As we’ve stated on other articles coming into this week, we are in the final full week of the regular season for Classes A & B. Districts start next week, and while some teams will play games next week outside of Districts, it won’t be a full week of games otherwise.
That is why these next two weeks of OSSAA Rankings are important. After Districts in A & B are played, the assignments for Class A & B Regionals and the pairings for the “Super” Regionals in 2A will be made based on the OSSAA rankings.
Last week’s rankings were better in a couple of areas: 1) there was more participation by the coaches in voting, and 2) there weren’t as many “shenanigans” going on as the weeks before.
In the spirit of transparency, let’s take a look at who I think are the top 10 teams in each class right now.
Let’s break down what we’ve got this week.
Class 2A
- Finally Silo gets all 16 1st place votes. It’s funny that it comes off a week where they had their first loss on the season.
- Byng is in 3rd this week jumping Oktaha to get there.
- Here is the problem, I can’t get with Oktaha being in 4th. Especially with Tushka beating them head to head twice in 8 days with the most recent one being on Saturday. I am a big fan of Coach Rodden and the Tigers, but I’ve got to be honest, Oktaha should be no higher than #6 right now. Yes, the Tigers have some talent in the lineup, but based on resume, both Calera and Tushka deserve the higher ranking.
- Having Oktaha at #4 is significant because if this stays that means the Tigers will host a Regional.
Class A
- First thing that jumps out is only 23 of the 32 coaches in Class A voted. I really hope that changes for next week as the players deserve an accurate assessment from the majority of the coaches.
- Even with fewer coaches voting, Wright City widened the gap in 1st place votes – although I can’t understand anyone voting for anyone else #1 than the Jax (Rattan and Canute are the next closest with 4 losses and Wright City beat Rattan head to head).
- The biggest movers this week were Wister moving from 6 to 4 (after going 2-2 last week) and Arapaho-Butler from 4 down to 7).
- I don’t find the fact that Wister is #4 too egregious since I have them at #5, but I guess I’m more high on Canute than others.
- In another case of not paying attention, Ripley is behind AmPo the week after Ripley beat (shutout) AmPo head to head this past weekend.
Class B
- I moved Ft Cobb-Broxton up to #1 this week based on the fact they went 4-1 with the toughest weekly schedule we’ve seen this season. They had wins over Okarche, Dale, Tushka, and previously unbeaten Silo. Their lone loss was a walk off to Wright City.
- Having said that, I’m ok with the coaches still voting Calumet #1 because they have a great resume and beat FCB head to head the one time they played. These 2 teams will be on the opposite side of any bracket so it will work out.
- I’m still baffled how Boswell isn’t in the #4 spot and in position to host a Regional. I’m not saying it should be locked in, but they should be #4 at this point.
- I can’t go without saying the fact that Mulhall-Orlando received a 1st place vote it more than egregious. No offense to the Panthers’ players, but there is no way anyone thinks that M.O. should be the #1 team. They are ranked #12 while getting all those 1st place points. It is stuff like this that brings the validity of OSSAA Rankings into question.
What are your thoughts? Tell us in the comments below. (Keep it civil.)
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