article A Totally Reasonable Playoff Proposal

A few weeks back in another thread I posted an idea for a new playoff proposal. Modeled after a version used by the state of Illinois, this plan is something of a hodge-podge of suggestions from various sources along with some new ideas not previously seen on BGP. This thread is designed to present the plan in what is hopefully a simple, easy to understand method.

 

To start, there are three things that are paramount when attempting to understand the plan:

 

1. The idea of districts and regions as you have previously known them will no longer exist. Districts and regions will exist in a different form but will not serve the same purpose as in years past.

 

2. A point system must be designed to effectively measure the strength of each team in the state of Kentucky. Numerous states have point systems that could serve as a model, but the system must reward teams for victories and strength of schedule. In my system, the same number of teams that currently make the playoffs (192) will continue to do so, but instead of playoff berths determined by district alignment, it will be based on the point system, so teams who do not qualify will fail to do so because of their merit (or lack of), not because of being placed in a five- or six-team district while others are in a district of four.

 

3. School enrollment is the bedrock upon which this system sits. Instead of using two- or four-year average data, enrollments will be refreshed each year using only male enrollment. For the 2016 season, for example, number of boys in each school during the 2015-16 school year will be used. This data is made available each spring by the Kentucky Department of Education and the KHSAA and will be released to the schools/public immediately in ascending order from smallest to largest school.

Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

I. DISTRICTS

 

In the past, districts have always been designated by the KHSAA and placed within the class. From 1959-1986, only the district champion made the playoffs (in the earliest years, there were no districts but instead regions; region winners made the playoffs). Starting in 1987, the KHSAA invited the top two teams from each district to the playoffs. That number was upped to the top four beginning in 1991, a format that has remained the same since.

 

* - A quick note: from 1979-86 there were sub-districts in some regions. Each sub-district winner played the other within the district in a play-in game. Also, Jefferson County teams made up the largest class until 1974. Statewide schools began playing in the largest class (AAAA) starting in 1975. Two schools made the playoffs in the Jefferson County districts beginning in 1975.

 

The KHSAA has made an effort in recent years to align districts the same way in basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and soccer. This was done to develop similar rivals across each sport and to minimize travel. While using the exact alignment for football would be unrealistic due to school size, my plan will place teams of similar size from the existing all-sport regions into districts. The reasons for this are two-fold:

 

1. Continue to develop local rivalries while minimizing the amount of travel required by some current districts.

2. Make scheduling easier for all teams by locking in three to six annual district games. A scheduling grid will continue to be used.

 

Teams must play every team within their district. While a point system will be used for the playoffs, season standings will be used within the district. Whoever finishes the season with the best record in the district will automatically qualify for the playoffs (this team would almost assuredly qualify anyway since only 29 teams will be left out). District champions will continue to be awarded championship trophies. However, just because you competed with certain teams within your district does not necessarily mean you will play in the same postseason class with those teams.

 

Districts will be reassessed every four years and modified to maintain enrollment balance. The number of districts could also fluctuate based on the number of teams participating in football and the desire to have balance.

Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

I. DISTRICTS (continued)

 

The following is the initial district alignment. Again, each school within the district must play each other and the team with the best district record would automatically qualify for the playoffs.

 

District 1 - Ballard Memorial, Fulton City, Fulton County, Mayfield, Murray

District 2 - Calloway County, Graves County, Marshall County, McCracken County, Paducah Tilghman

District 3 - Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Fort Campbell, Trigg County, Union County, Webster County

District 4 - Christian County, Henderson County, Hopkins County Central, Hopkinsville, Madisonville-North Hopkins

District 5 - Butler County, Edmonson County, Hancock County, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic

District 6 - Apollo, Breckinridge County, Grayson County, Owensboro

District 7 - Daviess County, Meade County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County

District 8 - Clinton County, Glasgow, Metcalfe County, Monroe County, Russellville, Todd County Central

District 9 - Allen County-Scottsville, Barren County, Franklin-Simpson, Logan County, Russell County

District 10 - Bowling Green, Greenwood, South Warren, Warren Central, Warren East

District 11 - Bethlehem, Campbellsville, Caverna, Fort Knox

District 12 - Bardstown, Green County, Hart County, Thomas Nelson, Washington County

District 13 - Adair County, Elizabethtown, Larue County, Marion County, Taylor County

District 14 - Central Hardin, John Hardin, Nelson County, North Hardin

District 15 - Christian Academy-Louisville, DeSales, Kentucky Country Day, Louisville Holy Cross, Shawnee

