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BREAKING: OFFICIAL WIAA Football Playoff Qualifying Field, Divisional Placements, & Regional Groupings

10/17/2014, 11:15pm CDT
By Travis Wilson

The following is an OFFICIAL football playoff field based on final scores for Week 9 games.

11:55 pm Update:  The WIAA has released its "preliminary" Playoff Field and it matches up 100% with what we have posted. See the WIAA list here.

Based on scores in the WSN database, there were 217 teams that finished with conference records of .500 or better. Team 218 is the Washburn co-op, which finished .500 overall as an Independent team.

That means 6 teams with sub-.500 conference records would make the playoffs. New this year, the first tiebreaker is conference winning percentage. Cloverwood teams Greenwood/Granton, McDonell Central, and Newman Catholic get spots with 4-5 conference records.

There are then 23 teams tied with 3-4 conference records. The next tiebreaker is combined conference winning percentage of defeated conference opponents. Kenosha Bradford had the highest number of those 23 teams, followed by Campbellsport. The last spot is a tie between Kiel and Wausaukee.

Kiel and Wausaukee did not play head to head, nor did either beat their conference champion. So, we go next to win/loss percentage vs the playoff field as determined by steps 1, A-D (aka, teams that finish above .500 in conference). Both teams had just one win using this tiebreaker. On we go to defeated conference opponents overall winning percentage. Kiel has a sizable lead there with a .333 mark versus Wausaukee's .230 and thus grabs the last spot.

WIAA Regional Groupings

Division One
Group A Seeding Meeting Host – at Wausau West (Chairperson - Otis Chambers, Bay Port)
Schools:  Appleton East, Appleton North, Bay Port, Eau Claire Memorial, Green Bay Preble, Hudson, Neenah, Wausau West
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Hartford
Schools:  Arrowhead, Hartford Union, Manitowoc Lincoln, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee King, Milwaukee Riverside, Mukwonago, Muskego
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – at Sun Prairie (Chairperson - Jeremy Schlitz, Madison Memorial)
Schools: Fond du Lac, Janesville Craig, Kimberly, Madison La Follette, Madison West, Middleton, Sun Prairie, Verona
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Oak Creek (Room 123, Please park in parking lot in southwest corner of the building and enter door #28.  Contact person: Mike Bartholomew)
Schools:  Badger, Franklin, Kenosha Bradford, Kenosha Indian Trail, Marquette, Milwaukee Hamilton, Milwaukee Pulaski/Arts/Reagan, Oak Creek
 
Division Two
Group A Seeding Meeting Host – at Wausau West HS (Andy Kolosso, Hortonville)
Schools:  Ashwaubenon, De Pere, Holmen, Hortonville, Menasha, Menomonie, Merrill, Superior
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Germantown
Schools:  Brookfield Central, Brookfield East, Cedarburg, Germantown, Homestead, Milwaukee Madison, Oshkosh North, Whitefish Bay
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Watertown
Schools:  DeForest, Hamilton, Milton, Oregon, Slinger, Stoughton, Watertown, Waunakee
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Greendale
Schools:  Burlington, Greendale, Greenfield, Milwaukee Bradley, South Milwaukee, Waterford, Waukesha West, Wilmot Union
 
Division Three
Group A Seeding Meeting Host – West Salem
Schools:  Antigo, La Crosse Logan, Mosinee, New Richmond, Onalaska, Osceola, Rice Lake, West Salem
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Xavier
Schools:  Berlin, Luxemburg-Casco, Notre Dame, Plymouth, Seymour, Waupaca, West De Pere, Xavier
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Monona Grove
Schools:  Big Foot, Elkhorn, Evansville/Albany, Jefferson, McFarland, Monona Grove, Mount Horeb/Barneveld, Reedsburg
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Wisconsin Lutheran
Schools:  Brown Deer, Catholic Memorial, Kewaskum, Pewaukee, Pius XI, Saint Francis, Two Rivers, Wisconsin Lutheran
 
Division Four
Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Spooner
Schools:  Black River Falls, Ellsworth, Northland Pines, Northwestern, Saint Croix Central, Somerset, Spooner, Washburn/Bayfield/South Shore
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Wrightstown
Schools:  Denmark, Freedom, Kiel, Peshtigo, Roncalli, Southern Door, Valders, Wrightstown
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Wautoma
Schools:  Adams-Friendship, Bloomer, Campbellsport, Columbus, Little Chute, Omro, Spencer/Columbus Catholic, Wautoma
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Marshall
Schools:  Brodhead/Juda, Clinton, Kettle Moraine Lutheran, Lodi, Marshall, Platteville, River Valley, University School
 
