Playoff Picture · Clinches · Through Week 3· Statewide · Public groups
Clinches
Who can lock up a playoff spot this week, who already has, and who has been knocked out. Clinched and Out are printed only when proven; virtually means all but certain.
Who can clinch this weekWho can clinch
Week 4No one can clinch in Week 4.No public team locks a spot with a win alone, or with a win plus one other result. This list fills in as the Oct 24 cutoff gets closer.
Settled after Week 3
Clinched or outNothing is settled yet.No public team clinched or was eliminated. Not called: Palisades Park (North Group 4) and Nottingham (South Group 3): our schedule is missing some of their games.
Where every group standsEvery group
Public groups · top 16 eligible teams make itGroupClinchedStill in the raceIn raceOut
Earlier weeks: nothing was settled in Weeks 0, 1 or 2.
Clinched, or virtually
Clinched and Out are printed only when no combination of results can change them. Virtually means all but certain, but not yet proven.
How qualifying works →Public groups only
Every non-public school that enters is in, and a committee seeds them, so there is nothing to clinch. Their projected seeds are on the Playoff Picture.
Non-public playoff picture →Only complete schedules
We never call a team whose schedule is missing games: a missing game could change everything. Those teams are called once their schedule is complete.
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