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Item 4. Tournament Field
A. The 2020 DIAA Football State Championships will consist of a Division I tournament and a Division II tournament.
1. The Division I tournament field will be comprised of the Blue Hen Flight A Champion, the Henlopen North Champion, and two (2 ) at-large teams or more if needed to fill the bracket.
2. The Division II tournament field will be comprised of the Blue Hen Flight B Champion, Henlopen South Champion, and two (2 ) at-large teams or more if needed to fill the bracket.
3. Division Champions need to have a win-loss percentage of above .500 to be considered an automatic bid to the tournament Division. At-large teams with the next highest index will be used to complete the bracket if needed.
4. The school classifications can be found in General Item #6.
B Eligible Teams:
1. All teams must meet the criteria established by DIAA Regulation 1006.2.4 to be eligible for Tournament consideration.
2. A team must play a minimum of five (5 ) games at the varsity level in order to be considered for the tournament. Forfeits will count toward satisfying this requirement. Only those opponents who have played a minimum of a five game varsity schedule will be included in a team’s record. Forfeits will count toward satisfying this requirement. Games cancelations due to COVID-19 will be considered No Contest.
3. Any school which does not wish to be considered for the tournament must notify the Football Committee Chair by December 5th, 2020 so as not to be considered for seeding. Once the committee seeds the tournament, any team that withdraws will be subject to DIAA disciplinary action and that tournament berth will not be filled.
4. For the DIAA state football tournament, the regular season is defined as a school’s first seven (7) regular season varsity football games and they must be completed by Saturday, December 5, 2020. This includes in state and out-of-state school teams.
5. Due to COVID - 19 procedures, the committee recognizes a need to be flexible with schedules for the 2020 football season. Any team that has a schedule change due to COVID-19 game cancellations must petition the Football Committee to recognize the circumstances beyond their control. The DIAA Director and football committee reserve the right to validate the reason for the schedule change
C. Conference Champions: Each conference is responsible for selecting its playoff representative and for making such scheduling adjustments as are necessary so that its champion is available for the playoffs. In the event that a conference champion is not eligible to participate in the tournament or a conference chooses not to send its champion, the committee will use the at-large point index system to choose another team. The conference must notify the Football Committee Chair by December 5, 2020 if their champion will not participate.
D. The teams in each division with the highest point indices, as calculated in 5.B, who are not the conference champions will be the at-large representatives.
Item 4. Tournament Field
A. The 2020 DIAA Football State Championships will consist of a Division I tournament and a Division II tournament.
1. The Division I tournament field will be comprised of the Blue Hen Flight A Champion, the Henlopen North Champion, and two (2 ) at-large teams or more if needed to fill the bracket.
2. The Division II tournament field will be comprised of the Blue Hen Flight B Champion, Henlopen South Champion, and two (2 ) at-large teams or more if needed to fill the bracket.
3. Division Champions need to have a win-loss percentage of above .500 to be considered an automatic bid to the tournament Division. At-large teams with the next highest index will be used to complete the bracket if needed.
4. The school classifications can be found in General Item #6.
B Eligible Teams:
1. All teams must meet the criteria established by DIAA Regulation 1006.2.4 to be eligible for Tournament consideration.
2. A team must play a minimum of five (5 ) games at the varsity level in order to be considered for the tournament. Forfeits will count toward satisfying this requirement. Only those opponents who have played a minimum of a five game varsity schedule will be included in a team’s record. Forfeits will count toward satisfying this requirement. Games cancelations due to COVID-19 will be considered No Contest.
3. Any school which does not wish to be considered for the tournament must notify the Football Committee Chair by December 5th, 2020 so as not to be considered for seeding. Once the committee seeds the tournament, any team that withdraws will be subject to DIAA disciplinary action and that tournament berth will not be filled.
4. For the DIAA state football tournament, the regular season is defined as a school’s first seven (7) regular season varsity football games and they must be completed by Saturday, December 5, 2020. This includes in state and out-of-state school teams.
5. Due to COVID - 19 procedures, the committee recognizes a need to be flexible with schedules for the 2020 football season. Any team that has a schedule change due to COVID-19 game cancellations must petition the Football Committee to recognize the circumstances beyond their control. The DIAA Director and football committee reserve the right to validate the reason for the schedule change
C. Conference Champions: Each conference is responsible for selecting its playoff representative and for making such scheduling adjustments as are necessary so that its champion is available for the playoffs. In the event that a conference champion is not eligible to participate in the tournament or a conference chooses not to send its champion, the committee will use the at-large point index system to choose another team. The conference must notify the Football Committee Chair by December 5, 2020 if their champion will not participate.
D. The teams in each division with the highest point indices, as calculated in 5.B, who are not the conference champions will be the at-large representatives.
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