2024 Flag Football Week 8: Playoff Divisions Set; Brackets Later
San Diego Section playoffs will consist of four divisions/brackets of 12 teams each, to be chosen by a CIF committee. Only criteria given is that seeding is based on record and MaxPreps* ranking, and brackets will include all League champions. Brackets reveal is on Nov 6.
The top 4 seeds get a first-round bye, then meet the winner of the 4 lower seed games. D-II and D-IV start play Nov. 12, and D-I and D-III on Nov. 13. Home team will be the higher seed.
D-IV and D-II quarterfinals are Nov. 14, with DIII and D-I two days later. Semifinals are Nov.19, at the higher seeds and finals Nov. 23, all games at a single site, to be announced.
“The Top 10 Club” spots remain with state No. 3 Classical (18-4) and Mira Mesa (14-2) at the vertex. It welcomes Mission Hills (8-2) to replace Grossmont at No. 10. Brawley went 4-0 for the week but crept up only one to ninth. The movers are Cathedral (11-3), rising to fourth, and Our Lady of Peace (15-6) falling to No. 8, after a 1-2 week.
Complete season game schedules and results are here.
Top 10 San Diego Section teams, according to the MaxPreps ranking system*, as of Oct. 17:
| # / Previous | TEAM | RECORD | STATE RANK / Previous |
| 1 / 1 | Classical | 18 – 4 | 3 / 3 |
| 2 / 2 | Mira Mesa | 14 – 2 | 17 / 17 |
| 3 / 4 | Calexico Vincent Memorial | 11 – 1 | 19 / 33 |
| 4 / 7 | Cathedral | 11 – 3 | 30 / 43 |
| 5 / 5 | La Costa Canyon | 10 – 2 | 35 / 38 |
| 6 / 9 | Torrey Pines | 12 – 7 | 39 / 48 |
| 7 / 6 | Otay Ranch | 9 – 0 | 40 / 41 |
| 8 / 3 | Our Lady of Peace | 12 – 3 | 44 / 29 |
| 9 /10 | Brawley | 15 – 6 | 47 / 54 |
| 10 / — | Mission Hills | 8 – 2 | 59 / 46 |
Others in MaxPreps top 100: 60 Grossmont (9-4), 62 Bonita Vista (9-5), 66 Westview (10-2), 74 Poway (11-2), and 88 San Marcos (11-3)
* The entirely computer generated and proprietary MaxPreps.com ranking algorithm, based solely on wins and losses, plus the opponents strength of schedule, is described here.
Henrik Jonson, Webmaster