District 16 - Central, Moore, Valley, Waggener, Western

District 17 - Bullitt Central, Bullitt East, North Bullitt

District 18 - Atherton, Doss, Fairdale, Fern Creek, Iroquois, Southern

District 19 - Butler, DuPont Manual, Male, Pleasure Ridge Park, St. Xavier

District 20 - Ballard, Eastern, Jeffersontown, Seneca, Trinity

District 21 - Carroll County, Eminence, Gallatin County, Owen County, Trimble County, Walton-Verona

District 22 - Collins, Henry County, North Oldham, Shelby County, Spencer County

District 23 - Anderson County, Grant County, Oldham County, Simon Kenton, South Oldham

District 24 - Beechwood, Bellevue, Dayton, Ludlow

District 25 - Covington Holy Cross, Lloyd Memorial, Newport, Newport Central Catholic

District 26 - Covington Catholic, Dixie Heights, Highlands, Holmes

District 27 - Boone County, Conner, Cooper, Ryle

District 28 - Bishop Brossart, Bracken County, Nicholas County, Paris

District 29 - Bourbon County, Harrison County, Mason County, Pendleton County

District 30 - Campbell County, George Rogers Clark, Montgomery County, Scott

District 31 - Berea, Frankfort, Lexington Christian

District 32 - Franklin County, Lexington Catholic, Madison Southern, Western Hills, Woodford County

District 33 - Bryan Station, Henry Clay, Lafayette, Madison Central, Paul Dunbar, Scott County, Tates Creek

District 34 - Boyle County, Casey County, Danville, Garrard County, McCreary Central, Somerset

District 35 - East Jessamine, Mercer County, Rockcastle County, Wayne County

District 36 - Lincoln County, Pulaski County, Southwestern, West Jessamine

District 37 - Harlan, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg

District 38 - Bell County, Clay County, Corbin, Jackson County, Knox Central

District 39 - Harlan County, North Laurel, South Laurel, Whitley County

District 40 - Hazard, Jenkins, Knott County Central, Leslie County

District 41 - Breathitt County, Estill County, Letcher County Central, Perry County Central, Powell County

District 42 - Paintsville, Phelps, Pikeville, South Floyd

District 43 - Allen Central, Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Prestonsburg, Shelby Valley

District 44 - Belfry, Johnson Central, Lawrence County, Magoffin County, Pike County Central, Sheldon Clark

District 45 - Bath County, Fairview, Raceland, West Carter

District 46 - Fleming County, Lewis County, Morgan County, Russell

District 47 - Ashland, Boyd County, East Carter, Greenup County, Rowan County

II. ENROLLMENTS

 

Enrollment figures used will be from the previous school year. For example, for the 2016 season, data from the 2015-16 school year would be used. This keeps "classes" (we'll get to that shortly) as close to the same as possible while prohibiting any outliers (Mercer County in 2006, South Warren currently) from playing in a smaller class due to outdated data.

 

Schools are not initially placed in a class, but rather are ranked by the total number of boys from 1 to 221 (smallest school first, largest school last). Classification will occur at the conclusion of the regular season when playoff qualifiers have been determined.

 

Listed below is the total boys enrollment for each school from the 2015-16 school year:

 

