I'm not gonna devolve into a who would beat who conversation. At the very least these teams would be in a position to play each other and we'd see how it unfolds on the field.
I'm also not going to get caught up in some hypothetical 2011 result and how that would play out in this system. We're not correcting 2011. There's always going to be outliers. Will say that a team that plays a largely 7/8A regular season schedule, has an undefeated regular season, and playoff appearances over the past two years could end up in 7 or 8A, just don't know and I don't really care. Say they ended up in 7A, how is that 1 year, outlier team, any worse than PR in 6A this year? or ESL in 7A this year (only as a result of opting up)? or PC in 7A in 2014? or Montini is 6A in 2015? or GBW in 7A in 2015? or JCA in lower classes for half their championships? etc etc. If a team is great for a single season and doesn't end up in 8A that year, I'm not upset, nor trying to solve for that. Had they ended up in 7A, we all would have congratulated them on a spectacular season and would have had plenty of message board material to discuss where they rank across the state.
My motives and the thought behind this system were made clear from the first post: reduce rd1 and rd2 blowouts, reduce the handful of private and public school dominating specific lower classes, increase competitive balance of schools in a given class and create something that is fluid enough to react to teams that prove they are better than their given class over time. This doesn't solve for every single scenario, wasn't intended to.
stoned - I obviously think this is a great system. as this is the tier system. the classes(divisions) would shake out just as you have shown. great work explaining it.
yes- and you still need to run it north, south, east, west. your 8best teams will be your open class in a playoff.
and seeding(for lack of better word) is strictly based off points earned throughout the year.
then you begin to find your 32 8a, 32 7a, etc. and this will also help in teams playing a light schedule/ hard schedule/ or even schedule. I think weight 15% for division play is good. so like if you a 4or5a team is gets weight much worse than playing at least an even schedule.
nothing will ever eliminate blowouts, because on any given day a team can play (good/fair/or not so good) and match up well against certain opponents.(it also does allow for extra percentage points for games ending 20pts more +.2%, 35pts +.35% and minus for loss. it ultimately helps in determining any ties. but this will make for far more competitive games in the end. and yes scheduling one of the those open class teams(the next year) carries more weight. definitely need to go back 5years, because as we all know, most schools have a cycle of 3/4years public and 4/5years private.
this system/your system is reward based. and to be classified in 8a and ranked is your glory. and so on the down to class 1a.
each division will have a champion 8a - 1a, and one open class champ.
and it has the same weights applied for scheduling out of state opponents. the weight is based off their ranking in state.
stoned - one day the ihsa will adopt this system. and it will be very fun to watch high school football again(nationally). and then we will see nationally ranked teams playing for super class (nationally ranked) teams.