There’s only one week left for Oregon high school football teams to jockey for playoff position, so we’re taking one final look at what the state brackets would 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. Each league/district determines its own tiebreakers.
Here are the post-week eight playoff projections:
6A
Automatic bids (2 per league except 3 for PIL)
PIL: Ida B. Wells, Lincoln, Grant
Metro: Jesuit, Westview
Pacific: Century, Glencoe
Mt. Hood: Nelson, Central Catholic
Three Rivers: Lake Oswego, West Linn
Special District 1: Sprague, South Salem
Special District 2: Willamette, Sheldon
At-larges (9)
Tualatin
Grants Pass
Lakeridge
North Medford
Franklin
Tigard
Mountainside
Cleveland
Sherwood
Next five out: Oregon City, West Salem, Roosevelt, Barlow, Newberg
Projected bracket
No. 16 Century at No. 1 Lake Oswego
No. 9 Grants Pass at No. 8 Sprague
No. 12 Lincoln at No. 5 Tualatin
No. 13 Grant at No. 4 Willamette
No. 14 North Medford at No. 3 Nelson
No. 11 Lakeridge at No. 6 Ida B. Wells
No. 10 Sheldon at No. 7 Jesuit
No. 15 South Salem at No. 2 West Linn
- Moved Century from No. 18 to 16 as current league leader, no home game due to OSAA rank outside the top 16
- Moved Sprague from No. 13 to 8 as current league leader
- Moved Jesuit from No. 11 to 7 as current league leader, leave room for Sprague at 8
- Moved Wells from No. 8 to 6 as current league leader, make room for Sprague at 8 and Jesuit at 7
- Moved Lincoln from No. 11 to 12, Grant from No. 12 to 13 and Lakeridge from No. 13 to 11 to avoid Lincoln-Wells league matchup
Columbia Cup bracket
No. 24 Sherwood at No. 17 Westview
No. 21 Glencoe at No. 20 Tigard
No. 22 Mountainside at No. 19 Franklin
No. 23 Cleveland at No. 18 Central Catholic
5A
Automatic bids
Intermountain (2): Summit, Mountain View
SD1 (1): Sandy
SD2 (1): Milwaukie
SD3 (2): Wilsonville, Aloha
SD4 (2): Silverton, West Albany
SD5 (2): Thurston, Churchill
At-larges (6, one automatically goes to highest ranked second-place team between SD1 and SD2)
SD1/SD2 auto: St. Helens
Dallas
Ridgeview
Canby
Springfield
Lebanon
Next five out: Caldera, Roseburg, Crater, Liberty, Forest Grove
Projected bracket
No. 16 St. Helens at No. 1 Silverton
No. 9 Dallas at No. 8 Milwaukie
No. 12 Canby at No. 5 Summit
No. 13 Aloha at No. 4 Thurston
No. 14 Lebanon at No. 3 Mountain View
No. 11 Springfield at No. 6 Wilsonville
No. 10 Ridgeview at No. 7 Sandy
No. 15 Churchill at No. 2 West Albany
- Moved Milwaukie from No. 15 to 8 as current league leader
- Moved Sandy from No. 14 to 7 as current league leader, leave room for Milwaukie at 8
- Moved Wilsonville from No. 8 to 6 as current league leader, make room for Milwaukie and Sandy
- Moved Summit from No. 6 to 5 as current league leader, make room for Wilsonville, Milwaukie and Sandy to move up
- Moved Thurston from No. 5 to 4 as current leaguer leader, make room for Summit, Wilsonville, Milwaukie and Sandy to move up
- Moved Canby from No. 11 to 12, Aloha from No. 12 to 13 and Springfield from No. 13 to 11 to avoid Canby-Wilsonville and Springfield-Thurston league matchups
4A
Automatic bids
SD1 (3): Scappoose, Banks, Tillamook
SD2 (3): Cascade, Estacada, Central
SD3 (3): Sweet Home, Junction City, North Bend
SD4 (3): Cascade Christian, Henley, Ashland
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)
Marist Catholic
Seaside
Next three out: Stayton, North Valley, Pendleton/Nixyaawii
Projected bracket
No. 16 Marist Catholic at No. 1 Cascade Christian
No. 9 Estacada at No. 8 La Grande
No. 12 Tillamook at No. 5 Henley
No. 13 Ashland at No. 4 Scappoose
No. 14 Baker at No. 3 Cascade
No. 11 North Bend at No. 6 Banks
No. 10 Central at No. 7 Junction City
No. 15 Seaside at No. 2 Sweet Home
- Moved La Grande from No. 10 to 8 as current league leader
- Swapped Marist Catholic and Seaside to avoid Marist Catholic-Sweet Home league matchup
- Swapped Tillamook and North Bend to avoid Tillamook-Banks league matchup
3A
Automatic bids
SD1 (3): Santiam Christian, Warrenton, 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
Nyssa
Next five out: Salem Academy, Horizon Christian Tualatin, Brookings-Harbor, McLoughlin, Newport
Projected bracket
No. 1 Vale, bye
No. 9 Siuslaw/Mapleton at No. 8 Santiam Christian
No. 12 Nyssa at No. 5 Klamath Union
No. 13 Pleasant Hill at No. 4 Scio
No. 14 North Marion at No. 3 Sutherlin
No. 11 Warrenton at No. 6 Burns
No. 10 Douglas at No. 7 Kennedy
No. 2 Harrisburg, bye
- Moved Santiam Christian from No. 9 to 8 as current league leader
- Swapped Nyssa and Warrenton to avoid Nyssa-Burns league matchup
2A
Automatic bids (2 per league)
SD1: Knappa, Clatskanie
SD2: St. Paul, Santiam
SD3: Waldport, Lowell
SD4: Glide, Oakland
SD5: Culver, St. Mary’s Medford
SD6: Heppner, Grant Union
At-larges (4)
La Pine
Toledo
Colton
Myrtle Point
Next five out: Lost River, Rainier, Enterprise, Rogue River, Corbett
Projected bracket
No. 16 Clatskanie at No. 1 Heppner
No. 9 Santiam at No. 8 Knappa
No. 12 Colton at No. 5 Lowell
No. 13 Grant Union at No. 4 Culver
No. 14 Myrtle Point at No. 3 St. Paul
No. 11 Oakland at No. 6 Waldport
No. 10 Toledo at No. 7 La Pine
No. 15 St. Mary’s Medford at No. 2 Glide
- Moved Knappa from No. 11 to 8 as current league leader
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, Cove
At-larges (4)
Mohawk
Crane
Prairie City/Burnt River
Camas Valley
Next five out: Powder Valley, Riddle, Joseph, Sherman, Glendale
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 Echo at No. 4 Crosspoint Christian
No. 14 Camas Valley at No. 3 Imbler
No. 11 Chiloquin at No. 6 Harper Charter
No. 10 Crane at No. 7 Perrydale
No. 2 Adrian, bye
- Swapped Prairie City and Chiloquin to avoid Prairie City-Harper Charter league matchup
1A 6-man
Automatic bids
SD1 (3): Griswold, Ione/Arlington, Jordan Valley
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, Falls City, McKenzie
Projected bracket
First round
No. 9 Dayville/Monument/Long Creek at No. 8 Triangle Lake
No. 10 Eddyville Charter at No. 7 Days Creek
Second round
No. 8/9 winner at No. 1 Elkton
No. 5 North Lake at No. 4 Jordan Valley
No. 6 Crow 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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