1. Fulton City 41

2. Jenkins 79

3. Fulton County 80

4. Pineville 80

5. Phelps 88

6. Williamsburg 106

7. Dayton 107

8. Caverna 113

9. Eminence 113

10. Paris 115

11. Harlan 119

12. Paintsville 125

13. Frankfort 128

14. Bellevue 138

15. Fairview 138

16. Kentucky Country Day 144

17. South Floyd 144

18. Bishop Brossart 149

19. Russellville 149

20. Louisville Holy Cross 150

21. Lynn Camp 150

22. Bethlehem 152

23. Ludlow 153

24. Hazard 156

25. Campbellsville 164

26. Raceland 171

27. Nicholas County 172

28. Berea 173

29. Betsy Layne 187

30. Trimble County 187

31. Newport Central Catholic 191

32. Pikeville 192

33. Crittenden County 193

34. Fort Knox 194

35. Bracken County 195

36. Covington Holy Cross 199

37. Middlesboro 202

38. Allen Central 205

39. Beechwood 205

40. Newport 213

41. Owensboro Catholic 215

42. Mayfield 223

43. Lexington Christian 227

44. Ballard Memorial 229

45. Murray 235

46. Clinton County 243

47. East Ridge 247

48. Carroll County 253

49. Leslie County 254

50. Walton-Verona 257

51. Gallatin County 260

52. Washington County 260

53. Danville 262

54. Green County 264

55. Monroe County 264

56. Hancock County 265

57. Prestonsburg 265

58. Metcalfe County 268

59. Fort Campbell 270

60. Todd County Central 270

61. Somerset 274

62. McLean County 277

63. Sheldon Clark 280

64. Shelby Valley 284

65. Caldwell County 293

66. Breathitt County 294

67. Edmonson County 294

68. Bath County 298

69. Butler County 302

70. Lloyd Memorial 307

71. Owen County 313

72. Shawnee 315

73. Morgan County 319

74. DeSales 320

75. Christian Academy-Louisville 323

76. Webster County 323

77. Magoffin County 326

78. West Carter 326

79. Knott County Central 334

80. Glasgow 337

81. Belfry 338

82. Hart County 340

83. Bardstown 341

84. Thomas Nelson 341

85. Russell 342

86. Trigg County 343

87. Union County 346

88. Lawrence County 352

89. Pike County Central 356

90. Estill County 362

91. Lewis County 363

92. Powell County 364

93. Fleming County 368

94. McCreary Central 369

95. Henry County 371

96. Jackson County 371

97. Casey County 378

98. Central 384

99. Elizabethtown 389

100. Paducah Tilghman 390

101. Pendleton County 391

102. Garrard County 395

103. Mason County 396

104. Larue County 402

105. Boyle County 411

106. Western Hills 412

107. Rockcastle County 416

108. Russell County 420

109. East Carter 424

110. Bell County 425

111. Greenup County 427

112. Taylor County 429

113. Ashland 433

114. Mercer County 433

115. Adair County 437

116. Nelson County 437

117. Waggener 440

118. Calloway County 450

119. Spencer County 452

120. Lexington Catholic 453

121. Holmes 459

122. Western 460

123. Breckinridge County 461

124. Franklin-Simpson 461

125. Rowan County 461

126. Boyd County 465

127. Corbin 466

128. Clay County 467

129. Bourbon County 468

130. Wayne County 469

131. Letcher County Central 470

132. Hopkins County Central 471

133. Harrison County 473

134. Allen County-Scottsville 482

135. Knox Central 483

136. Scott 485

137. Franklin County 486

138. Marion County 486

139. Perry County Central 488

140. Highlands 495

141. Warren East 501

142. John Hardin 504

143. Harlan County 522

144. Collins 524

145. Moore 527

146. North Oldham 531

147. Lincoln County 534

148. Warren Central 535

149. Madisonville-North Hopkins 541

150. Anderson County 543

151. East Jessamine 544

152. Shelby County 550

153. Valley 564

154. Logan County 565

155. Hopkinsville 567

156. Johnson Central 569

157. Atherton 572

158. Whitley County 579

159. South Warren 582

160. Southwestern 589

161. Christian County 601

162. Covington Catholic 603

163. Ohio County 603

164. Pulaski County 607

165. Doss 615

166. Woodford County 615

167. Grant County 620

168. Madison Southern 620

169. Greenwood 625

170. South Laurel 628

171. Barren County 632

172. Iroquois 633

173. West Jessamine 633

174. Bowling Green 635

175. Bullitt Central 637

176. North Bullitt 639

177. South Oldham 643

178. Owensboro 647

179. Fairdale 665

180. Grayson County 671

181. Graves County 684

182. Cooper 686

183. North Laurel 713

184. Southern 713

185. Marshall County 715

186. Montgomery County 719

187. Boone County 723

188. Conner 728

189. Seneca 732

190. Dixie Heights 740

191. Jeffersontown 741

192. Bullitt East 750

193. Apollo 751

194. Muhlenberg County 753

195. North Hardin 767

196. Campbell County 781

197. Male 785

198. DuPont Manual 793

199. Butler 802

200. Oldham County 809

201. George Rogers Clark 833

202. Bryan Station 847

203. Meade County 850

204. Daviess County 857

205. Fern Creek 874

206. Ballard 895

207. Simon Kenton 911

208. Tates Creek 923

209. Ryle 949

210. Pleasure Ridge Park 954

211. Central Hardin 979

212. Madison Central 987

213. McCracken County 994

214. Lafayette 1,022

215. Henderson County 1,029

216. Eastern 1,091

217. Paul Dunbar 1,133

218. Trinity 1,189

219. Henry Clay 1,213

220. Scott County 1,215

221. St. Xavier 1,334

Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

III. PLAYOFF QUALIFIERS

 

As mentioned in the opening post, the KHSAA will have to develop a computer rankings program to adequately serve the needs of the schools. Because there is no current system in place, I am using the Calpreps.com rankings of Kentucky schools from the end of the 2016 regular season.

