Football 7A Bracket
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There are 22 "normal" western teams in the top 48. With right now's RPI (9/24) Purnell Swett and Richmond would be West. There would need to be 4 more Western teams below 48 that would have to move up to push Grimsley to the East.
1. Weddington
2. Grimsley
3. Lake Norman
4. Marvin Ridge
5. Davie
6. Reagan
7. AL Brown
8. Hopewell
9. Butler
10. East Forsyth
11. Page
12. Hickory Ridge
13. Mooresville
14. West Cabarrus
15. Purnell Swett
16. Porter Ridge
17. Parkland
18. Independence
19. McDowell
20. Ballantyne Ridge
21. RJ Reynolds
22. Richmond Senior
23. South Iredell
24. North Meck
1. Weddington
2. Grimsley
3. Lake Norman
4. Marvin Ridge
5. Davie
6. Reagan
7. AL Brown
8. Hopewell
9. Butler
10. East Forsyth
11. Page
12. Hickory Ridge
13. Mooresville
14. West Cabarrus
15. Purnell Swett
16. Porter Ridge
17. Parkland
18. Independence
19. McDowell
20. Ballantyne Ridge
21. RJ Reynolds
22. Richmond Senior
23. South Iredell
24. North Meck
If Fayetteville area and Durham area are East, then 26 of the top 48 teams are Eastern teams. I do not see Grimsley going East.
10/8 West Projections
1. Weddington
2. Grimsley
3. Lake Norman
4. Marvin Ridge
5. Reagan
6. A. L. Brown
7. Davie County
8. Page
9. Butler
10. Hickory Ridge
11. East Forsyth
12. Hopewell
13. Mooresville
14. RJ Reynolds
15. West Cabarrus
16. Ballantyne Ridge
17. Richmond Senior
18. Parkland
19. Porter Ridge
20. Jack Britt
21. Independence
22. Purnell Swett
23. McDowell
24. South Iredell
1. Weddington
2. Grimsley
3. Lake Norman
4. Marvin Ridge
5. Reagan
6. A. L. Brown
7. Davie County
8. Page
9. Butler
10. Hickory Ridge
11. East Forsyth
12. Hopewell
13. Mooresville
14. RJ Reynolds
15. West Cabarrus
16. Ballantyne Ridge
17. Richmond Senior
18. Parkland
19. Porter Ridge
20. Jack Britt
21. Independence
22. Purnell Swett
23. McDowell
24. South Iredell
Looking at the actual RPI numbers, the top 3 seeds seem like a lock but man the 4-8 seed positions will be an awesome finish! 0.039 is the difference between 4th and 8th!
As been said again the Hickory Ridge game will tell a lot. This is the only game they will play till the end of regular season because HR's record to help in the RPI's.
Oh for sure! But I was talking about all of the teams, not just those two specifically.
Yes I understand! Was trying to express how hard it will be for the Wonders to lose or gain spots because of weak schedule.
listen here, muh cuzzins, this is where that playoff math gets mighty interestin! purnell swett’s rpi could mean more than just gettin into the dance. If them western spots shake up, the whole bracket could look different. are we onto somethin here, or are we makin this harder than a two dollar steak?
The geography argument is worth watching, but remember.... the NCHSAA assigns qualifying teams East or West by longitude, then seeds by RPI. RPI weighs winning percentage (40%), opponents’ winning percentage (40%), and opponents’ opponents (20%). With only 0.039 separating seeds 4–8, one Friday night could change everything! Just my 2 cents.....
AL Brown jumped 2 teams to go from #7 to #5 in the West with the win against HR. As I stated before the Wonders have a hard time advancing in RPI with the weak conference. I stated also the a win against HR would help them in RPI because of HR schedule!
