MSA Sports Top Ten – WPIAL Football Playoff Rankings – 10/28/2012

By: HSSN Staff
Sunday, October 28, 2012 | 4:00 PM

OK, let’s clear the air on what the WPIAL Football steering committee will do on Monday. They will NOT rank the teams, they will seed them. Big Difference. They attempt to determine the top 2, then the top 4 and then the top 8 teams in each classification.

However in football, sometimes their hands are tied based on home field advantage for the top 8 seeds. For example, you could make the argument that Neshannock is the fourth best team in Class A. But you can’t seed the Lancers in the top eight because they are on the road with an 8-1 record after tie-breaker points and head-to-head gave the top two spots in the Class A Big 7 Conference to Sto-Rox and Rochester.

So sometimes the committee has to be creative. Again, it is NOT a straight 1 through 16 rank.

You can find out how the brackets turned out Monday night with the UPMC Sports Medicine WPIAL Football Playoff Pairings Show from 7pm to 9pm here on the MSA Sports Network.

Remember, the First Round matchups work this way:
#16 at #1
#9 at #8
#13 at #4
#12 at #5
#15 at #2
#10 at #7
#14 at #3
#11at #6

However, until it becomes official, let’s have fun speculating like everybody else:

WPIAL CLASS AAAA:

#1 – NORTH ALLEGHENY TIGERS  (9-0)

#2 – GATEWAY GATORS  (8-1)

#3 – UPPER ST. CLAIR PANTHERS  (8-1)

#4 – SENECA VALLEY RAIDERS  (8-1)

#5 – MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS  (7-2)

#6 – PENN-TRAFFORD WARRIORS  (7-2)

#7 – WOODLAND HILLS WOLVERINES  (7-2)

#8 – McKEESPORT TIGERS  (5-4)

#9 – BETHEL PARK BLACK HAWKS  (6-3)

#10 – NORTH HILLS INDIANS  (6-3)

#11 – PITTSBURGH CENTRAL CATHOLIC VIKINGS  (7-2)

#12 – HEMPFIELD SPARTANS  (4-5)

#13 – PETERS TOWNSHIP INDIANS  (5-4)

#14 – KISKI AREA CAVALIERS  (4-5)

#15 – BUTLER GOLDEN TORNADO  (4-5)

#16 – ALTOONA MOUNTAIN LIONS  (4-5)

WPIAL CLASS AAA:

#1 – THOMAS JEFFERSON JAGUARS  (9-0)

#2 – CENTRAL VALLEY WARRIORS  (7-2)

#3 – WEST ALLEGHENY INDIANS  (8-1)

#4 – MARS FIGHTING PLANETS  (8-1)

#5 – WEST MIFFLIN TITANS  (8-1)

#6 – MONTOUR SPARTANS  (8-1)

#7 – HAMPTON TALBOTS  (7-2)

#8 – FRANKLIN REGIONAL PANTHERS  (7-2)

#9 – KNOCH KNIGHTS  (7-2)

#10 – TRINITY HILLERS  (5-4)

#11 – ELIZABETH FORWARD WARRIORS  (6-3)

#12 – HOPEWELL VIKINGS  (4-5)

#13 – BLACKHAWK COUGARS  (3-6)

#14 – RINGGOLD RAMS  (4-5)

#15 – BELLE VERNON LEOPARDS  (4-5)

#16 – HOLLIDAYSBURG GOLDEN TIGERS  (3-6)

WPIAL CLASS AA:

#1 – ALIQUIPPA QUIPS  (9-0)

#2 – SOUTH FAYETTE LIONS  (9-0)

#3 – WASHINGTON LITTLE PREXIES  (9-0)

#4 – BEAVER BOBCATS  (8-1)

#5 – JEANNETTE JAYHAWKS  (8-1)

#6 – SETON-LaSALLE REBELS  (8-1)

#7 – FREEPORT YELLOWJACKETS  (7-2)

#8 – BURRELL BUCCANEERS  (8-1)

#9 – BEAVER FALLS TIGERS  (7-2)

#10 – SOUTH ALLEGHENY GLADIATORS  (7-2)

#11 – MOUNT PLEASANT VIKINGS  (7-2)

#12 – SHADY SIDE ACADEMY INDIANS  (6-3)

#13 – GREENSBURG CENTRAL CATHOLIC CENTURIONS  (6-3)

#14 – VALLEY VIKINGS  (6-3)

#15 – FREEDOM BULLDOGS  (4-5)

#16 – STEEL VALLEY IRONMEN  (4-5)

WPIAL CLASS A:

#1 – CLAIRTON BEARS  (9-0)

#2 – STO-ROX VIKINGS  (8-1)

#3 – ROCHESTER RAMS  (8-1)

#4 – BETH-CENTER BULLDOGS  (8-1)

#5 – JEFFERSON-MORGAN ROCKETS  (7-2)

#6 – MONESSEN GREYHOUNDS  (8-1)

#7 – NORTH CATHOLIC TROJANS  (7-2)

#8 – SPRINGDALE DYNAMOS  (6-3)

#9 – BRENTWOOD SPARTANS  (6-3)

#10 – BISHOP CANEVIN CRUSADERS  (6-3)

#11 – APOLLO-RIDGE VIKINGS  (6-3)

#12 – NESHANNOCK LANCERS  (8-1)

#13 – UNION SCOTTIES  (6-3)

#14 – AVONWORTH ANTELOPES  (5-4)

#15 – CARMICHAELS MIGHTY MIKES  (7-2)

#16 – FRAZIER COMMODORES  (7-2)