1)      Automatic Qualifiers – 24 teams automatically qualify for the OSAA’s 32-team bracket based on regular season and/or district tournament play.  Each league determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots. 

a)      PIL – 4; Metro – 4; Mt. Hood – 4; Three Rivers – 4; Greater Valley – 4; Southwest – 4

PIL - TBD
Metro - TBD
Mt. Hood - TBD
Three Rivers - TBD
Greater Valley - TBD
Southwest - TBD

2)      Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Saturday, October 22. 

3)      At-Large Qualifiers – Four additional teams qualify for the OSAA’s 32-team bracket based on the OSAA rankings.

a)      Once the rankings are frozen, the four highest ranked teams not already an automatic league qualifier will qualify as At-Large teams.

At-Large #1 - TBD
At-Large #2 - TBD
At-Large #3 - TBD
At-Large #4 - TBD

4)      Play-In Model – Eight teams will qualify as Play-In teams based on the frozen OSAA rankings.

a)      Once the 24 automatic league qualifiers and the 4 At-Large teams are determined, the next eight highest ranked teams will compete in four Play-In contests on or before Tuesday, October 25. 

#8 @ #1 - TBD
#7 @ #2 - TBD
#6 @ #3 - TBD
#5 @ #4 - TBD

b)      The eight teams will be ranked 1-8 with the highest ranked team hosting the lowest ranked team.  Same league matchups will be avoided, if possible. When a matchup of two league opponents exist there will be ONE attempt to move the lower ranked team to avoid the match up. If this doesn't solve the problem then the matchup of the two opponents from the same league will take place.   Winners advance to the OSAA 32-team bracket.

5)      Rankings – Once the 32 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Board Policy “State Championships – Rankings” .

1)      Automatic Qualifiers – Eight teams automatically qualify for the OSAA’s 16-team bracket based on regular season and/or district tournament play.  Each league determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots. 

a)      Northwest Oregon – 2; Mid-Willamette - 2; Midwestern – 2; Intermountain – 1; Columbia River – 1

Northwest Oregon - TBD
Mid-Willamette - TBD
Midwestern - TBD
Intermountain - TBD
Columbia River - TBD

2)      Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Wednesday, October 26.

3)      Play-In Model – 16 teams will qualify as Play-In teams based on regular season and/or district tournament play.  Play-In contests will take place on or before Saturday, October 31.  Winners advance to the OSAA 16-team bracket.  The 5A Play-In matchups are as follows:

a)       North

Columbia River #3 @ Northwest Oregon #4 - TBD
Northwest Oregon #5 @ Intermountain #2 - TBD
Intermountain #3 @ Northwest Oregon #3 - TBD
Northwest Oregon #6 @ Columbia River #2 - TBD

b)       South

Midwestern #6 @ Mid-Willamette #3 - TBD
Mid-Willamette #5 @ Midwestern #4 - TBD
Midwestern #5 @ Mid-Willamette #4 - TBD
Mid-Willamette #6 @ Midwestern #3 - TBD

4)      Rankings – Once the 16 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Board Policy “State Championships – Rankings” . 

1)      Automatic Qualifiers – Eight teams, including the #1 team from the Cowapa, Tri-Valley, Oregon West, Sky-Em, Far West, Skyline and Greater Oregon leagues, along with the next highest ranked team between the #2’s from the aforementioned leagues, will automatically qualify for the first round of the OSAA 16-team bracket (Group A) based on regular season and/or district tournament play.  Each league determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots. 

A1 - TBD
A2 - TBD
A3 - TBD
A4 - TBD
A5 - TBD
A6 - TBD
A7 - TBD
A8 - TBD

2)      Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Tuesday, October 25. 

3)      Play-In Model – The #2 teams from the Cowapa, Tri-Valley, Oregon West, Sky-Em, Far West, Skyline and Greater Oregon, along with the #3 from the league that has two representatives in Group A (guaranteeing all leagues host a play-in game) and the highest remaining ranked #3 team, will be the eight home teams in the Play-In round (Group B).  This group will be placed into matchups based on their rankings (B1, B2, B3, etc.).  The #3 teams from the Cowapa, Tri-Valley, Oregon West, Sky-Em, Far West, and Skyline, along with the highest ranked non-automatic qualifiers, will travel in the Play-In round (Group C).  This group will be placed into the matchups based on their rankings (C1, C2, C3, etc.).  The matchups will take place on or before Saturday, October 29, and will be as follows: C8 @ B1, C7 @ B2, C6 @ B3, C5 @ B4, C4 @ B5, C3 @ B6, C2 @ B7, C1 @ B8.  OSAA's same league matchup policy will be utilized in determining opponents for play-in contests. Winners advance to the OSAA 16-team bracket.  

Q:  If the Cowapa League #2 qualifies into Group A, who fills their spot in Group B?

A:  The Cowapa #3 would then be moved to Group B to ensure that each league hosts a play-in game. 

Q:   Who are the non-automatic qualifiers?

A:    #4, #5, and #6 from the Cowapa, Tri-Valley, Oregon West, Sky-Em, Far West, Skyline, and the #3 and #4 from the Greater Oregon.

C8 @ B1 - TBD
C7 @ B2 - TBD
C6 @ B3 - TBD
C5 @ B4 - TBD
C4 @ B5 - TBD
C3 @ B6 - TBD
C2 @ B7 - TBD
C1 @ B8 - TBD

4)      Rankings – Once the 16 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Board Policy “State Championships – Rankings” .

1)      Automatic Qualifiers – Ten teams automatically qualify for the OSAA’s 12-team bracket based on Special District (SD) and/or district tournament play on or before Saturday, October 31.  Each Special District determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots.  

a)      Special District 1 - TBD; Special District 2 - TBD; Special District 3 - TBD; Special District 4 - TBD; Special District 5 - TBD (Will be adopted by the Executive Board at its 9/12/16 meeting) 

Special District 1 - TBD
Special District 2 - TBD
Special District 3 - TBD
Special District 4 - TBD
Special District 5 - TBD

2)      Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Saturday, October 29. 

3)      At-Large Qualifiers – Two additional teams will qualify for the OSAA’s 12-team bracket based on the OSAA rankings.

a)       Once the rankings are frozen, the two highest ranked teams not already automatic league qualifiers will qualify as the At-Large teams.

At-Large #1 - TBD
At-Large #2 - TBD

4)      Rankings – Once the 12 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Board Policy “State Championships – Rankings” .