2025 Sac-Joaquin Section Flag Seeded Football Playoff Projections - Oct. 21

A second look how the flag football playoffs might look around the Sac-Joaquin Section.

Thumbnail image of this articles writer: Steve Montoya
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Oct 21, 2025, 1:30pm
The Sac-Joaquin Section flag football playoffs will begin on Oct. 29 and conclude with the finals on Nov. 8 at Cosumnes River College.

Each league will qualify three automatic entries if it has six or more teams; leagues with five or fewer teams will qualify two. Teams that are not automatic qualifiers may still earn at-large bids if they finish within the top 15 in their MaxPreps division rankings.

There will be four total brackets, each comprised of 16 teams. Play-in games are possible.

Below are PROJECTED brackets

Division 1
AE = Auto Entry
AL = At-large bid

1. West Park (Roseville) - AE( METRO)
16. Tokay (Lodi) - AE (SJAA)

8. Del Oro (Loomis) - AL (SFL)
9. Gregori (Modesto) - AE (SFL)

5. Granite Bay - AE (SFL)
12. Monterey Trail (Elk Grove) - AL

4. Vacaville - AE (MEL)
13. Inderkum (Sacramento) - AL (CVC)

3. McClatchy (Sacramento) - AE (METRO)
14. Central Valley (Ceres) - AE (WAC)

6. Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) - AE (DELTA)
11. Pitman (Turlock) - AE (CCAL)

7. Turlock - AE (CCAL)
10. Sheldon (Sacramento) - AE (DELTA)

2. Oak Ridge (El Dorado Hills) - AE (SFL)
15. River City (West Sacramento) - AE (MEL)


Division 2
AE = Auto Entry
AL = At-large bid

1. Kimball (Tracy) - AE (TCAL)
Play-in winner

8. Antelope - AL (METRO)
9. Whitney (Rocklin) - AL (SFL)

5. Atwater - AE (CCC)
12. Vista del Lago (Folsom) - AE (CVC)

4. Woodcreek (Roseville) - AE (CVC)
13. Elk Grove - AE (DELTA)

3. Ponderosa (Shingle Springs) - AE (CVC)
14. Tracy - AL (TCAL) 

6. St. Francis (Sacramento) - AE (SFL)
11. St. Mary's (Stockton) - AE (TCAL)

7. Bear Creek (Stockton) - AE (SJAA) 
10. El Capitan (Merced) - AE (CCC)

2. Merced - AE (CCC)
Play-in winner

16.  Lodi (Lodi, Calif.) - AE (TCAL)
17. Johnson (Sacramento) - AE (GSL)

18. Fairfield - AE (GSL)
19. Manteca - AE (VOL)

BUBBLE: Grant (Sacramento) - AE (TIED FOR LAST AE FROM METRO)

Division 3
AE = Auto Entry
AL = At-large bid

1. East Union (Manteca) - AE (VOL)
16. Florin (Sacramento) - AE (GSL)

8. Vanden (Fairfield) - AE (MEL)
9. McNair (Stockton) - AE (SJAA)

5. Lathrop (Lathrop) - AE (WAC)
12. Roseville - AL (FVL)

4. Rio Linda - AE (GEL)
13. Wheatland - AE (PVL)

3. Twelve Bridges (Lincoln) - AE (FVL)
14. Oakmont (Roseville) - AE (PVL)
 
6. Del Campo (Fair Oaks) - AE (FVL)
11. Casa Roble (Orangevale) - AE (GEL)

7. Placer (Auburn) - AE (PVL)
10. Ceres - AE (WAC)

2. Christian Brothers (Sacramento) - AL (CVC)
15. Ripon - AL (TVL)

Division 4
AE = Auto Entry
AL = At-large bid

1.Dixon - AE (GEL)
Play-in winner

8. Destiny Christian Academy (Sacramento) - AL (GEL)
9. Sonora - AE (TVL)

5. Liberty Ranch (Galt) - AE (SVC)
12. Hughson - AL (TVL)

4. Hilmar - AE (TVL)
13. Mesa Verde (Citrus Heights - AE (SDL)

3. Colfax - AE (PVL)
14. Escalon - AL (TVL)

6. Central Catholic (Modesto) - AE (VOL)
11. Sacramento Adventist (Carmichael) - AE (SDL)

7. Mariposa County - AE (SAL)
10. Foresthill - AE (SDL)

2. Orestimba (Newman) - AE (TVL)
15. Millennium (Tracy) - AE (SAL)

PLAY-IN GAME
16. Riverbank - AE (SAL)
17. Amador (Sutter Creek) - AE (SVC)

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