Playoff Picture · Clinches · Through Week 5· 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.

Playoff picturePicture Bracket Clinches

Through Week 5Week 5

Who can clinch this weekWho can clinch

Week 6

No one can clinch in Week 6.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 5

16 clinched · 9 out

INCedar Grove 4-1North Group 1 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedCedar Grove has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INWood-Ridge 6-0North Group 1 · No. 3 in the groupVirtually clinchedWood-Ridge has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INCaldwell 5-0North Group 2 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedCaldwell has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INRutherford 6-0North Group 2 · No. 3 in the groupVirtually clinchedRutherford has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INOld Tappan 5-0North Group 3 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedOld Tappan has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INRamapo 4-2North Group 5 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedRamapo has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INWest Orange 5-1North Group 5 · No. 2 in the groupVirtually clinchedWest Orange has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INElizabeth 6-0North Group 5 · No. 3 in the groupVirtually clinchedElizabeth has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INSchalick 6-0South Group 1 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedSchalick has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INWest Deptford 6-0South Group 2 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedWest Deptford has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INHaddonfield 4-1South Group 2 · No. 4 in the groupVirtually clinchedHaddonfield has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INBrick Memorial 5-1South Group 4 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedBrick Memorial has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INWinslow 4-2South Group 4 · No. 2 in the groupVirtually clinchedWinslow has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INRancocas Valley 6-0South Group 5 · No. 2 in the groupVirtually clinchedRancocas Valley has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INSouthern 5-1South Group 5 · No. 4 in the groupVirtually clinchedSouthern has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INToms River North 5-1South Group 5 · No. 5 in the groupVirtually clinchedToms River North has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

OUTSaddle Brook 0-6North Group 1 · No. 25 in the groupEliminatedSaddle Brook is eliminated from a playoff spot. No remaining scenario gets them there (best case: 1st).

OUTLyndhurst 0-6North Group 2 · No. 30 in the groupEliminatedwas virtually eliminatedLyndhurst is eliminated from a playoff spot. No remaining scenario gets them there (best case: 1st).

OUTSussex Tech 0-6North Group 2 · No. 31 in the groupVirtually eliminatedSussex Tech is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTLincoln 0-5North Group 3 · No. 27 in the groupVirtually eliminatedLincoln is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTJP Stevens 2-4North Group 5 · No. 24 in the groupVirtually eliminatedJP Stevens is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTWildwood 2-4South Group 1 · No. 31 in the groupVirtually eliminatedWildwood is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTLakewood 0-6South Group 3 · No. 28 in the groupVirtually eliminatedLakewood is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTFreehold Boro 0-6South Group 4 · No. 27 in the groupVirtually eliminatedFreehold Boro is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTWest Windsor-Plainsboro 2-4South Group 5 · No. 25 in the groupVirtually eliminatedWest Windsor-Plainsboro is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

Not called: North Arlington (North Group 1) and Secaucus (North Group 1) and Cresskill (North Group 2) and Glen Rock (North Group 2): our schedule is missing some of their games.

Earlier weeks

Week 42 clinched · 4 out

INRumson-Fair Haven 5-0South Group 2 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedRumson-Fair Haven has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

INWashington Twp. 5-0South Group 5 · No. 1 in the groupVirtually clinchedWashington Twp. has virtually clinched a playoff spot (>99.9%). 20,000 of 20,000 simulated seasons keep them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does not; not yet proved.

OUTWeehawken 1-4North Group 1 · No. 25 in the groupVirtually eliminatedWeehawken is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTDunellen 0-4North Group 1 · No. 30 in the groupVirtually eliminatedDunellen is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTLyndhurst 0-5North Group 2 · No. 29 in the groupVirtually eliminatedLyndhurst is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

OUTManchester Regional 0-5North Group 2 · No. 30 in the groupVirtually eliminatedManchester Regional is virtually eliminated from a playoff spot (<0.1%). 0 of 20,000 simulated seasons get them there and a 500-try search found no scenario that does; not yet proved.

Nothing was settled in Weeks 2 or 3.

Where every group standsEvery group

Public groups · top 16 eligible teams make it

GroupClinchedStill in the raceIn raceOut

North Group 12254Playoff picture →

North Group 22263Playoff picture →

North Group 31251Playoff picture →

North Group 40271Playoff picture →

North Group 53241Playoff picture →

South Group 11291Playoff picture →

South Group 23260Playoff picture →

South Group 30271Playoff picture →

South Group 42241Playoff picture →

South Group 54221Playoff picture →

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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