If The Playoffs Started Today… 10/14/2025

Now with the playoffs coming up quickly, here is a look at the playoffs if the season ended today. A couple notes:

-Tiebreakers are broken where possible, mostly if the teams have already played head-to-head. If tiebreakers are not possible there will be multiple teams in one spot. 

-RPI ranking is relative to the Upper State team pool, not the entire divsion (ex. Spartanburg is listed #6 in RPI relative to the rest of the Upper State, even though they are #22 in all of 5A Division 1)

-5A, the top half of each region is seeded first (top 4 in Regions 1-3 and 5, top 3 in Region 4). The remainder of the bracket is seeded based on RPI exclusively.

5A – DIVISION 1

Byes

• 1 Dutch Fork: Region 4 – #1, RPI #1
• 2 Ridge View: Region 5 – #1, RPI #2
• 3 Spartanburg: Region 2 – #2
• 4 Dorman: Region 2 – #3, RPI #3

First Round

• 5 Rock Hill: Region 3 – #3, RPI #4
• 6 Byrnes: Region 2 – #4, RPI #5
• 7 Clover: Region 3 – #4, RPI #7
• 8 Boiling Springs: Region 2 – #4, RPI #8
• 9 Mauldin: RPI #9
• 10 Blythewood: RPI #10
• 11 Spring Valley: RPI #11
• 12 J.L. Mann: RPI #12

Out

• Wade Hampton

5A – DIVISION 2

Byes

• 1 Northwestern: Region 3 – #1, RPI #1
• 2 TL Hanna: Region 1 – #1, RPI #3
• 3 Gaffney: Region 2 – #1, RPI #5
• 4 Indian Land: Region 3 – #2, RPI #2

First Round

• 5 Greenwood: Region 1 – #2 (Tiebreaker: H2H win v Greenville), RPI #4
• 6 Greenville: Region 1 – #3 (Tiebreaker: H2H loss v Greenwood)
• 7 Catawba Ridge: Region 3 – #4
• 8 Hillcrest: Region 1 – #4
• 9 Fort Mill: RPI #9
• 10 Nation Ford: RPI #10
• 11 Riverside: RPI #11
• 12 Woodmont: RPI #12

Out

• Easley
• Eastside

4A

Seeds 1-3 – 1st place team from each region, seeded by RPI.

• South Pointe #1
• Daniel #3 (Tied with Greer, play on 10/31)
• Wren #5 (Tied with Westside, play on 10/31)

Seeds 4-6 – 2nd place team from each region, seeded by RPI.

• A.C. Flora #4
• Westside #8 (Tied with Wren, play on 10/31)
• Greer #10 (Tied with Daniel, play on 10/31)

Seeds 7-9 – 3rd place team from each region, seeded by RPI.

• Seneca #2
• Camden #6
• Fountain Inn #7

Seeds 10-12 – 4th place team from each region, seeded by RPI

• Lancaster #11
• Blue Ridge #12
• Laurens #16

Seeds 13-14 – 5th place team from regions 2 and 3, seeded by RPI

• York #12
• Pickens #17

Seed 15 – Upper State At-Large

• Emerald #9

Seed 16 – Overall State At-Large

3A

• BHP/Pendleton: tied for 2nd in Region 1, play on 10/24, 2nd place home vs Union County, 3rd place away at Broome.
• Walhalla/West-Oak: Tied for 4th in Region 1, play on 10/24, 4th place away at Region 2 – #3, 5th place away at MVP.
• Region 2 #2-5: four way tie for 2nd between Christ Church, Palmetto, Southside Christian, St. Joseph’s. Head to Head results:
  • 10/3: Christ Church beat St. Joseph’s
  • 10/10: Southside Chrstian beat Palmetto
  • 10/17: Southside Christian @ St. Joseph’s
  • 10/24: Christ Church @ Southside Christian, St. Joseph’s @ Palmetto
  • 10/31: Palmetto @ Christ Church

2A

• Landrum/Liberty: tied for 4th in Region 1, play on 10/24, 4th place is away at Chester, 5th place is out.
• Saluda/Strom Thurmond: Tied for 1st in Region 2, play on 10/24, 1st place is home against Buford/Cheraw/Chesterfield 4th place finisher
• Batesburg-Leesville/Pelion: Tied for 3rd in Region 2, play on 10/24, 3rd place is away at Mid-Carolina, 4th place is away at Chesnee
• American Leadership Academy/Ninety Six: Tied for 5th in Region 2, play on 10/24, 5th place is away at Andrew Jackson/Central/North Central 1st place finisher, 6th place is out.
• Columbia/Eau Claire: tied for 4th in Region 3, play on 10/24, 4th place is away at Saluda/Strom Thurmond 2nd place finisher, 5th place is out.
• Andrew Jackson/Central/North Central: Tied for 1st in Region 4, 1st place is home against American Leadership Academy/Ninety Six 5th place finisher, 2nd place is in lower state bracket home against Region 7 #4, 3rd place is in lower state bracket home against Region 6 #3. Head to Head results:
  • 10/17: Central @ Andrew Jackson
  • 10/24: Andrew Jackson @ North Central
  • 10/31: Central @ North Central
• Buford/Cheraw/Chesterfield: Tied for 4th in Region 4, 4th place is away at Clinton, 5th place is away at Saluda/Strom Thurmond 1st place finisher, 6th place is out. Head to Head results:
  • 10/17: Buford @ Chesterfield
  • 10/24: Cheraw @ Buford
  • 10/31: Chesterfield @ Cheraw