[Hambley]

One thing that has been an issue the last few years is the difficulty in finding games at Pikeville. Now with this RPI system it’s gonna make scheduling more difficult. If anything it hurt Class 1A elite programs.

[Iam4thecats]

1a
Record vs top 7000
KCD 0-0 vs Crittenden 0-2
Holy Cross lou 1-2 vs NCC 1-2
Pikeville 8-0 vs Nicholas 0-1
Paintsville 5-3 vs Williamsburg 0-2

[Iam4thecats]

3a
Record vs top 7000
Tilghman 3-3 vs Taylor 1-2
Desales 6-3 vs Bardstown 3-2
Bell 5-0 vs Fleming 1-2
Belfry 2-3 vs Ashland 9-2

[Iam4thecats]

4a
Record vs top 7000
Madisonville 2-3 vs Franklin-S 0-4
Central 5-5 vs Moore 1-3
Boyle 9-0 vs Scott 0-3
Johnson C 7-0 vs Wayne 7-1

[MayfieldCardinal]

One thing that has been an issue the last few years is the difficulty in finding games at Pikeville. Now with this RPI system it’s gonna make scheduling more difficult. If anything it hurt Class 1A elite programs.

This, the system will surely be tweaked to account for this. As a Mayfield fam is worries me too in 2A

[Iam4thecats]

6a
Record vs top 3500
Male 6-0 vs X 4-4
North Hardin 3-0 vs McCracken2-2
Trinity 8-2 vs Oldham 0-3
Tates Creek 0-3 vs Simon Kenton 0-4

[jetpilot]

That's unnecessarily rude.

It certainly wasn't intentional Walt. Life is hard enough and the last thing I would want to do is hurt anyone's feelings about 2A or any other class.

[T-CATS]

3a
Record vs top 7000
Tilghman 3-3 vs Taylor 1-2
Desales 6-3 vs Bardstown 3-2
Bell 5-0 vs Fleming 1-2
Belfry 2-3 vs Ashland 9-2

Looks like Ashland has on paper played the best schedule in 3A.

[nemo]

Updated 1A opponents alive in the playoffs:

5 - Pikeville: 3A Bardstown, 3A Belfry, 1A Paintsville, WV-2A Mingo Central and VA-AA Ridgeview.
3 - Paintsville: 2A Beechwood, 1A Pikeville and VA 2A Appalachia/Powell Valley Union.
3 - Lou. Holy Cross: 4A Moore, 3A Paducah Tilghman and 2A Walton-Verona.
2 - Newport Cent. Cath.: 2A Beechwood and 2A Walton-Verona.
0 - 3 Teams: Ky. Country Day, Crittenden County and Nicholas Co..

[nemo]

Updated 2A opponents alive in the playoffs:

4 - Beechwood: 5A Cov. Cath., 2A Somerset, 1A Paintsville and 1A Newport Cent. Cath.
3 - Mayfield: 6A McCracken Co., 3A Paducah Tilghman and TN DII-AA Lausanne Collegiate.
2 - Somerset: 2A Beechwood and 1A Williamsburg.
2 - Walton-Verona: 1A Newport Cent. Cath. and Lou. Holy Cross.
0 - 4 teams: Breathitt Co., West Carter, McLean Co. and Edmonson Co.

[nemo]

Updated 3A opponents alive in the Playoffs:

4 - Paducah Tilghman: 6A McCracken Co., 3A De Sales, 2A Mayfield and 1A Lou. Holy Cross.
3 - Belfry: 5A Southwestern, 4A Johnson Central and 1A Pikeville.
2 - Ashland: WV-AAA George Washington and OH-Div. V Ironton.
2 - De Sales: 6A St. Xavier and 3A Paducah Tilghman.
1 - Bardstown: 1A Pikeville.
1 - Taylor Co.: 6A Simon Kenton.
0 - 2 teams: Bell Co. and Fleming Co.

[nemo]

Updated 4A opponents alive in the playoffs:

2 - Johnson Central: 6A Simon Kenton and WV-AAA Capital.
1 - Boyle Co.: 5A Madison Southern.
1 - Wayne Co.: 5A Southwestern.
1 - Lou. Central: 6A St. Xavier.
1 - Madisonville-North Hopkins: 2A Mayfield
1 - Moore: Lou. Holy Cross.
0 - 2 teams: Scott and Franklin-Simpson.

[nemo]

Updated 5A opponents alive in the playoffs:

3 - Bowling Green: 6A Trinity, 6A St. Xavier and 6A McCracken Co.
2 - Cov. Cath.: 2A Beechwood and OH-Div. II Cincinnati La Salle.
2 - Madison Southern: 6A Tates Creek and 4A Boyle County.
1 - Frederick Douglass: 6A Tates Creek.
1 - Southwestern: 5A Madison Southern.
0 - 3 teams: South Oldham, Owensboro and Fairdale.

[nemo]

Updated 6A opponents alive in the playoffs:

5 - St. Xavier: 6A Male, 6A Trinity, 5A Bowling Green, 4A Lou. Central and 3A De Sales.
4 - Trinity: 6A Male, 6A St. Xavier, 5A Bowling Green and IN-6A Carmel.
4 - McCracken County: 5A Bowling Green, 3A Paducah Tilghman, 2A Mayfield and TN-DI-5A Dyer Co..
3 - Tates Creek: 6A North Hardin, 5A Frederick Douglass and 5A Madison Southern.
2 - Male: 6A Trinity and 6A St. Xavier.
2 - Simon Kenton: 4A Johnson Central and 3A Taylor Co..
1 - North Hardin: 6A Tates Creek.
0 - 1 team: Oldham Co..

[nemo]

Another way to look at this is calpreps’ strength of schedule ranking numbers. I thought this was … interesting?

How important is schedule strength in predicting playoff success? A lot? Some? Little? None? Any surprises?

Playoff teams top 25 SoS (combined classes):
1. 26.5 Trinity
2. 26.2 St. Xavier
3. 18.8 Cov Cath
4. 18.3 Male
5. 13.8 Ashland
6. 13.2 Central
7. 12.7 Simon Kenton
8. 10.9 Bowling Green
9. 9.8 North Hardin
10. 9.3 Boyle County
11. 9.2 Somerset
12. 9.0 McCracken Co.
13. 8.9 Southwestern
14. 7.6 Tates Creek
15. 6.9 Johnson Central
16. 6.8 De Sales
17. 6.5 Wayne Co.
18. 6.1 Beechwood
19. 5.9 Madison Southern
20. 5.3 Oldham Co.
21. 2.9 Pikeville
22. 0.8 Frederick Douglass
23. -0.5 Paintsville
24. -1.1 Mayfield
25. -2.2 Paducah Tilghman

[Don’t shoot the messenger, these are copied from the website and based on SoS of all 14K+ teams nationwide in the database.]