Update on 7A West 10/19/2026 at 9:55am
1. Weddington
2. Grimsley
3. Lake Norman
4. Reagan
5. AL Brown
6. Marvin Ridge
7. Page
8. Davie County
9. East Forsyth
10. Hickory Ridge
11. Mooresville
12. Butler
13. West Cabarrus
14. Hopewell
15. Richmond Senior
16. Jack Britt
17. RJ Reynolds
18. Porter Ridge
19. Ballantyne Ridge
20. Independence
21. Parkland
22. Purnell Swett
23. South Iredell
24. North Meck
1. Weddington
2. Grimsley
3. Lake Norman
4. Reagan
5. AL Brown
6. Marvin Ridge
7. Page
8. Davie County
9. East Forsyth
10. Hickory Ridge
11. Mooresville
12. Butler
13. West Cabarrus
14. Hopewell
15. Richmond Senior
16. Jack Britt
17. RJ Reynolds
18. Porter Ridge
19. Ballantyne Ridge
20. Independence
21. Parkland
22. Purnell Swett
23. South Iredell
24. North Meck
Grimsley has 2 games left and Weddington has 1. Is it possible for Grimsley to jump to 1 in RPI ?
It's possible but I doubt it. Grimsley plays Dudley (6-3) and Smith (1-7). Weddington plays Piedmont (3-5) so I don't see much movement in the RPI. I could be totally wrong though.
My calculations have Weddington RPI at .7416 and Grimsley at .7288 after the season. Both will have winning percentages of .1000, Weddingtons opp will have a record of 56-34 and Grimsleys will be 55-35. Weddingtons OOWP is s bit higher.
Looking ahead if playoffs started today AL Brown would
play the winner of #12 Butler and #21 Parkland week 2 of the playoffs.
play the winner of #12 Butler and #21 Parkland week 2 of the playoffs.
Conference games won't really impact OWP since they most offest (1 team wins and 1 team loses each week), would just come down to how non-conferences opponents finish out
I have been saying this for two years!
If your own record carries 40% of your RPI and your opponents records carry 40%, it doesn’t really whether you win or lose especially in conference play because everyone plays the same schedule?
So teams in 7-team conferences have a huge disadvantage compared to teams in 5-team conferences when it comes to scheduling non-conference games
For example, A.L. Brown only gets three non-conference games to work with. That gives them very little room to offset teams we play with lower RPIs.
I hope this makes sense, please explain if you understand it better than I do!
I’ve tried to word it the best way I can.
Regarding conference opps, what matters most is your conference teams non conference record heading into conf play. It helps if most of them have winning records. Kann being undefeated is helping everyone else in the conf with their RPI. WC was 0-3. Cox Mil, CC, Olympic, and Harding were 1-2. HR was 2-1 and Kann was 3-0. After that someone wins and someone loses every game played.
I have MR jumping Kann after the last game. It is razor thin and may come down to OOWP.
MR- .6835
Kann- .6799
Exactly… So I guess a follow up question to that is what is the point of even having conferences? If you finish first, other than bragging rights, it means nothing! No disrespect to Berry or Harding but we could replace them with better and way closer opponents.
Yes you did. We are far enough along in the season to get a very good look at how the RPI will end up. It is just some additional info.
As PC said, it would definitely make scheduling hard but I do think there could be some improvements to current conferences. All the split ones make no sense (especially the ones with three different divisions), but that's a consequence of having 8 divisions. As for the non-conference opponents impacting RPI, etc. there's a very fine line between scheduling "easy wins" to boost your own WP and playing better competition to actually help you later down the road. We fans don't control the schedule and you have to line up and play who's in front of you, but look at Apex Friendship in the East...yes they are undefeated, but their OWP is .424, with Lee County and Southern Lee being a combined 1-15. Not syaing they aren't a good team, but does that schedule prepare you for the top threats in the East? I guess we'll find out
Teams would figure out how to take advantage of any system. Here is how a team like Hoggard could have a very high RPI every year with no conference opponents. Hoggard could play schools like WRH, E. Duplin, Clinton, SW Onslow, Whiteville. These are smaller schools but they usually have very good records. Most of these school will finish 7-3 or better most years. With Hoggard's size and depth they would beat these schools most years. Hoggard could sit 10-0 most years with a very high OWP. This doesn't help Hoggard down the road with playing teams with size and depth but they would at least have home field advantage. Hoggard would never do that but take a school like Laney that always has size and depth and good athletes but haven't had the coaching to compete at a high level. They could use this formula have a very high RPI every year. Then you have a very good team like Hoggard having to play at Laney in a playoff game.
