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Creighton Prep at Bellevue West: a playoff streak meets a team chasing the line
Creighton Prep sits 11th in Class A's NSAA standings and Bellevue West 17th, just below 16th place. Numbers, charts and the playoff stakes before Thursday's game.
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Scores are NSAA finals. Points and ranks are NSAA wildcard standings, checked Oct. 21, 2026. Projections are not official seeds.
Both teams are 4-4, but they are standing in very different spots. Creighton Prep is 11th in Class A's NSAA wildcard standings at 40.000, tied with Millard West. Bellevue West is 17th at 38.125, tied with Lincoln Southeast, and 0.750 points behind today's 16th-place mark of 38.875.
The game is Thursday, Oct. 22, at Bellevue West. Kickoff time has not been posted on our schedule yet.
The playoff picture
For Bellevue West, this is the kind of game that decides a season. The Thunderbirds have won three straight, but they are on the outside today, and the teams just above them all play this week. For Prep, a loss would not end anything on its own, but it would drop the Junior Jays' average toward the crowd near the line.
That matters because of the streak. NSAA's record book lists Prep with 46 playoff appearances, the most in state history, and a run of 30 straight that began in 1995. Prep also has the most state championships, nine.
How they got to 4-4
Prep's schedule has been brutal. Three of its four losses came against teams with one loss or none: Omaha Westside (42-10), Millard North (42-12) and Bennington (21-13). The fourth was a 28-21 loss to Elkhorn South. Its wins: Omaha Central (42-7), Lincoln Southeast (21-14), Omaha Burke (51-0) and a 35-13 win at Kearney last week.
Bellevue West started 1-4, with losses to Brandon Valley of South Dakota (10-7), Omaha North (15-7), Westside (60-20) and Papillion-La Vista South (48-6). Since then it has won three in a row: 29-26 over Lincoln East, 55-14 at Bellevue East and 61-6 at Omaha South.
By the numbers
| Creighton Prep | Bellevue West | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 4-4 | 4-4 |
| NSAA rank and points | 11th, 40.000 | 17th, 38.125 |
| Points scored per game | 25.6 | 30.1 |
| Points allowed per game | 20.9 | 22.4 |
| Average margin | +4.8 | +7.8 |
| Current streak | Won 1 | Won 3 |
| Last game | W 35-13 at Kearney | W 61-6 at Omaha South |
Their one shared opponent is the toughest in the state. Both lost to Omaha Westside: Prep 42-10, Bellevue West 60-20.
Editorial update, Oct. 21: Program-history claims from the supplied school-history mapping are withheld pending school-identity verification. This does not change the current-season results, records or statistics above.
What to watch
- Bellevue West's recent scoring. It has 145 points in its last three games. Prep has allowed more than 28 just twice.
- Prep's defense. It allows 20.9 points a game against one of the toughest schedules in Class A.
- The rest of the bubble. Lincoln North Star at Lincoln Southwest and Lincoln Standing Bear at Bellevue East are the same night.
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