MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football Playoff Rankings – 10/27/2013

By: Bruce Markey
Sunday, October 27, 2013 | 6:31 PM

The WPIAL will unveil the playoff brackets Monday night for the upcoming journey that we call the Highway to Heinz. The committee does not rank the teams 1 through 16, they seed them. First they figure out the top 4, then the rest of the top 8 that will be home for the opening round adhering to some basic rules including…you can’t play a team in your own conference in Round One and you can’t be seeded beneath a team that you finished ahead of in your own conference. You start plugging in the rest of the puzzle until the picture is complete. Here is a completed picture of a football bracket as drawn by the artists here at the MSA Sports Network.

CLASS AAAA:

#1 Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings  (9-0)

#2 Upper St. Clair Panthers  (9-0)

#3 McKeesport Tigers  (9-0)

#4 Seneca Valley Raiders  (8-1)

#5 Woodland Hills Wolverines  (7-2)

#6 Penn-Trafford Warriors  (6-3)

#7 Gateway Gators  (7-2)

#8 Bethel Park Black Hawks  (6-3)

#9 North Allegheny Tigers  (6-3)

#10 North Hills Indians  (5-4)

#11 Pine-Richland Rams  (5-4)

#12 Hempfield Spartans  (6-3)

#13 Penn Hills Indians  (5-4)

#14 Peters Township Indians  (5-4)

#15 Kiski Area Cavaliers  (5-4)

#16 Baldwin Highlanders  (4-5)

CLASS AAA:

#1 West Allegheny Indians  (9-0)

#2 Thomas Jefferson Jaguars  (9-0)

#3 Central Valley Warriors  (8-1)

#4 Franklin Regional Panthers  (8-1)

#5 Mars Fighting Planets  (8-1)

#6 West Mifflin Titans  (8-1)

#7 Ringgold Rams  (7-2)

#8 Highlands Golden Rams  (6-3)

#9 Moon Tigers  (6-3)

#10 Indiana Little Indians  (4-5)

#11 New Castle Red Hurricane  (7-2)

#12 Montour Spartans  (5-4)

#13 Elizabeth Forward Warriors  (6-3)

#14 Belle Vernon Leopards  (4-5)

#15 Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers  (3-6)

#16 Hampton Talbots  (4-5)

CLASS AA:

#1 Aliquippa Quips  (9-0)

#2 South Fayette Lions  (9-0)

#3 Mount Pleasant Vikings  (9-0)

#4 Beaver Falls Tigers  (7-2)

#5 Kittanning Wildcats  (9-0)

#6 Shady Side Academy Indians  (8-1)

#7 Washington Little Prexies  (7-2)

#8 Quaker Valley Quakers  (7-2)

#9 New Brighton Lions  (6-3)

#10 Seton-LaSalle Rebels  (7-2)

#11 Beaver Bobcats  (6-3)

#12 Yough Cougars  (5-4)

#13 Summit Academy Knights  (5-4)

#14 Valley Vikings  (6-3)

#15 Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions  (5-4)

#16 South Park Eagles  (5-4)

CLASS A:

#1 Sto-Rox Vikings  (9-0)

#2 Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic Trojans  (9-0)

#3 Neshannock Lancers  (7-2)

#4 Monessen Greyhounds  (8-1)

#5 Clairton Bears  (8-1)

#6 Beth-Center Bulldogs  (9-0)

#7 Avonworth Antelopes  (8-1)

#8 Carmichaels Mighty Mikes  (8-1)

#9 Fort Cherry Rangers  (8-1)

#10 Laurel Spartans  (7-2)

#11 Apollo-Ridge Vikings  (7-2)

#12 Frazier Commodores  (7-2)

#13 Western Beaver Golden Beavers  (5-4)

#14 West Shamokin Wolves  (6-3)

#15 Brentwood Spartans  (5-4)

#16 Avella Eagles  (6-3)