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Class D2 bubble watch (projected): Neligh-Oakdale No. 12; Fullerton last in (NSAA-official Thursday finals)

Projected Class D2 after Thursday: Neligh-Oakdale + Loomis wins now NSAA official; Fullerton last in; Tri County Northeast first out. Scout 10:53 a.m. CT Friday, Oct. 23.

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Class D2's eligibility-filtered cut after Thursday: Fullerton (4-4, 38.125) is last in, and Tri County Northeast (4-4, 37.625) is first out. 6 district champs + 10 wild cards. Points-order top 16 is a PROXY.

Thursday finals now NSAA official (were tips at 9:02 a.m.): Neligh-Oakdale beat Bloomfield 46–18 and Loomis beat Arapahoe 82–30. Neligh-Oakdale (7-2, 39.8889, No. 12) sits inside the projected field after that result.

PROJECTED after Thursday — not official NSAA seeds. Data as of 10:53 a.m. CT Friday, Oct. 23 (NSAA points page 23 Oct 2026 10:51:20 am CDT). Friday opponents unplayed only — no invented win/loss averages.

Team Rec Pts Elig # Status
Neligh-Oakdale7-239.888912In
Hitchcock County5-339.7513In
Bertrand6-339.333314In
BDS5-338.87515In
Fullerton4-438.12516Last in
Tri County Northeast4-437.62517First out
South Loup4-537.555618Out
Class D2 teams near the playoff line on projected wildcard points after Thursday, eligibility-filtered (Scout rebuild 10:53 a.m. CT Friday, Oct. 23). Status text (not color alone) marks In / Last in / First out / Out. Source: NSAA schedules/points + Scout pack. Static chart image pending redraw — numbers above match the interactive JSON; do not treat any Oct. 21 chart art as this projection. Classification PDF: https://nsaa-static.s3.amazonaws.com/textfile/fbl/2627class.pdf.

Eligible field Nos. 12–16

Neligh-Oakdale (7-2, 39.8889, No. 12) — No Friday game left (or finished). Hitchcock County (5-3, 39.75, No. 13) — Friday: hosts Maywood-Hayes Center (unplayed). Bertrand (6-3, 39.3333, No. 14) — No Friday game left (or finished). BDS (5-3, 38.875, No. 15) — Friday: visits Superior (unplayed). Fullerton (4-4, 38.125, No. 16) — Friday: visits Kenesaw (unplayed).

Just outside

Tri County Northeast (4-4, 37.625, No. 17) — Friday: hosts Lyons-Decatur Northeast (unplayed). South Loup (4-5, 37.5556, No. 18) — No Friday game left (or finished).

What to watch Friday

Hitchcock County hosts Maywood-Hayes Center. BDS visits Superior. Fullerton visits Kenesaw. Tri County Northeast hosts Lyons-Decatur Northeast.

6 district champs + 10 wild cards. Points-order top 16 is a PROXY. The points-order Nos. 12–18 are a wild-card watch list after eligibility filtering — not a promise that the No. 16 team on raw points is the No. 16 seed on Selection Day.

How the math works

Win values 50/47/44/41 and loss values 36/33/30/27 by division, averaged across counted games. Playing up adds 2/3/4. District champs are safe where the format uses them; wild cards fill the rest by points among eligible schools only.

/playoffs · Wildcard Watch (eligibility note) · After-Thursday Wildcard Watch.

Sources

Neligh-Oakdale team center → · Hitchcock County team center → · Bertrand team center → · BDS team center → · Fullerton team center → · Tri County Northeast (TCNE) team center → · South Loup team center →

Nebraska football scores and schedules → · Football playoff tracker →

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