Sac-Joaquin football playoff projection

By Steve Montoya Nov 1, 2011, 6:53am

A projection of the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs if they were to start today.

(Editors note: Steve Montoya is the Executive Editor at MaxPreps.com. He also has a weekly newsletter each week he sends out to the Sac-Joaquin Section football coaches. This is only a projection.)

Important playoff information

Division I-IV

  • There are 40 automatic qualifiers.
  • The 20 league champions and the 20 runners-up. 
  • There are 24 at-large qualifiers. (NOTE: A school must win at least two league games to be eligible.)
  • At-large teams will be selected solely on the basis of regular season victories.
As of now I used the MaxPreps computer rankings to determine seeds. 

Seeding the tournament
  • Schools will be listed in order by number of wins, regardless of league finish. 
  • If two or more teams are tied for a particular seed (same number of total wins), the following criteria will be applied, in this order:
  1. Head-to-head
  2. League standing. Note - Teams that win or share a league title will be seeded higher than non-championship teams. League standing will not be used for teams that did not win or share a league title.  
  3. Combined wins of all opponents.
  4. Calpreps/MaxPreps rankings.

Division I projection (school, size, wins)
  1. Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove, Calif.) 2453 8
  2. Lincoln (Stockton, Calif.) 2654 8 
  3. Pitman (Turlock, Calif.) 2195 8 
  4. Bethel (Vallejo, Calif.) 2342 8 
  5. Burbank (Sacramento, Calif.) 2281 8 
  6. Granite Bay (Granite Bay, Calif.) 2173 7
  7. Franklin (Elk Grove, Calif.) 2760 7 
  8. Turlock (Calif.)  2186 7 
  9. Beyer (Modesto, Calif.) 2060 7
  10. Grant (Sacramento, Calif.) 2075 6 
  11. Nevada Union (Grass Valley, Calif.) 2349 6 
  12. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) 2241 6 
  13. Napa (Calif.) 2381 6 
  14. Sheldon (Sacramento, Calif.) 2383 5 
  15. West (Tracy, Calif.) 2522 5 
  16. Rodriguez (Fairfield, Calif.) 2234 5  

Division II projection (school, size, wins)
  1. Elk Grove (Calif.) 1876 9
  2. Buhach Colony (Atwater, Calif.) 1912 9 
  3. Vacaville (Calif.) 1970 8 
  4. Inderkum (Sacramento, Calif.) 1766 8 
  5. Folsom (Calif.) 1831 7 
  6. St. Mary's (Stockton, Calif.) 1035 7  *According to Sac-Joaquin Section, St. Mary's plays in D2 or higher
  7. Downey (Modesto, Calif.) 1958 7 
  8. Del Campo (Fair Oaks, Calif.) 2000 6 
  9. Antelope (Calif.) 1763 6 
  10. Stagg (Stockton, Calif.) 1932 6 
  11. Rio Linda (Calif.) 1927 6 
  12. Roseville (Roseville, Calif.) 2035 5 
  13. McNair (Stockton, Calif.) 1932 5 
  14. River City (West Sacramento, Calif.) 1999 5 
  15. Johansen (Modesto, Calif.) 1998 5
  16. Lodi (Calif.) 2039 4

Division III projection (school, size, wins)
  1. Oakdale (Calif.) 1593 9
  2. Del Oro (Loomis, Calif.) 1696 8 
  3. Los Banos (Calif.) 1375 8 
  4. Manteca (Calif.) 1588 8 
  5. Casa Roble (Orangevale, Calif.) 1613 7 
  6. Placer (Auburn, Calif.) 1335 7 
  7. Whitney (Rocklin, Calif.) 1657 7 
  8. Patterson (Calif.) 1674 7 
  9. Woodland (Calif.) 1432 7 
  10. Pioneer (Woodland, Calif.) 1685 7 
  11. Cosumnes Oaks (Elk Grove, Calif.) 1714 7 
  12. Vista del Lago (Folsom, Calif.) 1429 6 
  13. Vanden (Fairfield, Calif.) 1623 6 
  14. Benicia (Calif.) 1669 6 
  15. Sacramento (Calif.) 905 5 
  16. Center (Antelope, Calif.) 1361 4

