Gregory has replaced Canistota at the top of the rankings since the season started, but those same Hawks along with Warner and Castlewood continue to take top votes away from the Gorillas. 14 seed in the current standings.įive different programs received first-place votes in the preseason, and four weeks hasn’t done much to iron out the conflicting opinions. 1 in Class 9A Canistota.Ī difficult schedule has the class’s two-time defending champions from Platte-Geddes at 1-2, but the Black Panthers would still be included in the playoff field as the No. Right behind them is Viborg-Hurley, also 3-1 with a win over then-No. 9 seed if the postseason started this week. The Trojans are a top-five team according to the media but would be forced to play on the road as the No.
The largest discrepancy between the media rankings and seed point hierarchy is with respect to Parkston. The Elks have not received much attention in the media poll to date but stand as Class 9AA’s No. Hanson, the only one-loss member of the group, is tied with the team it lost to, Howard.īut perhaps the most interesting case is that of Elkton-Lake Benton. 17 Groton Area, but there’s likely to be plenty of shuffling along that line, as seven teams - nearly one-fourth of the 29-team class - sit within one seed point on either side of 40.Ī three-way tie for fourth in the midseason seed-point race means all five remaining undefeated programs in the class are included in the top five of the standings. The number of undefeateds will be steadily clipped over the coming weeks, as many of those programs are set to face off with one another before the postseason.Īs it stands, the postseason cutoff would occur between two teams tied at 40 seed points, with No. 10.ĮPJ - ranked third but sixth in seed points - owns perhaps the most impressive collection of results to date, as the Huskies have won all three of their games without allowing a single point (155-0). Thomas More, Elk Point-Jefferson and Bridgewater-Emery/Ethan - all check in with records of 3-0 or 4-0 after Sept. However, several strong contenders are in a hotly contested race with the Warriors near the top, as the top seven programs - Aberdeen Roncalli, McCook Central/Montrose, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, Winner, St. Here’s a class-by-class look at the midseason standings (Note: The 11AAA, 11AA and 11A classes will be broken down in a future edition of the South Dakota Gridiron Report.):ĭespite not holding the top spot in terms of seed points halfway through the season, Class 11B still appears to run through Winner, which has won its four games to date by a combined score of 184-32. This fundamental difference is what can result in significant disparities in a team’s place in each ranking model, though the ways in which the rankings vary often change from class to class. By contrast, the seed-point standings are calculated using every team’s results (win or loss) from each game on their schedule and weighted based on each opponent’s winning percentage, providing a more objective evaluation. This includes a focus on how the South Dakota Prep Media polls have evolved over the course of the past month and how the media rankings compare to the seed-point standings, which ultimately decide the playoff seeding.Īs the name suggests, the media rankings are done by at-will voting among South Dakota media members and are subjective measures of where teams stand. In this Gridiron Report, the Mitchell Republic takes a look at how programs across four classes have started their seasons. 14, but with most programs having four games under their belts, there are teams that have begun to separate themselves and those that have room to climb in the second half of the schedule. Much can change in the month before the regular season concludes on Oct. MITCHELL - Less than two weeks have gone by in September, but the midway point of the regular season is upon the vast majority of football programs among the ranks of the three nine-man divisions and Class 11B.
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