 

Point of order: Please do not quibble with the results, ranking order, playoff qualifiers and non-qualifiers. This exercise is not done to determine who should or should not be in playoffs, who should or should not be a #1 seed, but rather to show the method of classifying teams.

 

Below is listed each school in enrollment order from smallest to largest. The 192 schools with the best computer rankings qualify for the playoffs while the lowest 29 see their year end after the last regular season game. I have bolded each of the schools who failed to qualify for the 2016 postseason using Calpreps.com data.

 

1. Fulton City

2. Jenkins

3. Fulton County

4. Pineville

5. Phelps

6. Williamsburg

7. Dayton

8. Caverna

9. Eminence

10. Paris

11. Harlan

12. Paintsville

13. Frankfort

14. Bellevue

15. Fairview

16. Kentucky Country Day

17. South Floyd

18. Bishop Brossart

19. Russellville

20. Louisville Holy Cross

21. Lynn Camp

22. Bethlehem

23. Ludlow

24. Hazard

25. Campbellsville

26. Raceland

27. Nicholas County

28. Berea

29. Betsy Layne

30. Trimble County

31. Newport Central Catholic

32. Pikeville

33. Crittenden County

34. Fort Knox

35. Bracken County

36. Covington Holy Cross

37. Middlesboro

38. Allen Central

39. Beechwood

40. Newport

41. Owensboro Catholic

42. Mayfield

43. Lexington Christian

44. Ballard Memorial

45. Murray

46. Clinton County

47. East Ridge

48. Carroll County

49. Leslie County

50. Walton-Verona

51. Gallatin County

52. Washington County

53. Danville

54. Green County

55. Monroe County

56. Hancock County

57. Prestonsburg

58. Metcalfe County

59. Fort Campbell

60. Todd County Central

61. Somerset

62. McLean County

63. Sheldon Clark

64. Shelby Valley

65. Caldwell County

66. Breathitt County

67. Edmonson County

68. Bath County

69. Butler County

70. Lloyd Memorial

71. Owen County

72. Shawnee

73. Morgan County

74. DeSales

75. Christian Academy-Louisville

76. Webster County

77. Magoffin County

78. West Carter

79. Knott County Central

80. Glasgow

81. Belfry

82. Hart County

83. Bardstown

84. Thomas Nelson

85. Russell

86. Trigg County

87. Union County

88. Lawrence County

89. Pike County Central

90. Estill County

91. Lewis County

92. Powell County

93. Fleming County

94. McCreary Central

95. Henry County

96. Jackson County

97. Casey County

98. Central

99. Elizabethtown

100. Paducah Tilghman

101. Pendleton County

102. Garrard County

103. Mason County

104. Larue County

105. Boyle County

106. Western Hills

107. Rockcastle County

108. Russell County

109. East Carter

110. Bell County

111. Greenup County

112. Taylor County

113. Ashland

114. Mercer County

115. Adair County

116. Nelson County

117. Waggener

118. Calloway County

119. Spencer County

120. Lexington Catholic

121. Holmes

122. Western

123. Breckinridge County

124. Franklin-Simpson

125. Rowan County

126. Boyd County

127. Corbin

128. Clay County

129. Bourbon County

130. Wayne County

131. Letcher County Central

132. Hopkins County Central

133. Harrison County

134. Allen County-Scottsville

135. Knox Central

136. Scott

137. Franklin County

138. Marion County

139. Perry County Central

140. Highlands

141. Warren East

142. John Hardin

143. Harlan County

144. Collins

145. Moore

146. North Oldham

147. Lincoln County

148. Warren Central

149. Madisonville-North Hopkins

150. Anderson County

151. East Jessamine

152. Shelby County

153. Valley

154. Logan County

155. Hopkinsville

156. Johnson Central

157. Atherton

158. Whitley County

159. South Warren

160. Southwestern

161. Christian County

162. Covington Catholic

163. Ohio County

164. Pulaski County

165. Doss

166. Woodford County

167. Grant County

168. Madison Southern

169. Greenwood

170. South Laurel

171. Barren County

172. Iroquois

173. West Jessamine

174. Bowling Green

175. Bullitt Central

176. North Bullitt

177. South Oldham

178. Owensboro

179. Fairdale

180. Grayson County

181. Graves County

182. Cooper

183. North Laurel

184. Southern

185. Marshall County

186. Montgomery County

187. Boone County

188. Conner

