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Football Playoff Qualifying Report - Week 6

09/18/2018, 3:00pm 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 as of games played through Week 5. This report will be updated again after each week of the season.

Teams that have a conference winning percentage better than .500 are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Teams that finish with a conference record 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, and the last three years, every team that finished at .500 in conference did get in, along with several that were under .500.

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 in Week Five, 12 teams have clinched playoff spots. 34 teams have become playoff-eligible by guaranteeing themselves at least a .500 league record and can clinch with one more win. 40 other teams can clinch a playoff spot with another conference win.

44 teams can become playoff eligible with one more conference win.

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 how many CONFERENCE games your favorite team will need to win to become playoff eligible and/or clinch a playoff spot, please see the list by conference here.
 
To view the full WIAA playoff qualifying procedures, click here.
 
To view Standings for all conferences on one page, please click here.
 
To view Enrollment numbers and a projected divisional placement for each team for the 2018 season, please click here.
 
You can sort by the different columns (School, Enrollment, Projected Division, Conference) by clicking on the heading on each particular table.

TEAMS THAT HAVE CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT

12 teams

(Guaranteed conference record over .500)

Team Enrollment Projected Division Conference
Bangor 177 7
Bay Port 1894 1
Green Bay Preble 2184 1
Homestead 1322 2
Little Chute 511 4
Madison Memorial 2030 1
McFarland 707 3
Neenah 2056 1
Omro 366 5
Pittsville 184 7
Potosi/Cassville 192 7
Regis 220 6

TEAMS THAT ARE PLAYOFF-ELIGIBLE & CAN CLINCH WITH ONE MORE WIN

34 teams

(Teams that have guaranteed at least .500 conference record)

Team Enrollment Projected Division Conference
Ashland 674 3
Brookfield Central 1257 2
Cedar Grove-Belgium 320 5
Cochrane-Fountain City 224 6
Colby 280 5
Crivitz 202 6
Edgar 176 7
Fennimore 238 6
Fond du Lac 2092 1
Hilbert 146 7
Kewaunee 323 5
Kimberly 1589 1
Living Word Lutheran 185 7
Markesan 229 6
Marquette University 2056 1
Marshfield 1212 2
Menasha 982 2
Milwaukee King 1519 1
Milwaukee Lutheran 782 3
Milwaukee Marshall/Carmen Northwest/Juneau/Languages 2106 1
Milwaukee Riverside/Golda Meir 2229 1
Milwaukee Ronald Reagan 1336 2
Milwaukee South 1545 1
Milwaukee Vincent/Destiny 1134 2
Muskego 1632 1
New Berlin Eisenhower 839 3
Port Washington 767 3
Reedsville 192 7
Saint Francis 543 4
Seymour 700 3
Slinger 1060 2
Spencer/Columbus Catholic 354 5
West De Pere 951 2
Wrightstown 485 4

TEAMS THAT CAN CLINCH A PLAYOFF SPOT WITH ONE MORE CONFERENCE WIN

40 teams

Team Enrollment Projected Division Conference
Abbotsford 207 6
Amherst 339 5
Black Hawk 99 7
Clear Lake 190 7
East Troy 604 3
Edgerton 539 4
Elmwood/Plum City 159 7
Fall River 130 7
Franklin 1549 1
Grantsburg 258 6
Holmen 1137 2
Hudson 1791 1
Iola-Scandinavia 208 6
Janesville Craig 1865 1
Johnson Creek 186 7
Kenosha Indian Trail 2534 1
Kiel 445 4
Loyal 152 7
Martin Luther 520 4
Mayville 391 4
Monona Grove 1049 2
Notre Dame 767 3
Onalaska 917 3
Pecatonica/Argyle 216 6
Plymouth 784 3
Pulaski 1077 2
Racine Horlick 1705 1
Racine Saint Catherine’s 421 4
Rosholt 183 7
Saint Croix Central 434 4
Somerset 463 4
Stoughton 981 2
Sun Prairie 2389 1
Turner 451 4
Two Rivers 488 4
Unity 255 6
Waterford 1104 2
Watertown 1279 2
Waunakee 1275 2
Winneconne 521 4

TEAMS THAT CAN BECOME PLAYOFF-ELIGIBLE (GUARANTEED CONFERENCE .500 RECORD) WITH ONE MORE WIN

44 teams

Team Enrollment Projected Division Conference
Antigo 777 3
Appleton North 2088 1
Brookfield East 1257 2
Cambridge 269 5
Catholic Memorial 636 3
Cuba City 238 6
Eleva-Strum 178 7
Elk Mound 345 5
Freedom 543 4
Glenwood City 210 6
Grafton 745 3
Greendale 902 3
Hartford Union 1334 2
Horicon/Hustisford 378 4
Hortonville 1104 2
Howards Grove 287 5
Iowa-Grant 172 7
Ithaca 130 7
Lake Country Lutheran 323 5
Luxemburg-Casco 629 3
Medford 639 3
Melrose-Mindoro 202 6
Menomonee Falls 1309 2
Milwaukee Bradley Technical 1367 2
Mineral Point 199 6
Mondovi 263 6
Mosinee 626 3
Mukwonago 1649 1
New Berlin West 738 3
New Glarus/Monticello 360 5
Niagara/Goodman/Pembine 235 6
Northwestern 416 4
Obama SCTE 453 4
Palmyra-Eagle 293 5
Peshtigo 363 5
Rib Lake/Prentice 287 5
Riverdale 152 7
Shorewood/Messmer 1378 2
Southern Door 313 5
Spring Valley 207 6
Stratford 323 5
Wabeno Area/Laona 186 7
Waukesha West 1201 2
Wauzeka-Steuben/Seneca 198 6

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