NIUAlum2002: Districting schedule counter proposal
Make sure to check out this in depth and details plan from EDGY Free Football Board poster NIUAlum2002 in addressing a potential IHSA Football districting scheduling.
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Q: How would you fix/correct the IHSA Football Districting scheduling
So this is the VERY detailed plan of how I would suggest creating a district model in Illinois.
Part 1
Points of Consideration:
#1 Private School Considerations: 4 all-private districts of 6 schools will be formed descending from 8A to 5A. This setup will allow for traditional private school rivalries to continue. Optional district adjustments such as a promotion/relegation component for districts will be available at the discretion of the private schools every two years in district assignments. District assignments every 2 years will be left exclusively to the private schools and not to the IHSA. Private schools in this case are assumed to be only those in the Chicagoland area. Schools not placed in these special 8A-5A class designations will qualify for districts like any other school.
#2 CPS Considerations: CPS-only districts in classes 6A, 5A, 4A, and 2A will be formed. CPS schools are not currently eligible for Class 8A and 7A of the IHSA playoffs based on lack of historical success in the IHSA playoffs. Optional district adjustments such as a promotion/relegation component for districts will be available at the discretion of the CPS every two years in district assignments. District assignments every 2 years will be left exclusively to the CPS and not to the IHSA. If the CPS deems that there are not enough competitive CPS schools to fill out the playoff field in any class, 5th place schools from other districts in that class will fill out the playoff field. This determination of playoff-eligibility for CPS schools will be made by the CPS prior to the beginning of the season. Regarding CPS historical playoff qualification, 20 schools from the CPS qualified for the IHSA Playoffs in 2018, and 20 qualify under this revised structure as well.
#3 Conference Considerations: Previous conference arrangements will be considered under this proposal. When possible, previous conference affiliations and likely regional rivalries will be used to keep these familiar conference and regional schools together. This will allow for traditional rivalries to continue to take place.
#4 Travel Considerations: Travel of 50 miles or more will factor into district assignments and may adjust schools up or down a class assignment based on distance.
#5 Rigor of 8A: 8A schools will be recognized for the rigor of their districts and thus fewer teams will be assigned to this class.
#6 Competitive Balance: Minor adjustments to class assignments will be made to ensure competitive balance and to keep as many current conferences together as possible. In most cases, this will only result in a difference of one class higher or lower than what that school’s enrollment would dictate in terms of class assignment.
#7 Number of teams in 4A-1A as compared to 8A-5A: Districts in classes 4A-1A will be slightly larger in total number or schools as compared to the districts in classes 8A-5A.
#8 Fluctuation in number of teams offering football: If the number of football playing schools drops below 514, then reduction of teams per class will occur in the classes of 4A-1A first before moving to the classes of 7A-5A. If the number of football playing schools rises above 514, then additional schools will be added to the classes of 7A-5A first before moving to class 8A. In all cases, the classes of 4A-1A will not see an increase in the number of teams participating in their classes.
#9 Requests to opt up in class: Requests to opt up in class will be honored if appropriate district switches can be made with another school.
#10 Crossover Games: Crossover games will be used when necessary for scheduling purposes, but won’t count for district standings.
#11 Nine Team District Scheduling: If a 9 team district is required, these can be scheduled with a crossover game against another 9 team district resulting in a closed schedule with no need for non-district games, or a 7 game schedule by only playing 6 of 8 district teams and using tiebreakers as determined by the IHSA to choose the Top 4 playoff teams. 9 team districts unable to fill out their schedule with a non-district game team district will simply receive a bye for their off-week.
#12 Ten Team District Scheduling: 10 team districts can be scheduled to play a 9 game closed schedule with no need for non-district games, or a 7 game schedule with teams only playing 7 of 9 district teams and using tiebreakers as determined by the IHSA to choose the Top 4 playoff teams.
#13 Tiebreaker Situations: The IHSA shall develop a tiebreaker procedure for playoff qualification and seeding purposes when applicable.
#14 Success Factor and Multiplier: The previously implemented success factor and multiplier will be eliminated due to this new districting format.
#15 District Assignments: Districts will be reassessed and modified every two years based off of the previously listed factors and others if necessary.
