The playoff outlook for Pantagraph area teams heading into Week 8 of the high school football season. Teams with six or more wins are guaranteed a playoff spot.

Since the playoffs expanded to eight classes in 2001, 89 percent of the teams with five victories also have made the playoffs (323 of 362):

Officially in

Central Catholic (7-0), Normal Community (7-0), Flanagan-Woodland

(7-0), Fieldcrest (6-1), Mahomet-Seymour (6-1)

Virtually in

Normal West (5-2), Heyworth (5-2), Lexington (5-2), Pontiac (5-2), Ridgeview (5-2)

Need a win

Bloomington (4-3), University High (4-3), El Paso-Gridley (4-3), GCMS (4-3)

Need two wins

Eureka (3-4), Fisher (3-4) Iroquois West (3-4), Tremont (3-4)