There are 48 CIF Southern Section football playoff openers involving Inland teams this week. Nine of those games are showdowns between area teams. Here is a closer look at each of the those games. No.

Sixteen local teams were included, including six top 4 seeds and one surprise at-large selection, when the CIF-SS released its football playoff field.

Paul Johnson makes his predictions for the CIF Southern Section football playoffs and tabs five Inland teams to win championships.

The CIF-SS released the playoff pairings Sunday morning and six teams from the High Desert found themselves scattered within the 14 divisions.

The high school football postseason is here in the CIF Southern Section, which is comprised of 14 divisions, including the marquee Division 1 field that can dictate the subsequent divisions below it pending on how many teams are taken.