6A Volleyball Playoff Qualifications
Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary 6A Volleyball
32-team OSAA bracket
1)
Automatic Qualifiers – Twenty-four teams automatically qualify for the OSAA’s 32-team bracket based
on regular season and/or district tournament play. Each league determines how they will select
their allotted playoff spots.
a)
PIL – 4; Metro – 4;
Mt. Hood – 4; Three Rivers – 4; Greater Valley – 4; Southwest – 4
PIL - Lincoln, Wilson, Grant, Cleveland
Metro - Southridge, Jesuit, Glencoe, Sunset
Mt. Hood - Central Catholic, Clackamas, Oregon City, Barlow
Three Rivers - West Linn, Canby, Lake Oswego, Lakeridge
Greater Valley - Sprague, South Salem, West Albany, McNary
Southwest - Sheldon, North Medford, Roseburg, Willamette
2)
Rankings Freeze Date – The
rankings will freeze at 10pm on Thursday, October 19.
3)
At-Large Qualifiers – Four additional teams qualify for the OSAA’s 32-team bracket based on
the OSAA rankings.
a)
Once the rankings are frozen, the four highest
ranked teams not already an automatic league qualifier will qualify as At-Large
teams.
At-Large #1 - Liberty
At-Large #2 - McMinnville
At-Large #3 - Westview
At-Large #4 - Aloha
4)
Play-In Model – Eight
teams will qualify as Play-In teams based on the frozen OSAA rankings.
a)
Once the twentyfour automatic
league qualifiers and the four At-Large teams are determined, the next eight
highest ranked teams will compete in four Play-In contests on Saturday, October
21 or before Monday, October 23.
b)
The eight teams will be ranked 1-8 with the
highest ranked team hosting the lowest ranked team. Same league matchups
will be avoided, if possible. When a matchup of two league opponents exist, there
will be ONE attempt to move the lower ranked team to avoid the match up. If this
doesn't solve the problem then the matchup of the two opponents from the same
league will take place. Winners
advance to the OSAA 32-team bracket.
#8 @ #1 - Tigard @ West Salem
#7 @ #2 - Gresham @ Tualatin
#6 @ #3 - David Douglas @ Grants Pass
#5 @ #4 - Beaverton @ South Eugene
5)
Rankings – Once the 32
qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on
the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Board Policy “State Championships – Rankings.”