Part 2
The Districts (8A-5A)
8A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (48 total schools, 7 public districts of 6 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
Private District #1 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-
Loyola-Brother Rice-Mt. Carmel-St. Rita-Marist-Niles Notre Dame
Public District #1 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Lincoln-Way East-Homewood Flossmoor-Bolingbrook-Sandburg-Lockport-Minooka
Public District #2 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-West Aurora-Neuqua Valley-Waubonsie Valley-Metea Valley-Naperville Central-Naperville North
Public District #3 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Oswego-Oswego East -Plainfield South-Plainfield North-Plainfield East-Plainfield Central
Public District #4 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Barrington-Palatine-Fremd-Conant-Prospect-Schaumburg
Public District #5 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Huntley-South Elgin-Bartlett-Lake Park-St. Charles East-St. Charles North
Public District #6 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Glenbard West-York-Hinsdale Central-Lyons-Downers South-Oak Park River Forest
Public District #7 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Stevenson-New Trier-Glenbrook South-Warren-Evanston-Maine South
7A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (62 schools, 7 public districts of 8 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
Private District #2 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Benet-Providence-Carmel-Fenwick-St. Patrick-St. Ignatius
Public District #1 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-East St. Louis-Edwardsville-Belleville East-Belleville West-Alton-O’Fallon-Granite City-Collinsville
Public District #2 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Machesney Park Harlem-Rockton Hononegah-Rockford East-Rockford Auburn-Rockford Jefferson-Rockford Guilford-Rockford Boylan-Belvidere North
Public District #3 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-DeKalb-Streamwood-Larkin-Elgin-Batavia-Geneva-West Chicago-East Aurora
Public District #4 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Wheaton Warrenville South-Wheaton North-Glenbard North-Glenbard East-Leyden-Morton-Proviso East-Proviso West
Public District #5 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Addison Trail-Willowbrook-Downers North-Hinsdale South-Maine East-Maine West-Niles West-Niles North
Public District #6 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Jacobs-Dundee-Crown-McHenry-Zion-Benton-Waukegan-Mundelein-Highland Park-Glenbrook North
Public District #7 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Lincoln-Way Central-Lincoln-Way West-Andrew-Stagg-Romeoville-Bloom-Joliet West-Joliet Central
6A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (62 schools, 6 public districts of 8 schools, 1 CPS districts of 8 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
Private District #3 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Nazareth-Joliet Catholic-Montini-Marmion-St. Viator-Marian Woodstock
CPS District #1 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Lane-Taft-Curie-Simeon-Hubbard-Lincoln Park-Kenwood-Phillips
Public District #1 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Moline-Rock Island-East Moline-Galesburg-Yorkville-Sycamore-Hampshire-Kaneland
Public District #2 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Pekin-Washington-Normal Community-Normal West-Bloomington-Champaign Centennial-Champaign Central-Danville
Public District #3 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Thornton-Thornwood-T.F. North-T.F. South-Lemont-Oak Forest-Crete-Monee-Bradley-Bourbonnais
Public District #4 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Buffalo Grove-Rolling Meadows-Hersey-Wheeling-Elk Grove Village-Hoffman Estates -Fenton-Maine East
Public District #5 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Antioch-Lakes-Grayslake North-Grayslake Central-Libertyville-Lake Forest-Vernon Hills-Deerfield
Public District #6 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Cary Grove-Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge-Crystal Lake South-Crystal Lake Central-Lake Zurich-Wauconda-Grant-Round Lake
5A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (62 schools, 6 public districts of 8 schools, 1 CPS district of 8 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
Private District #4 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-St. Laurence-De LaSalle-Marian Chicago Heights-St. Francis-Bishop Mac-Immaculate Conception
CPS District #2 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Morgan Park-Raby-Westinghouse-Solorio-Perspectives-Payton-Urban Prep Bronzeville-Back of the Yards
