Oregon School Activities Association
OnPoint Community Credit Union

3A Football Playoff Qualifications

Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary

3A Football

16-team OSAA bracket

  1. Automatic Qualifiers – Twelve teams automatically qualify for the OSAA's 16-team bracket based on regular season and/or special district tournament play on or before Saturday, November 2. Each special district determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots.

    Special District 1 – 2; Special District 2 – 2; Special District 3 – 2; Special District 4 - 2; Special District 5 - 2; Special District 6 - 2

    Special District 1 - Banks, Yamhill-Carlton
    Special District 2 - Santiam Christian, Taft
    Special District 3 - Cottage Grove, Sisters
    Special District 4 - Siuslaw/Mapleton, Sutherlin
    Special District 5 - Cascade Christian, North Valley
    Special District 6 - Vale, Burns

  2. Rankings Freeze – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Saturday, November 2.

  3. At-Large Qualifiers – Four additional teams will qualify for the OSAA's 16-team bracket based on the OSAA rankings. Once the rankings are frozen, the four highest ranked teams not already an automatic special district qualifier will qualify as At-Large teams.

    At-Large #1 - South Umpqua
    At-Large #2 - Kennedy
    At-Large #3 - Dayton
    At-Large #4 - Coquille

  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".