Soucie was bored and came up with this preseason football classification deal. This is a link to a Google doc.
Here's what I came up with.
Methodology: 3-year win total for all teams factored in. Top 256 teams in win total over that time are broken into classes. Not rocket science, but was pretty effective last year. Class 1A; 0-305; Class 2A: 306-394; Class 3A: 395-569; Class 4A: 570-827; 5A: 828-1317; 6A: 1318-1809; 7A: 1810-2216; 8A: 2217-8109.
Soucie: Full Preseason Classification listing
Methodology: 3-year win total for all teams factored in. Top 256 teams in win total over that time are broken into classes. Not rocket science, but was pretty effective last year. Class 1A; 0-305; Class 2A: 306-394; Class 3A: 395-569; Class 4A: 570-827; 5A: 828-1317; 6A: 1318-1809; 7A: 1810-2216; 8A: 2217-8109.
Soucie: Full Preseason Classification listing