2009 Playoff Scenarios

Here is the excitement of week 10 high school football. I think I have all of the playoff scenarios set to go into this week's action. There are still 11 teams in the hunt to make it into the postseason. The first tie breaker is head-to-head. If there are 3 teams tied, then it goes into a points tie breaker after head-to-head, followed by record versus common opponents, then overall record, followed by a coin flip. If it ever gets down to 2 teams, then it goes back to head-to-head. These are by no means official, it's just fun to take a look at the options.

http://www.mshsaa.org/resources/pdf/0910FootballManual_915.pdf

District 1

Champion: Miami (7-1 overall, 3-0 district)

Runner-up: Winner of Hardin-Central (5-4 overall, 1-1 district) vs. Norborne (4-4 overall, 1-1 district)

District 2

Champion: St. Joseph Christian (7-2 overall, 3-0 district) - champions by way of defeating Southwest Livingston this week or tie breakers. If they loss to Hardin-Central, they would be 3-1 in the district along with DeKalb and Southwest Livingston. It would then go to a points situation. St. Joseph Christian is currently +39, DeKalb is currently finished at +26, and Southwest Livingston is +10. The best Southwest Livingston could finish is +23, so that would put St. Joseph Christian and DeKalb in a head-to-head tie breaker, with St. Joseph Christian winning.

Runner-Up: DeKalb (6-3 overall, 3-1 district) - they would be runner up based on their 3-1 record and if there were a tie, they've defeated Southwest Livingston

District 3

Champion: Mound City (8-1 overall, 3-0 district) or South Holt (5-4 overall, 2-1 district)
Mound City wins if: they defeat South Holt or Nodaway-Holt defeats Craig/Fairfax

South Holt wins if: they defeat South Holt and Nodaway-Holt loses to Craig/Fairfax

Runner-Up: South Holt or Nodaway-Holt (5-4 overall, 2-1 district) or Craig/Fairfax (5-4 overall, 1-2 district)
Nodaway-Holt wins if: they defeat Craif/Fairfax or lose to Craig/Fairfax by less than 13 and South Holt loses by more than the difference between C/FX and N-H (by way of points)

South Holt wins if: they defeat Mound City and Nodaway-Holt defeats Craig/Fairfax or lose to Mound City by less than 13 and Nodaway-Holt loses by more than the difference between SH and MC (by way of points)

Craif/Fairfax wins if: they defeat Nodaway-Holt by 13 or more and Mound City defeats South Holt by 13 or more (by way of overall record)

District 4

Champion: Winner of Stanberry (8-1 overall, 3-0 district) vs. Worth County (9-0 overall, 3-0 district)
Runner-Up: Loser of Stanberry (8-1 overall, 3-0 district) vs. Worth County (9-0 overall, 3-0 district)

Check out this week's schedules to see the rest of the action.

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