08/19/2026
π 8U REPORT: NEO FLIGHT HOLDS THE THRONE β BUT THE GAP IS CLOSING
The final 2026 preseason rankings end with NEO Flight sitting at #1 in Ohioβs 8U division, a spot theyβve held since November 2025.
And theyβve earned it on the field.
βοΈ NEO Flight defeated #4 Fastbreak in a good game.
Then came one of their biggest tests β a showdown with #2 Trotwood, where Flight escaped with a 19-18 victory.
But those scores tell an important story:
There is NO comfortable gap at the top of 8U.
Trotwood. CPE. Fastbreak. SmashBros.
All four are hunting that #1 spot, and any one of them could shake up this division.
NEO Flight enters the season as the defending AYF champions with the rΓ©sumΓ© and the ranking, but being #1 means everybody is coming for you. Every week becomes somebody elseβs opportunity to make a statement.
π NEO Flight has the crown.
π― CPE, Fastbreak, SmashBros and Trotwood have the target locked in.
The question heading into 2026:
Can the defending AYF champs fight everybody off and finish where they started β #1 in Ohio?
Or will one of these contenders finally knock Flight off the throne?
This 8U race could be one of the closest battles in the entire state. ππ₯
β Buckeye State Youth Football Rankings
Powering Ohioβs Youth Football Landscape