Division Five
Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Cameron
Schools:  Cameron, Chequamegon, Chetek-Weyerhaueser, Colfax, Grantsburg, Regis, Stanley-Boyd, Unity
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Bonduel
Schools: Amherst, Bonduel, Colby, Iola-Scandinavia, Kewaunee, Mishicot, Niagara/Goodman/Pembine, Stratford
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Poynette
Schools:  Arcadia, Auburndale, Laconia, Lancaster, Osseo-Fairchild, Pardeeville, Poynette, Westby
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Brookfield Academy
Schools:  Brookfield Academy, Cambridge, Cedar Grove-Belgium, Howards Grove, Racine St. Catherines, Shoreland Lutheran, Waterloo, Winnebago Lutheran
 
Division Six
Group A Seeding Meeting Host  – Lake Holcombe
Schools:  Athens, Boyceville, Elmwood/Plum City, Greenwood/Granton, Hurley, Lake Holcombe/Cornell, Marathon, Spring Valley
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Lourdes Academy
Schools:  Algoma, Coleman, Crivitz, Lourdes Academy, Manitowoc Lutheran, Ozaukee, Saint Mary’s Springs, Shiocton
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Necedah
Schools:  Cochrane-Fountain City, Edgar, Independence/Gilmanton, Kickapoo/LaFarge, Markesan, Melrose-Mindoro, Necedah, Rosholt
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Deerfield
Schools:  Cuba City, Darlington, Deerfield, Iowa-Grant, Lake Country Lutheran, Mineral Point, Pecatonica/Argyle, Racine Lutheran
 
Division Seven
Group A Seeding Meeting Host – McDonell Central
Schools:  Abbotsford, Clear Lake,  Eleva-Strum, Frederic, Loyal, McDonell Central, Owen-Withee, Turtle Lake
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Wild Rose
Schools:  Almond-Bancroft, Cambria-Friesland, Florence, Gillett, Hilbert, Newman Catholic, Rio, Wild Rose
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Bangor
Schools:  Bangor, Cashton, De Soto, Hillsboro, New Lisbon, North Crawford, Pepin/Alma, Weston
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Black Hawk
Schools:  Belmont, Black Hawk, Catholic Central, Fall River, Ithaca, Potosi, Shullsburg, Williams Bay


Division Cutlines

Division 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
D1 Low Enrollment 1418 1421 1389 1301 1331 1360 1405
D2 Low Enrollment 932 936 922 841 878 878 919
D3 Low Enrollment 528 531 544 504 508 513 557
D4 Low Enrollment 345 358 362 352 359 336 353
D5 Low Enrollment 245 266 253 255 252 238 252
D6 Low Enrollment 194 197 200 194 184 181 195