189. Seneca

190. Dixie Heights

191. Jeffersontown

192. Bullitt East

193. Apollo

194. Muhlenberg County

195. North Hardin

196. Campbell County

197. Male

198. DuPont Manual

199. Butler

200. Oldham County

201. George Rogers Clark

202. Bryan Station

203. Meade County

204. Daviess County

205. Fern Creek

206. Ballard

207. Simon Kenton

208. Tates Creek

209. Ryle

210. Pleasure Ridge Park

211. Central Hardin

212. Madison Central

213. McCracken County

214. Lafayette

215. Henderson County

216. Eastern

217. Paul Dunbar

218. Trinity

219. Henry Clay

220. Scott County

221. St. Xavier

Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

IV. PLAYOFF CLASSIFICATION

 

Once playoff qualification is determined, the next step is to place teams in the appropriate playoff class. There are 192 playoff teams that will be divided into six classes of 32. The smallest 32 schools based on 2015-16 male enrollment will be placed in Class 1A, the next smallest 32 in Class 2A, and so on until all teams are exhausted throughout six classes.

 

It is important to note that using a format like this could mean teams fluctuate between classes annually. A team that falls under Class 2A in one season could be Class 3A in the next season, all based on which teams qualify and their enrollment number for that year. It is also important to understand that the District assignments shown earlier in the thread have very little bearing on which class you play in during the playoffs. Finally, there is no concept of "playing up" - teams will participate in the class they fall in.

 

Using the data from the previous post about enrollment size and playoff qualifiers, the postseason class breakdown for the 2016 season would look like this:

 

CLASS 1A

1. Pineville

2. Williamsburg

3. Paris

4. Harlan

5. Paintsville

6. Frankfort

7. Bellevue

8. Fairview

9. Kentucky Country Day

10. Bishop Brossart

11. Russellville

12. Louisville Holy Cross

13. Lynn Camp

14. Bethlehem

15. Ludlow

16. Hazard

17. Campbellsville

18. Raceland

19. Nicholas County

20. Newport Central Catholic

21. Pikeville

22. Crittenden County

23. Bracken County

24. Covington Holy Cross

25. Middlesboro

26. Allen Central

27. Beechwood

28. Owensboro Catholic

29. Mayfield

30. Lexington Christian

31. Ballard Memorial

32. Murray

 

CLASS 2A

1. Leslie County

2. Walton-Verona

3. Gallatin County

4. Washington County

5. Danville

6. Green County

7. Monroe County

8. Hancock County

9. Prestonsburg

10. Metcalfe County

11. Fort Campbell

12. Somerset

13. McLean County

14. Shelby Valley

15. Caldwell County

16. Breathitt County

17. Edmonson County

18. Bath County

19. Butler County

20. Lloyd Memorial

21. Owen County

22. DeSales

23. Christian Academy-Louisville

24. West Carter

25. Glasgow

26. Belfry

27. Hart County

28. Bardstown

29. Thomas Nelson

30. Russell

31. Trigg County

32. Union County

 

CLASS 3A

1. Lawrence County

2. Pike County Central

3. Estill County

4. Powell County

5. Fleming County

6. McCreary Central

7. Henry County

8. Casey County

9. Central

10. Elizabethtown

11. Paducah Tilghman

12. Garrard County

13. Mason County

14. Larue County

15. Boyle County

16. Western Hills

17. Rockcastle County

18. Russell County

19. East Carter

20. Bell County

21. Greenup County

22. Taylor County

23. Ashland

24. Mercer County

25. Adair County

26. Waggener

27. Calloway County

28. Spencer County

29. Lexington Catholic

30. Holmes

31. Western

32. Franklin-Simpson

 

CLASS 4A

1. Rowan County

2. Boyd County

3. Corbin

4. Clay County

5. Bourbon County

6. Wayne County

7. Letcher County Central

8. Hopkins County Central

9. Harrison County

10. Allen County-Scottsville

11. Knox Central

12. Scott

13. Franklin County

14. Marion County

15. Perry County Central

16. Highlands

17. Warren East

18. John Hardin

19. Harlan County

20. Collins

21. Moore

22. North Oldham

23. Lincoln County

24. Warren Central

25. Madisonville-North Hopkins

26. Anderson County

27. East Jessamine

28. Shelby County

29. Valley

30. Logan County

31. Hopkinsville

32. Johnson Central

 

