1,740 schools in 38 states playing 6/8/9-man football

[cren22]

I went through the MaxPreps listing of teams to compile these numbers so they may be slightly off but I thought it was interesting that the number of schools playing 6/8/9-man football is now greater than 10% of the number of schools playing 11-man football (14,415).

By state:
Alabama- 8 6-man, 14 8-man; Total= 22
Arizona- 45 8-man
Arkansas- 7 8-man
California- 111 8-man
Colorado- 31 6-man, 41 8-man; Total= 72
Connecticut- 3 8-man
Florida- 12 6-man, 20 8-man; Total= 32
Georgia- 29 8-man
Hawaii- 7 8-man
Idaho- 48 8-man
Illinois- 7 8-man
Iowa- 65 8-man
Kansas- 14 6-man; 108 8-man; Total = 122
Kentucky- 1 8-man
Louisiana- 7 8-man
Michigan- 68 8-man
Minnesota- 1 8-man, 63 9-man; Total= 64
Mississippi- 22 8-man
Missouri- 26 8-man
Montana- 35 6-man, 41 8-man; Total= 76
Nebraska- 31 6-man, 109 8-man; Total= 140
Nevada- 22 8-man
New Hampshire- 1 8-man
New Mexico- 12 6-man, 17 8-man; Total= 29
New York- 30 8-man
North Carolina- 14 8-man
North Dakota- 3 6-man, 43 9-man; Total= 46
Oklahoma- 95 8-man
Oregon- 15 6-man, 32 8-man; Total= 47
Pennsylvania- 1 8-man
South Carolina- 25 8-man
South Dakota- 76 9-man
Tennessee- 12 8-man
Texas- 270 6-man
Virginia- 7 8-man
Washington 39 8-man
Wisconsin 36 8-man
Wyoming 16 6-man

Totals= 447 6-man, 1,111 8-man, 182 9-man

Not sponsoring 6/8/9-man football: Alaska, Delaware, Washington, DC, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia

Ohio had 3-5 8-man teams in recent years, mostly in northern OH playing Michigan teams, but none are playing this season.

 

[Leman Saunders]

I thought Alaska played 8man??

 

[NTXSpartans]

The National Federation of State High School Association (www.NFHS.org) puts out a participation study every year. According to their information there are:

2017-18 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION SURVEY Conducted By THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS Based on Competition at the High School Level in the 2017-18 School Year

14,079 high schools playing 11-man
317 playing 6-man
847 playing 8-man
243 playing 9-man

Football – 6-player (Schools - Players)
California 1- 11
Colorado 37- 464
Montana 42- 407
Ohio ?- 46
Texas 195- 3,947
Wyoming 16- 227

Football - 8-player
Arizona 26- 2,140
California 80- 2,088
Colorado 38- 674
Hawaii 7- 131
Idaho 50- 947
Iowa 62- 1,519
Kansas 111- 1,998
Michigan 71- 1,406
Mississippi 2- 45
Missouri 25- 575
Montana 47- 783
Nebraska 120- 2,950
Nevada 20- 493
New York 6- 95
Ohio ?- 22
Oklahoma 73- 1,745
Oregon 49- 711
Washington 35- 604
Wisconsin 25- 628

Football – 9-player
Minnesota 76- 1,826
North Dakota 69- 1,136
Ohio ?- 174
South Dakota 97- 1,823
Vermont 1- 12

It's all self reported data and doesn't include many private, charter or home school teams so the numbers would be greater than these but it gives a good baseline for public school data. For instance if you take the UIL Div 1 and 2 and Tapps 1-3 that = 196 schools so its leaving out data on TCAL, TCAF, TAIAO, Lone Star Christian and Independent