It's the final week of the season before the MHSAA playoffs in Michigan high school football, and teams throughout the state will continue to fight to make the

Check out which teams are currently in Michigan’s prep football playoffs and which are on the outside looking in.

Here are scores and results from around Metro Detroit for Week 8 of the Michigan high school football season. Detroit Osborn 40, Detroit Communication Media Arts 18

Hometown Life sports reporter Brandon Folsom has returned with his final weekly football rankings. Reminder: HTL covers teams in Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Canton, Commerce Twp., Farmington, Farmington Hills, Garden City, Livonia, Milford, Northville, Novi, Plymouth, Redford, South Lyon, Wayne, Westland, White Lake and Wixom.

Week 8 of the high school football 2024 season kicked off across Michigan on Friday, Oct. 18 as teams worked to solidify their playoff resumes. MLive photographers had the games covered with images from 7 games across the state on Friday.

SCORES: Looking for the Week 7 high school football matchups and scores? We've got you covered for all of Northern Michigan, the U.P. and more:

Michigan football dropped from the coaches poll top 25 rankings for first time since 2021, after ugly 21-7 loss to Illinois on Saturday.

Lee County climbs up to No. 5; Collins Hill regains lost ground; Lowndes and Houston County enter the rankings

T.L. Hanna beat J.L. Mann and replaced the Patriots in the No. 3 spot of the Upstate Super 25 high school football rankings.