CLASS 5A

1. Atherton

2. Whitley County

3. South Warren

4. Southwestern

5. Christian County

6. Covington Catholic

7. Ohio County

8. Pulaski County

9. Doss

10. Woodford County

11. Grant County

12. Madison Southern

13. Greenwood

14. South Laurel

15. Barren County

16. Iroquois

17. West Jessamine

18. Bowling Green

19. Bullitt Central

20. North Bullitt

21. South Oldham

22. Owensboro

23. Fairdale

24. Graves County

25. Cooper

26. North Laurel

27. Southern

28. Marshall County

29. Montgomery County

30. Boone County

31. Conner

32. Seneca

 

CLASS 6A

1. Dixie Heights

2. Jeffersontown

3. Bullitt East

4. Apollo

5. Muhlenberg County

6. North Hardin

7. Campbell County

8. Male

9. DuPont Manual

10. Butler

11. Oldham County

12. George Rogers Clark

13. Bryan Station

14. Meade County

15. Daviess County

16. Fern Creek

17. Ballard

18. Simon Kenton

19. Tates Creek

20. Ryle

21. Pleasure Ridge Park

22. Central Hardin

23. Madison Central

24. McCracken County

25. Lafayette

26. Henderson County

27. Eastern

28. Paul Dunbar

29. Trinity

30. Henry Clay

31. Scott County

32. St. Xavier

Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

V. PLAYOFF ALIGNMENT

 

Once schools have been divided into six classes of 32 teams, then it is time to place teams on the bracket. Teams will first be placed into four regions of eight teams based solely on geography. Using a geographic format to place teams will undoubtedly cause some traveling hardship for a few teams, but far fewer than the existing system.

 

Shown below are each of the six classes divided into four regions. As mentioned earlier, the teams are placed in the regions based on geography and are shown here in alphabetical order. Following each class is a map with counties colored showing each region. (Region I is red, Region II is yellow, Region III is green, and Region IV is blue).

 

CLASS 1A

 

REGION I

1. Ballard Memorial

2. Bethlehem

3. Campbellsville

4. Crittenden County

5. Mayfield

6. Murray

7. Owensboro Catholic

8. Russellville

 

REGION II

1. Beechwood

2. Bellevue

3. Bishop Brossart

4. Covington Holy Cross

5. Kentucky Country Day

6. Louisville Holy Cross

7. Ludlow

8. Newport Central Catholic

 

REGION III

1. Bracken County

2. Fairview

3. Frankfort

4. Lexington Christian

5. Nicholas County

6. Paintsville

7. Paris

8. Raceland

 

REGION IV

1. Allen Central

2. Harlan

3. Hazard

4. Lynn Camp

5. Middlesboro

6. Pikeville

7. Pineville

8. Williamsburg

 

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Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

V. PLAYOFF ALIGNMENT (continued)

 

CLASS 2A

 

REGION I

1. Butler County

2. Caldwell County

3. Edmonson County

4. Fort Campbell

5. Hancock County

6. McLean County

7. Trigg County

8. Union County

 

REGION II

1. Danville

2. Glasgow

3. Green County

4. Hart County

5. Metcalfe County

6. Monroe County

7. Somerset

8. Washington County

 

REGION III

1. Bardstown

2. Christian Academy-Louisville

3. DeSales

4. Gallatin County

5. Lloyd Memorial

6. Owen County

7. Thomas Nelson

8. Walton-Verona

 

REGION IV

1. Bath County

2. Belfry

3. Breathitt County

4. Leslie County

5. Prestonsburg

6. Russell

7. Shelby Valley

8. West Carter

 

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V. PLAYOFF ALIGNMENT (continued)

 

CLASS 3A

 

REGION I

1. Adair County

2. Calloway County

3. Elizabethtown

4. Franklin-Simpson

5. Larue County

6. Paducah Tilghman

7. Russell County

8. Taylor County

 

REGION II

1. Central

2. Henry County

3. Holmes

4. Lexington Catholic

5. Spencer County

6. Waggener

7. Western

8. Western Hills

 

REGION III

1. Bell County

2. Boyle County

3. Casey County

4. Estill County

5. Garrard County

6. McCreary Central

7. Mercer County

8. Rockcastle County

 

REGION IV

1. Ashland

2. East Carter

3. Fleming County

4. Greenup County

5. Lawrence County

6. Mason County

7. Pike County Central

8. Powell County

 

