Football Playoff Projections

Three weeks into the regular season, we’re starting to get a feel for which teams have legitimate thoughts of reaching the football playoffs in November.   Colorado Preps provides our current list of teams that in our mind will advance to the playoffs in each class.  Choices are subject to change of course as we’ll provide updates two or three more times during the regular season.

16 qualifiers will advance in classes six man through 3A with 24 making up the bracket in Classes 4A and 5A.  League champions earn automatic bids with the remaining berths determined by RPI.  Please note that the Metro 1 and 2 leagues in Class 5A can only advance their conference champion with the same setup in the 4A I-25.

SIX MAN

1. Arickaree/Woodlin
2. Briggsdale
3. Cheraw
4. Cheyenne Wells
5. Eads
6. Fleming
7. Genoa Hugo
8. Granada
9. Idalia
10. Kim/Branson
11. Mountain Valley
12. Otis
13. Peetz
14. Prairie
15. Sierra Grande
16. Stratton

EIGHT MAN

1. Akron
2. Calhan
3. Dayspring Christian
4. Dove Creek
5. Fowler
6. Front Range Christian
7. Haxtun
8. Hoehne
9. Holly
10. Mancos
11. Merino
12. Sanford
13. Sedgwick County
14. Simla
15. Swink
16. Vail Christian

CLASS 1A

1. Bennett
2. Buena Vista
3. Centauri
4. Flatirons Academy
5. Florence
6. Highland
7. Holyoke
8. Limon
9. Meeker
10. Monte Vista
11. North Fork
12. Peyton
13. Strasburg
14. Wiggins
15. Wray
16. Yuma

CLASS 2A

1. Alamosa
2. Basalt
3. Bayfield
4. Brush
5. Classical Academy
6. Delta
7. Eaton
8. Elizabeth
9. Faith Christian
10. Kent Denver
11. Moffat County
12. Platte Valley
13. Resurrection Christian
14. Rifle
15. Severance
16. University

CLASS 3A

1. Discovery Canyon
2. Durango
3. Eagle Valley
4. Evergreen
5. Fort Morgan
6. Frederick
7. George Washington
8. Glenwood Springs
9. Holy Family
10. Lutheran
11. Mead
12. Palisade
13. Pueblo East
14. Pueblo South
15. Roosevelt
16. Thomas Jefferson

CLASS 4A

1. Air Academy
2. Bear Creek
3. Broomfield
4. Chatfield
5. Dakota Ridge
6. Denver South
7. Erie
8. Falcon
9. Fountain Fort Carson
10. Fruita Monument
11. Golden
12. Longmont
13. Loveland
14. Montrose
15. Palmer Ridge
16. Pine Creek
17. Ponderosa
18. Pueblo West
19. Silver Creek
20. Skyline
21. Standley Lake
22. Vista Peak
23. Vista Ridge
24. Windsor

CLASS 5A

1. Arapahoe
2. Arvada West
3. Castle View
4. Chaparral
5. Cherokee Trail
6. Cherry Creek
7. Columbine
8. Douglas County
9. Fairview
10. Far Northeast
11. Fort Collins
12. Grandview
13. Lakewood
14. Legend
15. Mountain Vista
16. Mullen
17. Pomona
18. Poudre
19. Ralston Valley
20. Regis
21. Rock Canyon
22. Smoky Hill
23. ThunderRidge
24. Valor Christian