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Football Playoff Qualifying Report - Week 7

10/01/2012, 1:00pm CDT

By Travis Wilson

The WIAA football playoff qualification process can be a bit confusing at times, and this report attempts to simplify where teams stand heading into Week 7. Teams that have a conference winning percentage better than .500 are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Teams that finish with a conference of exactly .500 are playoff eligible, but not guaranteed a spot. However, in most years only a few teams that finish .500 do not make the playoffs.

It is important to note that being "Playoff Eligible" does not mean the team is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs, just that they have met the minimum requirement to qualify. Also, teams not on these lists may still qualify for the playoffs, but will need to win multiple league games.

Through games played on Saturday, September 29th, 116 teams have clinched playoff spots. There were 53 that had clinched prior to Week 6, and 63 that did so with wins over the weekend. There are 34 other teams that are Playoff-Eligible, meaning they have clinched at least a .500 record in conference, but need one more win to ensure a league record above .500 and guarantee themselves a postseason spot.

This Playoff Qualifying Report lists those teams that have clinched a playoff spot, those that have become playoff eligible, those that can clinch a spot with one more win, and those that can become playoff eligible with one more win.

The Playoff Qualifying Report will be updated each week for the rest of the regular season.

To view the full WIAA playoff qualifying procedures, click here.

To view the full Week 7 schedule, please click here. To view Standings for all conferences on one page, please click here. To view a full Enrollment Breakdown of every team in the state, click here.

You can sort by the different columns (School, Enrollment, Conference) by clicking on the heading on each particular table.

Teams that have secured a playoff spot (guaranteed conference record over .500)

School	Enrollment	Conference
Amherst	289	CWC-8
Appleton East	1502	VFA-North*
Appleton North	1625	VFA-North
Arrowhead	2258	Classic Eight
Athens	216	Cloverwood
Auburndale	254	Marawood*
Badger	1470	Southern Lakes
Bangor	203	Scenic Bluffs
Barron	379	Heart O'North*
Bay Port	1726	FRCC
Big Foot	526	Rock Valley-South
Black Hawk	130	Six Rivers*
Black River Falls	525	Coulee*
Brillion	331	Olympian-Packerland Large*
Brookfield East	1305	Greater Metro
Cameron	288	Lakeland-North
Cedar Grove-Belgium	326	Central Lakeshore*
Chilton	364	Olympian-Packerland Large
Clayton	111	Lakeland-South*
Cochrane-Fountain City	185	Dairyland*
Colby	282	Cloverbelt*
Crandon	255	Northern Lakes
Cuba City	253	SWAL
Cumberland	337	Heart O'North*
Deerfield	246	Trailways-Large*
Durand	349	Middle Border
East Troy	559	Rock Valley-North*
Edgar	234	Marawood
Elk Mound	305	Dunn-St. Croix*
Fennimore	212	SWAL*
Fort Atkinson	977	Badger-South*
Franklin	1435	Southeast*
Frederic	162	Lakeland-North*
Freedom	517	Eastern Valley
Germantown	1416	North Shore*
Green Bay Preble	2196	FRCC
Green Bay Southwest	1207	FRCC
Highland	75	Six Rivers
Hilbert	188	Olympian-Packerland Small
Hillsboro	171	Scenic Bluffs*
Homestead	1355	North Shore
Hortonville	1070	Bay*
Hudson	1661	Big Rivers
Hurley	219	Great Western*
Iowa-Grant	236	SWAL*
Ithaca	96	Ridge & Valley*
Jefferson	597	Rock Valley-North*
Johnson Creek	181	Trailways-Small*
Kenosha St. Joseph	300	Metro Classic*
Kewaskum	633	Eastern Wisconsin
Kickapoo/La Farge	216	Ridge & Valley*
Kimberly	1382	VFA-North
La Crosse Central	1173	Mississippi Valley*
Laconia	308	Flyway
Lake Country Lutheran	185	Midwest Classic
Lakeside Lutheran	378	Capitol-North*
Lancaster	283	Southwest Wisconsin*
Little Chute	494	Eastern Valley
Loyal	183	Cloverwood*
Madison West	2114	Big Eight*
Manitowoc Lutheran	214	Olympian-Packerland Small*
Marathon	256	Marawood*
Marshall	376	Capitol-South*
Marshfield	1239	VFA-South
Melrose-Mindoro	219	Dairyland*
Menomonee Falls	1553	Greater Metro*
Menomonie	999	Big Rivers
Milwaukee King	1484	Milwaukee City*
Milwaukee Riverside	1591	Milwaukee City*
Milwaukee Washington	1518	Milwaukee City
Monona Grove	902	Badger-South
Mosinee	657	Great Northern*
Mount Horeb/Barneveld	827	Badger-North*
Mukwonago	1679	Classic Eight*
Nekoosa	431	South Central*
Northland Pines	497	WestPAC*
Northwestern	435	Heart O'North
Oak Creek	2002	Southeast
Oconomowoc	1448	Wisconsin Little Ten*
Osceola	582	Middle Border*
Owen-Withee	159	Cloverwood*
Pecatonica/Argyle	204	Six Rivers
Pepin/Alma	156	Lakeland-South (will receive forfeit win over Cornell in Week 7)
Peshtigo	359	Marinette & Oconto
Pewaukee	752	Woodland-West
Plymouth	775	Eastern Wisconsin
Potosi	125	Six Rivers
Racine St. Catherine's	356	Metro Classic*
Randolph	185	Trailways-Small
Regis	235	Cloverbelt
Rio	151	Trailways-Small*
River Valley	460	Southwest Wisconsin*
Rosholt	200	CWC-10*
Saint Mary's Springs	231	Flyway
Seymour	718	Bay
Shiocton	253	CWC-8*
Somerset	473	Middle Border
Stanley-Boyd	294	Cloverbelt
Stevens Point	2177	VFA-South
Stratford	266	Marawood*
Sun Prairie	1963	Big Eight
Suring	146	Marinette & Oconto
Sussex Hamilton	1389	Greater Metro*
Two Rivers	545	Eastern Wiscosnin
Verona	1524	Big Eight*
Waterford	1049	Southern Lakes
Watertown	1314	Wisconsin Little Ten*
Waunakee	1136	Badger-North*
Waupaca	767	Eastern Valley*
Wauwatosa West	1048	Woodland-West*
West De Pere	804	Bay
Whitefish Bay	950	North Shore*
Whitehall	229	Dairyland
Wisconsin Dells	544	South Central*
Wisconsin Lutheran	758	Wisconsin Little Ten
Wrightstown	461	Olympian-Packerland Large*

