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6A Football Playoff Qualifications

Rankings Freeze and Qualification Round Dates Summary

6A Football

16-team 6A Championship bracket and 8-team 6A Columbia Cup bracket

  1. Automatic Qualifiers – Fifteen teams automatically qualify for the OSAA’s 24 qualifying spots (Two brackets: 16-team 6A Championship bracket and 8-team 6A Columbia Cup) based on regular season and/or special district tournament play on or before Friday, October 30. Each league/special district determines how they will select their allotted playoff spot.

    PIL - 3; Metro - 2; Pacific - 2; Mt. Hood - 2; Three Rivers - 2; Special District 1 - 2; Special District 2 - 2

    PIL - Ida B. Wells, Lincoln, Grant
    Metro - Jesuit, Westview
    Pacific - Sherwood, Century
    Mt. Hood - Nelson, Central Catholic
    Three Rivers - Lake Oswego, West Linn
    Special District 1 - Sprague, West Salem
    Special District 2 - Sheldon, Willamette

  2. Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at the conclusion of all contests on Friday, October 30.

  3. At-Large Qualifiers – Nine additional teams will qualify for the OSAA's 24 qualifying spots (Two brackets: 16-team 6A Championship bracket and 8-team 6A Columbia Cup bracket) based on the OSAA rankings. Once the rankings are frozen, the nine next highest ranked teams not already an automatic special district qualifier will qualify as At-Large teams.

    At-Large #1 - Tualatin
    At-Large #2 - Grants Pass
    At-Large #3 - Lakeridge
    At-Large #4 - North Medford
    At-Large #5 - Franklin
    At-Large #6 - South Salem
    At-Large #7 - Glencoe
    At-Large #8 - Mountainside
    At-Large #9 - Tigard

  4. Rankings – Once the 24 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA brackets according to OSAA Executive Board Policy "State Championships – Rankings".

    OSAA 16-team 6A Championship Bracket
    The seven (7) league champions along with the next nine highest ranked teams from the 24 qualifying teams will make up the 16-team 6A Championship bracket.

    OSAA 8-team 6A Columbia Cup
    The remaining 8 qualifying teams will be placed on the 8-team 6A Columbia Cup bracket.