More results in the books have made the playoff picture a little clearer with just two weeks left in the regular season. 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 division (ex. Spartanburg is listed #4 in RPI relative to the rest of the Upper State, even though they are #20 in all of 5A Division 1)
-In 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 1st
– 2 Ridge View: Region 5 – #1, RPI 2nd
– 3 Spartanburg: Region 2 – #2
– 4 Dorman: Region 2 – #3, RPI 3rd
First Round
– 5 Rock Hill: Region 3 – #3, RPI 6th
– 6 Byrnes: Region 2 – #4, RPI 5th
– 7 Clover: Region 3 – #4, RPI 7th
– 8 Boiling Springs: RPI 8th
– 9 Mauldin: RPI 9th
– 10 Blythewood: RPI 10th
– 11 Spring Valley: RPI 11th
– 12 J.L. Mann: RPI 12th
Out
– Wade Hampton
5A – DIVISION 2
Byes
– 1 Northwestern: Region 3 – #1, RPI 1st
– 2 TL Hanna: Region 1 – #1, RPI 3rd
– 3 Gaffney: Region 2 – #1, RPI 5th
– 4 Indian Land: Region 3 – #2, RPI 2nd
First Round
– 5 Greenwood: Region 1 – #2 (Tiebreaker: H2H win v Greenville), RPI 4th
– 6 Greenville: Region 1 – #3 (Tiebreaker: H2H loss v Greenwood)
– 7 Hillcrest: Region 1 – #4, RPI 7th
– 8 Catawba Ridge: Region 3 – #4, RPI 8th
– 9 Nation Ford: RPI 9th
– 10 Fort Mill: RPI 10th
– 11 Riverside: RPI 11th
– 12 Woodmont: RPI 12th
Out
– Eastside
– Easley
4A
Seeds 1-3 – 1st place team from each region, seeded by RPI.
– South Pointe #1
– Daniel #3
– Wren #5 (Tied with Westside, play on 10/31)
Seeds 4-6 – 2nd place team from each region, seeded by RPI.
– Seneca #2
– A.C. Flora #6
– Westside #7 (Tied with Wren, play on 10/31)
Seeds 7-9 – 3rd place team from each region, seeded by RPI.
– Camden #4
– Emerald #8 (Three-way tie with Fountain Inn and Laurens)
– Greer #11
Seeds 10-12 – 4th place team from each region, seeded by RPI
– Fountain Inn #9
– Blue Ridge #10
– Lancaster #13
Seeds 13-14 – 5th place team from regions 2 and 3, seeded by RPI
– York #12
– Pickens #17
Seed 15 – Upper State At-Large
– Dreher #4
Seed 16 – Overall State At-Large
3A
– BHP/Pendleton: Tied for 1st in Region 1, play on 10/24, 1st place home vs Palmetto/St. Joseph’s 5th place finisher, 2nd place home vs Union County.
– Christ Church/Southside Christian: Tied for 2nd in Region 2, play on 10/24, 2nd place home vs. Chapman/Broome 4th place finisher, 3rd place home vs Walhalla.
– Chapman/Broome: Tied for 3rd in Region 3, play on 10/31, 3rd place home vs Crescent, 4th place away at Christ Church/Southside Christian 2nd place finisher.
– Palmetto/St. Joseph’s: Tied for 4th in Region 2, play on 10/24, 4th place away at MVP, 5th place away at BHP/Pendleton 1st place finisher
2A
– Blacksburg/Liberty: Tied for 2nd in Region 1, play on 10/31, 2nd place is home vs Pelion, 3rd place is away at Fairfield Central.
– Batesburg-Leesville/Saluda: Tied for 2nd in Region 2, play on 10/31, 2nd place is home vs Columbia/Eau Claire 4th place finisher, 3rd place is away at Mid-Carolina.
– Columbia/Eau Claire: Tied for 4th in Region 3, play on 10/24, 4th place is away at Batesburg-Leesville/Saluda 2nd place finisher, 5th place is away at Strom Thurmond.
– Cheraw/Chesterfield: Tied for 4th in Region 4, play on 10/31, 4th place is away at Clinton, 5th place is out.
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