Was curious as to what the field would look like if the attempt was to field the 32 best teams in each class, instead of current system based purely on records. So, here's what I did:
- Divide the schools into 8 classes by enrollment (no one is "playing up") before the playoff teams are decided
- Within each class, use the Massey power rankings to seed 1-32.
| 8A | 7A | 6A | 5A | |||||||
1 | Lincoln-Way East (8-0) | 1 | Chi-Mt Carmel (6-2) | 1 | Cary-Grove (8-0) | 1 | East St Louis (8-0) | |||
32 | Evanston (3-5) | 32 | McHenry (2-6) | 32 | Springfield (5-3) | 32 | Woodstock North (6-2) | |||
16 | Homewood-Flossmoor (4-4) | 16 | Lake Zurich (4-4) | 16 | Glenwood (6-2) | 16 | Morton (4-4) | |||
17 | St Ignatius (3-5) | 17 | Normal (7-1) | 17 | Notre Dame-Niles (3-5) | 17 | Hillcrest (5-3) | |||
8 | Edwardsville (6-2) | 8 | Wheaton-W'ville S (4-4) | 8 | Crete Monee (6-2) | 8 | Rochelle (7-1) | |||
25 | Plainfield North (4-4) | 25 | St Charles-East (2-6) | 25 | Crystal Lake S (2-6) | 25 | Centralia (5-3) | |||
9 | Naperville Cent (8-0) | 9 | Libertyville (7-1) | 9 | Peoria (7-1) | 9 | Carmel (3-5) | |||
24 | Stevenson (7-1) | 24 | Moline (6-2) | 24 | Wauconda (6-2) | 24 | Marmion Acad (4-4) | |||
4 | Lyons (8-0) | 4 | Downers Grove-N (7-1) | 4 | Prairie Ridge (6-2) | 4 | Sycamore (8-0) | |||
29 | Aurora-West (8-0) | 29 | Rolling Meadows (5-3) | 29 | East Moline (3-5) | 29 | Marion (5-3) | |||
13 | Oswego (8-0) | 13 | Jacobs (6-2) | 13 | Kaneland (5-3) | 13 | Sacred Ht-Griffin (5-3) | |||
20 | Hinsdale (4-4) | 20 | Yorkville (3-5) | 20 | Crystal Lake C (2-6) | 20 | St Patrick (2-6) | |||
5 | Maine South (5-3) | 5 | St Charles-North (7-1) | 5 | Providence Cath (4-4) | 5 | St Francis (6-2) | |||
28 | Oswego (East) (4-4) | 28 | DeKalb (0-8) | 28 | Hinsdale South (3-5) | 28 | Mt Vernon (3-5) | |||
12 | Warren Twp (5-3) | 12 | Lincoln Way West (5-3) | 12 | Washington (6-2) | 12 | DePaul Col Prep (6-2) | |||
21 | Sandburg (5-3) | 21 | Hoffman Estates (5-3) | 21 | Antioch (6-2) | 21 | Sterling (5-3) | |||
2 | Loyola Acad (6-2) | 2 | Batavia (7-1) | 2 | St Rita (6-2) | 2 | Nazareth Acad (7-1) | |||
31 | Belleville-East (5-3) | 31 | Buffalo Grove (2-6) | 31 | Oak Forest (5-3) | 31 | Geneseo-Darnall (4-4) | |||
15 | Fremd (7-1) | 15 | Wheaton-North (4-4) | 15 | Lemont (5-3) | 15 | St Viator (3-5) | |||
18 | Huntley (5-3) | 18 | Bradley-Bourbonnais (7-1) | 18 | Deerfield (4-4) | 18 | Triad (7-1) | |||
7 | Barrington (7-1) | 7 | Arlington Hts-Hersey (5-3) | 7 | Burlington Cent (6-2) | 7 | Morgan Park (7-1) | |||
26 | Andrew (5-3) | 26 | Hampshire (1-7) | 26 | Bloomington (6-2) | 26 | Glenbard South (5-3) | |||
10 | Glenbard West (3-5) | 10 | Lincoln-Way Cent (5-3) | 10 | Lake Forest (6-2) | 10 | Mahomet-Seymour (6-2) | |||
23 | Minooka (6-2) | 23 | Kenwood (3-5) | 23 | Normal-Comm W (6-2) | 23 | Waterloo (7-1) | |||
3 | Marist (7-1) | 3 | Brother Rice (5-3) | 3 | Geneva (8-0) | 3 | Joliet Cath (5-3) | |||
30 | Bolingbrook (3-5) | 30 | Mundelein (4-4) | 30 | LaSalle-Peru (3-5) | 30 | Mascoutah (3-5) | |||
14 | Naperville-North (6-2) | 14 | Quincy (8-0) | 14 | Richards-OL (7-1) | 14 | Highland (5-3) | |||
19 | Lockport Twp (3-5) | 19 | Hononegah (7-1) | 19 | Belvidere North (7-1) | 19 | Metamora (6-2) | |||
6 | York (6-2) | 6 | Fenwick (6-2) | 6 | Kankakee (7-1) | 6 | Morris (5-3) | |||
27 | Neuqua Val (2-6) | 27 | Pekin (6-2) | 27 | Dunlap (5-3) | 27 | Jacksonville (5-3) | |||
11 | Palatine (7-1) | 11 | Prospect (6-2) | 11 | Benet Acad (5-3) | 11 | St Laurence (6-2) | |||
22 | Glenbrook South (4-4) | 22 | Willowbrook (5-3) | 22 | Simeon (7-1) | 22 | Marian Cath-CH (2-6) |
