A first look at possible teams and division placements for the Sac-Joaquin Section 2019 football playoffs
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Only four weeks remain in the regular season in the Sac-Joaquin Section. It may be hard to believe but the football playoff picture is starting form.
The first round games will be played November 8 at home sites. The section finals will take place either November 29 or 30.
A total of 80 teams will make the playoffs and will be divided into seven divisions. The six largest will have 12 teams each and D7 will have an eight team bracket.
Each league will qualify one automatic entry based on the team who wins league. If a league has multiple league champions they will all qualify for the playoffs.
There will be 57 at-large bids. Each at-large bid will be based on their overall CalPreps (MaxPreps) rating. An important thing to remember, each division may vary with how many at-large bids it gets. For example, Division III could have 10 automatic entries and only two at-large bids.
A team must win four games to qualify.
Division I
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Folsom, 2.503, 5, AE, 1
Oak Ridge, 2,482, 4, AL, 2
Monterey Trail, 2,288, 5, AE, 3
Elk Grove, 1,879, 5, AE, 4
St. Mary's, 794, 2, AE, 5
Davis, 2,864, 5, AL, 6
Lincoln (S), 2,854, 6, AL, 7
Turlock, 2,577, 4, AE, 8
Del Oro, 1,715, 4, AL, 9
Edison, 2,570, 5, AE, 10
Pleasant Grove, 2,560, 4, AL, 11
Gregori, 2,264, 4, 12
Right now we have Elk Grove and St. Mary's anticipated league winners. Both play in D1 leagues. Inderkum and Cosumnes Oaks move down to D2 with this current scenario.
Bubble teams: Sheldon, Enochs, Franklin (EG)
Division II
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Inderkum, 2,243, 6, AE, 1
Rocklin, 2,177, 5, AL, 2
Cosumnes Oaks, 2,207, 6, AL, 3
Lincoln, 2,018, 4, AE, 4
Granite Bay, 2,094, 4, AL, 5
Whitney, 1,959, 3, AL, 6
Vacaville, 1,992, 4, AE, 7
Central Catholic, 359, 3, AE, 8
Downey, 2,114, 3, AL, 9
Oakmont, 2,065, AL, 10
Jesuit, 2,124, 2, AL, 11
Tracy, 1,999, 2, AL, 12
There are several schools in this D2 scenario that still need to get to four wins to have a chance.
Bubble teams: Grant, Lodi, Central Valley
Division III
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Capital Christian, 405, 5, AE, 1
Buhach Colony, 1,918, 6, AE, 2
Vista del Lago, 1,923, 6, AL, 3
Roseville, 2,002, 5, AL, 4
Christian Brothers, 4, AL, 5
Antelope, 1,826, 3, AL, 6
Atwater, 1,860, 5, AL, 7
Yuba City, 1,787. 3, AL, 8
Del Campo, 1,778, 3, AL, 9
Ponderosa, 1,964, 3, AL, 10
Grace Davis, 1,901, 5, AL, 11
Johnson, 2003, 4, AE, 12
This assumes Lincoln wins the FVL which knocks Placer and Rio Linda back to D4. This also assumes Central Catholic wins the VOL.
Bubble teams: River Valley, Sacramento, Laguna Creek, Golden Valley
Division IV
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Placer, 1,340, 4, AL, 1
Rio Linda, 1,616, 5, AL, 2
Mantreca, 1,686, 4, AL, 3
Sierra, 1,427, 5, AL, 4
Oakdale, 1,690, 4, AL, 5
Patterson, 1,723, 4, AL, 6
Merced, 1,725, 3, AL, 7
Nevada Union, 1,611, 4, AL, 8
Kimball, 1,507, 5, AL, 9
Vanden, 1,730, 2, AL, 10
Beyer, 1,654, 3, AE, 11
East Union, 1,615, 3, AL, 12
As mentioned above, league winners will potentially shuffle D4.
Bubble teams: El Camino, Johansen
Division V
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Center, 1,292, 5, AE, 1
Escalon, 823, 6, AE, 2
Bradshaw Christian, 350, 5, AE, 3
Colfax, 581, 4, AL, 4
Casa Roble, 1,220, 3, AE, 5
Sonora, 957, 2, AE, 6
Rosemont, 1,480, 4, AL, 7
Woodland, 1,325, 4, AL, 8
Liberty Ranch, 1,180, 2, AL, 9
Livingston, 1,243, 4, AL, 10
Los Banos, 1,411, 2, AL, 11
El Dorado, 1,131, AL, 12
In this current scenario there are not enough teams to fill DV. We think section may move Casa Roble to DV even if they win a D4 league.
Bubble teams: Orestimba, Foothill, Galt, Mesa Verde
Division VI
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Amador, 694, 6, AL, 1
Himar, 696, 5, AL, 2
Ripon, 963, 6, AL, 3
Caleveras, 825, 4, AL, 4
Bear River, 615, 4, AL, 5
Union Mine, 1,094, 4, AL, 6
Highlands, 798, 6, AL, 7
Hughson, 710, 4, AL, 8
Summerville, 2, AL, 9
Linden, 672, 3, AL, 10
Argonaut, 474, AL, 11
Marysville, 938, AL, 12
Right now with this situation we think the section drops Ripon Christian and Golden Sierra to DVII even though they won a DVI league.
Bubble teams: Waterford, Millennium
Division VII
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Ripon Christian, 175, 5, AE, 1
Golden Sierra, 370, 4, AE, 2
Denair, 298, 4, AL, 3
Rio Vista, 414, 5, AL, 4
Mariposa, 505, 4, AL, 5
Le Grand, 414, 3, AL, 6
Woodland Christian, 232, 4, AE, 7
Big Valley Christian, 188, 3, AE, 8
Bubble teams: Vacaville Christian
Folsom will look to defend its title in D1.
Photo by Dennis Lee
