With three regular season weeks left to go in the Sac-Joaquin Section, the playoff divisions are starting to become a little more clear. With that being said, it will come down to the last whistle blown on potentially Saturday, November 2 to really know who lands where. Jesuit will host Pleasant Grove at 2 p.m. The section could be on hold until that game goes final. Both those teams are considered “bubble” teams at the moment.
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
First round bye and top 4 seeds
Folsom, 2.503, 6, AE, 1
Monterey Trail, 2,288, 6, AE, 3
St. Mary's, 794, 3, AE, 4
Oak Ridge, 2,482, 4, AL, 2
Rest of the field
Elk Grove, 1,879, 5, AE, 5
Lincoln (S), 2,854, 7, AL, 6
Davis, 2,864, 6, AL, 7
Del Oro, 1,715, 4, AL, 8
Turlock, 2,577, 5, AE, 9
Edison, 2,570, 6, AE, 10
Pleasant Grove, 2,560, 4, AL, 11
Gregori, 2,264, 5, 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.
Monterey Trail likely to get the #2 seed in this case.
Bubble teams:
Franklin - Currently in the 13th spot. Would likely need to win two of the next three games.
Enochs - Currently in the 15th spot. Would likely need to win out.
Division II
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
First round bye and top 4 seeds
Inderkum, 2,243, 7, AE, 1
Rocklin, 2,177, 6, AL, 2
Granite Bay, 2,094, 4, AL, 3
Cosumnes Oaks, 2,207, 6, AL, 4
Rest of the field
Whitney, 1,959, 3, AL, 5
Lincoln, 2,018, 4, AL, 6
Vacaville, 1,992, 5, AE, 7
Central Catholic, 359, 4, AE, 8
Oakmont, 2,065, 6, AL, 9
Jesuit, 2,124, 3, AL, 10
Downey, 2,114, 4, AL, 11
Tracy, 1,999, 2, AL, 12
Whitney, Jesuit, and Tracy all have to get to 4 wins to still to have a chance.
Whitney still has games at Oak Ridge and at Grant. They are favored to win Grant game.
Jesuit will be at Davis and Sheldon, then they host Pleasant Grove. They are anticipated to win at least one.
Tracy hosts St. Mary's, at Lodi, then back home against West. The Lodi game will likely be the key to their season.
Lodi needs to beat Tracy and they are likely in.
Division III
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
First round bye and top 4 seeds
Capital Christian, 405, 6, AE, 1
Buhach Colony, 1,918, 7, AE, 2
Placer, 1,340, 5, AE, 3
Vista del Lago, 1,923, 6, AL, 4
Rest of the field
Roseville, 2,002, 5, AL, 5
Christian Brothers, 5, AL, 6
Antelope, 1,826, 4, AL, 7
Ponderosa, 1,964, 4, AL, 8
Yuba City, 1,787. 4, AL, 9
Atwater, 1,860, 6, AL, 10
Grace Davis, 1901, 6, AL, 11
Johnson, 2003, 4, AE, 12
This assumes Placer wins the FVL which makes them go up to DIII. This also assumes Central Catholic wins the VOL.
Bubble teams:
Sacramento - The Dragons have to win two of their next three. They are anticipated to go 1-2.
Division IV
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
First round bye and top 4 seeds
Rio Linda, 1,616, 5, AL, 1
Mantreca, 1,686, 5, AL, 2
Oakdale, 1,690, 5, AL, 3
Patterson, 1,723, 5, AL, 5
Rest of the field
Sierra, 1,427, 5, AL, 4
Merced, 1,725, 3, AL, 6
Nevada Union, 1,611, 4, AL, 7
Del Campo, 1,778, 4, AL, 8
Golden Valley, 1,752, 3, AL, 9
Vanden, 1,730, 2, AL, 10
Kimball, 1,507, 5, AL, 11
Beyer, 1,654, 3, AE, 12
Casa Roble should be in DIV if they win league. However, there are 13 teams in the DIV bracket. In this scenario the section will have to make a decision on who to drop to DV. We are guessing Casa Roble.
Vanden still needs to get to four wins. They are expected to get there.
Merced is still at three wins. They will have a tough road to get to four wins.
Golden Valley is expected to get to a fourth win.
Bubble teams:
East Union still needs a fourth win. They need some help but they should have hope.
Johansen - They need Vanden and Merced to not get to four wins.
Division V
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
First round bye and top 4 seeds
Center, 1,292, 6, AE, 1
Escalon, 823, 7, AE, 2
Bradshaw Christian, 350, 5, AE, 3
Casa Roble, 1,220, 4, AE, 5
Rest of the field
Colfax, 581, 5, AL, 4
Rosemont, 1,480, 5, AL, 6
Sonora, 957, 3, AE, 7
Liberty Ranch, 1,180, 3, AL, 8
Woodland, 1,325, 5, AL, 9
Los Banos, 1,411, 3, AL, 10
Livingston, 1,243, 4, AL, 11
Foothill, 1,131, 4, AL, 12
Liberty Ranch, Sonora, and Los Banos still need one more win.
Bubble teams:
El Dorado needs to get to four wins. If the do, they should have a good chance.
Orestimba is hoping several teams do not get to four wins and they do.
Dixon and Galt need a lot of help to have a chance.
Division VI
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
First round bye and top 4 seeds
Himar, 696, 6, AL, 1
Ripon, 963, 6, AL, 2
Amador, 694, 6, AL, 3
Caleveras, 825, 5, AL, 4
Rest of the field
Bear River, 615, 5, AL, 5
Ripon Christian, 175, 6, AE, 6
Golden Sierra, 370, 5, AE, 7
Highlands, 798, 6, AL, 8
Union Mine, 1,094, 4, AL, 9
Hughson, 710, 4, AL, 10
Linden, 672, 4, AL, 11
Western Sierra, 609, 3, AL, 12
Argonaut, Summerville, Marysville, and Bret Harte could all make the playoffs if they got to four wins. Right now they are projected to all end with three.
Division VII
School - enrollment, current wins, bid, current ranking
AE= anticipated Auto Entry
AL= anticipated At-large Entry
Denair, 298, 5, AL, 1
Mariposa, 505, 5, AL, 2
Le Grand, 414, 4, AL, 3
Rio Vista, 414, 6, AL, 4
Woodland Christian, 232, 5, AE, 5
Big Valley Christian, 188, 4, AE, 6
Waterford, 565, 3, AL, 7
Encina, 605, 2, AL, 8
Bubble teams: Vacaville Christian
