(10-15-23) Joe Eitel Ohio High School football playoff rankings for week 9 are already out. Next weekend the final 16 for each region will be in place.

Here is a quick look at how the Stateline area schools size up with one week to go.

IN=clinched playoff spot, OUT= mathematically eliminated

Controls own destiny=needs to win Needs help=needs other teams to lose

(Ranking, School, Record and Region)

D III

IN

  • #2 Celina (8-1) Region 12
  • #6 Wapakoneta (7-2) Region 12
  • #13 Elida (5-4) Region 12
  • #9 Defiance (6-3) Region 10

OUT

  • #27 (tie) Shawnee (0-9) Region 12

D IV

IN

  • #6 Van Wert (6-3) Region 14
  • #11 St. Mary (5-4) Region 14

Controls own destiny

  • #15 Bath (4-5) Region 14

OUT

  • #19 Kenton (2-7) Region 14

D V

IN

  • #5 Coldwater (9-0) Region 18

Needs help

  • #13 Spencerville (3-6) Region 18
  • #23 Ottawa-Glandorf (1-8) Region 18

D VI

IN

  • #2 Versailles (7-2) Region 24
  • #7 Anna (4-5) Region 24

Controls own destiny

  • #12 Parkway (2-7) Region 24

D VII

IN

  • #2 Marion Local (9-0) Region 28
  • #4 Minster (8-1) Region 28
  • #6 Waynesfield-Goshen (9-0) Region 26
  • #8 Lima Central Catholic (5-3) Region 26
  • #11 Ft. Loramie 5-4 Region 28

Controls own destiny

  • #14 St.Henry (2-7) Region 28
  • #15 New Bremen (3-6) Region 28

  • #15 Crestview (6-3) Region 26

OUT

  • #18 Ft. Recovery (1-8) Region 28

  • #19 Delphos St. John’s (4-5) Region 26

COMPLETE: WEEK 9 Joe Eitel Rankings

Did you know…

In Indiana every school, regardless of record, is included in the football playoffs. Everybody plays nine regular season games and one guaranteed playoff game.

However…Indiana does not do any seeding..NONE…NADA.

So how do they decide the playoff sectional brackets….

About the Draw
To conduct the random drawing for the football state tournament, the IHSAA places ping-pong balls representing each school in each sectional into a lottery-style air mix machine. A fan in the bottom of the machine blows the balls around the inside of the transparent container and air then forces each ball up through a tube in random order. For example, the first ball retrieved from the machine will be the visiting team in game one with the second ball representing the home team in game one. The third ball to come out is the visitor in game two and the fourth ball the home team in game two. That same method is followed through all 48 sectionals. In seven-team sectionals, the seventh team drawn receives the bye and an automatic road game in the semifinal round.

Determining Home Team
First Round: The second-named team in the blind draw is host school unless the two teams agree to switch the site.

Indiana has six classifications…. By Class: 32 in 6A: 31 in 5A; 64 in 4A; 64 in 3A; 62 in 2A; 58 in 1A.