2012 Sac-Joaquin Section football playoff bracket projection

With only one game left in the regular season, we have a better idea of what the football playoff brackets might look like in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

A lot of big games this Friday will determine who is in and who is out, where a team is seeded, what division they will play in, and much more. By using the MaxPreps game projections for this upcoming week, I will take a shot at filling out each bracket. Note, this is only a projection and not the actual playoff brackets. We will have those up on MaxPreps as soon as they are released by the section office.

Let me know below if you disagree or have any questions on how I came up with this bracket.

Division I
Seed, projected win total

1. Franklin (Elk Grove) 10
2. Burbank (Sacramento) 10
3. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) 9
4. Stagg (Stockton) 9
5. Pitman (Turlock) 8
6. Granite Bay 7
7. Lincoln (Stockton) 7
8. Merced 7
9. Napa 7
10. Tokay (Lodi) 7
11. Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) 6
12. Enochs (Modesto) 6
13. Grant (Sacramento) 5
14. Bethel (Vallejo) 5
15. Nevada Union (Grass Valley) 5
16. Vallejo 4

Notes: Vallejo is expected to be runner-up in the Solano Country League. Grant is projected to win this week which would give them five wins. If Tokay gets their second league win they would lock up a playoff spot.

Division II
Seed, projected win total

1. Folsom 10
2. Yuba City 9
3. Whitney (Rocklin) 9
4. Downey (Modesto) 9
5. Elk Grove 9
6. Buhach Colony (Atwater) 8
   
7. Del Campo (Fair Oaks) 8
8. St. Mary's (Stockton) 8
9. Rio Linda 8
10. Antelope 8
11. Vacaville 7
12. Tracy 7
13. McNair (Stockton) 7
14. Rocklin 6
15. Atwater 6
16. Ponderosa (Shingle Springs) 6

Notes: Ponderosa is projected to beat Sheldon this Friday. That would give them two league wins. St. Mary's has to play Division II or above.

Division III
Seed, projected win total

Update: Nov. 1: River Valley just received a win from a Woodland forfeit.

1. Placer (Auburn) 10
2. Oakdale 9
3. Vista del Lago (Folsom) 9
4. American Canyon 9
5. Sierra (Manteca) 9
   
6. Inderkum (Sacramento) 8
   
7. Cosumnes Oaks (Elk Grove) 8
8. Sacramento 8
9. El Camino (Sacramento) 7
10. Patterson 7
11. Benicia 7
12. Manteca 6
13. Christian Brothers (Sacramento) 6
14. Rosemont (Sacramento) 6
15. River Valley (Yuba City) 6
16. Pacheco (Los Banos) 5

Notes: Pacheco opponents are projected to have 53 total wins. River Valley's opponents, 45.  Sacramento and Christian Brothers must be no lower than Division III.

Division IV
Seed, projected win total

1. Ripon 10
2. Argonaut (Jackson) 10
3. Capital Christian (Sacramento) 9
4. Dixon 9
5. Central Catholic (Modesto) 8
6. Calaveras (San Andreas) 8
7. Center (Antelope) 8
8. Los Banos 8
9. Escalon 8
10. Summerville (Tuolumne) 8
11. Bear River (Grass Valley) 8
12. Amador (Sutter Creek) 7
13. Modesto Christian 6
14. Hughson 6
15. Hilmar 6
16. Colfax 5
    

Notes: Colfax is projected to beat Lincoln this Friday. Colfax opponents are projected to have 51 total wins.

Updated: Ripon Christian's enrollment size is actually 224. I have made the adjustment below.

Division V
Seed, projected win total

1. Le Grand 9
2. Waterford 8
3. Golden Sierra (Garden Valley) 7
4. Highlands 6
5. Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento) 5
6. Vacaville Christian 5

Division VI
Seed, projected win total

1. Foresthill 9
   
2. Brookside Christian (Stockton) 8
3. Woodland Christian (Woodland) 8
4. Elliot Christian (Lodi) 7
5. Ripon Christian 7
6. Big Valley Christian (Modesto) 5