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V. PLAYOFF ALIGNMENT (continued)

 

CLASS 4A

 

REGION I

1. Allen County-Scottsville

2. Hopkins County Central

3. Hopkinsville

4. John Hardin

5. Logan County

6. Madisonville-North Hopkins

7. Warren Central

8. Warren East

 

REGION II

1. Anderson County

2. Collins

3. Franklin County

4. Marion County

5. Moore

6. North Oldham

7. Shelby County

8. Valley

 

REGION III

1. Bourbon County

2. Boyd County

3. East Jessamine

4. Harrison County

5. Highlands

6. Johnson Central

7. Rowan County

8. Scott

 

REGION IV

1. Clay County

2. Corbin

3. Harlan County

4. Knox Central

5. Letcher County Central

6. Lincoln County

7. Perry County Central

8. Wayne County

 

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V. PLAYOFF ALIGNMENT (continued)

 

CLASS 5A

 

REGION I

1. Bowling Green

2. Christian County

3. Graves County

4. Greenwood

5. Marshall County

6. Ohio County

7. Owensboro

8. South Warren

 

REGION II

1. Atherton

2. Bullitt Central

3. Doss

4. Fairdale

5. Iroquois

6. North Bullitt

7. Seneca

8. Southern

 

REGION III

1. Boone County

2. Conner

3. Cooper

4. Covington Catholic

5. Grant County

6. South Oldham

7. West Jessamine

8. Woodford County

 

REGION IV

1. Barren County (obvious geographic outlier)

2. Madison Southern

3. Montgomery County

4. North Laurel

5. Pulaski County

6. South Laurel

7. Southwestern

8. Whitley County

 

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V. PLAYOFF ALIGNMENT (continued)

 

CLASS 6A

 

REGION I

1. Apollo

2. Central Hardin

3. Daviess County

4. Henderson County

5. McCracken County

6. Meade County

7. Muhlenberg County

8. North Hardin

 

REGION II

1. Bullitt East

2. Butler

3. DuPont Manual

4. Fern Creek

5. Jeffersontown

6. Male

7. Pleasure Ridge Park

8. St. Xavier

 

REGION III

1. Ballard

2. Campbell County

3. Dixie Heights

4. Eastern

5. Oldham County

6. Ryle

7. Simon Kenton

8. Trinity

 

REGION IV

1. Bryan Station

2. George Rogers Clark

3. Henry Clay

4. Lafayette

5. Madison Central

6. Paul Dunbar

7. Scott County

8. Tates Creek

 

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VI. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

 

Once teams are placed in their regions, then they will be seeded from 1-8. Again, for the purpose of this project I have used the Calpreps.com ranking system. If two or more teams have the same power ranking within a region, the tie will be broken using the following three steps:

 

1. Winner of head-to-head regular season matchup, if applicable

2. Team with best strength of schedule rating

3. If no winner can be determined, then a coin flip administered by the KHSAA will be used.

 

In the playoffs, the first round will be 8 at 1, 7 at 2, 6 at 3, and 5 at 4. The second and third rounds will follow standard bracket order. The best seed will always host in the first three rounds. Regional champions will be awarded a trophy just as they currently are. It is important to note, however, that just like classes, teams could be placed in different regions each year, based on qualifiers and geography.

 

The state semifinals will be conducted the same way they have always been, with odd numbered regions hosting in odd years and even numbered regions hosting in even years. The design should assure that a western and eastern teams meet in the state championship game each year, although those terms are obviously somewhat flexible.

 

Finally, this exercise isn't designed for arguments over the merits of individual team's seeding or who would win hypothetical matchups within the bracket, but rather to show how the playoffs would be determined.

 

CLASS 1A

Region I

[8] Crittenden County at [1] Mayfield

[5] Ballard Memorial at [4] Murray

[7] Campbellsville at [2] Owensboro Catholic

[6] Bethlehem at [3] Russellville

 

Region II

[8] Bellevue at [1] Beechwood

[5] Louisville Holy Cross at [4] Kentucky Country Day

[7] Ludlow at [2] Newport Central Catholic

[6] Bishop Brossart at [3] Covington Holy Cross

 

Region III

[8] Paris at [1] Lexington Christian

[5] Fairview at [4] Nicholas County

[7] Frankfort at [2] Paintsville

[6] Bracken County at [3] Raceland

 

