There’s only two weeks left for Oregon high school football teams to jockey for playoff position, so we’re taking a look at what the state brackets look like if the season ended today.
Using the OSAA playoff qualifications, we looked through every automatic bid from each league and who’s currently in line for an at-large bid in each classification. Then, using the OSAA rankings, we placed them on the bracket and made any needed adjustments for league champions and avoided league matchups in the first round.
For league standings, we went off league winning percentage first. If there were any ties, we first looked at any head-to-head results, and if there were none, we defaulted to who was better in the OSAA rankings.
Here are the post-week seven playoff projections:
6A
Automatic bids (2 per league except 3 for PIL)
PIL: Lincoln, Ida B. Wells, Grant
Metro: Jesuit, Westview
Pacific: Sherwood, Century
Mt. Hood: Nelson, Central Catholic
Three Rivers: Lake Oswego, West Linn
Special District 1: Sprague, South Salem
Special District 2: Sheldon, Willamette
At-larges (9)
Tualatin
Grants Pass
Lakeridge
Cleveland
North Medford
Tigard
Oregon City
Franklin
Glencoe
Next five out: Roosevelt, West Salem, Mountainside, Barlow, South Medford
Projected bracket
No. 16 Westview at No. 1 Lake Oswego
No. 9 Tualatin at No. 8 Sherwood
No. 12 South Salem at No. 5 Lincoln
No. 13 Ida B. Wells at No. 4 Sheldon
No. 14 Lakeridge at No. 3 Nelson
No. 11 Grants Pass at No. 6 Sprague
No. 10 Willamette at No. 7 Jesuit
No. 15 Grant at No. 2 West Linn
- Moved Sherwood from No. 16 to 8 as current league leader
- Moved Jesuit from No. 14 to 7 as current league leader, leave room for Sherwood at 8
- Moved Sprague from No. 11 to 6 as current league leader, leave room for Jesuit at 7 and Sherwood at 8
- Moved Lincoln from No. 8 to 5 as current league leader, make room for Sherwood, Jesuit and South Salem to move into top 8
- Moved Lakeridge from No. 15 to 14, Grant from No. 13 to 15, South Salem from No. 14 to 12 and Wells from No. 12 to 13 to avoid Lakeridge-West Linn and Wells-Lincoln league matchups
Columbia Cup bracket
No. 24 Glencoe at No. 17 Central Catholic
No. 21 Franklin at No. 20 Tigard
No. 22 Oregon City at No. 19 North Medford
No. 23 Century at No. 18 Cleveland
- Swapped Oregon City and Franklin to avoid Oregon City-Tigard league matchup
5A
Automatic bids
Intermountain (2): Summit, Ridgeview
SD1 (1): Sandy
SD2 (1): St. Helens
SD3 (2): Aloha, Wilsonville
SD4 (2): Silverton, Dallas
SD5 (2): Thurston, Churchill
At-larges (6, one automatically goes to highest ranked second-place team between SD1 and SD2)
SD1/SD2 auto: Milwaukie
West Albany
Mountain View
Canby
Springfield
Lebanon
Next five out: Roseburg, Forest Grove, Crook County, Caldera, South Albany
Projected bracket
No. 16 Milwaukie at No. 1 Silverton
No. 9 West Albany at No. 8 St. Helens
No. 12 Canby at No. 5 Thurston
No. 13 Wilsonville at No. 4 Dallas
No. 14 Lebanon at No. 3 Summit
No. 11 Springfield at No. 6 Aloha
No. 10 Mountain View at No. 7 Sandy
No. 15 Churchill at No. 2 Ridgeview
- Moved St. Helens from No. 15 to 8 as current league leader
- Moved Sandy from No. 14 to 7 as current league leader, leave room for St. Helens at No. 8
- Moved Aloha from No. 9 to 6 as current league leader, leave room for Sandy at No. 7 and St. Helens at No. 8
- Swapped Canby and Springfield to avoid Canby-Aloha and Springfield-Thurston league matchups
4A
Automatic bids
SD1 (3): Scappoose, Banks, Tillamook
SD2 (3): Cascade, Central, Estacada
SD3 (3): Sweet Home, Junction City, North Bend
SD4 (3): Cascade Christian, Henley, North Valley
