Projecting the top 16 seeds in class 8a

[NNFAN]

Looking at the final two weeks most likely scenarios, and factoring in playoff points.


1. Loyola (9-0) beats BR and earns the top seed.
2. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-0) gets past Bolingbrook and finishes undefeated.
3. Hinsdale Central (9-0) outscores OPRF and locks up 3rd seed.
4. Palatine (9-0) knocks off Barrington, winning Mid-Sub West.
5. Neuqua Valley (9-0) wins week nine showdown with GN, DVC champs.
6. St. Charles East (9-0) untested in final two weeks.
7. Oswego (9-0) also untested in final two weeks, wins SW Prarie.
8. West Aurora (9-0) will face challenge by Geneva, but Vikings eliminated this week.
9. Brother Rice (8-1) drops eight spots with loss to Loyola.
10. Stevenson (8-1) finishes with Waukegan and Gurnee Warren.
11. Lincoln-Way East (8-1) routs Bradley Bourbonnais week nine.
12. Lyons (8-1) hands OPRF the 2nd of three straight defeats this week.
13. Barrington (8-1) drops nine spots with loss to Palatine.
14. Chicago Taft (8-1) teachers strike could blow it all up for the Eagles, a real shame.
15. Marist (8-1) squeak out win this week vs. Benet, finish with eight straight.
16. Edwardsville (8-1) finish with Alton and Granite City, ESL only loss.
17. Naperville North (8-1) playoff points killing the Huskies, thanks Sandburg
18. Oswego East (8-1) have Minooka and Plainfield East. Class 8a just loaded.

 

[Voodoo Tatum 21]

Looking at the final two weeks most likely scenarios, and factoring in playoff points.


1. Loyola (9-0) beats BR and earns the top seed.
2. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-0) gets past Bolingbrook and finishes undefeated.
3. Hinsdale Central (9-0) outscores OPRF and locks up 3rd seed.
4. Palatine (9-0) knocks off Barrington, winning Mid-Sub West.
5. Neuqua Valley (9-0) wins week nine showdown with GN, DVC champs.
6. St. Charles East (9-0) untested in final two weeks.
7. Oswego (9-0) also untested in final two weeks, wins SW Prarie.
8. West Aurora (9-0) will face challenge by Geneva, but Vikings eliminated this week.
9. Brother Rice (8-1) drops eight spots with loss to Loyola.
10. Stevenson (8-1) finishes with Waukegan and Gurnee Warren.
11. Lincoln-Way East (8-1) routs Bradley Bourbonnais week nine.
12. Lyons (8-1) hands OPRF the 2nd of three straight defeats this week.
13. Barrington (8-1) drops nine spots with loss to Palatine.
14. Chicago Taft (8-1) teachers strike could blow it all up for the Eagles, a real shame.
15. Marist (8-1) squeak out win this week vs. Benet, finish with eight straight.
16. Edwardsville (8-1) finish with Alton and Granite City, ESL only loss.
17. Naperville North (8-1) playoff points killing the Huskies, thanks Sandburg
18. Oswego East (8-1) have Minooka and Plainfield East. Class 8a just loaded.

Based on the above projections - Can we put you down for NN over WV and WWS for weeks 8 and 9 in the DVC picking thread?

 

[Voodoo Tatum 21]

On a more serious note - West Aurora has 18 playoff points at present. EIGHTEEN!! most schools are between 25 and 40 points right now. FIVE of their wins are against 1-6 teams. Let me say that again... FIVE of seven teams they have played are 1-6.

And you get an 8 seed for that?

Now I can see why there is so much conference movement and shift...

 

[NNFAN]

Based on the above projections - Can we put you down for NN over WV and WWS for weeks 8 and 9 in the DVC picking thread?

I honestly think both games are tossups. WWS is suddenly a different team (explosive offense) and WV regains their mojo this past week. What a deep field class 8a is. Might have preferred quads this year.

 

[NNFAN]

On a more serious note - West Aurora has 18 playoff points at present. EIGHTEEN!! most schools are between 25 and 40 points right now. FIVE of their wins are against 1-6 teams. Let me say that again... FIVE of seven teams they have played are 1-6.

And you get an 8 seed for that?

Now I can see why there is so much conference movement and shift...

May be the weakest conference in the history of sports. Imagine eight Cleveland Browns in one division.

 

[JMcgee!!]

Both Wv and Wheaton South are going to be good games, but NN has yet to play their best football. That's the scary thing for everyone. No DVC game is a gimme, but I see NN winning both games.

 

[Smackdown18]

Looking at the final two weeks most likely scenarios, and factoring in playoff points.


