Baptist
Wayland Academy at Rockford Christian, Ill.
Lakeland Large
Grantsburg at Webster
Lakeland Small
Flambeau at Siren
Turtle Lake at Frederic
Marawood
Park Falls at Auburndale
McDonell Central at Stratford
Prentice/Rib Lake at Pittsville
Edgar at Phillips
Stanley-Boyd at Marathon (NC)
Marinette & Oconto
Wausaukee at Gillett
Suring at Peshtigo
Crivitz at Niagara/Goodman/Pembine
Coleman at Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas
Middle Border
Amery at Durand
Baldwin-Woodville at Ellsworth
Somerset at New Richmond
Prescott at Osceola
Midwest Classic
Kenosha St. Joseph at The Hope School
Heritage Christian at Brookfield Academy
Racine Lutheran at Racine St. Catherine’s
Catholic Central at University School
Martin Luther at Shoreland Lutheran
Milwaukee City Blackbourn
North at Custer
Milwaukee City Richardson
Bradley Tech at Washington
Hamilton at Bay View
Wilmot at Milwaukee Pulaski (NC)
Mississippi Valley
Tomah at Aquinas
Holmen at Sparta
La Crosse Logan at Onalaska
Wausau West at La Crosse Central (NC)
North Shore
Whitefish Bay at Homestead
Milwaukee Lutheran at Cedarburg
Port Washington at Germantown
Nicolet at Grafton
Northern Lakes
Crandon at Florence
Laona/Wabeno at Three Lakes
Crivitz at Niagara/Goodman/Pembine
Olympian-Packerland Large
Southern Door at Sturgeon Bay
Kewaunee at Chilton
Oconto at Valders
Wrightstown at Mishicot
Olympian-Packerland Small
Roncalli at Gibraltar
Reedsville at Algoma
Brillion at Hilbert
St. Mary Central at Manitowoc Lutheran
Sevastopol at Oostburg (NC)
Rock Valley
Whitewater at Edgerton
East Troy at Jefferson
McFarland at Evansville
Turner at Palmyra-Eagle
Big Foot at Brodhead/Juda
Parkview at Clinton
Ridge & Valley
Shullsburg at Weston (NC)
Kickapoo/LaFarge at Seneca
North Crawford at Ithaca
Scenic Bluffs
Royall at Brookwood
Necedah at Cashton
Bangor at Hillsboro
New Lisbon at Wonewoc-Center
Sea Range (Minnesota conference)
Hermantown, MN at Ashland
Six Rivers
Pecatonica/Argyle at Black Hawk
Potosi at Benton/Scales Mound
Highland at Cassville
River Ridge at Belmont
Shullsburg at Weston (NC)
South Central
Nekoosa at Pioneer Westfield
Adams-Friendship at Wisconsin Dells
Mauston at Wautoma
Southeast
Muskego at Kenosha Tremper
South Milwaukee at Oak Creek
Franklin at Racine Case
Racine Park at Burlington
Racine Horlick at Kenosha Bradford
Southern Lakes
Waterford at Elkhorn
Delavan-Darien at Westosha Central
Union Grove at Badger
Wilmot at Milwaukee Pulaski (NC)
Southwest Wis. Activities League
Cuba City at Fennimore
Riverdale at Mineral Point
Southwestern at Darlington
Iowa-Grant at Boscobel
Trailways Large
Dodgeland at Pardeeville
Deerfield at Oshkosh Lourdes
Montello/Princeton at Markesan
Oakfield at Johnson Creek
Trailways Small
Green Lake at Randolph
Fall River at Hustisford
Cambria-Friesland at Williams Bay
Wisconsin Flyway
Horicon wins forfeit over Lomira
Mayville at North Fond du Lac
Winnebago Lutheran at Laconia
Western Wisconsin-Coulee
Arcadia at Black River Falls
West Salem at Westby
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau at Viroqua
Western Wisconsin Southwest
River Valley at Richland Center
Prairie du Chien at Lancaster
Dodgeville at Platteville
Wisconsin Little Ten
Watertown at West Bend East
West Bend West at Wisconsin Lutheran
Slinger at Oconomowoc
Beaver Dam at Hartford
Wisconsin Valley
D.C. Everest at Stevens Point
Rhinelander at Marshfield
Wausau East at Wis. Rapids Lincoln
Wausau West at La Crosse Central (NC)
Woodland
New Berlin Eisenhower at Greendale
Cudahy at Greenfield
Whitnall at Brown Deer
Pewaukee at Wauwatosa West
St. Francis at New Berlin West
St. Thomas More (Bye)
Independents
Luther at Wabasha-Kellogg, MN
Rapid River, MI at Oneida Nation
Saturday, Oct. 11
Classic 8
Waukesha West at Pius XI
Midwest Classic
Living Word Lutheran at St. John’s NWMA
Dominican at Lake Country Lutheran
Milwaukee City Blackbourn
Madison at King
Marshall at South
Milwaukee City Richardson
Vincent at Riverside
Northern Lakes
Menominee Indian at White Lake/Elcho
Ridge & Valley
North Crawford at Seneca
DeSoto at Wauzeka-Steuben
Trailways Small
Rio at Abundant Life
Wisconsin Flyway
St. Mary’s Springs at Kettle Moraine Lutheran