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EDIT:  The WIAA has released the OFFICIAL Playoff Qualifying Field and it matches up exactly with what we had. To view the WIAA's listing, please click here. The WIAA is expected to release the regional groupings later this morning.

And it's here. The playoffs. With all Week 9 games in the books we can look at who is in the playoffs, and who is out. The field is now official.

Based on scores reported to WSN, 217 teams finished with conference records at or over .500 and thus qualified for the playoffs. That means like last year, we have teams under .500 in the postseason. Last season there were four such teams, this year there are seven.

The teams to finish under .500 in conference but over .500 overall are: Bangor, Brillion, Chilton, Hillsboro, Martin Luther, Port Edwards, Random Lake, Stevens Point, Wauwatosa West, and Wisconsin Dells. But there are only seven spots for those teams.

Following WIAA tiebreaker procedures, we look at "combined won-lost percentage (conference games only) of conference opponents they have defeated". Basically it rewards teams that beat better teams in their leagues.

By that criteria, here are the teams that make it into the postseason along with their tiebreaker number:

Bangor 0.3809
Wauwatosa West 0.2777
Hillsboro 0.2380
Port Edwards 0.2000
Brillion 0.1904
Chilton 0.1904

Those six teams fill six playoff spots, leaving Martin Luther (0.1428) and Stevens Point (0.1428) tied for the final spot. When down to two teams, the next tiebreaker we look at is record versus playoff field. By virtue of wins over postseason qualifiers D.C. Everest and Wausau West, the Panthers of Stevens Point get in over Martin Luther, whose lone victory over a playoff team came against Milwaukee Madison.

Random Lake (0.1000), and Wisconsin Dells (0.1000) join Martin Luther as missing out on tiebreakers.

We thus have our 224 team field. Below are the lowest enrollment number in each division are below along with past cutlines.

To view the full WIAA playoff qualifying procedures, 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.

The WIAA has now released the regional groupings, which can be found below.

Division 1

Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Lee Ann Kitchell, D.C. Everest High School
Schools:  Appleton North, Bay Port, D.C. Everest, Eau Claire Memorial, Green Bay Preble, Hudson, Stevens Point, Wausau West
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Phil Datka, Germantown High School (W180 N11501 River Lane, Germantown. Enter back entrance door #5, meeting in room 108.  Contact jake Davis 414-429-3717)
Schools:  Arrowhead, Fond du Lac, Germantown, Manitowoc Lincoln, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee King, Milwaukee Morse.Marshall/Juneau/Languages, Milwaukee Washington/Science/Career Tech/CEO
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Kevin Porter, Madison LaFollette High School
Schools: Milwaukee Hamilton, Madison La Follette, Madison Memorial, Madison West, Middleton, Mukwonago, Oconomowoc, Sun Prairie
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Mike Bartholomew, Oak Creek High School (Enter door #24 at southwest corner of building, meeting in Room 123)
Schools:  Badger, Franklin, Kenosha Indian Trail, Marquette University HS, Milwaukee Pulaski/Arts/Reagan, Milwaukee Riverside University, Oak Creek, Racine Horlick
 
Division 2

Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Nathan DeLany, Marshfield High School
Schools:  Ashwaubenon, Green Bay Southwest, Hortonville, Marshfield, Menasha, Menomonie, Merrill, Superior
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Mike McHugh, DeForest High School
Schools:  DeForest, Fort Atkinson, Holmen, La Crosse Central, Oshkosh North, Slinger, Watertown, Waunakee
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Ryan Mangan, Homestead High School
Schools:  Brookfield Central, Brookfield East, Cedarburg, Hamilton, Homestead, Kimberly, Milwaukee Madison, Wauwatosa West
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Scott Otto, Greenfield High School
Schools:  Greenfield, Messmer/Shorewood, Milwaukee Bradley Tech, South Milwaukee, Waterford, Waukesha West, Whitefish Bay, Wilmot Union
 
