3A Football Playoff Qualifications
Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary
3A Football
16-team OSAA bracket
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Automatic Qualifiers – Fifteen teams automatically qualify
for the OSAA's 16-team bracket based on regular season and/or special district tournament play on
or before Saturday, October 28. Each special district determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots.
Special District 1 – 3; Special District 2 – 3; Special District 3 – 4; Mountain Valley Conference - 3; Special District 4 - 2
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Special District 1 - Banks, Kennedy, Yamhill-Carlton
Special District 2 - Dayton, Santiam Christian, Scio
Special District 3 - Cascade Christian, Lakeview, North Valley, South Umpqua
Mountain Valley Conference - Sisters, Elmira, Siuslaw
Special District 4 - Vale, Burns
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Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Saturday, October 28.
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At-Large Qualifiers – One additional team will qualify for the OSAA's 16-team
bracket based on the OSAA rankings. Once the rankings are frozen, the next highest ranked
team not already an automatic special district qualifier will qualify as the At-Large team.
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At-Large #1 - Warrenton
- Rankings – Once the 16 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Executive Board Policy "State Championships – Rankings".