This will be our final bracketology update for girls basketball this season as 3A, 2A and 1A have all frozen their rankings and 6A comes this weekend.
For this exercise, we went through the OSAA Playoff Qualifications page to get the rules and laid out which teams are currently in position for automatic bids, at-larges and the teams who are close to those at-large bids.
League standings were determined by league winning percentage. Ties were broken first by any available head-to-head matchups, then by OSAA rank if head-to-head didn’t solve the tie.
Rankings officially froze on Feb. 21 for 3A, 2A and 1A, and will be followed by 6A on Feb. 28 and 5A and 4A on March 4. You can check out the small-school brackets by clicking here.
Check out the current projections for all six classifications as of 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 24 down below!
6A
Automatic bids (3 per league)
PIL: Benson, Grant, Lincoln
Metro: Jesuit, Southridge, Beaverton
Pacific: Sherwood, Century, McMinnville
Mt. Hood: Nelson, Clackamas, Barlow
Three Rivers: Tualatin, West Linn, Oregon City
Central Valley: West Salem, South Salem, Sprague
Southwest: South Medford, Grants Pass, Sheldon
At-large (11)
Lakeridge
Lake Oswego
Mountainside
Central Catholic
Cleveland
Ida B. Wells
Roseburg
Newberg
Jefferson
Westview
Forest Grove
Next five out: McNary, St. Mary’s Academy, Tigard, Glencoe, Franklin
The bracket
No. 32 Forest Grove at No. 1 Tualatin
No. 17 Lakeridge at No. 16 Grants Pass
No. 25 Sprague at No. 8 Nelson
No. 24 Central Catholic at No. 9 West Salem
No. 28 Roseburg at No. 5 Jesuit
No. 21 Mountainside at No. 12 Sheldon
No. 20 Lake Oswego at No. 13 Clackamas
No. 29 Newberg at No. 4 South Medford
No. 30 Westview at No. 3 Benson
No. 19 McMinnville at No. 14 Beaverton
No. 22 Grant at No. 11 Oregon City
No. 27 Ida B. Wells at No. 6 South Salem
No. 26 Cleveland at No. 7 Sherwood
No. 23 Lincoln at No. 10 Southridge
No. 18 Barlow at No. 15 Century
No. 31 Jefferson at No. 2 West Linn
- Swapped Jefferson and Westview to avoid Jefferson-Benson league matchup
5A
Automatic bids
NWOC (4): Wilsonville, La Salle Prep, Canby, Putnam
Midwestern (3): Springfield, Crater, Eagle Point
Mid-Willamette (4): West Albany, Silverton, South Albany, Lebanon
Intermountain (3): Redmond, Crook County, Bend
At-large (2)
Summit
Caldera
Next five out: North Eugene, Crescent Valley, Thurston, Mountain View, Corvallis
The bracket
No. 16 Putnam at No. 1 Redmond
No. 9 Summit at No. 8 Wilsonville
No. 12 Bend at No. 5 West Albany
No. 13 Eagle Point at No. 4 South Albany
No. 14 Canby at No. 3 Crater
No. 11 Lebanon at No. 6 Crook County
No. 10 La Salle Prep at No. 7 Silverton
No. 15 Caldera at No. 2 Springfield
- Swapped Bend and Lebanon to avoid Bend-Crook County and Lebanon-West Albany league matchups
4A
Automatic bids (2 per league)
Cowapa: St. Helens, Seaside
Tri-Valley: Molalla, Madras
Oregon West: Stayton, Cascade
Sky Em: Marist Catholic, North Bend
Skyline: Henley, Mazama
Greater Oregon: Baker, La Grande
At-large (four highest ranked third place teams)
Philomath
Tillamook
Pendleton
Cottage Grove
Next two out: The Dalles, Klamath Union
The bracket
No. 16 Mazama at No. 1 Stayton
No. 9 Philomath at No. 8 Molalla
No. 12 Tillamook at No. 5 Henley
No. 13 Madras at No. 4 Marist Catholic
No. 14 Pendleton at No. 3 Seaside
No. 11 La Grande at No. 6 St. Helens
No. 10 North Bend at No. 7 Cascade
No. 15 Cottage Grove at No. 2 Baker
- Moved Molalla from No. 13 to 8 as current league leader