Division 3

Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Carl Eggebrecht, Waupaca High School
Schools:  Antigo, Medford Area, Mosinee, Notre Dame, Seymour, Waupaca, West De Pere, Xavier
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Jason Piittmann, Kewaskum High School
Schools:  Brown Deer, Greendale, Kewaskum, Luxemburg-Casco, Pius XI, Plymouth, Two Rivers, Wisconsin Lutheran
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Jeff Lund, Lodi High School (1100 Sauk St., Lodi – Room 1100)
Schools:  Edgewood Sacred Heart, Evansville, La Crosse Logan, Lodi, Mount Horeb/Barneveld, Onalaska, Reedsburg Area, West Salem
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Dan Wilharm, Jefferson High School
Schools:  Catholic Memorial, Edgerton, Elkhorn Area, Jefferson, Milton, Monona Grove, New Berlin West, Pewaukee
 
Division 4

Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Bill Roll & Jeremy King, Saint Croix Central High School
Schools:  Black River Falls, Ellsworth, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau, Northland Pines, Prescott, Saint Croix Central, Somerset, Spooner
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Tom Butt, Wautoma High School
Schools:  Columbus, Marshall, Montello, Nekoosa, Omro, Wautoma, Winneconne, River Valley
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Tim Collins, Big Foot High School
Schools:  Big Foot, Brodhead/Juda, Clinton, Dodgeville, New Glarus/Monticello, Platteville, Saint Thomas More, University School of Milwaukee
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Todd Chandler, Wrightstown High School
Schools:  Campbellsport, Chilton, Denmark, Freedom, Little Chute, Peshtigo, Roncalli, Wrightstown
 
Division 5

Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Pat Gretzlock, Chetek-Weyerhaueser High School
Schools:  Bloomer, Cameron, Chetek-Weyerhaueser, Cumberland, Fall Creek, Saint Croix Falls, Stanley-Boyd, Unity
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Jim Hagen, Colby High School
Schools:  Amherst, Arcadia, Colby, Durand, Marathon, Mondovi, Stratford, Westby
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Pete Kittel, Brillion High School
Schools:  Bonduel, Brillion, Cedar Grove-Belgium, Kewaunee, Niagara/Goodman/Pembine, Oconto, Oostburg, Winnebago Lutheran Academy
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Mike Klingbeil, Cambridge High School
Schools:  Cambridge, Kenosha St. Joseph, Laconia, Lancaster, Poynette, Racine St. Catherine’s, Waterloo, Westfield
 
Division 6

Group A Seeding Meeting Host  – Bryant Brenner, Regis High School
Schools:  Athens, Colfax, Edgar, Hurley, Regis, Rosholt, Spring Valley, Webster
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Nick Senger, Shiocton High School
Schools:  Algoma, Auburndale, Coleman, Crandon, Crivitz, Iola-Scandinavia, Shiocton, Wabeno
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Curt Thompson, Riverdale High School
Schools:  Brookwood, Cuba City, Darlington, Iowa-Grant, Melrose-Mindoro, Necedah, Riverdale, Whitehall
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Kyle Krueger, Saint Mary’s Springs
Schools:  Deerfield, Lourdes Academy, Manitowoc Lutheran, Ozaukee, Pardeeville, Pecatonica, Reedsville, Saint Mary’s Springs
 
Division 7

Group A Seeding Meeting Host – Brian Lewison, Owen-Withee High School
Schools:  Clayton, Clear Lake, Florence, Glenwood City, Greenwood/Granton, Newman Catholic, Owen-Withee, Pepin/Alma
 
Group B Seeding Meeting Host – Barry Schmitt, Independence High School
Schools:  Bangor, Blair-Taylor, Cochrane-Fountain City, Hillsboro, Independence/Gilmanton, Loyal, New Lisbon, Pittsville
 
Group C Seeding Meeting Host – Dave Bergum, North Crawford High School
Schools:  Belmont, Black Hawk, Cassville, De Soto, Ithaca, North Crawford, Potosi, Weston
 
Group D Seeding Meeting Host – Phil Tallman, Cambria-Friesland High School
Schools:  Almond-Bancroft, Cambria-Friesland, Catholic Central, Fall River, Lake Country Lutheran, Port Edwards, Randolph, Rio