Round 1 of the AHSAA high school football playoffs brings some interesting matchups across the state.

Here is a look at how the AL.com “expert” prognosticators picked 20 of the top matchups.

RELATED: Updated HS playoff schedule

The complete AHSAA and AISA schedule is available at this link. Action starts Thursday night.

Arab (7-2) at Leeds (8-2)

John Vella: Leeds 30-14

Dennis Victory: Leeds 24-20

Randy Kennedy: Leeds 30-28

Simone Eli: Leeds 24-17

Ben Thomas: Leeds 28-20

Athens (8-2) at Oxford (8-2)

John Vella: Oxford 28-24

Dennis Victory: Oxford 28-27

Randy Kennedy: Oxford 35-32

Simone Eli: Oxford 31-21

Ben Thomas: Oxford 31-24

Auburn (8-2) at Baker (8-2)

John Vella: Baker 31-27

Dennis Victory: Auburn 31-30

Randy Kennedy: Baker 33-30

Simone Eli: Auburn 21-17

Ben Thomas: Auburn 20-17

Bayside Academy (8-2) at Jacksonville (8-2)

John Vella: Jacksonville 40-30

Dennis Victory: Jacksonville 28-21

Randy Kennedy: Jacksonville 24-20

Simone Eli: Jacksonville 30-26

Ben Thomas: Jacksonville 28-27

B.C. Rain (7-3) at Valley (7-3)

John Vella: B.C. Rain 30-20

Dennis Victory: Valley 20-19

Randy Kennedy: B.C. Rain 24-18

Simone Eli: B.C. Rain 25-19

Ben Thomas: Valley 30-20

Brooks (6-4) at Oneonta (7-2)

John Vella: Oneonta 32-20

Dennis Victory: Oneonta 49-46

Randy Kennedy: Oneonta 41-27

Simone Eli: Oneonta 33-24

Ben Thomas: Oneonta 35-24

Buckhorn (6-4) at Mountain Brook (7-3)

John Vella: Mountain Brook 35-21

Dennis Victory: Mountain Brook 35-24

Randy Kennedy: Mountain Brook 31-24

Simone Eli: Mountain Brook 28-18

Ben Thomas: Mountain Brook 17-14

Center Point (7-3) at Hartselle (8-2)

John Vella: Hartselle 31-13

Dennis Victory: Hartselle 35-20

Randy Kennedy: Hartselle 42-21

Simone Eli: Hartselle 36-22

Ben Thomas: Hartselle 33-19

Daphne (6-4) at Enterprise (8-2)

John Vella: Enterprise 36-20

Dennis Victory: Enterprise 28-27

Randy Kennedy: Enterprise 30-14

Simone Eli: Enterprise 31-24

Ben Thomas: Enterprise 35-17

Dothan (8-2) at Mary G. Montgomery (10-0)

John Vella: Mary G. Montgomery 31-23

Dennis Victory: Mary G. Montgomery 33-32

Randy Kennedy: Mary G. Montgomery 30-20

Simone Eli: Mary G. Montgomery 27-20

Ben Thomas: Mary G. Montgomery 28-14

Florence (6-4) at Thompson (8-1)

John Vella: Thompson 40-10

Dennis Victory: Thompson 35-14

Randy Kennedy: Thompson 24-7

Simone Eli: Thompson 35-14

Ben Thomas: Thompson 34-12

Hoover (4-6) at James Clemens (7-3)

John Vella: James Clemens 20-10

Dennis Victory: Hoover 21-20

Randy Kennedy: Hoover 24-23

Simone Eli: James Clemens 21-17

Ben Thomas: Hoover 21-13

John Carroll (8-2) at Fairview (9-1)

John Vella: Fairview 30-17

Dennis Victory: Fairview 33-32

Randy Kennedy: Fairview 34-28

Simone Eli: John Carroll 30-17

Ben Thomas: Fairview 27-17

Moody (8-2) at Scottsboro (8-2)

John Vella: Scottsboro 36-35

Dennis Victory: Moody 33-27

Randy Kennedy: Moody 20-17

Simone Eli: Moody 33-30

Ben Thomas: Moody 34-17

Mortimer Jordan (8-2) at Fort Payne (6-4)

John Vella: Fort Payne 34-24

Dennis Victory: Fort Payne 35-34

Randy Kennedy: Mortimer Jordan 28-27

Simone Eli: Mortimer Jordan 33-26

Ben Thomas: Fort Payne 23-20

St. Michael (6-4) at Handley (9-1)

John Vella: St. Michael 28-26

Dennis Victory: Handley 35-24

Randy Kennedy: Handley 35-34

Simone Eli: Handley 31-24

Ben Thomas: Handley 34-31

St. Paul’s (7-3) at Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa (10-0)

John Vella: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 30-9

Dennis Victory: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 35-20

Randy Kennedy: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 23-13

Simone Eli: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 28-17

Ben Thomas: Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 28-14

Theodore (7-3) at Hueytown (7-3)

John Vella: Hueytown 23-13

Dennis Victory: Hueytown 21-20

Randy Kennedy: Theodore 20-17

Simone Eli: Theodore 17-15

Ben Thomas: Theodore 24-20

UMS-Wright (6-4) at Central-Clay County (10-0)

John Vella: Central-Clay County 31-8

Dennis Victory: Central-Clay County 28-17

Randy Kennedy: Central-Clay County 17-13

Simone Eli: Central-Clay County 27-24

Ben Thomas: Central-Clay County 31-10

Vestavia Hills (8-2) at Austin (8-2)

John Vella: Vestavia Hills 24-23

Dennis Victory: Vestavia Hills 35-28

Randy Kennedy: Vestavia Hills 35-24

Simone Eli: Vestavia Hills 27-17

Ben Thomas: Vestavia Hills 24-16

STANDINGS

Last week/overall

John Vella 16-4, 169-51

Dennis Victory 15-5, 168-52

Randy Kennedy 16-4, 160-60

Simone Eli 17-3, 159-61

Ben Thomas 16-4, 157-63