O.C. football playoff picture coming into focus
November 6th, 2009, 1:26 am · 16 Comments · posted by CARLOS ARIAS
It all came down to Friday night's action as teams were battling for league championships and playoff berths.
Whittier Christian was one of many teams that had to win their regular-season finale to get in the playoffs. The Heralds knocked off Village Christian to take third place in the Olympic League and earn an automatic playoff berth.
First thing you need to know about the playoffs is who gets the guaranteed playoff berths. Four-team leagues are guaranteed two entries, five- or six-team leagues are guaranteed three entries and seven- or eight-team leagues are guaranteed four entries.
If your team isn't one of those lucky squads with a guaranteed ticket punched to the playoffs, you can still get into the postseason with an at-large berth. At-large teams must have a .500 record or better for their complete schedules to be considered. If there are no .500 teams entered as at-large entries, the next best record as submitted by leagues will be taken. However, no team under .500 will be placed until all .500 at-large entries have been placed.
Here are the criteria for at-large entries: 1. Head-to-head competition of teams under consideration (4 points); 2. Overall strength of the league from which the team is entered (1 point); 3. Overall win-loss record (1 point); 4. Strength against common opponents (1 point); 5. Strength of schedule (2 points, using overall win-loss record of opponents).
At-large entry forms must be in the CIF-SS office by 9 a.m. on Nov. 14. Every few years a team forgets to get its at-large entry form in on time. It's tragic. Don't be that team that doesn't take care of its paperwork.
The Football At-Large Selection Committee for 11-Man football divisions will meet on Nov. 14 at the CIF-SS office to determine the at-large berths.
Pairings will be announced Sunday, and we'll have them as soon as they're available on ocvarsity.com. Plus, we'll have analysis, breakdowns of the divisions and much more.
I shoved all relevant data into the OCVarsity Super Computer and here is what it spit out. Click on the links to go to each league's information:
- Playoff picture: Academy League
- Playoff picture: Century League
- Playoff picture: Empire League
- Playoff picture: Freeway League
- Playoff picture: Garden Grove League
- Playoff picture: Golden West League
- Playoff picture: Orange League
- Playoff picture: Orange Coast League
- Playoff picture: Pacific Coast League
- Playoff picture: San Joaquin League
- Playoff picture: Sea View League
- Playoff picture: South Coast League
- Playoff picture: Sunset League
- Playoff picture: Trinity League
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Let the Great High School Football really begin........cant wait its gonna be very exciting!!!!
It's difficult to appreciate even the consideration of any team being #1 seed based on point spreads. Think about how that would encourage coaches to
runs scores up in the future. Think about how running up scores would impact opponents (victims of the run up). What about the opportunities for 2nd, 3rd or even 4th string players to get in games? The game is about the kids and the more that can be included without compromising competitive
intensity, the better.
Steve, there is a situation where in the Serra, Loyola could finish in 3rd place but have a losing record, and Crespi could finish in 4th place but be 5-5, does that mean Crespi still could qualify?
if every thing goes accordingly here how I see the road to anahiem stadium looks. 1st round lhhs over loara cypress over savlley tustin over valencia trab over ana el toro over vp eldo over savana hb over fullerton troy over pac 2nd rnd lhhs over eltoro cypress over eldo tustin over troy trab over hb semis lhhs over cyoress trab over tustin finals lhhs over trab in abarn burner
you have put alot of thought into it...but i like it. Hopefully LH stays hot and we'll see how everything pans out. I cant wait to see the brackets when they come out though.
Santiago and Grove Game....a must see!!
Good luck to both teams!!!!
Irvine Laguna Hills Tonight will be the best game to watch
at 5-5 Crespi would be eligible to petition for the Pac-5's lone at-large berth.
If they do indeed get that berth...look out! These guys are playoff tested and will be even more by then, if they win out in the Serra. I doubt a one and out scenerio.
Carlos,
do you know the rules for how they set up the brackets such as 1 and 3's in league being in the same side and so forth?
The 1st and 2nd place team from a league have to be placed on opposite sides of the bracket and can't play each other until the finals.
The 1st and 3rd place teams or 2nd and 3rd place teams from a league can be in the same bracket but teams from the same league cannot play until the semis.
Carlos,
What about Whittier Christian. The winner of their game with Village Christian qualifies for the final spot in the Olympic league
GO DANA HILLS! It's our turn!!!
Go Blue!
Dana Hills Dolphins!
see you all at the big A, AS tUSTIN HAS A SCORE TO SETTLE WITH
with La Habra! Go Tillers
Tustin Homer
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Well Mr. Peterson.........you better get by Trabuco Hills and i dont think ya can.....Tustin isnt good enough to settle a score with the Highlanders of La Habra..............now Trabuco Hills might be..............so sit back relax and just watch your Tustin Tillers break your heart again,,,,,,meaning for the umteenth year in a row........NO RINGS FOR U!!!!!!