4 win teams in playoffs

[Wilmatucky]

So I know it has been mentioned but I don't think discussed in detail. Is it true or predicted to be true that 4 win teams will qualify for the playoffs? What is the reasoning? Less programs participating this year? I remember seeing a conference winner with only 4 wins qualify out of a small conference a few years back but don't remember it happening more than once or twice.

 

[LakeCtyNewt]

Seems like it has happened a few times but usually this gets all sorted out through week 9.

 

[doctor_d]

The way the idea was pitched to me was simply less IHSA 11 man football teams these days with the same number of playoff qualifiers

 

[missingwalter]

So I know it has been mentioned but I don't think discussed in detail. Is it true or predicted to be true that 4 win teams will qualify for the playoffs? What is the reasoning? Less programs participating this year? I remember seeing a conference winner with only 4 wins qualify out of a small conference a few years back but don't remember it happening more than once or twice.

Joliet West qualified in 2019 at 4-5 as a conference champ (8A).

 

[jha618]

Joliet West qualified in 2019 at 4-5 as a conference champ (8A).

Arent they in the same conf as Minooka? Minooka went 9-0 in the reg season that year

 

[DocOC23]

The SPC has an East and West division, so they send two conference champion reps

 

[siu47]

So I know it has been mentioned but I don't think discussed in detail. Is it true or predicted to be true that 4 win teams will qualify for the playoffs? What is the reasoning? Less programs participating this year? I remember seeing a conference winner with only 4 wins qualify out of a small conference a few years back but don't remember it happening more than once or twice.

Steve Soucie is continually beating the drum that 4-5 teams are getting in this year. If you don’t subscribe to his Friday Night Drive you’re missing out. I could copy n paste what he says but I think that’s breaking some unwritten rules😂😂😂

 

[SWsuburbs4]

The SWSC Red will have either a 4 or 5 win team make the playoffs this year. LWW or Andrew most likely

 

[King MJ]

it will happen this year due to covid forfeits and more losses than wins overall. question is how many

Looks good for 4-5 LWW and St. Charles north to get in.

 

[Alexander32]

it will happen this year due to covid forfeits and more losses than wins overall. question is how many

Looks good for 4-5 LWW and St. Charles north to get in.

I don't see how there can be more losses than wins. Doesn't a forfeit loss for one team count as a win (due to the forfeit) for another team? Or, is it the case that a team that would have received a win by forfeit gives up that win when it schedules an actual replacement game? For example, team A forfeits to team B. Team Y forfeits to team Z. Teams B and Z decide to play each other to replace the forfeited games, and team Z wins. Would that result in the following records for the week? Team A (0-1); team B (0-1); team Y (0-1); and team Z (1-0)

If that is the case, then I suppose I can see how there could be an imbalance between wins and losses. Otherwise, there has to be a win for every loss.

 

[lurker74]

I don't see how there can be more losses than wins. Doesn't a forfeit loss for one team count as a win (due to the forfeit) for another team? Or, is it the case that a team that would have received a win by forfeit gives up that win when it schedules an actual replacement game? For example, team A forfeits to team B. Team Y forfeits to team Z. Teams B and Z decide to play each other to replace the forfeited games, and team Z wins. Would that result in the following records for the week? Team A (0-1); team B (0-1); team Y (0-1); and team Z (1-0)

If that is the case, then I suppose I can see how there could be an imbalance between wins and losses. Otherwise, there has to be a win for every loss.

There are other examples, but Rochester when they played Loyola. Instead of two forfeit wins and 2 losses, there ends up 1 win/3 losses

 

[mc140]

There are less than 500 teams playing 11 man IHSA eligible football this year. 256 qualifiy. There will be 4-5. It is simple math. Two years ago there was around 520.

 

[Ger-Man]

it will happen this year due to covid forfeits and more losses than wins overall. question is how many

Looks good for 4-5 LWW and St. Charles north to get in.

SCN at 4-5 will be between 12-15 of the 4-5 teams with playoff points. So I don' think they have a chance. LWW is below them.

 

[McEvergreen]

I remember years and years ago the IHSA had to re-seed an entire bracket because they left out a 4 win conference champ. Can't remember the year....

 

[mc140]

This doesn't look very good anymore after the way CPS set up week 9. Probably 2 or 3.

 

[Formicidae13]

Using Massey to predict this week, 9 teams got in at 4-5 and 66 got in at 5-4. That is just under 30% of the field, so we could certainly see some runs from these teams again

 

[King MJ]

SCN at 4-5 will be between 12-15 of the 4-5 teams with playoff points. So I don' think they have a chance. LWW is below them.

you are right. SCN's OOC schedule took some losses in the past couple weeks likely knocking them out.