Public and Non-Public Schools in Classes 2A, 3A and 4A will play in their assigned regions during the regular season, but private member schools will compete in a combined championship bracket of private member schools only. Public schools in 2A, 3A and 4A will participate in a separate championship bracket by assigned classification. The following format will be used for playoff seeding sports in all classifications.
All State Playoff Qualification including Private School Bracket
To qualify for the State Playoffs schools are required to play a Region schedule and the minimum number of contests per sport listed below. All the Region Champions (1-16, host 1st Round game) are guaranteed a home contest and will be seeded by the school’s post season ranking formula total and all the remaining schools will be seeded strictly by the school’s post season ranking formula (after all the Region Champions are seeded).
GHSA Post Season Ranking Formula will contain:
Winning Percentage (WP) is calculated by taking a team’s weighted wins divided by the number of actual contests played.
- Home win equals 0.9, Away win equals 1.1, neutral site and non GHSA win equals 1.
- For sanctioned tournaments and play dates, if an opponent plays against the host at the host site, a home win equals 0.9 and an away win equals 1.1. All other contests, not involving the host, would be considered a neutral site and a win equals 1.
- All Region tournament contests will be considered a neutral site and a win equals 1.
Opponents’ Winning Percentage (OWP) – is calculated by taking the average of each the WP’s for each of the team’s opponents with the requirement that all contests against the team in question are removed from the equation.
Opponents’ Opponents’ Winning Percentage (OOWP) – is calculated by taking the average of each Opponent’s OWP. Note that the team in question is part of the team’s OOWP.
- MIS system would calculate the ranking using the evaluation formula for all classification team by sport.
- GHSA Post Season Ranking Formula will be published on the GHSA website for public viewing.
- GHSA Tiebreakers for equal ranking.
- Head-to-Head Result
- Highest PSR Winning Percentage
- Highest PSR OWP
- Highest PSR OOWP
- Coin Toss
GHSA Post Season Ranking Formula: (All Classifications)
PSRF = (WP*0.35) + (OWP * 0.35) + (OOWP * 0.30)
WP – Winning Percentage
OWP – Opponents’ Winning Percentage against all opponents
OOWP – Opponents’ Opponents’ Winning Percentage against all opponents
WP – is calculated by taking a team’s weighted wins divided by the number of actual contests it has played. Home win equals 0.9, Away win equals 1.1, neutral site and non GHSA opponents win is 1.
OWP – is calculated by taking the average of the WP’s for each of the team’s opponents with the requirement that all contests against the team in question are removed from the equation.
OOWP – is calculated by taking the average of each Opponent’s OWP. Note that the team in question is part of the team’s OOWP.
Examples:
Team A loses to Team B at home
Team A wins against Team B on the road Team A loses to Team C on the road Team A is 1 – 2
Team A loses a home game, wins an away game, and loses an away game.
WP = 1.1 (away win) / (1 (away game) + 1 (away game) + 1 (home game) = 0.366666
Team A has played Team B twice and Team B WP would be counted twice. Team A has played Team C once and Team C WP would be counted once.
OWP = (0/1 + 0/1 + 2/2) / 3 (number of opponents- Team B, Team B, Team C) OWP = 0.3333
OOWP = (Team B’s OWP + Teams B’s OWP + Team C’s OWP) / 3
OOWP = (0.000 + 0.000 + 0.500) / 3 = 0.1667
Team A’s PSRF = (WP * 0.25) + (OWP * 0.50) + (OOWP * 0.25) Team A’s PSRF = (0.36666 * 0.35) + (0.33333 * 0.35) + (0.16667 * 0.30) = 0.29500
Example - Bracket - 5 schools win the region and are guaranteed a home game or bye. The remaining seeds will be seeded strictly by the school’s post season ranking formula.
All Classification Brackets
|
#1 Seed - Region Champion (PSR #1) |
#17 Seed - PSR #16 #18 Seed - PSR #17 #19 Seed - PSR #19 #20 Seed - PSR #20 #21 Seed - PSR #21 #22 Seed - PSR #22 #23 Seed - PSR #23 #24 Seed - PSR #24 #25 Seed - PSR #25 #26 Seed - PSR #26 #27 Seed - PSR #27 #28 Seed - PSR #28 #29 Seed - PSR #29 #30 Seed - PSR #30 #31 Seed - PSR #31 #32 Seed - PSR #32 |
Example - Bracket - 6 schools win the region and are guaranteed a home game and will be seeded by the school’s post-season ranking formula total. The remaining seeds will be seeded strictly by the school’s post season ranking formula.
All Classification Brackets
|
#1 Seed - Region Champion (PSR #1) |
#17 Seed - PSR #16 #18 Seed - PSR #17 #19 Seed - PSR #18 #20 Seed - PSR #19 #21 Seed - PSR #20 #22 Seed - PSR #22 #23 Seed - PSR #23 #24 Seed - PSR #24 #25 Seed - PSR #25 #26 Seed - PSR #26 #27 Seed - PSR #27 |#28 Seed - PSR #28 #29 Seed - PSR #29 #30 Seed - PSR #30 #31 Seed - PSR #31 #32 Seed - PSR #32 |
The GHSA Office has built a platform in the MIS system that implements the following requirements:
- Every Class 1A - 7A, each school enters their schedule in the MIS system (Schedule will be locked before 1st game).
- Each school enters their teams schedule on the MIS platform for all contests; Contests against non GHSA member schools will be calculated using winning percentage only.
- All postponed contests should be rescheduled.
- Canceled contests will need approval from the GHSA office to reschedule a replacement opponent.
- Forfeited contests count in a school’s formula and the appropriate points should be applied (If a school chooses to accept the forfeited contest points, any additional scheduled game played will not be calculated into the school’s formula).
- However, if a school chooses to not accept the forfeited contest points, the additional “makeup” contest will be calculated into the school’s formula. The school must choose which option to accept before the makeup contest is played.
- All contests against GHSA member schools will be used to calculate the school’s PSRF regardless of classification. Schools will not earn additional points for playing schools in higher classifications.
- All member schools must enter their scores in the MIS system for the schedule entered in the system (scores will be locked after being submitted).
Sports Using the Postseason Ranking Formula (minimum number of contests to qualify)
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING |
| Football (9 games) | Basketball (22 games) | Baseball (20 games) |
| Softball (20 games) | Lacrosse (14 games) | |
| Volleyball (30 matches) | Soccer (14 games) | |
| Tennis (14 games) | ||
Sports with Separate Championships that do not use the Ranking Formula
A Qualifying Event Will Determine which Schools Advance to the State Playoffs/Tournament/Meet
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING |
| Competitive Cheerleading | Golf | |
| Track & Field |
Sports/Activities without Separate Championships and without using the Ranking Formula
| FALL | WINTER | SPRING |
| eSports | Competitive Dance | Bass Fishing |
| Flag Football | Game Day | eSports |
| One Act Play | Literary | Riflery |
| Swimming & Diving |