1. Loyola (9-0) beats BR and earns the top seed.
2. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-0) gets past Bolingbrook and finishes undefeated.
3. Hinsdale Central (9-0) outscores OPRF and locks up 3rd seed.
4. Palatine (9-0) knocks off Barrington, winning Mid-Sub West.
5. Neuqua Valley (9-0) wins week nine showdown with GN, DVC champs.
6. St. Charles East (9-0) untested in final two weeks.
7. Oswego (9-0) also untested in final two weeks, wins SW Prarie.
8. West Aurora (9-0) will face challenge by Geneva, but Vikings eliminated this week.
9. Brother Rice (8-1) drops eight spots with loss to Loyola.
10. Stevenson (8-1) finishes with Waukegan and Gurnee Warren.
11. Lincoln-Way East (8-1) routs Bradley Bourbonnais week nine.
12. Lyons (8-1) hands OPRF the 2nd of three straight defeats this week.
13. Barrington (8-1) drops nine spots with loss to Palatine.
14. Chicago Taft (8-1) teachers strike could blow it all up for the Eagles, a real shame.
15. Marist (8-1) squeak out win this week vs. Benet, finish with eight straight.
16. Edwardsville (8-1) finish with Alton and Granite City, ESL only loss.
17. Naperville North (8-1) playoff points killing the Huskies, thanks Sandburg
18. Oswego East (8-1) have Minooka and Plainfield East. Class 8a just loaded.

Looks spot on. I don't think Bourbonnais is a guaranteed win for LWE on the road this week though. BB is good. Two 8-1 teams going on the road week 1 is nuts. It looks like there's a solid chance that New Trier and Curie could be the only teams with 7 wins. A large cluster of teams (Lockport, OPRF, Maine South, Evanston, Joliet West, Notre Dame, and Leyden) could be 6-3.

 

[goodnamesaregone]

Looking at the final two weeks most likely scenarios, and factoring in playoff points.


1. Loyola (9-0) beats BR and earns the top seed.
2. Homewood-Flossmoor (9-0) gets past Bolingbrook and finishes undefeated.
3. Hinsdale Central (9-0) outscores OPRF and locks up 3rd seed.
4. Palatine (9-0) knocks off Barrington, winning Mid-Sub West.
5. Neuqua Valley (9-0) wins week nine showdown with GN, DVC champs.
6. St. Charles East (9-0) untested in final two weeks.
7. Oswego (9-0) also untested in final two weeks, wins SW Prarie.
8. West Aurora (9-0) will face challenge by Geneva, but Vikings eliminated this week.
9. Brother Rice (8-1) drops eight spots with loss to Loyola.
10. Stevenson (8-1) finishes with Waukegan and Gurnee Warren.
11. Lincoln-Way East (8-1) routs Bradley Bourbonnais week nine.
12. Lyons (8-1) hands OPRF the 2nd of three straight defeats this week.
13. Barrington (8-1) drops nine spots with loss to Palatine.
14. Chicago Taft (8-1) teachers strike could blow it all up for the Eagles, a real shame.
15. Marist (8-1) squeak out win this week vs. Benet, finish with eight straight.
16. Edwardsville (8-1) finish with Alton and Granite City, ESL only loss.
17. Naperville North (8-1) playoff points killing the Huskies, thanks Sandburg
18. Oswego East (8-1) have Minooka and Plainfield East. Class 8a just loaded.

Do you know why your top 4 differs from Soucie? He has (1) LA, (2) HC, (3) Palatine and (4) HF. A difference in predicted opponents' wins, perhaps?

 

[NNFAN]

Do you know why your top 4 differs from Soucie? He has (1) LA, (2) HC, (3) Palatine and (4) HF. A difference in predicted opponents' wins, perhaps?

Working closely on getting you the answer, but obviously he has projected a few teams having different results the next two weeks. Big issue is with Hinsdale Central. HC played American Fork, Utah. American Fork plays a 10 game schedule. They are 5-3, with two winnable games remaining. That's one extra playoff point for Hinsdale. What does the IHSA do about that?

 

[Voodoo Tatum 21]

Working closely on getting you the answer, but obviously he has projected a few teams having different results the next two weeks. Big issue is with Hinsdale Central. HC played American Fork, Utah. American Fork plays a 10 game schedule. They are 5-3, with two winnable games remaining. That's one extra playoff point for Hinsdale. What does the IHSA do about that?

I believe they only take the results of the first 9 games into account. So whatever their record is after week 9. The 10th game - "is like it never happened" Same issue exists for other Illinois teams that played out of state games against teams with a 10 game regular season schedule.

 

[NNFAN]

Do you know why your top 4 differs from Soucie? He has (1) LA, (2) HC, (3) Palatine and (4) HF. A difference in predicted opponents' wins, perhaps?

Okay... after taking a real close look... I've got Hinsdale finishing with 41 points, HF with 40, and Palatine with 40 as well. Paper thin margin between 2-4. Had to project several pick'em games. Also had to project out-of-state American Fork, Hammond, Fort Zumwalt West, MO.