Division IV projection (school, size, wins)
  1. Colfax (Calif.) 855 9
  2. Escalon (Calif.) 908 9 
  3. Hilmar (Calif.) 677 8 
  4. Argonaut (Jackson, Calif.) 693 8 
  5. Central Catholic (Modesto, Calif.) 434 7 
  6. Ripon (Calif.)  960 7 
  7. Bear River (Grass Valley, Calif.) 949 7 
  8. Sonora (Calif.) 1145 7 
  9. Liberty Ranch (Galt, Calif.) 1148 6 
  10. Modesto Christian (Modesto, Calif.) 271 5 
  11. Livingston (Calif.) 1164 5 
  12. Calaveras (San Andreas, Calif.) 1020 5 
  13. Orestimba (Newman, Calif.) 782 5 
  14. Bret Harte (Angels Camp, Calif.) 791 5 
  15. Capital Christian (Sacramento, Calif.) 372 5 
  16. Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights, Calif.) 1054 4  

Center is the only 4-win team out of the 64 teams



I determined Center as the team that made the playoffs because they had the highest combined wins of all opponents.

Ties for last spot according to the Sac-Joaquin Section
• 1 – Head-to-head (if all tied teams played each other) will
break the tie.
• 2 – Combined wins of all opponents.  
• 3 – Combined wins of all defeated opponents.
• 4 – If all of the above do not eliminate all ties, Calpreps
rankings (as compiled at the time of the seeding process) will
be used.

Other teams with 4 wins with at least 2 league victories.

McClatchy (Sacramento, Calif.) 2495 4
Rio Americano (Sacramento, Calif.) 1683 4 
Sierra (Manteca, Calif.) 1405 4
Summerville (Tuolumne, Calif.) 661 4 
Union Mine (El Dorado, Calif.) 1077 4 
Weston Ranch (Stockton, Calif.) 1231 4 
Wood (Vacaville, Calif.) 1567 4

Teams that would need another win in league to be eligible (team, wins, enrollment)

Woodcreek (Roseville, Calif.) 5  2099
Linden (Linden, Calif.) 4 769
Atwater (Atwater, Calif.) 4 1864
American Canyon (American Canyon, Calif.) 4 1021
Jesuit (Carmichael, Calif.) 4 2130
Laguna Creek (Elk Grove, Calif.) 4 1690
Merced (Merced, Calif.) 3 2665
Monterey Trail (Elk Grove, Calif.) 3 2177
Central Valley (Ceres, Calif.) 3 1676
Bear Creek (Stockton, Calif.) 3 2036
Edison (Stockton, Calif.)3 2357
Yuba City (Yuba City, Calif.) 3 1689
River Valley (Yuba City, Calif.) 3 1760 



Teams with 3 wins and at least 2 league wins

Dixon (Dixon, Calif.) 1174 3
Marysville (Marysville, Calif.) 986 3
Rosemont (Sacramento, Calif.) 1580 3
Vintage (Napa, Calif.) 2291 3
Davis (Modesto, Calif.) 2017 3
Enochs (Modesto, Calif.) 2556 3
El Camino (Sacramento, Calif.) 1720 3
Florin (Sacramento, Calif.) 1801 3
Chavez (Stockton, Calif.) 2482 3

Divisions V and VI will be comprised of teams from the following 4 leagues: CCAA, SDL, SL and SMAL

  • There are 8 automatic qualifiers.
  • The 4 league champions and the 4 runners-up.
  • There are 4 at-large qualifiers.

Division V projection (school, enrollment, wins)
  1. Le Grand (Le Grand, Calif.) 485 9
  2. Millennium (Tracy, Calif.) 425 9
  3. Rio Vista (Rio Vista, Calif.) 351 8
  4. Highlands (North Highlands, Calif.) 877 7
  5. Mariposa County (Mariposa, Calif.) 635 6
  6. Delhi (Delhi, Calif.) 708 5
  7. Golden Sierra (Garden Valley, Calif.) 561 5
  8. Waterford (Waterford, Calif.) 584 4

Division VI projection (school, size, wins)
  1. Foresthill (Foresthill, Calif.) 267 8
  2. Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento, Calif.) 266 8
  3. Elliot Christian (Lodi, Calif.) 218 7
  4. Delta (Clarksburg, Calif.) 268 6
  5. Vacaville Christian (Vacaville, Calif.) 247 6
  6. Ripon Christian (Ripon, Calif.) 228 5
  7. Sierra Ridge/Rite of Passage (San Andreas, Calif.) 198 5
  8. Woodland Christian (Woodland, Calif.)n 108 5

(Information used from www.cifsjs.org)

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