Week 8 high school football schedule for the Lafayette, LA area

Don’t look now, but we’re in the home stretch of high school football in Louisiana.

This is Week 8 of the 2024 schedule, and the district races and teams fighting for playoff placement are heating up.

READ MORE: Week 7 high school football scores across south Louisiana

At this point in the season, it’s all about the Power Ratings. Several schools in the Acadiana area are ranked high in their respective divisions.

But out of the eight total divisions in Select and Non-Select, there are only two teams from the Acadiana Region that are No. 1 in the Power Ratings.

Erath (6-1) sits atop the Division III non-select rankings
Vermilion Catholic (7-0) is in familiar territory as the top seed in Division IV Select.

Ironically, Erath only suffered one loss against Vermilion Catholic in Week 4 when they lost at home 41-34.

Here’s a look at the Week 8 schedule across Acadiana:

The games on Thursday

Abbeville (0-7) at Kaplan (5-1)

Gueydan (2-5) at Westminster-LAF (6-1)

North Vermilion (2-5) at Westgate (4-2)

Notre Dame (4-3) at Jennings (6-1)

St. Edmund (7-0) at Catholic-PC (7-0)

Games on Friday

Ascension Episcopal (6-1) at Highland Baptist (0-7)

Breaux Bridge (0-7) at Beau Chene (1-6)

Catholic-NI (6-1) at Loreauville (2-4)

Cecilia (5-2) at Opelousas (3-3)

Comeaux (0-7) at Northside (3-4)

Crowley (5-2) at Church Point (4-3)

Erath (6-1) at St. Martinville (1-6)

Iota (6-1) at Ville Platte (1-6)

Iowa (6-1) at Eunice (1-6)

Lafayette (3-4) and Barbe (4-3)

Lafayette Renaissance (5-1) at Lake Arthur (5-2)

Mamou (2-5) in the northwest (5-2)

New Iberia (3-4) vs. Sam Houston (4-3)

North Central (1-6) at Sacred Heart (4-3)

Opelousas Catholic (5-2) and Vermilion Catholic (7-0)

Rayne (2-5) at St. Thomas More (4-3)

Southside (5-1) at Acadiana (6-1)

Sulfur (3-4) at Carencro (3-4)

Teurlings (7-0) at East Ascension (3-4)

Welsh (4-3) at Lafayette Christian (2-5)

West St. Mary (4-2) at Delcambre (3-4)

Westminster (5-2) at Berchman’s Academy (1-6)