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6A Football Playoff Qualifications

Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary

6A Football

16-team 6A Championship bracket and 8-team 6A Columbia Cup bracket

  1. Automatic Qualifiers – Twelve teams automatically qualify for the OSAA’s 24 qualifying spots (Two brackets: 16-team 6A Championship bracket and 8-team 6A Columbia Cup) based on regular season and/or special district tournament play on or before Friday, October 31. Each league/special district determines how they will select their allotted playoff spot.

    PIL - 2; Metro - 2; Pacific - 2; Mt. Hood - 2; Three Rivers - 2; Special District 1 - 2

    PIL - Roosevelt, Lincoln
    Metro - Jesuit, Mountainside
    Pacific - Sherwood, Glencoe
    Mt. Hood - Nelson, Central Catholic
    Three Rivers - West Linn, Lake Oswego
    Special District 1 - Willamette, Grants Pass

  2. Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at the conclusion of all contests on Friday, October 31.

  3. At-Large Qualifiers – Twelve additional teams will qualify for the OSAA's 24 qualifying spots (Two brackets: 16-team 6A Championship bracket and 8-team 6A Columbia Cup bracket) based on the OSAA rankings. Once the rankings are frozen, the twelve next highest ranked teams not already an automatic special district qualifier will qualify as At-Large teams.

    At-Large #1 - Tualatin
    At-Large #2 - Lakeridge
    At-Large #3 - Newberg
    At-Large #4 - Sprague
    At-Large #5 - West Salem
    At-Large #6 - Sandy
    At-Large #7 - South Medford
    At-Large #8 - Clackamas
    At-Large #9 - North Salem
    At-Large #10 - Beaverton
    At-Large #11 - Liberty
    At-Large #12 - Oregon City

  4. Rankings – Once the 24 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA brackets according to OSAA Executive Board Policy "State Championships – Rankings".

    OSAA 16-team 6A Championship Bracket
    The six (6) league champions along with the next ten highest ranked teams from the 24 qualifying teams will make up the 16-team 6A Championship bracket.

    OSAA 8-team 6A Columbia Cup
    The remaining 8 qualifying teams will be placed on the 8-team 6A Columbia Cup bracket.