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3A Football Playoff Qualifications

Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary

3A Football

16-team OSAA bracket

  1. Automatic QualifiersFifteen 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

      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


  2. Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Saturday, October 28.

  3. At-Large QualifiersOne 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.

      At-Large #1 - Warrenton

  4. 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".