SD5 (2): La Grande, Baker
At-large (Two highest ranked fourth place teams between SD1, 2, 3 and 4 and the third place team from SD5)
Ashland
Marist Catholic
Next three out: Seaside, Philomath, Pendleton/Nixyaawii
Projected bracket
No. 16 Marist Catholic at No. 1 Cascade Christian
No. 9 Estacada at No. 8 La Grande
No. 12 Ashland at No. 5 Banks
No. 13 North Bend at No. 4 Scappoose
No. 14 Baker at No. 3 Sweet Home
No. 11 Tillamook at No. 6 Junction City
No. 10 Central at No. 7 Henley
No. 15 North Valley at No. 2 Cascade
- Moved La Grande from No. 9 to 8 as current league leader
3A
Automatic bids
SD1 (3): Warrenton, Santiam Christian, North Marion
SD2 (3): Harrisburg, Scio, Kennedy
SD3 (2): Klamath Union, Pleasant Hill
SD4 (2): Sutherlin, Siuslaw/Mapleton
SD5 (2): Vale, Burns
At-larges (2)
Douglas
Brookings-Harbor
Next five out: Salem Academy, Nyssa, McLoughlin, Dayton, Horizon Christian Tualatin
Projected bracket
No. 1 Vale, bye
No. 9 Siuslaw/Mapleton at No. 8 Warrenton
No. 12 Pleasant Hill at No. 5 Sutherlin
No. 13 Brookings-Harbor at No. 4 Scio
No. 14 North Marion at No. 3 Klamath Union
No. 11 Santiam Christian at No. 6 Burns
No. 10 Douglas at No. 7 Kennedy
No. 2 Harrisburg, bye
- Moved Warrenton from No. 10 to 8 as current league leader
- Swapped Brookings-Harbor and Pleasant Hill to avoid Brookings-Sutherlin league matchup
2A
Automatic bids (2 per league)
SD1: Knappa, Clatskanie
SD2: St. Paul, Colton
SD3: Lowell, Waldport
SD4: Glide, Oakland
SD5: Culver, St. Mary’s Medford
SD6: Heppner, Grant Union
At-larges (4)
La Pine
Toledo
Myrtle Point
Lost River
Next five out: Santiam, Rainier, Regis, Enterprise, Rogue River
Projected bracket
No. 16 Clatskanie at No. 1 Heppner
No. 9 Toledo at No. 8 Knappa
No. 12 Waldport at No. 5 Glide
No. 13 Myrtle Point at No. 4 Culver
No. 14 Lost River at No. 3 Lowell
No. 11 Grant Union at No. 6 Colton
No. 10 Oakland at No. 7 La Pine
No. 15 St. Mary’s Medford at No. 2 St. Paul
- Moved Knappa from No. 11 to 8 as current league leader
- Moved Myrtle Point from No. 12 to 13, Lost River from No. 13 to 14 and Waldport from No. 14 to 12 to avoid Myrtle Point-Glide, Lost River-Culver and Waldport-Lowell league matchups
1A 8-man
Automatic bids
SD1 (2): Crosspoint Christian, Chiloquin
SD2 (2): North Douglas, Perrydale
SD3 (3): Dufur, Imbler, Echo
SD4 (3): Adrian, Harper Charter, Crane
At-larges (4)
Cove
Mohawk
Camas Valley
Prairie City/Burnt River
Next five out: Sherman, Pine Eagle, Glendale, Powder Valley, Riddle
Projected bracket
No. 1 Dufur, bye
No. 9 Mohawk at No. 8 Cove
No. 12 Prairie City/Burnt River at No. 5 North Douglas
No. 13 Chiloquin at No. 4 Imbler
No. 14 Echo at No. 3 Adrian
No. 11 Crane at No. 6 Perrydale
No. 10 Camas Valley at No. 7 Harper Charter
No. 2 Crosspoint Christian, bye
- Swapped Echo and Chiloquin to avoid Echo-Imbler league matchup
- Moved Crane from No. 9 to 11, Mohawk from No. 10 to 11 and Camas Valley from No. 11 to 10 to avoid Camas Valley-Perrydale league matchup
1A 6-man
Automatic bids
SD1 (3): Jordan Valley, Ione/Arlington, Griswold
SD2 (2): Triangle Lake, Eddyville Charter
SD3 (3): Elkton, Days Creek, North Lake
At-larges (2)
Crow
Dayville/Monument/Long Creek
Next five out: Powers, Condon, Wallowa, McKenzie, Falls City
Projected bracket
First round
No. 9 Dayville/Monument/Long Creek at No. 8 Triangle Lake
No. 10 Eddyville Charter at No. 7 Crow
Second round
No. 8/9 winner at No. 1 Elkton
No. 5 Days Creek at No. 4 Jordan Valley
No. 6 North Lake at No. 3 Ione/Arlington
No. 7/10 winner at No. 2 Griswold
- Moved Triangle Lake from No. 9 to 8 as current league leader
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