This not by NCHSAA seeding procedure! There are 10 conferences that has to be #1's seeded before #2's and wild cards. A wild card cannot jump a conference #1 seed.
4.1.19 Seeding:
(a) The pre-determined East and West Regions will be seeded independently of one another.
(b) The teams in each region will be seeded as follows:
(1) Seed all 1st place automatic berths by RPI rating (or other NCHSAA selected ranking system).
NOTE: The highest finishing team in its half of a split conference must finish in 1st, 2nd, or
3rd place overall and/or have an overall winning percentage of .500 or higher in order to be
seeded as a #1. Otherwise, the team will be seeded with all other at-large teams.
(2) Seed all 2nd place automatic berths and at-large berths
by RPI rating (or other NCHSAA selected ranking system).