Public District #1 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Rich Central-Rich South-Rich East-Thornridge-Bremen-Tinley Park-Hillcrest-Evergreen Park
Public District #2 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Morris-Ottawa-LaSalle-Peru-Streator-Rochelle-Sterling-Dixon-Geneseo
Public District #3 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Belvidere-Freeport-Burlington Central-Woodstock-Woodstock North-Elmwood Park-Ridgewood-Glenbard South
Public District #4 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Kankakee-Rantoul-Mahomet-Seymour-Urbana-Mattoon-Charleston-Decatur Eisenhower-Decatur McArthur
Public District #5 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Quincy-Jacksonville-Sacred Heart-Griffin-Rochester-Chatham Glenwood-Springfield-Springfield Southeast-Springfield Lamphier
Public District #6 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Centralia-Mt. Vernon-Troy Triad-Mascotutah-Highland-Cahokia-Carbondale-Marion
Part 3
The Districts (4A-1A)
4A PROPOSED DISTRICTS (68 schools, 6 public districts of 8 schools, 2 CPS districts of 10 schools)
CPS District #3 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Von Steuben-Brooks-CVS-Clark-Amundsen-Mather-Lindblom-Schurz-Phoenix-Washington
CPS District #4 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Steinmetz-Senn-Lake View-Hyde Park-King-Sullivan-North Lawndale Charter-Clemente-Agricultural Science-Dunbar
Public District #1 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Jerseyville Jersey-Bethalto Civic Memorial-Belleville Althoff-Columbia-Waterloo-Freeburg-Breese Central-Breese Mater Dei
Public District #2 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-North Chicago-Harvard-Marengo-Richmond-Burton-Genoa-Kingston-Johnsburg-Stillman Valley-Rock Falls
Public District #3 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Plano-Sandwich-Coal City-Manteno-Wilmington-Reed-Custer-Peotone-Herscher
Public District #4 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Mendota-Pontiac-Fairbury Prairie-Central-Paxton Buckley-Loda-Chillicothe Illinois Valley Central-Dunlap-Metamora-Morton
Public District #5 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Peoria Notre Dame-Peoria Manual-Peoria-Peoria Richwoods-East Peoria-Bartonville Limestone-Canton-Clinton
Public District #6 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Mt. Zion-Taylorville-Olney (Richland County)-Effingham-Herrin-Murphysboro-Salem-Carterville
3A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (70 schools, 5 public districts of 8 schools, 3 public districts of 10 schools)
Public District #1 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Carlinville-Pana-Vandalia-Greenville-Staunton-Gillespie-Hillsboro-Roxana-Piasa Southwestern-Litchfield
Public District #2 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Maroa-Forsyth-Williamsville-Athens-Pleasant Plains-Auburn-Virden North Mac-New Berlin Coop-Petersburg PORTA Coop-Pittsfield Coop-Riverton
Public District #3 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Kewanee-Monmouth-Roseville-Princeton-Sherrard-Peru St. Bede-Erie-Prophetstown Coop-Spring Valley Hall-Seneca-Rock Island Alleman-Macomb
Public District #4 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Havana Coop-Peoria Heights Coop-Elmwood-Brimfield Coop-Farmington-Sciota (West Prairie) (Bushnell-West Prairie Coop)-Knoxville-Rushville-Industry-Illini West
Public District #5 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Monticello-Bloomington Central Catholic-Champaign St. Thomas More-St. Joseph-Ogden-Stanford Olympia Coop-Tolono Unity-Hoopeston Coop-Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland Coop
Public District #6 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Metropolis (Massac County)-Benton-Harrisburg-Anna-Jonesboro-West Frankfort-DuQuoin-Pinckneyville-Nashville
Public District #7 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Paris-Bridgeport (Red Hill)-Newton-Casey-Westfield-Marshall-Robinson-Flora-Lawrenceville
Public District #8 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Byron-Poplar Grove (North Boone)-Winnebago-Oregon-Rockford (Lutheran)-Pecatonica Coop-Rockford (Christian)-Sterling Newman Catholic
2A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (66 schools, 5 public districts of 8 schools, 1 public district of 10 schools, 1 CPS district of 10 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
Private District #5 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Aurora Catholic-Aurora Christian-Wheaton Academy-St. Edward-Guerin-St. Joseph
CPS District #5 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-South Shore-Collins-Urban Prep West-Foreman-Marine-Chicago Military Academy Bronzeville-Orr-Harlan-Urban Prep/Englewood-Julian
Public District #1 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Albion (Edwards County)-Sesser-Valier-Chester-Carmi (White County)-Johnston City-Eldorado-McLeansboro (Hamilton County)-Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton Coop-Fairfield-Vienna-Goreville Coop