OFFICIAL WIAA Football Playoff Field - 2014

Team Enrollment Division
Milw. Pulaski co-op 3551 1
Kenosha Indian Trail 2442 1
Arrowhead 2248 1
Green Bay Preble 2163 1
Sun Prairie 2141 1
Middleton 2122 1
Marquette University 2110 1
Oak Creek 2038 1
Fond du Lac 2036 1
Madison West 2036 1
Neenah 1941 1
Kenosha Bradford 1829 1
Bay Port 1795 1
Janesville Craig 1790 1
Appleton North 1747 1
Hudson 1743 1
Milwaukee Hamilton 1700 1
Eau Claire Memorial 1687 1
Muskego 1652 1
Manitowoc Lincoln 1606 1
Milwaukee Riverside 1595 1
Mukwonago 1580 1
Verona 1573 1
Appleton East 1552 1
Milwaukee King 1486 1
Madison La Follette 1479 1
Badger 1469 1
Franklin 1462 1
Menomonee Falls 1457 1
Hartford 1439 1
Wausau West 1436 1
Kimberly 1418 1
Germantown 1409 2
Sussex Hamilton 1368 2
Greenfield 1360 2
Superior 1345 2
De Pere 1331 2
Brookfield Central 1308 2
Homestead 1302 2
Watertown 1296 2
Brookfield East 1256 2
Oshkosh North 1232 2
Waukesha West 1227 2
Burlington 1213 2
Waunakee 1164 2
South Milwaukee 1145 2
Cedarburg 1143 2
Holmen 1112 2
Wilmot 1100 2
Oregon 1099 2
Hortonville 1075 2
Milwaukee Bradley Tech 1060 2
Stoughton 1054 2
Ashwaubenon 1047 2
Waterford 1035 2
Milton 986 2
DeForest 983 2
Slinger 980 2
Whitefish Bay 979 2
Menomonie 976 2
Menasha 965 2
Merrill 947 2
Milwaukee Madison 940 2
Greendale 932 2
Monona Grove 907 3
Pius XI 900 3
Onalaska 883 3
New Richmond 854 3
Elkhorn 853 3
La Crosse Logan 841 3
Mount Horeb/Barneveld 824 3
Reedsburg 824 3
West De Pere 820 3
Pewaukee 809 3
Antigo 808 3
Plymouth 799 3
Notre Dame 779 3
Wisconsin Lutheran 762 3
Rice Lake 750 3
Waupaca 725 3
McFarland 715 3
Seymour 697 3
Catholic Memorial 673 3
Mosinee 668 3
Luxemburg-Casco 626 3
Jefferson 621 3
Evansville/Albany 612 3
Xavier 593 3
Kewaskum 587 3
West Salem 571 3
Saint Francis 563 3
Brown Deer 561 3
Berlin 543 3
Osceola 537 3
Two Rivers 534 3
Big Foot 528 3
Ellsworth 525 4
Freedom 523 4
Black River Falls 519 4
Adams-Friendship 516 4
Lodi 514 4
Denmark 506 4
Little Chute 505 4
Somerset 483 4
Wrightstown 457 4
River Valley 455 4
Campbellsport 453 4
Kiel 450 4
Northland Pines 446 4
Northwestern 438 4
Platteville 432 4
Brodhead/Juda 419 4
Peshtigo 406 4
Wautoma 401 4
Omro 398 4
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 392 4
Saint Croix Central 387 4
Spooner 385 4
Columbus 383 4
University School 376 4
Clinton 375 4
Southern Door 365 4
Spencer/Columbus Catholic 365 4
Marshall 361 4
Washburn 354 4
Valders 352 4
Bloomer 351 4
Roncalli 345 4
Cedar Grove-Belgium 339 5
Poynette 337 5
Winnebago Lutheran 336 5
Arcadia 335 5
Westby 332 5
Laconia 329 5
Brookfield Academy 327 5
Kewaunee 322 5
Racine St. Catherine's 313 5
Cameron 309 5
Shoreland Lutheran 308 5
Bonduel 305 5
Stratford 302 5
Stanley-Boyd 290 5
Lancaster 288 5
Colby 285 5
Waterloo 282 5
Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 277 5
Amherst 275 5
Howards Grove 272 5
Grantsburg 271 5
Unity 270 5
Cambridge 269 5
Mishicot 263 5
Chequamegon 257 5
Auburndale 256 5
Pardeeville 255 5
Northern Elite 254 5
Osseo-Fairchild 252 5
Iola-Scandinavia 249 5
Regis 247 5
Colfax 245 5
Deerfield 243 6
Shiocton 237 6
Ozaukee 235 6
Cuba City 233 6
Markesan 233 6
Necedah 232 6
Algoma 231 6
Lake Holcombe/Cornell 230 6
Boyceville 228 6
Darlington 225 6
Edgar 225 6
Mineral Point 225 6
Iowa-Grant 224 6
Saint Mary's Springs 224 6
Manitowoc Lutheran 221 6
Lourdes Academy 220 6
Hurley 218 6
Kickapoo/La Farge 218 6
Elmwood/Plum City 217 6
Crivitz 213 6
Lake Country Lutheran 213 6
Coleman 212 6
Marathon 212 6
Melrose-Mindoro 212 6
Racine Lutheran 210 6
Pecatonica/Argyle 204 6
Athens 202 6
Cochrane-Fountain City 201 6
Rosholt 200 6
Spring Valley 199 6
Greenwood/Granton 196 6
Independence/Gilmanton 194 6
New Lisbon 191 7
De Soto 183 7
Abbotsford 180 7
Catholic Central 180 7
Gillett 176 7
Wild Rose 176 7
Eleva-Strum 175 7
Newman Catholic 175 7
Loyal 173 7
McDonell Central 171 7
Cashton 163 7
Bangor 161 7
Fall River 158 7
North Crawford 156 7
Clear Lake 153 7
Hilbert 152 7
Pepin/Alma 147 7
Rio 147 7
Frederic 146 7
Williams Bay 146 7
Hillsboro 145 7
Owen-Withee 138 7
Florence 130 7
Turtle Lake 122 7
Almond-Bancroft 113 7
Cambria-Friesland 113 7
Black Hawk 111 7
Potosi 110 7
Ithaca 104 7
Shullsburg 96 7
Belmont 91 7
Weston 91 7

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