| The Road to Champaign | 
| First Round | 
Second Round | 
Quarterfinals | 
Semifinals | 
Finals | 
Champion | 
| (1)  Casey (C.-Westfield) (9-0) | 
(1)  Casey (C.-Westfield) (10-0) 28-0 | 
(1) Casey (C.-Westfield) (11-0) 27-7 | 
(3) Westville (10-2) 35-0 | 
Aledo 50-14 | 
Dakota 20-15 | 
| (8) Bismarck (B.-Henning) (5-4) | 
| (4)  Toledo (Cumberland) (7-2) | 
(4) Toledo (Cumberland) (8-2) 53-6 | 
| (5) Georgetown (G.-Ridge Farm) (6-3) | 
| (2)  Sidell (Jamaica) [Salt Fork Coop] (8-1) | 
(2) Sidell (Jamaica) [Salt Fork Coop] (9-1) 35-8 | 
(3)  Westville (9-2) 8-6 | 
| (7) Palestine [P.-Hutsonville Coop] (5-4) | 
| (3)  Westville (7-2) | 
(3)  Westville (8-2) 56-28 | 
| (6) Bridgeport (Red Hill) (5-4) | 
| (1)  Carthage (9-0) | 
(1)  Carthage (10-0) 30-6 | 
(1) Carthage (11-0) 42-0 | 
(2)  Aledo (11-1) 31-6 | 
| (8) White Hall (North Greene) (5-4) | 
| (4)  Bushnell (B.-Prairie City) [B.-P.C.-Avon Coop] (8-1) | 
(4) Bushnell (B.-Prairie City) [B.-P.C.-Avon Coop] (9-1) 38-27 | 
| (5) Sciota (West Prairie) [W.P.-LaHarpe Coop] (7-2) | 
| (2)  Aledo (8-1) | 
(2)  Aledo (9-1) 38-7 | 
(2)  Aledo (10-1) 40-6 | 
| (7) El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) (5-4) | 
| (3) @ Elmwood [E.-Brimfield Coop] (8-1) | 
(6) Knoxville (6-4) 37-14 | 
| (6)  Knoxville (5-4) | 
| (1)  Auburn (9-0) | 
(1)  Auburn (10-0) 48-0 | 
(1)  Auburn (11-0) 43-10 | 
(1) Auburn (12-0) 39-24 | 
Dakota 59-20 | 
| (8) Watseka (5-4) | 
| (4) @ Gibson City (G.C.-Melvin-Sibley) (7-2) | 
(5) Moweaqua (Central A & M) (8-2) 21-14 | 
| (5)  Moweaqua (Central A & M) (7-2) | 
| (2)  Maroa (M.-Forsyth) (9-0) | 
(2) Maroa (M.-Forsyth) (10-0) 49-8 | 
(3) Decatur (St. Teresa) (10-1) 35-28 | 
| (7) Girard [Coop] (5-4) | 
| (3)  Decatur (St. Teresa) (8-1) | 
(3)  Decatur (St. Teresa) (9-1) 48-0 | 
| (6) Virden (6-3) | 
| (1)  Dakota (9-0) | 
(1)  Dakota (10-0) 43-13 | 
(1)  Dakota (11-0) 32-15 | 
(1)  Dakota (12-0) 20-10 | 
| (8) Peru (St. Bede) (5-4) | 
| (4)  Morrison (7-2) | 
(4) Morrison (8-2) 54-22 | 
| (5) Warren [W.-River Ridge Coop] (6-3) | 
| (2)  Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (8-1) | 
(2) Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (9-1) 30-6 | 
(3) Lena (L.-Winslow) (9-2) 38-14 | 
| (7) Forreston (5-4) | 
| (3)  Lena (L.-Winslow) (7-2) | 
(3)  Lena (L.-Winslow) (8-2) 29-14 | 
| (6) Melrose Park (Walther Lutheran) (6-3) |