Public District #2 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Pawnee Coop-Nokomis Coop-Kincaid (South Fork Coop)-Abingdon-Avon-Lewistown-Hamilton (West Hancock Coop)-Beardstown-Quincy Notre Dame
Public District #3 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Gibson City Melvin-Sibley-Tremont-Minonk (Fieldcrest)-Mackinaw (Deer Creek-Mackinaw)-Downs (Tri-Valley)-El Paso-Gridley-Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland Coop-Eureka
Public District #4 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Oblong (Coop)-Villa-Grove Heritage Coop-Niantic (Sangamon Valley Coop)-Decatur Lutheran Coop-Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond-Argenta-Oreana-Toledo (Cumberland)-Cerro-Gorro-Bement Coop
Public District #5 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Lisle-Westmont-Dwight-Clifton Central-Momence-Watseka-Gillman (Iroquois West)-Ottawa (Marquette)
Public District #6 (8 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Savanna (West Carroll)-Lanark (Eastland Pearl City Coop)-Amboy-LaMoille Coop)-Dakota-Forreston-Galena-Lena-Winslow-East Dubuque
1A
PROPOSED DISTRICTS (76 schools, 7 public districts of 10 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
Private District #6 (6 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Chicago Christian-Leo-DePaul-Melrose Park (Walther Christian)-Chicago Hope-Chicago (Christ the King)
Public District #1 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Orangeville-Warren-Hanover (River Ridge)-Milledgeville-Polo-Ashton-Franklin Center-Freeport (Aquin)-Stockton-South Beloit-Mooseheart
Public District #2 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Mendon Unity (Coop)-Camp Point Central-Winchester (West Central Coop)-White Hall (North Greene)-Greenfield-Northwestern (Coop)-Concord Triopia (Coop)-Pleasant Hill (Coop)-Carrollton-Mt. Sterling (Brown County)-Hardin Calhoun (Coop)
Public District #3 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Sullivan Okaw Valley (Coop)-Decatur (St. Teresa)-Shelbyville-Tuscola-Warrensburg-Latham-Macon (Meridian)-Moweaqua Central A & M-Oakland (Tri-County Coop)-Arcola-Martinsville
Public District #4 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Fisher-LeRoy-Heyworth-Colfax-Ridgeview Coop-Catlin Salt Fork-Georgetown-Ridge Farm-Fithian (Oakwood)-Bismark-Henning-Westville-Mt. Carmel
Public District #5 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Kirkland (Hiawatha)-Varna Midland (River Valley Coop)-Morrison-Fulton-Orion-Port Byron (Riverdale)-Taylor Ridge (Rockridge)-Manilus (Bureau Valley)-Astoria (South Fulton Coop)-Cuba (North Fulton Coop)
Public District #6 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Red Bud-Trenton (Wesclin)-Carlyle-Madison-Edwardsville (Metro East Lutheran)-Wood River (East Alton Wood River)-Alton Marquette-Bunker Hill (South Mac Coop)-Dupo-Sparta
Public District #7 (10 Schools…Top 4 advance to IHSA Playoffs)-Jacksonville Routt (Coop)-Oneida ROWVA (Mid-County Coop)-Aledo (Mercer County)-Kewanee (Annawan-Wethersfield Coop)-Monmouth (United)-Cambridge (Ridgewood Coop)-Toulon (Stark County)-Biggsville (West Central)-Princeville-Farmer City (Blue Ridge Coop)
Part 4
Miscellaneous Notes
Top 4 teams in each district make the playoffs
8A=48 Schools (7 public districts of 6 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
7A=62 Schools (7 public districts of 8 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
6A=62 Schools (6 public districts of 8 schools, 1 CPS district of 8 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
5A=62 Schools (6 public districts of 8 schools, 1 CPS district of 8 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
4A=68 Schools (6 public districts of 8 schools, 2 CPS districts of 10 schools)
3A=70 Schools (5 public districts of 8 schools, 3 public districts of 10 schools)
2A=66 Schools (5 public districts of 8 schools, 1 public district of 10 schools, 1 CPS district of 10 schools, 1 private district of 6 schools)
1A=76 Schools (7 public districts of 10 schools,1 private district of 6 schools)
Total Number of Schools = 514
Scheduling Notes:-8A-5A and 2A-1A privates play 2 crossover games against each other.
8A plays 2 crossover games against 7A.
6A plays 2 crossover games against 5A.
2A plays 2 crossover games against 1A.
8A public districts play 2 crossover games against each other as listed below:
½ of District 1 plays ½ of District 2,
½ of District 3 plays ½ of District 4,
½ of District 5 plays ½ of District 6,
½ of District 7 plays ½ of District 1,
½ of District 2 plays ½ of District 3,
½ of District 4 plays ½ of District 5, and ½ of District 6 plays ½ of District 7
Teams will be able to schedule non-district opponents for Weeks 1 and 2 of the season. These games will not count towards district standings.