Region IV

[8] Middlesboro at [1] Pikeville

[5] Allen Central at [4] Harlan

[7] Lynn Camp at [2] Hazard

[6] Pineville at [3] Williamsburg

 

 

 

CLASS 2A

Region I

[8] Hancock County at [1] Caldwell County

[5] Fort Campbell at [4] McLean County

[7] Edmonson County at [2] Butler County

[6] Trigg County at [3] Union County

 

Region II

[8] Green County at [1] Danville

[5] Monroe County at [4] Metcalfe County

[7] Hart County at [2] Somerset

[6] Washington County at [3] Glasgow

 

Region III

[8] Owen County at [1] Christian Academy-Louisville

[5] Walton-Verona at [4] Lloyd Memorial

[7] Thomas Nelson at [2] DeSales

[6] Gallatin County at [3] Bardstown

 

Region IV

[8] Breathitt County at [1] Belfry

[5] Prestonsburg at [4] West Carter

[7] Shelby Valley at [2] Russell

[6] Bath County at [3] Leslie County

 

 

 

CLASS 3A

Region I

[8] Larue County at [1] Franklin-Simpson

[5] Taylor County at [4] Adair County

[7] Russell County at [2] Elizabethtown

[6] Calloway County at [3] Paducah Tilghman

 

Region II

[8] Holmes at [1] Lexington Catholic

[5] Western at [4] Western Hills

[7] Henry County at [2] Central

[6] Waggener at [3] Spencer County

 

Region III

[8] McCreary Central at [1] Rockcastle County

[5] Garrard County at [4] Mercer County

[7] Bell County at [2] Boyle County

[6] Estill County at [3] Casey County

 

Region IV

[8] Powell County at [1] Ashland

[5] Mason County at [4] Lawrence County

[7] East Carter at [2] Greenup County

[6] Pike County Central at [3] Fleming County

 

 

 

CLASS 4A

Region I

[8] Logan County at [1] Hopkinsville

[5] Warren East at [4] Madisonville-North Hopkins

[7] Hopkins County Central at [2] John Hardin

[6] Warren Central at [3] Allen County-Scottsville

 

Region II

[8] Marion County at [1] Shelby County

[5] Moore at [4] Franklin County

[7] North Oldham at [2] Collins

[6] Valley at [3] Anderson County

 

Region III

[8] Rowan County at [1] Johnson Central

[5] Boyd County at [4] Bourbon County

[7] Scott at [2] Highlands

[6] Harrison County at [3] East Jessamine

 

Region IV

[8] Perry County Central at [1] Corbin

[5] Lincoln County at [4] Harlan County

[7] Clay County at [2] Wayne County

[6] Letcher County Central at [3] Knox Central

 

 

 

CLASS 5A

Region I

[8] Ohio County at [1] Bowling Green

[5] South Warren at [4] Greenwood

[7] Marshall County at [2] Christian County

[6] Graves County at [3] Owensboro

 

Region II

[8] Iroquois at [1] Doss

[5] Fairdale at [4] Southern

[7] Atherton at [2] North Bullitt

[6] Seneca at [3] Bullitt Central

 

Region III

[8] Grant County at [1] Covington Catholic

[5] Boone County at [4] South Oldham

[7] Woodford County at [2] Conner

[6] West Jessamine at [3] Cooper

 

Region IV

[8] Barren County at [1] Pulaski County

[5] South Laurel at [4] Whitley County

[7] Montgomery County at [2] Southwestern

[6] North Laurel at [3] Madison Southern

 

 

 

CLASS 6A

Region I

[8] Apollo at [1] McCracken County

[5] Henderson County at [4] Daviess County

[7] Muhlenberg County at [2] Central Hardin

[6] Meade County at [3] North Hardin

 

Region II

[8] Jeffersontown at [1] St. Xavier

[5] Fern Creek at [4] Pleasure Ridge Park

[7] Bullitt East at [2] Male

[6] Butler at [3] DuPont Manual

 

Region III

[8] Oldham County at [1] Trinity

[5] Dixie Heights at [4] Ballard

[7] Eastern at [2] Ryle

[6] Campbell County at [3] Simon Kenton

 

Region IV

[8] George Rogers Clark at [1] Lafayette

[5] Bryan Station at [4] Tates Creek

[7] Paul Dunbar at [2] Scott County

[6] Henry Clay at [3] Madison Central

Edited November 7, 2016 by gchs_uk9

Awesome work.

 

I like it.

To quote Harry Cary: HOLY COW!!!

 

I'm going to have to print this and study.