* - Clinched a playoff spot with Week 6 win

Teams that are playoff-eligible (guaranteed conference .500 record) & can clinch with one more win

School	Enrollment	Conference
Antigo	872	Great Northern
Aquinas	351	Mississippi Valley
Brookfield Academy	297	Midwest Classic
Brown Deer	590	Woodland-East
Clear Lake	184	Lakeland-South (will finish at 3-3 in league after forfeit win over Cornell in Week 8)
De Pere	1276	FRCC
De Soto	187	Ridge & Valley
Gilman	123	Cloverwood
Greendale	939	Woodland-West
Greenwood/Granton	180	Cloverwood
Holmen	1060	Mississippi Valley
Howards Grove	311	Central Lakeshore
Lourdes Academy	231	Trailways-Large
Madison Edgewood	626	Badger-South
Marion/Tigerton	252	CWC-10
Medford	650	Great Northern
Merrill	1056	Great Northern
Messmer/Shorewood	1351	Midwest Classic
Middleton	1988	Big Eight
Milwaukee Vincent	1619	Milwaukee City
Mondovi	310	Dunn-St. Croix
Montell/Princeton/Green Lake	406	Trailways-Large
North Crawford	143	Ridge & Valley
Pardeeville	265	Trailways-Large
Reedsburg	826	Badger-North
Roncalli	372	Olympian-Packerland Large
Saint Croix Central	239	Dunn-St. Croix
Sturgeon Bay	395	Olympian-Packerland Large
Wabeno/Laona	216	Northern Lakes
West Salem	547	Coulee
Westby	327	Coulee
Whitnall	837	Woodland-East
Wild Rose	211	CWC-10
Winneconne	480	Eastern Valley

Teams that can clinch a playoff spot with one more conference win

School	Enrollment	Conference
Belleville	262	Capitol-South
Bloomer	362	Heart O'North
Brodhead/Juda	436	Rock Valley-South
Brookfield Central	1291	Greater Metro
Burlington	1236	Southern Lakes
Catholic Memorial	700	Waukesha West
Cedarburg	1102	North Shore
Coleman	230	Marinette & Oconto
Darlington	247	SWAL
Eau Claire Memorial	1705	Big Rivers
Evansville/Albany	629	Rock Valley-North
Fall Creek	285	Cloverbelt
Fall River	169	Trailways-Small
Flambeau	210	Lakeland-North
Grantsburg	295	Lakeland-North
Independence/Gilmanton	173	Dairyland
Kenosha Bradford	2098	Southeast
Kettle Moraine Lutheran	416	Flyway
Lodi	531	Capitol-North
Manawa	226	CWC-8
Marinette	661	Bay
McFarland	655	Rock Valley-North
Menasha	899	VFA-South
Necedah	246	Scenic Bluffs
New Glarus/Monticello	380	Capitol-South
New Lisbon	190	Scenic Bluffs
Omro	383	Flyway
Osseo-Fairchild	257	Cloverbelt (will receive forfeit win over Cadott in Week 8)
Parkview	301	Rock Valley-South
Pittsville	203	Marawood
Poynette	324	Capitol-North
Racine Horlick	2087	Southeast
River Falls	994	Big Rivers
Slinger	923	Little Ten
Spencer/Columbus Catholic	351	Cloverbelt
Unity	313	Lakeland-North
Waukesha West	1269	Classic Eight
Wautoma	423	South Central

Teams that can become playoff-eligible (guaranteed conference .500 record) with one more win

School	Enrollment	Conference
Algoma	214	Olympian-Packerland Small
Almond-Bancroft	135	CWC-10
Arcadia	340	Coulee
Boyceville	221	Dunn-St. Croix
Catholic Central	151	Metro Classic
DeForest	981	Badger-North
Elmwood/Plum City	195	Lakeland-South
Florence	152	Northern Lakes
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau	416	Coulee
Glenwood City	173	Dunn-St. Croix
Living Word Lutheran	176	Midwest Classic
Madison La Follette	1538	Big Eight
Madison Memorial	1911	Big Eight
Manitowoc Lincoln	1594	FRCC
Markesan	210	Trailways-Large
Martin Luther	311	Metro Classic
Milwaukee Bradley Tech	1134	Milwaukee City
Milwaukee Hamilton	1674	Milwaukee City
Milwaukee Morse/Marshall	1570	Milwaukee City
New Berlin West	812	Woodland-West
Northern Elite	279	Northern Lakes
Notre Dame	734	FRCC
Onalaska	857	Mississippi Valley
Ozaukee	249	Central Lakeshore
Port Edwards	147	CWC-10
Rhinelander	857	Great Northern
Saint John's Military Academy	442	Midwest Classic
Saint Thomas More	438	Metro Classic
South Milwaukee	1173	Woodland-East
Stoughton	1070	Badger-South
Tomah	975	Mississippi Valley
Turtle Lake	140	Lakeland-South